Colombo: Mysuru lad C. Vasisht, representing India in the $15,000 ITF F3 Futures Sri Lanka Men’s Tennis Tournament at Colombo, on Wednesday lost his Men’s Singles pre-quarter-final match against Argentina’s Ignacio Caron 3-6, 6-7(3) and bowed out of the Tournament. In the first round, Vasisht beat Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to…
Fifa World Cup: Iceland crash out as Croatia maintain momentum
June 27, 2018Rostov: Croatia secured first place in Group D on Tuesday after a hard-fought 2-1 win over gallant Iceland in Rostov, setting up a last-16 tie with Denmark. While most eyes were on Argentina and their do-or-die match with Nigeria in Saint Petersburg, Croatia wrapped up top spot in Group D in Rostov-on-Don thanks to a…
Cricket: Yogesh shines
June 27, 2018A century by Yogesh (104) enabled CPC Polytechnic to register a 64-run win over Sree Ganesha Kreeda Mandali in the KSCA Mysuru Zone 3rd Division League tie played at the Maharaja’s College Grounds here recently. Scores 3rd Division — CPC Polytechnic: 284 in 49.5 overs (Yogesh 104, Ritesh 32, Preetham Nayak 5 for 45) bt…
FIFA World Cup 2018: Aspas scores a VAR-assisted equaliser as Spain scrambled a draw with Morocco
June 26, 2018Kaliningrad: Iago Aspas scored a VAR-assisted equaliser in injury time as Spain scrambled a 2-2 draw with Morocco on Monday in a dramatic finale to their Group B campaign. Aspas’s winner, initially disallowed but awarded after intervention from the Video Assistant Referee, saw Spain stumbled into the last 16 as group winners. The Spaniards will…
Indian Shuttlers eye good outing at Malaysia Open
June 26, 2018Kuala Lumpur: Rejuvenated after a month-long break, India’s top shuttlers, including P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, will resume their quest for glory when the south-east Asia leg of BWF world tour begins with the $700,000 Malaysian Open here on Tuesday. Srikanth and Sindhu had skipped the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in May to regain…
Thejkumar for Commonwealth Chess Championship
June 26, 2018Grand Master M.S. Thejkumar from Mysuru, will represent India in the Commonwealth Open Chess Championship 2018 to be held at New Delhi from June 26 to July 3. GM Thejkumar is seeded eighth in the tournament. GM Deep Sengupta is the top seed and he is followed by GM Vaibhav Suri, GM C. Deepan, GM…
Karnataka State Open Rapid Chess Tourney: GM Thejkumar wins title
June 25, 2018Grand Master (GM) M.S. Thejkumar of Mysuru, with 9 points from nine rounds, won the title in the Karnataka State Level Open Rapid Chess Tournament conducted by Mysuru District Chess Association (MDCA), under the aegis of UKCA at the University Gymnasium Hall here yesterday. Thejkumar won his last round tie against M.D. Chiranth and clinched…
FIFA World Cup 2018: Colombia in contention for Last 16, Poland Out
June 25, 2018Kazan: Radamel Falcao, Yerry Mina and Juan Cuadrado scored their maiden World Cup goals as stylish Colombia boosted their last 16 hopes with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Poland on Sunday. In a match destined to see the loser sent home after the group stages, Colombia overcame a nervous start against Adam Nawalka’s men to…
FIFA World Cup 2018: Two each for Lukaku and Hazard as Belgium crush Tunisia 5-2
June 24, 2018Moscow: Two goals each for Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard and one for Michy Batshuayi swept Belgium to a 5-2 victory over Tunisia on Saturday that put them in command of World Cup Group G and underlined their status as one of the tournament favourites. After racking up two wins and a goal difference of…
Talented Athlete: S. Brunda
June 24, 2018Athletics is the mother of all sporting events in the world sporting scene. Our city’s athlete Brunda S. Gowda, a product of DYES, Mysuru, did everyone proud by winning the shot-put gold representing Karnataka in South Zone National Athletic Championships. Brunda threw a distance of 11.00m to win the gold . She is our ‘Star…
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