Kuala Lumpur: The Indian women’s cricket team put in a brilliant all-round performance to outclass Pakistan and reach the final of the Women’s Asia Cup T20 tournament at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. India, chasing their seventh straight title, restricted Pakistan to a paltry 72 for seven with Ekta Bisht starring with…
French Open: Nadal crushes Del Potro, enters men’s Singles final
June 9, 2018Paris: Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal reached his 11th French Open final on Friday when he demolished Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets, setting up a title showdown with Dominic Thiem, the only man to defeat him on clay in the last two years. Nadal, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, claimed his 85th win in…
City lad Suraj for Canada F3 & F4 Futures ITF Men’s Tennis Tournaments
June 9, 2018Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh, a product of the Mysore Tennis Club, Mysuru, now training at Harvest Tennis Academy, Jassowal, will be representing India in the Canada F3 Futures $25,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tourney to be held at Calgary in Canada from June 18 to 24. Suraj with a ITF ranking is in the main…
MDAA to confer Nandi Awards to athletes this evening
June 9, 2018The Mysore District Athletic Association (MDAA), Mysuru, will be conferring ‘Nandi Awards – 2018’ to the top athletes, sports promoter, sports journalist, sports photographer at a function to be held at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall today (June 9) at 4 pm. N. Chandrashekar Rai, EC Member, Athletics Federation of India, will be felicitated on the…
Wins Silver in Swimming
June 9, 2018Ln. S. Achutha, Chartered Accountant, has bagged two Silver Medals each in 50 mts Butterfly and 50 mts Free Style at the Swimming Competition held recently for the members of Mysore Sports Club. The prizes were distributed at a programme held at KNSC in city recently.
Rain halts play: Nadal in limbo
June 7, 2018Paris: The women got their matches done before rain arrived at Roland Garros, leaving the men’s quarter-finals suspended in progress. That might very well have been a relief to 10-time champion Rafael Nadal, who was not at his best and dropped a French Open set for the first time since 2015. Nadal lost the opener…
French Open: Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza in semi-final
June 7, 2018Paris: Top seed and world number one Simona Halep defeated Angelique Kerber 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-2 to reach her third French Open semi-final on Wednesday. Top seed Simona Halep fought back to triumph in a bruising French Open quarter-final battle against Germany’s Angelique Kerber and stand two wins away from her first Grand Slam title….
Challenger’s Academy girls emerge winners in Basketball Tourney
June 7, 2018Challenger’s Academy Basketball Club, Siddarthanagar, won the title in the girls section of the City-level Junior Basketball Tournament conducted jointly by Aryans SC and National SC at the University Basketball Club’s courts recently. [NOTE: In yesterday’s SOM sports page, it was inadvertently published as Aryans Basketball Club emerged winners in the girls section. It may…
Master athletes excel at Sri Lanka Meet
June 7, 2018The following Master Athletes from Mysuru, representing India in the 5th Sri Lanka Masters Athletic Championships held at Sri Lanka on June 2 and 3, fared well: Rekha (Gold in shot-put and silver in discus-throw – Women’s 35 Plus Category); Vishweshwara Aradhya (Silver in 5 km walking – Men’s 60 Plus), Vijaya Ramesh (Gold in…
KSCA Mysuru Zone U-16 League for Clubs: Big win for Jawahar’s CC
June 7, 2018A good all-round performance by Hridhay A. Singavi (52 n.o. & two for 22) helped Jawahar’s CC to register a facile nine-wicket win over New National CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone U-16 league for Clubs played at the Gangothri Grounds here yesterday. Scores New National CC: 102 in 39.4 overs (Udhay Krishna 28, Surender…
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