New Delhi: The 19- year-old Divya Deshmukh beat 38-year-old Koneru Humpy in an all-Indian final to become the first Indian champion of the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup. Divya beat Humpy using black pieces in the second rapid tie-breaker game on Monday in Batumi, Georgia, to clinch the crown. After two days of intense classical…
MDJA Annual Sports Meet concludes: Rural Secretary’s XI team wins KBG Cricket Cup
July 28, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The 2-day Annual Sports Meet, organised by Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) for its members and family at Oval Grounds in city, concluded yesterday. In the Cricket Tournament organised as part of annual sports, Rural Secretary XI team won the inaugural ‘KBG Cup’ defeating City Vice-President XI team. MDJA named the cricket tournament in…
Mysore Warriors ‘Hunt’ for talented women cricketers
July 28, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Warriors, owned by city’s NR Group, conducted Talent Hunt at Just Cricket Academy in Bengaluru to identify aspiring women cricketers to participate in the maiden KSCA Maharani Trophy T20 – 2025 to be held in Bengaluru from Aug. 4 to 10. Cycle Pure Agarbathi will be extending their support to the Maharani Trophy…
ACC announces Asia Cup 2025 schedule: Indo-Pak clash on Sept. 14
July 27, 2025New Delhi, July 27- The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) yesterday announced the schedule for Asia Cup 2025, according to which hosts India will take on arch rivals Pakistan on Sept. 14. The tournament to be played in T20 format will be held from Sept. 9 to 28. The tournament will feature a total of 19…
MDJA names annual cricket tournament after KBG
July 26, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) has named cricket tournament organised annually as part of the Journalists Sports Meet after late K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, who passed away on July 13. Presiding over the inaugural event of the 2-day Annual Sports Meet for Journalists at University of…
Karuna Jain appointed as head coach for Mysore Warriors
July 26, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Former International Cricketer Karuna Jain has been appointed as the Head Coach of Mysore Warriors Women’s Team ahead of the inaugural KSCA Maharani Trophy to commence from Aug. 4 in Bengaluru. Karuna Jain, who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter, appeared in five Test matches, 44 One Day Internationals and nine Twenty20 Internationals…
Maharani Trophy to boost women’s cricket in Karnataka
July 26, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: In a boost to women’s cricket, the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) is all set to announce its first edition of KSCA Maharani Trophy starting from Aug. 4. The matches will be played at Alur Grounds in Benglauru and the finals will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Aug. 10, a day before…
State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament: Trupti Purohit wins women’s singles
July 26, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District Table Tennis Association (MDTTA) is organising a four-day State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at University of Mysore Gymnasium Hall, Sport Pavilion from July 24 to July 27. Table Tennis players from all over the State are taking part in the tournament. Results – All Finals Women’s Singles: Trupti Purohit defeated V. Kushi…
Selected for Intl. Wushu Tourney
July 25, 2025Mysuru: City’s child prodigy G. Pranathi from Police Public School has been selected to represent India at the Batumi International Wushu Championship-2025. She was selected during the Wushu Association of India’s selection trials held from May 2 to 6, 2025, in Himadri Hall, Maharana Pratap Sports Stadium, Raipur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Championship will be held…
KSCA Maharaja Trophy T20 Tournament 2025: Defending champions Mysore Warriors to face Bengaluru Blasters on Aug. 11
July 24, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Defending Champions Mysore Warriors will start their title defence at this year’s KSCA Maharaja Trophy T20 Tournament 2025 facing last year’s runner-up Bengaluru Blasters in their first match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Aug. 11. While, Gulbarga Mystics will take on Mangaluru Dragons in this year’s opening match, Mysore Warriors will start their…















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