K.L. Rahul smashed a classy unbeaten half-century after young off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s exploits with the ball to guide Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) to a comfortable six wicket win over laggards Rajasthan Royals (RR) in an IPL match yesterday. Chasing a modest 153 run target, Rahul anchored Kings XI’s innings from start to finish, scoring…
Serena Williams made to wait over Wimbledon Seeding
May 7, 2018London: Wimbledon Chiefs have admitted they will hold an internal debate to clarify if seven-time champion Serena Williams can be seeded at Wimbledon. Serena is currently 449th in the WTA rankings after taking time off to get married and have her first child last year. Following the difficult birth of daughter Alexis Olympia, which left…
AITA Championship Series: Manish from Mysuru enters semi-finals
May 7, 2018G. Manish, of Sapient PU College, Mysuru, taking part in the AITA Championship Series U-18 Tennis Tournament conducted at Noah Tennis Academy in Bengaluru from May 5 to 8, entered the semi-finals in U-18 boys Singles event. In the quarter-finals, Manish beat Vidwan 8-1 and in the pre-quarter-finals, he beat Dev Sinha 8-3 to progress…
ITF $15,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament: Vasisht-Prajwal duo goes down in semis
May 7, 2018Mysuru lads C. Vasisht and S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the $15,000 ITF Men’s Tournament at Uganda, went down in the semi-finals in the Men’s Doubles event on Friday. Kaza Vinayak Sarma and M. Goran Markovic combined well to beat C. Vasisht and S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-3, 7-5 in a semi-final tie which lasted…
KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-District Cricket: Six-wicket win for Combined XI
May 7, 2018Good batting by openers Aryan Kaverappa (49) and Preetham (40) helped Combined XI to register a six-wicket win over Chairman XI in the KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-District U-16 Cricket Tournament played at the SDNR Wadiyar Platinum Jubilee University Grounds here recently. Scores U-16 — Chairman XI: 172 for 6 in 50 overs (S. Suman 45,…
Talented Tennis Player: Suraj
May 6, 2018Tennis is a global sport and Mysore has been producing talented tennis players from time to time who have gone on to represent the country in different events. One such player from Mysuru, who has made his mark in the National and International level is Suraj R. Prabodh. Ranked No.1 in the State in the…
IPL 2018: Hyderabad beat Delhi, moves closer to playoffs
May 6, 2018Sunrisers Hyderabad moved closer to the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after they defeated Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets here yesterday for their fourth win on the trot, and a victory that drove them back to the top spot. Teenaged sensation Prithvi Shaw’s 65-run knock followed by skipper Shreyas Iyer’s 44 helped Delhi…
City girl for National U-11 Chess Championship
May 6, 2018Dhatri Umesh of NPS Mysuru and a product of Mysore Chess Centre secured runner-up place in the recently conducted Karnataka State Under 11 Chess Championship held at Kundapur. Dhatri is well supported by her parents Umesh and Brunda Umesh. Dhatri Scored seven points out of nine round — she had an upset win over Top…
KSCA Inter-District Cricket Tourney: Chakshu Gowda shines in Convener XI’s win
May 6, 2018A century by opener Chakshu R. Gowda (104 n.o.) helped Convener XI to register a facile 80-run win over Chamarajanagar XI in the KSCA Mysuru Zone Inter-District U-16 Cricket Tourney played at SJCE Grounds here recently. Scores U-16 — Convener XI: 247 for 3 in 50 overs (Chakshu R. Gowda 104 n.o., Md. Fawaz 51,…
NIE Women’s team Runners-Up in VTU Chess
May 4, 2018The NIE Women’s Chess team won the Runners-Up trophy in the VTU Inter-Collegiate Inter-Zone Chess Championships 2018-19 held at MVJCE, Bengaluru, by scoring 12 points out of possible 20 points from 5 rounds. Sitting from left: Sindhu S. Rao (Captain), Dr. G. Ravi, Principal, H. N. Shankaranarayana, PE Director and R. Kavya, Assistant PE Director;…
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