Mysuru’s yoga wonder girl H. Kushi, representing India in the 8th Asian Yoga Championships-2018 held at Kerala from Sept.27 to 30, won a gold and a silver medal.
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Excel in MMA Championship
October 1, 2018Three MMA fighters of Academy of Martial Science, representing Mysore Combat Sports Association (MCSA), recently participated in MMA National Championships held at Delhi’s Thyagaraj Sports Complex between Sept.21 and 23. N.M. Tharika Muthamma, fighting one weight division up in Feather Weight category was placed second and was declared a winner in Bantam weight category. She…
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State Women’s Chess Championship: Facile win for Isha Sharma of DK
October 1, 2018Top-seed WCM Isha Sharma of Dakshina Kannada (DK) (Rating 2012), playing with white pieces on the top board, scored a well-earned win over WCM A.N. Shefali (1) of Mandya, and with two points from two rounds, shared the lead with eleven other players at the end of the second round on the inaugural day of…
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Roller Skating Champion feted
October 1, 2018In recognition of her achievements, Indian Roller Skating Champion Varsha Puranik was felicitated by the Narasimharaja Sports Club and the members at R.S. Naidu Nagar in city yesterday.
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29th South Zone Senior National Kho-Kho Championships: Karnataka men, women teams emerge winners
October 1, 2018The Karnataka men and women Kho-Kho teams emerged winners in the 29th South Zone Senior National Kho-Kho Championships-2018 held at Mahabubnagar, Telangana, from Sept.28 to 30. In the men’s section, Karnataka beat Kerala 13-12 (by one point) to clinch the title, while in the women’s section, Karnataka once again beat Kerala 9-8 to clinch the…
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Hundreds take part in Forum Purple Run
September 30, 2018The Forum Purple Run was conducted by Forum Centre City Mall, Mysuru, this morning with an objective of creating awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease — a mental disorder that’s commonly prevailing among the people aged above 50 plus. The marathon, which started early morning today, took the city by storm with over 1,500 people participating in…
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F20 $15,000 ITF Men’s Tennis at Egypt: Mysuru’s Vasisht, Tejas finish runner-up in men’s doubles
September 30, 2018Cairo: Mysuru lad C. Vasisht, teaming up with Tejas Chaukulkar and representing India in the F20 $15,000 ITF Egypt Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament at Cairo in Egypt, on Saturday finished runner-up in the Men’s Doubles event. Third seeded pair of Dante Gennaro (Italy) and Sharrf Rabry (Egypt) beat Vasisht and Tejas 7-6 (3), 6-3 in…
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Snooker: Pankaj Advani settles for bronze
September 30, 2018Doha: Nineteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani settled for a bronze medal in the Asian 10-red Snooker after losing to Ireland’s Brendan O’Donoghue 5-0 in the semifinal here on Saturday. The Indian appeared off-colour a day after storming into the semifinal. The first frame saw O’Donoghue score two 20-plus breaks to win it 48-1. In the…
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Indian Archer Abhishek Verma wins World Cup final bronze
September 30, 2018Samsun: India’s star compound archer Abhishek Verma put up a dazzling display to down Kim Jongho of Korea and bag a bronze medal in the season-ending World Cup Final here on Saturday. The Korean, who is the most consistent compound archer to have qualified with the highest average arrow (9.82), led by a point till…
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India retains Asia Cup: Beat Bangladesh in a last ball thriller
September 29, 2018Dubai: India retained the Asia Cup with a three-wicket win off the last ball against a fighting Bangladesh who were anchored by a maiden hundred from opener Liton Das in Dubai on Friday. Set a target of 223 to get by Bangladesh, India made heavy weather of the chase as Bangladesh fought for every run…
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