Roger Federer won his sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title with a five-set victory over Marin Cilic here yesterday. The Swiss lost five games in a row as he dropped the fourth set but recovered to win 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 3-6 6-1. Federer, 36, becomes only the fourth player after Margaret Court,…
City’s skater Varsha S. Puranik, representing Karnataka in the National Roller Skating Championships 2017-18 being held at Chennai, won gold in the speed event in the Women’s section. This is Varsha Puranik’s 50th gold medal in National Championships. City’s Rea Elizabeth Achaiah won a silver and a bronze, while Dhanush Babu, Shika Dashel won a…
City’s R. Nagaraj, an Administrative Officer in Income-Tax, Mysuru, taking part in the T.S. Santhanam Memorial AITA National Veteran’s Tennis Tournament for men held at Chennai on Saturday, won 55 plus men’s singles and doubles and clinched a grand double. In the men’s 55 plus singles final, Nagaraj beat Nirmal 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the…
City’s professional women’s golfer Sonam Chugh taking part in the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour 2018’s 2nd leg held at Bombay Presidency Golf Club, Mumbai, from Jan.22 to 25 fared well. Sonam Chugh returned with a three-day card of 231 (80+77+74) and finished 12th in the final ranking. Sharmila Nicollet won the title with a…
The Mysore Athletics Club, Mysuru, felicitated sports journalists and upcoming athletes of Mysuru district at a programme organised at the University Lions Hall in city on Saturday evening. Those honoured — Sitting (from left): Nagesh Panathale of Vijaya Karnataka, S. Uday Shankar of The New Indian Express, Mysuru, B.K. Somashekar (Master Athlete), N. Jinesh (Janatha…
Panther FC and Royal FC were involved in a goalless drawn encounter in their Group-B league tie in the MDFA ‘B’ Division Football League for the Govindaraju Memorial Trophy, played at the University Grounds here yesterday. Both the teams secured a point each from this drawn tie. Results Panther FC drew with Royal FC (0-0)….
Indo-Hungarian tennis pair Rohan Bopanna and Timea Babos went down in a closely contested Australian Open mixed doubles final, losing 6-2, 4-6, 9-11 to eighth seeded Croatian-Canadian pairing of Mate Pavic and Gabriela Dabrowski at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne this morning. This was Bopanna’s third Grand Slam final, only to lose it in…
Kho-Kho is a traditional game which is very popular in our country. Karnataka has produced many a talented Kho-Kho players and Mysuru city has produced many players of repute who have gone on to represent the State and country in different events. One such talented player is Mysore University’s all-rounder T. Praveen Kumar. He played…
Karatekas of PKD won several medals in a State-Level Karate Championship held in Mysuru recently. Seen in the picture are (standing from left) Jay, gold in Kata; Ayush, silver in Kata, Aditya gold in Kata and silver in Kumite; Amoolya, silver in Kata and Kumite; Sensei Prajwal; Ishita, gold in Kata and Kumite; Sahana Sathvik,…
Mysuru: A good allround performance by Kishan S. Bedare (63, four for 41 and three for three), helped National CC to register a big innings and 14-run win over Saraswathipuram SC in their two-day KSCA Mysuru Zone 1st Division League tie played at the SDNR Wadiyar Platinum Jubilee University Grounds here recently. Scores 1st Division:…
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