New Delhi: The Sports Ministry is open to the idea of considering outstanding performers of next month’s Asian Games for this year’s National Sports Awards, which will be held on Sept.25 instead of the conventional Aug.29 to ensure that athletes do not miss out due to their participation in the continental show-piece. Every year, the…
Winners of U-14 Basketball Tournament
July 26, 2018Boys and girls team of Ideal Jawa Rotary won District-level U-14 Basketball Tournament organised by the Department of Physical Education and has been selected for the Division-level Basketball Tournament. The Boys U-14 Team — Suman, Adithay V. Bharadwaj, S. Karthik, Sudhan G.D. Jain, S. Likith, P.R. Ruthwik Rao, Sreeshan Dharmaveer, Syed Mohammed Taha, S. Samanvay…
Selected for Division-level Shuttle Badminton
July 26, 2018Students of Teresian Convent Girls High School, Siddarthanagar, bagged top places at the Inter-Zone level and District-level Shuttle Badminton 2018-19 organised by the Department of Public Instruction recently. The team players — M. Samskruthi, P. Harshitha and M.V. Keerthana of standard X — who are now selected for the Division-level Shuttle Badminton 2018-19, are seen…
Excels in Karate
July 26, 2018M.S. Harshitha, a 9th standard student of Ideal Jawa Rotary School, secured gold medal in the District-level Karate Competition conducted by the Department of Physical Education recently and is now selected to take part in the State-level Contest.
National U-7 Girls Chess Championship: City’s Sara finishes fifth
July 26, 2018Chess player from Mysuru, K.R. Sara, representing Karnataka in the 32nd National U-7 Girls Chess Championships-2018 which concluded at Tumakuru on Tuesday, drew her 11th and last round game against Daksha Rudra of West Bengal and with 8 points from 11 rounds, secured the fifth place. Two players Lakshana Subramanian (TN) and K.A. Meenakshi (AP)…
KSCA Dr. (Capt.) K. Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket: Krishna, Hanuma Vihari bat well for Andhra
July 26, 2018Inspiring batting performances by Jyothi Sai Krishna 73 n.o. (109b, 7x4s, 1×6) and Hanuma Vihari (64, 99b, 8×4, 1×6), helped Andhra CA to post 260 for five in 75 overs in their first innings against Gujarat CA on the second day of the four-day Group ‘D’ league match in the KSCA Dr. (Capt.) K. Thimmappiah…
KPL 2018: Mysuru Warriors appoints former Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad as team mentor
July 25, 2018NR Group, owners of Mysuru Warriors, appointed former Indian cricketer, Venkatesh Prasad, as the mentor for the team for Karnataka Premier League (KPL). Venkatesh played both Tests and ODIs for India at international level. He made his debut in 1996 and is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Currently, he is the bowling coach for Kings XI…
Sunil Chhetri extends contract with BFC
July 25, 2018Bengaluru: Bengaluru FC skipper Sunil Chhetri put pen to paper on a fresh one-year deal that will see him stay at the Club until the end of the 2020-21 season, the Blues announced on Tuesday. The deal adds to the AIFF Player of the Year’s current contract at the JSW Group-owned side. The 33-year old…
Winners in Karate and Chess Contests
July 25, 2018C.S. Darshini and B.S. Priya, students of Gangothri Public School located on Bogadi Main Road, Manasagangothri, in city, won first place in the District-level Karate competition organised in city under the aegis of the Department of Public Instruction and are selected to the State-level competition. Harish of the School secured 3rd Place in the Taluk-level…
IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla’s aide resigns following bribery scandal
July 25, 2018A member of IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla’s personal staff was on July 19 forced to resign after he was suspended by the BCCI due to a sting operation, which alleged that he sought bribes to facilitate selection of players in the Uttar Pradesh team. A Hindi news channel telecast an alleged phone conversation between Akram…















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