Saransk, Russia: Neatly-taken second-half goals by Fakhreddine Ben Yousseff and Wahbi Khazri gave Tunisia a 2-1 victory over Panama in their final Group G match in Saransk on Thursday and secured the North Africans their first World Cup finals win in 40 years. Tunisia, playing fluent and composed football, dominated the match but were trailing…
Mysuru boy officiating Wimbledon Qualifying rounds at London
June 29, 2018Mysuru boy Sagar G. Kashyap (kneeling extreme left) seen with the Tennis India Officials, who are presently officiating in the Wimbledon-2018 Grand Slam Tennis Championships Qualifying rounds at London. Sagar had also officiated in the recently concluded French Open Championships in Rolland Garros.
Commonwealth Chess Championships: Thejkumar held to a draw by Sambit Panda
June 29, 2018New Delhi: Grand Master M.S.Thejkumar, representing India and taking part in the Commonwealth Chess Open Championship-2018 at Delhi, was held to a draw in the third round by Orissa’s Sambit Panda (Rating 2187) yesterday. After three rounds, GM Thejkumar has secured 2 points and is placed 34th in the rankings. In the second round, he…
FIFA World Cup 2018: South Korea stun holders
June 28, 2018Kazan: Germany crashed out of the World Cup on Wednesday after a stoppage-time VAR-assisted goal from Kim Young-gwon and a late second by Son Heung-min earned South Korea a famous 2-0 win. The Germans needed to win by two clear goals in their final group F match at Kazan Stadium to advance to the last…
$15,000 ITF F3 Sri Lanka Futures Men’s Tennis: Mysuru’s Vasisht goes down in pre-quarters
June 28, 2018Colombo: Mysuru lad C. Vasisht, representing India in the $15,000 ITF F3 Futures Sri Lanka Men’s Tennis Tournament at Colombo, on Wednesday lost his Men’s Singles pre-quarter-final match against Argentina’s Ignacio Caron 3-6, 6-7(3) and bowed out of the Tournament. In the first round, Vasisht beat Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to…
Fifa World Cup: Iceland crash out as Croatia maintain momentum
June 27, 2018Rostov: Croatia secured first place in Group D on Tuesday after a hard-fought 2-1 win over gallant Iceland in Rostov, setting up a last-16 tie with Denmark. While most eyes were on Argentina and their do-or-die match with Nigeria in Saint Petersburg, Croatia wrapped up top spot in Group D in Rostov-on-Don thanks to a…
Cricket: Yogesh shines
June 27, 2018A century by Yogesh (104) enabled CPC Polytechnic to register a 64-run win over Sree Ganesha Kreeda Mandali in the KSCA Mysuru Zone 3rd Division League tie played at the Maharaja’s College Grounds here recently. Scores 3rd Division — CPC Polytechnic: 284 in 49.5 overs (Yogesh 104, Ritesh 32, Preetham Nayak 5 for 45) bt…
FIFA World Cup 2018: Aspas scores a VAR-assisted equaliser as Spain scrambled a draw with Morocco
June 26, 2018Kaliningrad: Iago Aspas scored a VAR-assisted equaliser in injury time as Spain scrambled a 2-2 draw with Morocco on Monday in a dramatic finale to their Group B campaign. Aspas’s winner, initially disallowed but awarded after intervention from the Video Assistant Referee, saw Spain stumbled into the last 16 as group winners. The Spaniards will…
Indian Shuttlers eye good outing at Malaysia Open
June 26, 2018Kuala Lumpur: Rejuvenated after a month-long break, India’s top shuttlers, including P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, will resume their quest for glory when the south-east Asia leg of BWF world tour begins with the $700,000 Malaysian Open here on Tuesday. Srikanth and Sindhu had skipped the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in May to regain…
Thejkumar for Commonwealth Chess Championship
June 26, 2018Grand Master M.S. Thejkumar from Mysuru, will represent India in the Commonwealth Open Chess Championship 2018 to be held at New Delhi from June 26 to July 3. GM Thejkumar is seeded eighth in the tournament. GM Deep Sengupta is the top seed and he is followed by GM Vaibhav Suri, GM C. Deepan, GM…















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