South Africa’s Faf du Plessis batted splendidly for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by scoring a valuable match winning knock of 67 n.o. (42 balls, 5×4, 4×6) and helped his team enter the final of this edition of the IPL by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by two wickets in the IPL Qualifier 1 played yesterday. Chennai…
NIE honours its elite sports persons
May 23, 2018The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, honoured its best sports persons who had represented VTU teams for the year 2017-18, at a function held at Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Seminar Hall of the Institute on May 9. The sports persons were presented with certificate of appreciation and track suit of the Institute. Seen in the…
Cricket Champs of City
May 23, 2018Sri Sharada Cricket Academy of Sri Sharada Public School, T.P. Kailasam Road, R.T. Nagar, Mysuru, bloomed with Championship in the Tri-series Tournament (20 overs) held at Science College Grounds in Hassan for U-16 age group. Sri Sharada Cricket Academy, led by Shreyas of Grade X, chased the target of 96 set by Bengaluru Cricket Group…
Cricket: Dakshith Shines in Jayanagar SC’s win
May 23, 2018A rich haul of six for 15 by medium-pacer S. Dakshith helped Jayanagar SC to register a big 200-run win over Bellur CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone U-16 Inter-Club Match played at the SDNR Wadiyar Grounds here yesterday. Scores Jayanagar SC: 276 for 9 in 50 overs (S. Likith 70, Chakresh 40, L. Manvanth…
Tennis: Mysuru’s Prajwal Dev enters pre-quarters
May 23, 2018Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the $15,000 ITF Uganda F4 Futures Tennis Tournament for Men at Kampala, won his first round Men’s Singles match against Nigeria’s qualifier Sylvester Emmanuel 6-2, 6-0 in a tie which lasted for one hour and twelve minutes on Tuesday. In another first round tie, top-seed Ivan Nedelko…
U-13 State Chess Championship: City’s Hemadri emerges runner-up
May 22, 2018Hemadri Sathish of Mysuru emerged runner-up in the U-13 Karnataka State Girls Chess Championship which was conducted at Vokkaligara Samudaya Bhavana in Shivamogga from May 17 to 19. The 9 Round Swiss event, organised by Nalanda Chess Academy, Shivamogga, attracted 90 players from 13 districts for Rs.20,000 Prize Money. Hemadri scored 7.5 points out of…
Badminton: India beats Australia in Thomas Cup, Uber Cup final
May 22, 2018Indian men’s and women’s badminton teams dumped a lowly rated Australia 5-0 and 4-1 respectively on the second day of the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Final but the road to the quarterfinals still remain a difficult one for India. While Indian women’s team, led by Saina Nehwal, notched up a dominating 4-1 win against…
Mumbai and Punjab Lose; Rajasthan join CSK, SRH and KKR in Play-Offs
May 21, 2018Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals needed a lot of stars to align if they were to reach the IPL play-offs. In their final group stage match on Saturday, Ajinkya Rahane’s team did their bit and beat RCB by 30 runs to move to 14 points in the standings. However, they needed both matches on Sundays to also…
Chess: Mysuru’s Ajith emerges winner
May 21, 2018M.P. Ajith of Mysuru (Rating 1927), taking part in the Belagavi Open Rapid FIDE Rated Chess Tournament-2018 at Belagavi from May 19 to 20, won the title with 7.5 points from eight rounds on Sunday. Ajith won a cash prize of Rs.15,000 and a trophy. He had wins over Advaith Jingouda, Prabhu Trupti, Bhagwat, D….
Rafael Nadal wins eighth Rome Masters Title
May 21, 2018Rafael Nadal won the Rome Masters for the eighth time on Sunday when he defeated defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 after a stunning comeback. German second seed Zverev was 3-1 up in the decider before two rain stoppages halted his momentum. Top seed Nadal raced away with the last five games to secure…















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