Ln. S. Achutha, Chartered Accountant, has bagged two Silver Medals each in 50 mts Butterfly and 50 mts Free Style at the Swimming Competition held recently for the members of Mysore Sports Club. The prizes were distributed at a programme held at KNSC in city recently.
Rain halts play: Nadal in limbo
June 7, 2018Paris: The women got their matches done before rain arrived at Roland Garros, leaving the men’s quarter-finals suspended in progress. That might very well have been a relief to 10-time champion Rafael Nadal, who was not at his best and dropped a French Open set for the first time since 2015. Nadal lost the opener…
French Open: Simona Halep and Garbine Muguruza in semi-final
June 7, 2018Paris: Top seed and world number one Simona Halep defeated Angelique Kerber 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-2 to reach her third French Open semi-final on Wednesday. Top seed Simona Halep fought back to triumph in a bruising French Open quarter-final battle against Germany’s Angelique Kerber and stand two wins away from her first Grand Slam title….
Challenger’s Academy girls emerge winners in Basketball Tourney
June 7, 2018Challenger’s Academy Basketball Club, Siddarthanagar, won the title in the girls section of the City-level Junior Basketball Tournament conducted jointly by Aryans SC and National SC at the University Basketball Club’s courts recently. [NOTE: In yesterday’s SOM sports page, it was inadvertently published as Aryans Basketball Club emerged winners in the girls section. It may…
Master athletes excel at Sri Lanka Meet
June 7, 2018The following Master Athletes from Mysuru, representing India in the 5th Sri Lanka Masters Athletic Championships held at Sri Lanka on June 2 and 3, fared well: Rekha (Gold in shot-put and silver in discus-throw – Women’s 35 Plus Category); Vishweshwara Aradhya (Silver in 5 km walking – Men’s 60 Plus), Vijaya Ramesh (Gold in…
KSCA Mysuru Zone U-16 League for Clubs: Big win for Jawahar’s CC
June 7, 2018A good all-round performance by Hridhay A. Singavi (52 n.o. & two for 22) helped Jawahar’s CC to register a facile nine-wicket win over New National CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone U-16 league for Clubs played at the Gangothri Grounds here yesterday. Scores New National CC: 102 in 39.4 overs (Udhay Krishna 28, Surender…
KSCA Mysuru Zonal League: Four-wicket win for SKRSC
June 7, 2018Sri Krishnarajendra Sports Club, K.R. Nagar, registered a well-earned four-wicket win over Mysore City Gymkhana in the KSCA Mysuru Zone 2nd Division league tie played at the JSS-SJCE Grounds here recently. scores II Division Mysore City Gymkhana: 136 for seven in 34 overs (Match reduced to 34 overs due to wet condition of the pitch)…
Virat Kohli only Indian among world’s highest-paid athletes
June 6, 2018New Delhi: India cricket team captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highest-paid athletes, according to Forbes. Kohli is the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list. The Indian skipper is ranked 83rd with earnings of USD 24 million, according to the website. Surprisingly, the ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ compilation is an…
Asian Games: Leander Paes returns, Yuki Bhambri gets exemption
June 6, 2018New Delhi: The iconic Leander Paes on June 4 made a comeback to the Asian Games-bound Indian squad while Yuki Bhambri was “exempted” as AITA threw its weight behind country’s top singles player in his quest for Grand Slam glory. Paes, who has won eight medals at the previous editions of Asian Games, has not…
AITA Championship Series U-18: Tennis Manish finishes runner-up
June 6, 2018Manish, a student of Sapient PU College and a product of the Mysore Tennis Club, Mysuru, emerged runner-up in the Singles event of the AITA National-level Championship Series U-18 Boys Tennis Tournament conducted by SAT Sports, Bengaluru, yesterday. In the final, Arjun Sriram beat G. Manish 7-5, 6-4 in an evenly contested tie.















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