Mahendra Singh Dhoni added yet another feather to his glittering cap as the former India captain yesterday completed 6,000 runs in Twenty20s. Dhoni achieved the feat during CSK’ IPL 2018 match against DD at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here on Friday. Dhoni became the fifth Indian to complete 6000 runs in T20s. Suresh Raina (7708),…
Bowlers shine in Delhi Daredevils win over Chennai Super Kings
May 19, 2018Bowlers finally delivered for Delhi Daredevils (DD) as they defended 162 and defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 34 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla yesterday. Spinners led by Amit Mishra (2/20) and teenager Sandeep Lamicchane (1/21) got wickets at key intervals as Chennai’s chase simply failed to take off. Pacers Trent Boult (2/20) and Harshal…
Karnataka State U-13 Girls Chess: Sanjana emerges sole leader
May 19, 2018Sanjana Raghunath with 5.5 points from six rounds emerged as the sole leader in the Karnataka State U-13 Girls Chess Championships 2018 held at Nalanda Chess Academy in Shivamogga yesterday. Mysuru girl Hemadri Sathish with 5 points from 6 rounds is in the second place. She is followed by Manya (Kundapura – 5 points), Zoya…
AB de Villiers stars in RCB’s thrilling win over Sunrisers
May 18, 2018Bengaluru: Needing 20 runs in the final over, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) could only muster six runs off medium-pacer Siraj and lost by 14-runs in an exciting tie at Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Thursday. SRH skipper Kane Williamson played a blinder once again but Manish Pandey playing 3 dot balls in the last 3 overs of…
Karnataka State U-13 Girls Chess Championships: Six players in joint lead including city’s Prasiddhi Bhat, Hemadri Sathish
May 18, 2018Ananya Arumbakkam, Bhagyashree Patil (both of Bengaluru), Prasiddhi Bhat, Hemadri Sathish (both from Mysuru), Swara Lakshmi S. Nair (Bengaluru) and Spandana M. Raikar (Shivamogga) — are tied with 3 points from 3 rounds on the opening day of Karnataka State U-13 girls chess championships conducted by Nalanda Chess Academy here on Thursday. Mandya’s A.N. Shifali…
$15,000 F3 Futures Uganda Men’s Tennis: Prajwal goes down to Lu Tyler
May 17, 2018Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the Uganda F3 Futures $15,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament at Kampala, yesterday lost his pre-quarter-finals Men’s Singles match against fifth seeded Lu Tyler of USA 2-6, 5-7 in a tie which lasted for one hour and thirty four minutes. Earlier, C. Vasisht from Mysuru, representing India lost…
Jasprit shines as Mumbai beat Punjab
May 17, 2018Seamer Jasprit Bumrah snapped up three crucial wickets as defending champions Mumbai Indians kept their playoff hopes alive by notching up a thrilling three-run win over Kings XI Punjab in a crucial Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Wankhede last night. Chasing 187 to win, Rahul blasted 10 fours and three sixes in his…
Italian Open: Nadal, Djokovic power on as Thiem crashes out
May 17, 2018Former winners Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic powered into the third round of the Italian Open in Rome on Wednesday but Austrian Dominic Thiem fell at the first hurdle. Sixth seed Thiem crashed out just a week after inflicting a first clay-court defeat on Nadal in over a year in Madrid which cost the Spaniard…
Harden, James, Davis finalists for NBA MVP Award
May 17, 2018Houston’s James Harden, Cleveland’s LeBron James and Anthony Davis of New Orleans are the finalists announced yesterday for NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) honours. Harden, the league’s leading scorer in the regular season with an average of 30.4 points per game, appears the favourite to succeed Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook as MVP when…
India aim for Women’s IPL in three years
May 16, 2018The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Committee of Administrators (CoA) head Vinod Rai yesterday said that they are aiming to launch a women’s edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the next three years. As part of the build-up, top international women players will take part in a Twenty20 exhibition game…















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