St. Joseph’s First Grade College, Jayalakshmipuram, became Champions at the recently held Mysore University Inter-Collegiate Inter Zonal Tennis Tournament 2017-18. The winning students — (from right – standing) Nikhil, Chethan, Ramresem Kashung, Harshith and N.S. Rahul — are seen with (sitting) H.N. Chandrashekar, PE Director, Prof. C.M. Mani, CEO, St. Joseph’s Colleges, Rev. Fr. Vijaykumar,…
Winners of VTU Mysuru Zone Football
March 22, 2018The men’s football team of National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, won the VTU Inter-Collegiate Mysuru Zone Football Championship (2018-19) organised by PESCE, Mandya, recently. Seen are (from left – sitting) P.M. Jishnu, V. Nirikshith (Captain), Shankaranarayana, PED, Dr. Gopalakrishne Urs, Principal in-Charge, R. Kavya, Asst. PED, Nishan Jayanth (Vice-Captain) and Tasheer Hussain Bijapur; (standing)…
Medal winning kickboxers
March 22, 2018Seventeen Academy of Self Defense (ASD) fighters represented Karnataka in the WAKO India National Kickboxing Championship which was held in Balbir Singh Indoor Stadium, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, recently and bagged 16 medals. Seen in the picture below are (from left – standing) K. Srinidhi – Light Contact – Gold medal; M.K. Sanjay Kumar – K1 –…
MDFA ‘A’ Division Football League: Narrow win for Ashoka FC
March 22, 2018Ashoka FC registered a narrow 2-1 win over Ganesha FC in the MDFA ‘A’ Division Football League (2017-18) for the Achutharao Memorial Trophy at the University Grounds here yesterday. Earlier the Tournament was inaugurated by Haji Rasheed Ahmed, former Vice-President, Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA), by kicking the ball at the University Grounds. K.G. Subramanyaswamy,…
ITF Grand V Junior Tennis: City’s Arnav progresses
March 22, 2018Mysuru lad Arnav Pathange, representing India in the ITF Grade V Junior Tennis Tournament being played at the Shanti Academy Tennis Courts in Dehra Dun, yesterday won his first round boys U-18 singles tie and progressed into the pre-quarterfinals. Arnav Pathange beat Abhinav Nallapally Reddy 7-5, 6-1 to progress further.
India F4 Futures Men’s Tennis Tourney: City’s Suraj Prabodh enters quarter-finals
March 22, 2018Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh, representing India in the India F4 Futures $15,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament at Trivandrum, yesterday won his men’s singles pre-quarterfinal match against Anirudh Chandrashekar and entered the quarter-finals. Suraj Prabodh continued his fine run in the Tournament by registering a well earned 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over qualifier Anirudh in a…
Padma Shri awards conferred on Srikanth, Somdev and Murlikant
March 21, 2018Ace men’s singles shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman received the country’s fourth-highest civilian award, Padma Shri, from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi yesterday. Besides the duo, India’s first Paralympic gold medallist, Murlikant Petkar also received the Padma Shri on the occasion….
Olympic quotas up for grabs in upcoming Shooting World Cup in New Delhi
March 21, 2018The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in the Capital early next year will offer 16 quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The qualification route to the Olympic Games in Tokyo will start from this year’s ISSF World Championship in Changwon, Korea in August-September. A total of 360 quotas will be distributed in…
Tennis: Suraj, Prajwal Dev enter pre-quarters
March 21, 2018Mysuru lads Suraj R. Prabodh and S.D. Prajwal Dev, representing India in the India F4 Futures $15,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament in Trivandrum, yesterday won their respective first round Men’s Singles matches and sailed into the pre-quarterfinals. Suraj scored a well-earned 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over eighth seeded Indian Aryan Goveas in a tie which lasted…
Varsha Puranik to represent India in Asian Games
March 21, 2018Dr. Varsha S. Puranik, from Mysuru, representing Karnataka in the Indian team skating selection trials held at Noida yesterday, earned selection to represent the country in the Asian Games to be held at Jakarta, Indonesia. Dr. Varsha Puranik, a Ekalavya Award winner, who works as a doctor at Cauvery Fortis in city, won first place…















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