The penultimate day of the league stages at the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship turned out to be a day of celebration for the home teams yesterday. Both Uttar Pradesh teams won their qualifying matches promoting them to Level 1. They are now through to the pre-quarterfinals. The UP girls had a relatively easy outing…
Singapore F3 Futures Men’s Tennis: City’s Suraj goes down in final qualifying round
June 8, 2017Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh taking part in the Singapore F3 Futures $10,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament lost in the final qualifying round in the men’s singles event yesterday. In the final qualifying round, Spain’s Bruno Mardones beat Suraj 6-3, 6-1 to sail into the main draw of the event. In the first round, Suraj had…
Champions Trophy 2017: England cruise into semi-final
June 7, 2017Mark Wood took the key wicket of Kane Williamson as hosts England booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with an 87-run win over New Zealand at Cardiff yesterday. New Zealand, chasing a target of 311 for victory, finished 223 all out with 39 balls left. They were in the hunt while…
KSCA Mysore Zonal League 2017: Kiran, Jairaj shine in PET CC’s big win
June 7, 2017Helped by a well compiled century by opener H.R. Kiran (117, 16x4s, 1x6s) and a six wicket haul by medium-pacer Jairag Gowda (six for 16), PET CC, Mandya registered a big 265-run win over YMCC in the KSCA Mysore Zone II Division League match played at the PET grounds in Mandya, recently. Meanwhile, in the…
Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Dhruthi enters second round
June 7, 2017Mysuru-based Dhruthi T. Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being held in Uzbekistan, won her first round women’s singles tie against Kazakhstan’s qualifier Ksenia Palkina 6-1, 6-2 yesterday. Partnering Kyra Shroff, Dhruthi scored a good win over V. Shleya and T. Shakhsiya 6-2, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s…
Selection trials on June 9
June 7, 2017The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Mysuru Zone will be conducting selection trials to select the Under 23 Mysuru Zone tem for the S.A. Srinivasan Memorial Tournament to be organised by KSCA Bengaluru. The selection trials will be held on June 9 (Friday) at SDNR Wadiyar Stadium. Interested players must register their names along with…
Champions Trophy 2017: Rain spoils Australia’s bid to victory
June 6, 2017After bowling Bangladesh out for 182, Smith’s men cruise to 83 for 1 in 16 overs before weather had the final say. In his own words, Steven Smith’s men ‘got away’ thanks to rain against New Zealand in their tournament opener in Birmingham. The London rain gods compensated for that, denying them what seemed like…
French Open 2017: Wawrinka storms into quarter-final
June 6, 2017Third seed Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the quarter-finals of the French Open for the fourth time with a comfortable 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 win over Gael Monfils yesterday. Marin Cilic completed the quarter-final line-up when South Africa’s Kevin Anderson retired with a thigh injury trailing 6-3, 3-0. It is Cilic’s first Roland Garros…
68th Junior National Basketball Championship: Karnataka boys score over Tripura
June 6, 2017The Karnataka boys have been impressive in the 68th National Junior Basketball Championship being held at Noida. On the second day of the tournament the team continued their good show with another imposing victory beating Tripura 83-18 yesterday. They stormed out of the gates against an under-matched Tripura side, taking the first quarter 35 to…
Malnad State Ranking Badminton Raghu emerges victorious
June 6, 2017Top seed M. Raghu, of Mysuru, won the men’s singles title in the Malnad State Ranking Badminton Championship held at Bengaluru on Sunday last. In the final, Raghu beat unseeded Sai Prateek 21-19, 21-17. Meanwhile, V. Ruth Misha won the women’s singles title.
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