WGM Mary Ann Gomes is a three-time national champion (2011, 2012, 2013), Asian Junior Girls Champion (2006, 2007, 2008) and Asian U-16 junior girls title winner. One of the top women chess players in the country, this 28-year-old Chess champion wants aims at becoming a ‘Grand Master’. She is currently residing in Kolkata and is…
Top-seed WGM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) emerged as the sole leader scoring 5.5 points from six rounds, in the fourth-day of the 44th National Women Challengers Chess Championships 2017, conducted by the Mysore Chess Centre at the Mysore Sports Club’s premises here yesterday. Five players, WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC), second seed WGM Mary Ann Gomes…
Centuries by opener Manan Vohra (130, 15x4s, 2x6s) and Jiwanjot Singh (119, 14x4s) and their valuable 233-run second wicket partnership helped Punjab CA to post a total of 408 for nine decl. in 111 overs in their second innings and set a target of 286-run to win for Kerala, on the third-day of their four-day…
K. Suresh, Assistant Director District Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports has been transferred to Haveri district in the same position. He will be replaced by his counterpart Seebi Rangaiah from Tumakuru district, according to a press release.
18-year-old and current women’s chess champion R. Divya Lakshmi (rating 1957) of Chennai with 4 points from 4 rounds, scored the biggest win of her career by beating the current Commonwealth Games 2017 Women’s Champion and third seed WGM Swati Ghate in the fourth round of the tournament and went into the joint lead with…
The England Women Cricket team staged a comeback to beat India by nine runs in a thrilling ICC Women’s World Cup final. Anya Shrubsole was the pick of the bowlers as she took six wickets to clearly take away the game from India. India’s Poonam Raut was batting brilliantly even as India looked all set…
Mumbai CA aided by responsible batting by their skipper Siddesh Lad (70, 11x4s, 1x6s) and Akash Parkar (31), posted a good first innings total of 484 in 130.3 overs and in reply had reduced Gujarat CA to 139 for three in 45 overs, at close of play on the second-day of their Group ‘B’ tie…
M.V. Spoorthi, Table Tennis player of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, bagged the double crown by emerging winner at both the girls’ singles and women’s singles ranking tournament conducted by Karnataka Table Tennis Association in Belgaum, recently. She was felicitated by the college during the weekly assembly held on Saturday last. She is seen with…
After three rounds, seven players — top-seed WGM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB), second-seeded WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB), eight-seed WFM Srija Seshadri (Del), R. Divya Lakshmi (TN), fifteenth-seed WIM M. Mahalakshmi (TN), WIM Pranali S. Dharia (Mah) and K. Priyanka (TN) — with three points from three rounds, shared the lead at the end of the…
Basketball is a game which demands speed, agility and stamina from the player. Our city’s women’s basketball player P.U. Navaneetha has been an outstanding performer in women’s basketball in the country. Presently this 23-year-old basketball player is representing India in the FIBA Asia Women’s Basketball Championships which began at Bengaluru yesterday. She is our ‘Star…
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