The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named Shikhar Dhawan as replacement for injured Murali Vijay for the upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka starting July 26. The Indian team led by Virat Kohli will take part in a full-fledged tour consisting of three Tests, five ODIs and a one-off T20I on…
England opener Tammy Beaumont has insisted that her side’s victory over South Africa earlier in the group stage of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 will count for nothing when the two sides face each other in the semi-finals of the tournament at the Bristol County Ground on Tuesday. England have won six games in…
Mysuru’s De Paul International Residential School with 32 points retained the KISA State Overall Tennis Championship title for the fourth consecutive year by winning the overall title in the championships which concluded at the De Paul International School premises on Saturday last. Gopalan International School, Bengaluru, with 28 points finished runner-up. Tridarsh of De Paul…
Aditya B. Kalyani with 8 points from 9 rounds won the title in Karnataka State U-15 Open Chess Tournament conducted by Mandya District Chess Association which concluded in Mandya yesterday. Deota Snehil and Pankaj Bhat were tied with 7.5 points each but based on the better tie-break score of 45 to the latter’s 44.5, Deota…
Roger Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam titles with victory over Croatia’s Marin Cilic yesterday. The Swiss third seed won 6-3 6-1 6-4 as seventh seed Cilic struggled with a blister on his left foot and broke down in tears during the second…
Pahilwan Somadev Rohtak of Haryana won the traditional wrestling competition organised by Late Pahilwan Basavaiah Wrestling Committee at BGS sports grouns in K.G. Koppal yesterday. The competition was organised as a part of Goddess Chamundeshwari Festival. Somdev defeated Pahilwan Yudhistir of Punjab and won the silver mace. Kollapur’s Pahilwan Santosh Dharod won his bout against…
The Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of the UKCA, will be conducting the 44th FIDE Rated National Women’s Challengers Chess Championship from July 21 to July 29 at the Mysore Sports Club in city. The top four players from each State will be taking part in the event. A total cash prize of Rs.3…
Chess is a traditional sport and has been patronised in our country for a long time. Mandya’s fourth standard student of Santhome Public School, A.N. Shefali, representing India, did everyone proud by winning the Commonwealth Girls U-8 Chess Championship-2017. She is our ‘Star This Week.’ This is Shefali’s second successive gold in the Commonwealth Chess…
India’s newly-appointed head coach Ravi Shastri is likely to be paid between Rs. 7 crore to Rs 7.5 crore per year, according to sources. “BCCI is going to make an offer of more than Rs. 7 crore to Shastri. This is the same amount which (predecessor) Anil Kumble had asked from the board during his…
Skipper Mithali Raj slammed a century before left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad returned with a five-wicket haul as India crushed New Zealand by 186 runs to storm into the semifinals of the ICC Women’s World Cup yesterday. After being put in to bat, India scored 265/7 in their 50 overs. Mithali Raj slammed her sixth hundred…
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