Lowly rated V. Rindhiya from Tamil Nadu (Rating 1485), playing a excellent game on the fifth board with white pieces, shocked fifth-seeded WGM Bhakti Kulkarni of Air India (Rating 2255) in 39 moves in the lone upset, on the inaugural day of the nine-day 44th National Women’s Challenger Chess Championship-2017, conducted by the Mysore Chess…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Harmanpreet’s ton guides India to finals
July 21, 2017A magnificent unbeaten century by Harmanpreet Kaur (171 not out of 115 balls) helped India beat defending champions Australia by 36 runs in the semi-final of ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup at the county ground here yesterday. Chasing a daunting total of 282 in a match that was reduced to 42 overs because of rain,…
City’s boxing coach Kuttappa to train elite Indian men
July 21, 2017Mysuru- based boxing coach C.A. Kuttappa has been selected to coach the elite Indian men’s boxing team which is currently in training in France. The Indian contingent will train in France till July 24. The team consists of Amit (49 kg), Kavinder Singh Bisht (52 kg), Gaurav Bidhuri (56 kg), Shiva Thapa (60 kg), Ashish…
AITA Super Series National Tournament: Mustafa-Satdeep duo win boy’s doubles
July 21, 2017Mustafa M. Raja of Mysuru and his partner Satdeep Nair from Karnataka won the AITA Super Series U12 title in Guwahati yesterday. The duo, in the finals, defeated second seeds Harsh Fogat and Omansh Choudary of Delhi in a tight three set encounter 6-2, 4-6 and 10-8 which lasted for more than two hours. This…
Mysuru Pro Kabaddi League from Aug. 26
July 21, 2017Mysore Kabbadi Sports Club will be conducting ‘Mysuru Pro Kabbadi League Mysuru Wadiyar Cup’ at J.K. Ground from August 26 to 29. The tournament will have eight teams taking part. The bidding for the players will be held on Aug. 6. Addressing the press persons at the Pathrakarthara Bhavan yesterday, former Mayor Purushotham, who is…
44th National Challengers Women’s Chess Tournament
July 21, 2017The 44th FIDE Rated National Women’s Challengers Chess Tournament 2017 organised by Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of the UKCA and AICF began at Mysore Sports Club today. The championships will see some of the best women chess players in the country in action during the 9-day tournament. Among the top players are former…
Thailand ITF Women’s Tennis Championship: Dhruthi storms into semi-finals
July 21, 2017Dhruthi T Venugopal seeded eighth in the tournament scored an upset win over top-seed Fatma AL Nabhani of Oman 6-4, 6-1 and sailed into the semi-finals of women’s singles in the ITF $15,000 Women’s Tennis Tournament being held at Hua Hin, Thailand. She will meet Hua-Chen Lee of Korea in the semi-final.
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Indian eves eye final berth
July 20, 2017Indian women will aim to turn the tables when they take on six-time champions Australia in the second semi-final of the ICC Women’s World Cup in Derby, England today. India sports a poor record against Australia, having lost 34 out of 42 games the two teams have played so far. But the Mithali Raj-led Indian…
Jayachamaraja Wadiyar’s bust to be unveiled at JWGC on July 22
July 20, 2017Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar will unveil the bust of late Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club (JWGC) in city on July 22 (Saturday) at 6.30 pm. Addressing the press meet at Parthrakarthara Bhavan, this morning JWGC President Dr. M.S. Ranganath said that the bust was sculpted by Arun Yogiraj, who has also sculpted…
Thailand ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: Dhruthi enters quarter-finals
July 20, 2017Eight-seed Dhruthi T. Venugopal entered the quarter-finals of women’s singles event in the $15,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being held at Hua Hin in Thailand yesterday. In the pre-quarterfinal Dhruthi beat Korea’s Sung-Hee-HAN 6-4, 6-2 and sailed into the last eight stage of the tournament. In the earlier round, Dhruthi had a convincing 6-0, 6-2…
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