International squash player Joshna Chinnappa was yesterday appointed senior sports officer of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco). Joshna Chinnappa met chief minister Edappadi K. Palanisamy at the Secretariat and received the order in the presence of Power Minister P. Thangamani, Energy Secretary Vikram Kapur and Tangedco Chairman M. Saikumar. The decision to make…
The BCCI yesterday named Ravi Shastri as the new chief coach of Indian cricket team with Zaheer Khan appointed the bowling coach for a period of two years. Meanwhile, the board has also appointed Rahul Dravid as the batting consultant (Test cricket) as India will be playing overseas Test Series in the next two years….
Johanna Konta beat Romanian second seed Simona Halep in a thrilling match to become Britain’s first women’s Wimbledon semi-finalist since 1978. Sixth seed Konta, 26, fought back to win 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 and match Virginia Wade’s feat of 39 years ago. With Wade watching from the Royal Box, Konta served superbly to win…
Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala emerged as champions in the District Level U-17 Basketball Tournament 2017 organised by Department of Public Instruction at University Grounds recently. They beat Baratiya Vidya Bhavan High School 39-18 in the final. In a keenly contested match, BVB took an early lead 12-06 at the end of second quarter but SRKVS reduced…
The De Paul International Residential School, Mysuru will be hosting this year’s KISA (Karnataka ICSE Schools Association) Tennis Tournament at its premises on July 14 and July 15. The tournament will be inaugurated by Dr. C. Venkatesh, Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore. Fifteen Schools from across Karnataka will participate in the tournament.
A inspiring all-round effort by H.N. Naveen (two for 41 & 94) helped Vijaya CC to register a narrow one-wicket win over FACC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone III Division League played at K.R. Nagar ground recently. The Scores: III Division: FACC 235 in 49.3 overs (J. Vikas 100, B. Mahesh 39, Ganesh four for…
A match haul of eight for 95 (three for 41 & five for 54) by left-arm spinner K.M. Sharath helped Mysore CC to register a big innings and 15 runs win over Sri Krishna Rajendra SC in the KSCA Mysore Zone 1st Division two-day league match played at the JSS-SJCE Ground here recently. The scores…
GM Abhijeet Guapta won the Commonwealth Chess Open Title scoring 7.5 points from nine rounds in the championship which concluded here yesterday. Mysuru lad IM M.S. Thejkumar fared well in the championship by securing 6 points from 9 rounds and finished 17th in the final placings. GM Vaibhav Suri and GM Tejas Bakre tied with…
A group of 16 cyclists from Mysuru pedalled from Gudalur to Ooty to create awareness about health, fitness and eco-friendly transport with the motto “Use of cycles will reduce air pollution.” Vinay Singh, a techie from Bengaluru in association with Youth Hostel Association of India (YHAI) Gokulam, Mysuru unit, organised the event. The cyclists of…
Rafael Nadal’s hopes of winning a third Wimbledon title are over for another year after an epic five-set defeat by 16th seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg. The 15-time major champion fought back from two sets down before Muller took a fifth match point to win 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 in 4 hours and 47…
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