Karun Nair and Manish Pandey have been named as skippers of India A’s unofficial Test and one-day teams respectively, for the upcoming tour of South Africa. India A will play a one-day tri-series involving Australia A and South Africa A followed by two four-day matches against the hosts. The tour starts with the first one-dayer…
KSCA Mysuru Zonal League 2017: Rohan shines for Karavali cricketers
June 29, 2017An excellent spell of left-arm spin bowling by J.R. Rohan (five for seven), helped Karavali cricketers to register a big 135-run win over The Mysore Gymkhana in the KSCA Mysore Zone II Division League match played at the SDNR Wadiyar stadium here recently. The scores: II Division: Karavali Cricketers 153 in 34 overs (B.M. Poovaiah…
Sri Lanka ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Prajwal Dev enters main draw
June 29, 2017Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev entered the main draw of Sri Lanka F2 Futures $15,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament 2017 at Colombo by winning his final qualifying singles match yesterday. Prajwal defeated Pakistan’s Heera Ashiq 6-2, 6-2 to enter the main draw. Earlier in the first round Prajwal Dev beat Vibuda Wijebandara (SL) 6-1, 6-1.
Dhruthi Venugopal selected for Indian women’s tennis team
June 29, 2017Mysuru girl Dhruthi T. Venugopal has been selected to represent India in the Asian Indoor Games in Turkmenistan. The women’s team will have Ankita Raina, Riya Bhatia, Dhruthi Venugopal and Prarthana Thombare. The Indian tennis players will get another platform to make an impact in the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Art Games to be…
Office-bearers elected for Alumni Association of Sportspersons Represented University of Mysore
June 29, 2017The following are the newly-elected office bearers of Alumi Association of Sportspersons Represented University of Mysore for the years 2017-18 and 2018-19. President: Dr. C. Krishna, Vice-President P.M. Somashekar, Prof. K. R. Rangaiah, S. Rajashekar, Dr. Reshma Chengappa, Dinesh M.A. Cariappa; Secretary: M.J. Charan; Treasurer: M. Vijaykumar; Joint Secretary: B. Srikanth; Organising Secretary: P. Sreenivas…
Fjord wins RWITC Ltd. Trophy
June 29, 2017Dr. N. Nithyanand Rao (extreme left), MRC Managing Committee Member, is seen presenting the RWITC Ltd. Trophy to Michael Eshwer, trainer of Fjord, which won the event in the Mysore Races held yesterday. The winning horse, owned by Manjri Horse Breeders Farm Private Limited and Darius R. Byramji, was ridden by jockey P.P. Dhebe. Others…
Karnataka State U-9 Open & U-9 Girls Chess Championships: City’s Arnav, Anagha bag titles
June 28, 2017Arnav Muralidhar and K.G.R. Anagha (both from Mysuru), hogged the limelight by winning the titles in the U-9 Open category and U-9 girls category on the concluding day of the Karnataka State U9 Open and Girls Chess Championships 2017 organised by Mysore Chess Centre at the Paradise Hotel, here on yesterday. Arnav Muralidhar of Mysuru…
ICC Women’s World Cup 2017: Sciver, Knight star in England’s victory
June 28, 2017A large crowd at Grace Road in Leicester for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 game between England Women and Pakistan Women on a gloomy Tuesday, was treated to some special batting from Natalie Sciver and Heather Knight during the home team’s 107-run win on DLS Method. Sciver, who became the first woman to be…
Ravi Shastri to apply for Team India coach job
June 28, 2017Team India former Director Ravi Shastri has made up his mind to apply for the top job in the Indian team. Shastri will apply for the job of the Head Coach which has been lying vacant after Anil Kumble resigned last week. Kumble’s original one-year contract ended with the Champions Trophy, but he was to…
Mysuru Varsity to host All India Kho Kho Tournament
June 28, 2017The University of Mysore will be conducting All India Inter University Men’s Kho Kho Tournament after a gap of 25 years and South Zone Inter University Women’s Kho Kho this year. Over 16 qualified teams will be taking part in the All India Inter University Men’s Kho Kho while for 70 University teams are expected…
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