Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah both scored hundreds as Bangladesh kept their hopes of a Champions Trophy semi-final alive with a stunning five-wicket win over New Zealand at Cardiff yesterday. Bangladesh, chasing a modest 266 for victory, had collapsed to 12 for three when left-hander Shakib (114) came in. And they were not much better…
Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal powered into a record 10th French Open final yesterday and will face 2015 winner Stan Wawrinka for the title after the Swiss defeated number one seed Andy Murray in a five-set epic. Nadal demolished Austrian pretender and sixth seed Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 to return to the final at Roland…
The Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, has decided to retain Anil Kumble (in pic.) as Team India’s head coach. According to sources, the committee, which met on Thursday, was not keen to replace Anil Kumble. As for the…
Defending champion Karnataka knocked out Punjab from the tournament in their quarterfinal clash in the girls section to enter the semi-finals of the 68th Junior National Basketball Championships at Noida yesterday. Both teams remained within single digits for the first three quarters. But Karnataka switched to a higher gear in the fourth, led by Rajvi…
The Mysore Chess Centre in association with United Karnataka Chess Association will be organising the Karnataka State Women’s Chess Championship 2017 from June 16-18 at Mall of Mysore located on M.G. Road in city. Top 4 players from this tournament will be selected to represent Karnataka in the upcoming National Women’s Challenger Chess Championship 2017…
Sri Lanka pulled off the biggest upset of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy as they beat India by 7 wickets at the Oval yesterday. The result threw Group B wide open as now all four teams are on 2 points and the last two matches, (India vs South Africa and Pakistan vs Sri Lanka), will…
Three girls from Kodagu, have been selected for the Karnataka Under-19 girls’ football team. Payal Machaiah and S.P. Sheethal of Kalathmadu Lions High School and C. Shruthi of Vivekananda College, Kushalnagar, are the girls who have been selected to State Under-19 team and will take part in the Prime Minister Cup (South India) to be…
Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and India’s Rohan Bopanna hold aloft the trophy after winning the French Open mixed doubles title in Paris yesterday. The pair defeated Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombian Robert Farah 2-6, 6-2 (12-10). The match went to super tiebreakers where the Indo-Canadian pair held their nerves and won the set 12-10 to win…
Chhattisgarh girls defeated Karnataka in a surprisingly one-sided game in the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship at Noida yesterday. Gulabsha Ali’s 26 points and forward Megha Singh’s 20 points led Chhattisgarh from the start. Chhattisgarh ended the game with 30 points to seal a 75-45 win. The undefeated teams in girls’ Group B squared off…
Mysuru based Dhruthi T. Venugopal, who took part in the ITF Women’s Futures Tennis tournament held at Namangan, Uzbekistan yesterday, lost her Women’s Singles second round tie against Russia’s Ksenia Lykina. Ksenia beat Dhruthi 7-6 (3), 6-3 and entered quarter-finals in the Women’s Singles event. In the Women’s Doubles, Sabina Sharipova & Valeria Strakhova of…
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