The Mysore District Chess Association (MDCA) will be conducting an Open Inter-District Rapid Chess Tournament 2017 on June 18 (Sunday) at the Lions Hall auditorium (next to University Oval Grounds), Mysuru. Events will be held in Open Section, U-14, U-11, U-9, U-7 (boys & girls) sections. The tournament is open to players from all Districts….
Pakistan completed a remarkable turnaround to beat South Africa by 19 runs on the D/L method in their day/night Group B Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston yesterday and so maintain their hopes of a semi-final place. Just three days after conceding a total of 319 for three in a 124-run thrashing by arch-rivals and title-holders…
World number one Andy Murray advanced to his fifth French Open semi-final yesterday, defeating Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/0), 6-1. Murray, who was runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros last year, will meet 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka for a spot in Sunday’s final. Nishikori out-dueled Murray in a five-set classic…
The penultimate day of the league stages at the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship turned out to be a day of celebration for the home teams yesterday. Both Uttar Pradesh teams won their qualifying matches promoting them to Level 1. They are now through to the pre-quarterfinals. The UP girls had a relatively easy outing…
Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh taking part in the Singapore F3 Futures $10,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament lost in the final qualifying round in the men’s singles event yesterday. In the final qualifying round, Spain’s Bruno Mardones beat Suraj 6-3, 6-1 to sail into the main draw of the event. In the first round, Suraj had…
Mark Wood took the key wicket of Kane Williamson as hosts England booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with an 87-run win over New Zealand at Cardiff yesterday. New Zealand, chasing a target of 311 for victory, finished 223 all out with 39 balls left. They were in the hunt while…
Helped by a well compiled century by opener H.R. Kiran (117, 16x4s, 1x6s) and a six wicket haul by medium-pacer Jairag Gowda (six for 16), PET CC, Mandya registered a big 265-run win over YMCC in the KSCA Mysore Zone II Division League match played at the PET grounds in Mandya, recently. Meanwhile, in the…
Mysuru-based Dhruthi T. Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being held in Uzbekistan, won her first round women’s singles tie against Kazakhstan’s qualifier Ksenia Palkina 6-1, 6-2 yesterday. Partnering Kyra Shroff, Dhruthi scored a good win over V. Shleya and T. Shakhsiya 6-2, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s…
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) Mysuru Zone will be conducting selection trials to select the Under 23 Mysuru Zone tem for the S.A. Srinivasan Memorial Tournament to be organised by KSCA Bengaluru. The selection trials will be held on June 9 (Friday) at SDNR Wadiyar Stadium. Interested players must register their names along with…
After bowling Bangladesh out for 182, Smith’s men cruise to 83 for 1 in 16 overs before weather had the final say. In his own words, Steven Smith’s men ‘got away’ thanks to rain against New Zealand in their tournament opener in Birmingham. The London rain gods compensated for that, denying them what seemed like…
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