Abhimanyu Vannemreddy earned a wildcard entry into Junior French Open with a fighting win over Hikaru Shiraishi in the final of the Rendez-Vous event. The 17-year-old Abhimanyu tamed the fighting Japanese 6-1 4-6 6-1 in two hours and 15 minutes at court number six of Roland Garros. But to the Shiraiashi’s credit, he showed exemplary…
STAR THIS WEEK – Talented Footballer: Balakrishna
May 28, 2017Football is the most popular sport in the World sporting scene and has a large following all over the universe. The game requires excellent skill, fitness from the individual player, as it is a team game needs excellent co-ordination with fellow players to succeed in the game at any level. Mysuru has been a centre…
AITA U-12 Talent Series Tennis: Mustafa Raja-Satdeep duo from city triumphs
May 28, 2017Mysuru’s upcoming tennis player Mustafa M. Raja teaming up with Satdeep, representing Karnataka at the National level Talent Series U-12 Tennis Tournament at Trivandrum Tennis Club, Trivandrum on May 26, won the U-12 Doubles title. In the final, Mustafa and Satdeep combined well to beat Sai Sanchit and K. Mahalingam 6-4, 6-1. In the semi-finals,…
City’s Rita Priyanaka for World Arm Wrestling Championships
May 28, 2017Mysuru’s arm wrestler in the women’s section who won the gold in the 41st National Arm Wrestling Championships, Rita Priyanka (in pic.), will be representing India in the World Arm Wrestling Championships. Rita will represent India in the 39th World Arm Wrestling Championships to be held at Budapest, Hungary, from Sept. 2 to Sept. 12,…
Tendulkar’s film earns Rs. 8.40 cr. on opening day in India
May 28, 2017“Sachin: A Billion Dreams”, a documentary drama on ace Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, registered an opening day collection of Rs. 8.40 crore, according to the makers. The film released on Friday in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu and English. “Sachin: A Billion Dreams creates history as docu-drama. Biggest opening in the genre with Rs 8.40 crore…
MTC Cup AITA Men’s Tennis Tournament: Prajwal Dev clinches men’s singles title
May 27, 2017It was sweet home coming and delight for the local lad and third-seed S.D. Prajwal Dev, when he staved off the challenge put up by sixth seed Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal 6-1, 6-4 in the men’s singles final of MTC AITA men’s tennis tournament held at Mysore Tennis Club yesterday. Prajwal Dev, who started…
FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup 2017: Team India knocked out
May 27, 2017The Junior Boys and Girls representing India have ended their campaign at the FIBA 3×3 U18 Asia Cup 2017. The junior boys lost their first game against Lebanon 12-18 and went on to lose their second game against Turkmenistan 9-20 to finish with a 0-2 record in the tournament and did not make it out…
Mother seeks job for disabled swimmer
May 27, 2017An incident of a mother pleading Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep to help her disabled son get a government job was witnessed during a meeting held to discuss the problems faced by disabled persons at c here yesterday. Naveena Kumaraswamy, mother of a disabled swimmer, informed Randeep that her son, who had 75 percent disability, had won…
French Open 2017: Andy Murray to face Andrey Kuznetsov in Round One
May 27, 2017World number one Andy Murray will play Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov in the French Open first round, while fellow Briton Johanna Konta faces Hsieh Su-wei. Murray is in the same half of the draw as 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka, who he beat in last year’s semi-finals. Second seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic is in the…
MTC AITA Men’s Tennis Tournament: Eqbal sets up title clash with Prajwal Dev
May 26, 2017Sixth seed Ishaque Eqbal (WB) playing some splendid tennis shocked the top-seed and former Davis Cup player V.M. Ranjeet (TN) 6-3, 7-5 and set a title clash with Mysuru lad S.D.Prajwal Dev in the men’s singles event of MTC Cup AITA Rs. One lakh prize-money men’s tennis tournament here yesterday. Ishaque impressed with his serve…
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