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…
Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Dhruthi enters second round
June 7, 2017Mysuru-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…
Selection trials on June 9
June 7, 2017The 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…
Champions Trophy 2017: Rain spoils Australia’s bid to victory
June 6, 2017After 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…
French Open 2017: Wawrinka storms into quarter-final
June 6, 2017Third seed Stan Wawrinka booked a place in the quarter-finals of the French Open for the fourth time with a comfortable 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-2 win over Gael Monfils yesterday. Marin Cilic completed the quarter-final line-up when South Africa’s Kevin Anderson retired with a thigh injury trailing 6-3, 3-0. It is Cilic’s first Roland Garros…
68th Junior National Basketball Championship: Karnataka boys score over Tripura
June 6, 2017The Karnataka boys have been impressive in the 68th National Junior Basketball Championship being held at Noida. On the second day of the tournament the team continued their good show with another imposing victory beating Tripura 83-18 yesterday. They stormed out of the gates against an under-matched Tripura side, taking the first quarter 35 to…
Malnad State Ranking Badminton Raghu emerges victorious
June 6, 2017Top seed M. Raghu, of Mysuru, won the men’s singles title in the Malnad State Ranking Badminton Championship held at Bengaluru on Sunday last. In the final, Raghu beat unseeded Sai Prateek 21-19, 21-17. Meanwhile, V. Ruth Misha won the women’s singles title.
Champions Trophy 2017: India crush Pakistan by 124 runs
June 5, 2017An all-round performance by the Men in Blue ensured that they continued their good record against Pakistan in ICC tournaments as they defeated their arch rivals Pakistan by a margin of 124 run in a rain-curtailed match at Edgbaston yesterday. The fortunes changed in the match just like the weather at Birmingham and it was…
French Open 2017: Nadal, Djokovic storm into quarter-final
June 5, 2017Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal surged into the French Open quarter-finals for a record-equalling 11th time yesterday, while reigning women’s title-holder Garbine Muguruza crashed out in the last 16. Nadal continued his ruthless form at Roland Garros by dispatching Spanish 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to match Roger Federer’s mark of last-eight appearances…
Malnad State Ranking Badminton City’s Raghu enters men’s singles final
June 5, 2017Mysuru-based M. Raghu sailed into the final in men’s singles in the Malnad State Ranking Badminton Tournament on Saturday. In the men’s singles semi-finals, Raghu scored an upset win over fifth seed Abhilash 21-14, 2-18 and set up a title clash with K. Sai Prateek. Earlier, Raghu scored a good 21-11, 21-15 win over Priyanshu…
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