Sixth 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…
Champions Trophy 2017: Team India lands in London
May 26, 2017Led by skipper Virat Kohli, defending champions India landed in London ahead of their Champions Trophy campaign, which is scheduled to start from June 1. Team India will also be playing two warm-up matches against New Zealand (May 28) and Bangladesh (May 30) to acclimatise themselves to England conditions. The official account of BCCI posted…
ICC Cricket Committee recommends DRS for T20Is
May 26, 2017The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Committee, chaired by Anil Kumble, has proposed the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in all Twenty20 Internationals, among a slew of other recommendations during the annual meeting that took place in London recently. Additionally, the committee suggested that teams shouldn’t lose a review in the event of…
Manchester United and City pledge one million pounds
May 26, 2017Manchester United and Manchester City have pledged one million pounds to an emergency fund set up after the terror attack in the city that left 22 people dead. The “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”, backed by Manchester’s Lord Mayor and set up in partnership with the British Red Cross, was established after Monday’s suicide bombing…
Karnataka State Ranking Badminton Tournament
May 26, 2017The Karnataka Badminton Association (KBA) and Padukone Sports Management jointly will be conducting the Karnataka State Ranking Badminton Tournament at Sree Kanteerava Stadium from June 5-10. The tournament will be conducted in U-13, U-15, U-17 and U-19 (boys & girls) in singles, doubles and mixed categories. Entries for the event can be sent to [email protected].
City’s Dhruthi in National Junior Hockey Camp
May 26, 2017City’s M.E. Dhruthi is the lone player from the State among the 37 women players who has been selected by for the National Junior Hockey Camp to be conducted by Hockey India at the SAI South Centre, Bengaluru from next week. Dhruthi, a defender, is a trainee at the Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports,…
MTC Cup AITA Men’s Tennis Tournament: Prajwal Dev outsmarts Vijay Kannan
May 25, 2017Playing a consistent baseline game on both the flanks, local lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, the third-seed, hogged the limelight on the third-day of the MTC Cup AITA Men’s Tennis Tournament by beating former India Davis-cupper and fifth seeded Vijay Kannan (TN)) 6-3, 6-2 to enter the semi-finals in the men’s singles event yesterday at the…
Champions Trophy 2017: India all set for title defence
May 25, 2017When Team India land in England to begin their title defence of the ICC Champions Trophy, it will be the first time that Virat Kohli will captain the Men in Blue in an ICC event. In the pre-departure interaction with the media yesterday, Virat made it clear that India will not burden themselves with the…
IGU Eastern India Ladies & Junior Golf Championship: City’s Pranavi, Vidhatri finish third
May 25, 2017City’s upcoming golfer Pranavi S. Urs and Vidhatri K. Urs taking part in the IGU Eastern India Ladies & Junior Golf Tournament held at Jamshedpur finished third in the Category B & C in junior girls sections respectively. Anika Varma of Delhi with a three-day aggregate score of 217 (76+68+73) won the title in the…
Inter-District Open Rapid Chess
May 25, 2017Samyuktha Kreeda Sangha in association with Mysore Chess Center will be organising Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Inter District Open Rapid Chess Cup on May 28 at EMMRC in Manasagangothri. The orgnisers have announced a total cash prize of Rs. 30,000 for the top 10 players along with trophies for three players in the Open Category. The…
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