The much-awaited Biddatanda Hockey Festival began at General Thimayya Ground at Government PU College premises here this morning. A total of 306 teams are taking part in the hockey tournament which is the highest ever since the tournament began in the year 1997. The first hockey festival was held at Karada in which a total…
Kohli, Smith face-off in Bengaluru
April 16, 2017Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rising Pune Supergiant will come up against each other in Match 17 of IPL 2017.With just one win from four matches, both teams have plenty to do to stay in the race to make it to the Playoffs. In their most recent outing, RCB let the match against Mumbai Indians slip…
Singapore Super Series: Srikanth, Praneeth clash for top honours
April 16, 2017For the first time in the history of badminton, two Indians will clash in a Super Series final with Kidambi Srikanth taking on B. Sai Praneeth at the Singapore Open later today. Former World No. 3 Srikanth notched up a 21-13 21-14 win over World No. 26 and 2014 Youth Olympic Games bronze medallist Anthony…
English Premier League 2017: Mata to miss rest of the season
April 16, 2017Manchester United’ chief coach Jose Mourinho has confirmed that midfielder Juan Mata will not play for the rest of the football season following a groin surgery. Mata, 28, underwent surgery last month but the club hoped he could return to the field before the end of the English Premier League on May 21, according to…
Receives 3rd Degree Black Belt in kickboxing
April 16, 2017Harsha Shankar, Technical Director and Chief Instructor of Academy of Selfe Defence is seen receiving the 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kickboxing (K-1) from that WAKO President Thamboli at Pune in Maharashtra recently. He is the first athlete from Karnataka to receive the 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kickboxing (K-1).
Biddatanda Hockey Namme-2017: 306 teams vie for honours
April 15, 2017Napoklu – The hockey buffs in Kodagu will witness the Rest of India (RoI) led by V. Raghunath taking on Karnataka and Coorg Regiment teams in an exhibition match to mark the inauguration of Biddatanda Hockey Namme – 2017 at Napoklu on Monday. The exhibition match will be played at one of the newly prepared…
Daredevils take on Kings at Kotla
April 15, 2017New Delhi – The IPL bandwagon arrives in Delhi for the first time in 2017 as the Delhi Daredevils take on Kings XI Punjab later in the day. The Delhi Daredevils have one win from two outings, while their opponents Kings XI Punjab have two wins from three matches. In their most-recent match Sanju Samson’s…
City’s boxing coach for Asian Championship
April 15, 2017New Delhi -Mysore’s very own, national boxing coach C.A. Kuttappa has been selected to accompany the national elite’s men team selected for the upcoming Asian Boxing Championships to be held at Tashkent, Uzbekistan from Apr. 27 to May 8. Currently at NIS Patiala, the team is headed to Astana, Kazakhstan for training at the AIBA…
Badree, Tye enter history books
April 15, 2017Bengaluru/Rajkot – Gujarat Lions pacer Andrew Tye and Royal Challengers Bangalore’s leg-spinner Samuel Badree entered the history books as they both claimed a hat-trick in their respective matches yesterday. In the first match, West Indian Samuel Badree became the bowler claim the first hat-trick of the season by scalping the wickets of Parthiv Patel, Mitch…
Indian sports stars honoured with Padmashri
April 14, 2017Indian sports stars Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik, Vikas Gowda and Mariyappan Thangavelu, who have made India proud, received the Padma Shri Award from President Pranab Mukherjee at a function organised at Rashtrapathi Bhavan yesterday. Karmakar, hailing from Agartala, missed the bronze medal by a whisker as American gymnast Simone Biles, won her third gold medal…
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