Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin added a new feather in his already illustrious cap by breaking yet another milestone in the longest format of the game. During the third day of the ongoing Bengaluru Test, Ashwin surpassed current coach Anil Kumble’s record of most number of balls bowled in a Test season by an Indian. After…
India F4 Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament: Suraj, Vasisht advance
March 7, 2017City’s tennis players Suraj R. Prabodh and C. Vasisht taking part in the $15,000 ITF India F4 Futures Tennis Tournament 2017 at Bhilai Steel Plant Tennis Complex, Bhilai yesterday won their respective first round men’s singles matches and sailed into the second round. Wild card entrant Suraj R. Prabodh beat qualifier Abhinasu Borthakur 6-2, 1-0…
RPS acquires Shardul Thakur
March 7, 2017Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) have acquired the services of Kings XI Punjab’s pacer Shardul Thakur for Indian Premier League 2017. The fast bowler was bought by KXIP in the 2014 IPL Player Auction. This is the second trade done by RPS after having secured Delhi Darevdevils’ batsman Mayank Agarwal. RPS Squad: Adam Zampa, Ajinkya Rahane,…
12th National ‘A’ Chess for Visually-Impaired: City’s Shashidhar loses to Ashvin
March 7, 2017City’s visually-impaired chess player K.M. Shashidhar, representing Karnataka in the 12th National ‘A’ Chess Tournament for Visually-impaired at Mumbai yesterday lost his sixth round tie to K. Makwana Ashvin. After six rounds, Shashidhar has secured 2.5 points and is placed 10th in rankings. In first round, Shashidhar (rating 1550) lost to Karnataka’s Kishan Gangoli, while…
BAI expels former Secretary Dr. Vijay Sinha for life
March 6, 2017Badminton Association of India (BAI) in its annual general meeting held yesterday unanimously resolved to expel Dr. Vijay Sinha from BAI and all its affiliated units, member organisations, affiliate, etc. Dr. Sinha has been further restrained from contesting any election or hold any post or office related to badminton in the country. Dr. Sinha have been…
World Tennis Day celebrated in city
March 6, 2017World Tennis Day which is celebrated all over the World on March 6 was celebrated in city at various tennis centers. The Bharath Tennis Express academy, under ITF qualified coach Bharath Paul Singh celebrated World tennis day with soft tennis competitions for the upcoming tennis players this morning. Even the Mysore Tennis Club celebrated World…
Sol Sports AITA U-18 Tennis Tournament: City’s Arnav loses in semis
March 6, 2017City’s upcoming tennis player Arnav Pathange taking part in the Sol Sports AITA Junior U-18 Championship Series Tennis Tournament at Bengaluru went down in the semi-finals in the boys singles event on Friday. Praneeth scored a 6-4, 6-4 win over Arnav in the semi-finals and sailed into the title round.
38th National Masters Athletic Championship: City’s Amarnatha excels
March 6, 2017Amarnatha, Head Constable, Lakshmipuram Police Station, currently deputed to City Bomb Squad, representing Karnataka in the 38th National Masters Athletics Championship 2017, has excelled by winning one gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the men’s 45 plus category in the meet held at Gachibowli Balayogi Stadium at Hyderabad recently. Amarnatha won the men’s…
India F4 Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament: Vasisht enters main draw
March 6, 2017Mysuru lad C. Vasisht entered the main draw in the men’s singles event in the India F4 $15,000 ITF Men’s Futures Tennis Tournament at the Bhilai Steel Plant Tennis Complex, Bhilai on Saturday last. In the final qualifying round Vasisht beat second seeded Anirudh Chandrashekar 6-4, 7-5 to enter the main draw of the tournament….
All India Inter-University Men’s Kho-Kho Championship: Mysore Varsity loses in quarters
March 6, 2017University of Mysore Men’s Kho-Kho team taking part in the All India Inter-University Men’s Kho-Kho Championships 2017, lost in the quarter-finals to Shivaji University on Saturday. Shivaji University scored a win by 2 points and six minutes over Mysore Varsity and entered the semi-finals.
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