The 44th FIDE Rated National Women’s Challengers Chess Tournament 2017 organised by Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of the UKCA and AICF began at Mysore Sports Club today. The championships will see some of the best women chess players in the country in action during the 9-day tournament. Among the top players are former…
Dhruthi T Venugopal seeded eighth in the tournament scored an upset win over top-seed Fatma AL Nabhani of Oman 6-4, 6-1 and sailed into the semi-finals of women’s singles in the ITF $15,000 Women’s Tennis Tournament being held at Hua Hin, Thailand. She will meet Hua-Chen Lee of Korea in the semi-final.
Indian women will aim to turn the tables when they take on six-time champions Australia in the second semi-final of the ICC Women’s World Cup in Derby, England today. India sports a poor record against Australia, having lost 34 out of 42 games the two teams have played so far. But the Mithali Raj-led Indian…
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar will unveil the bust of late Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club (JWGC) in city on July 22 (Saturday) at 6.30 pm. Addressing the press meet at Parthrakarthara Bhavan, this morning JWGC President Dr. M.S. Ranganath said that the bust was sculpted by Arun Yogiraj, who has also sculpted…
Eight-seed Dhruthi T. Venugopal entered the quarter-finals of women’s singles event in the $15,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being held at Hua Hin in Thailand yesterday. In the pre-quarterfinal Dhruthi beat Korea’s Sung-Hee-HAN 6-4, 6-2 and sailed into the last eight stage of the tournament. In the earlier round, Dhruthi had a convincing 6-0, 6-2…
Mysuru’s top women chess player H.R. Manasa (the former State Women’s Champion & the current Karnataka U-19 girls Champion), taking part in the 26th National Youth U-25 Chess Championship 2017 at Port Blair representing Karnataka, fared well by securing 5.5 points from nine rounds and finished 36th in the final placings. IM P. Shyamnikhil of…
Unable to meet the ‘commercial demands’ of the main organisers, IMG, Chennai Open is set to move out of the city after 21 years and Pune is likely to host India’s only ATP World Tour event from next year. Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) is expected to make an official announcement on the development today….
The premier women’s chess event in the country, the 44th National Women’s Challengers Chess Tournament,conducted by the Mysore Chess Centre under the aegis of the UKCA & AICF will begin at the Mysore Sports Club tomorrow. Around 125 players will be seen in action. The nine day tournament comprising of 9 rounds will conclude on…
A six wicket haul by medium-pacer Nandakishore (six for 42) and a five-wicket haul by leg-spinner Shantaraju (five for 10), helped JoJo CC to register a facile ten-wicket win over Saraswathipuram SC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone I Division two-day league match played at the PET Ground in Mandya recently. Brief Score I Division: Saraswathipuram…
England has won both of the Women’s World Cups held on home soil and will have the chance to make it a hat-trick on Sunday at Lord’s after claiming a dramatic two-wicket win over South Africa in the final over of the semi-final in Bristol, yesterday. What looked like being a straightforward victory when South…
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