City’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.
NR Group wins RED CUP-2017
March 5, 2017Mysuru- based NR Group won the RED CUP-2017, a corporate Tennis Ball Flood Light Cricket Tournament, organised by 93.5 Red FM at the Maharaja College Grounds here recently. A total of 24 corporate teams including NR Group, RBI, Wipro, ExcelSoft, HUL, SPI, BARC, Columbia Asia Hospitals took part in the tournament in which the NR…
Talented Golfer: Pranavi S. Urs
March 5, 2017Golf is a sport that attracts more players than any other outdoor sport — one of the reasons is the beautiful surroundings and the pleasure of being on the course to share this experience amongst friends and nature. To be able to perform successfully on such a playing field demands the ability to analyse and…
Mysuru District Master Athletes fare well in National Masters Athletic Championship
March 5, 2017The Mysuru District Master Athletes, taking part in the 38th National Masters Athletic Championship-2017 held at Balayogi Stadium, Hyderabad, Telangana, from Feb. 21 to 25, fared well by securing 9 medals in different categories. C.B. Chelluvegowda won two gold medals in Hammer-Throw and Shot-Put in the Men’s 70-plus category. Amarnath won one gold (110m Hurdles),…
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