Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and India’s Rohan Bopanna hold aloft the trophy after winning the French Open mixed doubles title in Paris yesterday. The pair defeated Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Colombian Robert Farah 2-6, 6-2 (12-10). The match went to super tiebreakers where the Indo-Canadian pair held their nerves and won the set 12-10 to win…
68th National Junior Basketball Championships: Karnataka girls go down to Chhattisgarh
June 9, 2017Chhattisgarh girls defeated Karnataka in a surprisingly one-sided game in the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship at Noida yesterday. Gulabsha Ali’s 26 points and forward Megha Singh’s 20 points led Chhattisgarh from the start. Chhattisgarh ended the game with 30 points to seal a 75-45 win. The undefeated teams in girls’ Group B squared off…
Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Futures: Dhruthi goes down in second round
June 9, 2017Mysuru based Dhruthi T. Venugopal, who took part in the ITF Women’s Futures Tennis tournament held at Namangan, Uzbekistan yesterday, lost her Women’s Singles second round tie against Russia’s Ksenia Lykina. Ksenia beat Dhruthi 7-6 (3), 6-3 and entered quarter-finals in the Women’s Singles event. In the Women’s Doubles, Sabina Sharipova & Valeria Strakhova of…
Inter-District Open Rapid Chess Tournament on June 18
June 9, 2017The Mysore District Chess Association (MDCA) will be conducting an Open Inter-District Rapid Chess Tournament 2017 on June 18 (Sunday) at the Lions Hall auditorium (next to University Oval Grounds), Mysuru. Events will be held in Open Section, U-14, U-11, U-9, U-7 (boys & girls) sections. The tournament is open to players from all Districts….
Pakistan stun South Africa
June 8, 2017Pakistan completed a remarkable turnaround to beat South Africa by 19 runs on the D/L method in their day/night Group B Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston yesterday and so maintain their hopes of a semi-final place. Just three days after conceding a total of 319 for three in a 124-run thrashing by arch-rivals and title-holders…
Andy Murray enters semi-finals
June 8, 2017World number one Andy Murray advanced to his fifth French Open semi-final yesterday, defeating Japanese eighth seed Kei Nishikori 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/0), 6-1. Murray, who was runner-up to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros last year, will meet 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka for a spot in Sunday’s final. Nishikori out-dueled Murray in a five-set classic…
68th Junior Natl. Basketball Championship: UP and MP teams qualify to Level 1
June 8, 2017The penultimate day of the league stages at the 68th Junior National Basketball Championship turned out to be a day of celebration for the home teams yesterday. Both Uttar Pradesh teams won their qualifying matches promoting them to Level 1. They are now through to the pre-quarterfinals. The UP girls had a relatively easy outing…
Singapore F3 Futures Men’s Tennis: City’s Suraj goes down in final qualifying round
June 8, 2017Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh taking part in the Singapore F3 Futures $10,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament lost in the final qualifying round in the men’s singles event yesterday. In the final qualifying round, Spain’s Bruno Mardones beat Suraj 6-3, 6-1 to sail into the main draw of the event. In the first round, Suraj had…
Champions Trophy 2017: England cruise into semi-final
June 7, 2017Mark Wood took the key wicket of Kane Williamson as hosts England booked their place in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy with an 87-run win over New Zealand at Cardiff yesterday. New Zealand, chasing a target of 311 for victory, finished 223 all out with 39 balls left. They were in the hunt while…
KSCA Mysore Zonal League 2017: Kiran, Jairaj shine in PET CC’s big win
June 7, 2017Helped by a well compiled century by opener H.R. Kiran (117, 16x4s, 1x6s) and a six wicket haul by medium-pacer Jairag Gowda (six for 16), PET CC, Mandya registered a big 265-run win over YMCC in the KSCA Mysore Zone II Division League match played at the PET grounds in Mandya, recently. Meanwhile, in the…














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