Jolly FC registered a narrow 2-1 win over Royal FC in the MDFA A Division football league 2016-17 for the Achutharao Memorial Trophy played at the University Grounds here yesterday. Result — Jolly FC: 2 (Jatin 26, 69) bt Royal FC: 1 (Chethan 52).
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Women’s golf tour: Vani wins tourney City’s Sonam Chugh fares well
March 25, 2017Vani Kapoor carded three over 74 on the final day to claim her second title of the season in the sixth leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour 2017 at the Poona Club Golf Course here yesterday. Gaurika Bishnoi and Amandeep Drall were tied second with identical scores of 225 after 54 holes. The…
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MDFA ‘A’ Division league: Durgamba FC, Mysore Police in drawn tie
March 25, 2017Mysore Police FC held last year’s runner-up Durgamba FC to a goalless draw in the MDFA ‘A’ Division football league 2016-17 for the Achutharao Memorial Trophy played at the University Grounds here yesterday. In the match played yesterday, Gandhinagar FC registered a facile 6-2 win over Rovers FC. Earlier, the tournament was symbolically inaugurated by…
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Shami joins Indian Team ahead of fourth Test
March 23, 2017Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami joined Indian cricket team in Dharamsala and is likely to play the 4th Test against Australia starting from Mar. 25. The pitch for the Test is likely to offer assistance to the bowlers and there is a possibility that Virat Kohli and company might go in with five bowlers, including…
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India beat Cambodia in a friendly match
March 23, 2017The Indian football team yesterday broke an 11-year-old jinx of not winning a match away from home as they beat lower ranked Cambodia 3-2 in an international friendly. India, currently ranked 132 in the world, were given a tough fight by the Cambodians, who are 41 places below them. The last time India emerged victorious…
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BCCI hands Group ‘A’ contract to Pujara
March 23, 2017The cricket board doubles remuneration to players across all formats. Cheteshwar Pujara moved up to Grade A in the BCCI annual players’ contracts list (period ending Sept. 30, 2017), as per the decision taken by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) yesterday. He will now be paid Rs. 2 crore. The Administrators, who met yesterday, decided…
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VTU Inter-collegiate Football Tournament
March 23, 2017Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE) will be organising Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Inter-collegiate, Mysuru Zone Football Tournament for Men on Mar.23 at the College Football Grounds at Manasagangothri. Teams from various engineering colleges in Mysuru, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and Ramanagar will take part. The tournament will be inaugurated by Dr. D. Ramani, Physical Education…
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Player Auction held
March 22, 2017The State Government must encourage rural sports by granting special funds, said JD(S) District President M. Sanketh Poovaiah here yesterday. He was speaking after inaugurating the player auction for Season-2 of Kodagu Champion League (KCL) at Siddapur. There is an urgent need for the Government to release funds for rural sports and encourage sportspersons to…
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Kolkata Classic Golf 2017: Chikka, Chiragh call the shots in round one
March 22, 2017Former PGTI Order of Merit champions Chikkarangappa and Chiragh Kumar called the shots in round one of the Kolkata Classic 2017 with matching scores of four-under-68 at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) on yesterday. Mysuru’s golfer K. Harish returned with a card of two-under 70 in the round one and finished tenth in the…
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Alamengada Cup Cricket Tournament from Apr. 24
March 22, 2017The 25-day-long Alamengada Cup Cricket Tournament will be held from Apr. 24 at the Vijayalakshmi Junior College Grounds at Balale. Speaking to mediapersons, Tournament Committee President Alamengada Bose Mandanna said that the tournament is being organised for the Kodava families to participate and display their cricketing skills. We have already witnessed Ballimada, Kandera, Addengada and…
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