Mysuru-based visually-impaired chess player K.M. Shashidhar drew his 13th and final round tie against Tamil Nadu’s Marimuthu and finished 12th in the final rankings with 4 points from 13 rounds in the 12th National ‘A’ Chess for Visually-Impaired which concluded at Mumbai yesterday. Kishan Gangolli of Karnataka with 10.5 points from 13 rounds clinched the…
Talented Wrestler: S. Rakesh
March 12, 2017Wrestling is a traditional sport which has been patronised by the Maharajas of Mysuru. Traditional Naada Kusti bouts and Free-stule and Greco-Roman style wrestling competitions are held in Mysuru every year in the State and National level during the world-famous Dasara festival. Mysuru has produced well-known wrestlers like Shankar Chakravarthy, Mahesh Pandit, Rudra Mooga, Tiger…
Sports Events
March 12, 2017Chess From 1.3.17 Chess Coaching Camp by Mysuru Professional Chess Academy at Lions Hall (behind Oval Athletic Grounds) Coaching supervised by IM M.S. Thejkumar (Monday to Friday 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm). Tennis From 1.3.17 R. Nagaraj Tennis Coaching Camp to 31.3.17 at SJCE Tennis Courts. From 1.3.17 Mysuru Tennis Club Tennis Coaching Camp to…
After Rohan Bopanna,Paes exits Indian Wells
March 12, 2017Leander Paes and his Argentine partner Juan Martin de Porto crashed out in the opening round of the men’s Doubles event to bring an early closure to India’s challenge at the ATP Indian Wells Masters, here. Paes and Del Porto were no match for Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller and American Sam Querry as they suffered straight…
India F5 Futures Men’s Tennis: City’s Prajwal Dev advances
March 12, 2017Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, taking part in the qualifying round in the Men’s Singles event in the India F5 $15,000 Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament played at KSLTA, Bengaluru, won his first round tie against Rishi Reddy 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 and entered the second round in the qualifiers on Saturday. On Sunday, Prajwal Dev will…
SPORTS QUIZ
March 12, 2017What does the term A.I.F.F. stand for? In which sport is the term ‘Puck’ associated with? The ‘Champions Trophy’is associated with which sport ? Who is the Indian Test cricketer who won the Man of the Match award in the just concluded Test at Bengaluru between India & Australia? Who is the Sri Lankan left-arm…
SBRR Mahajana FGC hogs limelight
March 11, 2017SBRR Mahajana FGC, Mysuru, dominated the proceedings in the University of Mysore Inter-collegiate Inter-zonal (Men) competitions 2016-17, by winning the badminton and football titles and also emerging runner-up in the softball tournament which concluded on Thursday. The final placings Badminton: 1. SBRR Mahajana FGC, 2. PGSC, Mysuru, 3. Govt.Science College, Hassan. Chess: 1. GFGC, N’gud,…
Mysuru Varsity summer camp to begin on Apr. 3
March 11, 2017Department of Physical Education, University of Mysuru in association with Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES), Mysuru and MDAA will be conducting a month-long annual summer coaching camp for boys & girls (8 to 18 years) in 12 sports disciplines – athletics, badminton, cricket, football, gymnastics, hockey, kabaddi, volleyball, wrestling, yoga and handball at…
DRS controversy: BCCI files official complaint
March 10, 2017The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on yesterday filed an official complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) against Australian captain Steve Smith and middle-order batsman Peter Handscomb regarding the DRS controversy. The development comes a day after the ICC in a press release had stated that it will not charge players…
Pandya left out of Indian squad for next two Tests
March 10, 2017There were no major inclusions or casualties in the Indian squad for the final two Tests against Australia, as the selectors named an unchanged team, barring the exclusion of injured Hardik Pandya. Pandya missed the Bengaluru Test as well due to shoulder niggle which India won by 75 runs to level the four match series…














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