By Ashvini Ranjan [Continued from yesterday] As we departed on our tour of the city, Akbar reeled off the city’s history of how it changed hands from the Arabs to the Mongols and subsequently ruled by Timur and Shaybandis. It was colonised by Russia in 1917 and Uzbekistan gained independence in 1991. “It was Islam…
Uzbekistan: The great Silk Route country -1
November 11, 2018By Ashvini Ranjan The air hostess on the Uzbek Airways flight from Tashkent to New Delhi was kind enough to permit me to occupy an empty window seat. For her, it was a routine request from passengers. Little did she realise my burning curiosity to see the rugged landscape below of the famous Silk Road…
Uzbekistan 25,000$ ITF Women’s Tennis: Dhruthi, Karman duo enter semi-finals
June 23, 2017Mysuru-based Dhruthi T. Venugopal teaming up with Arman Kaur Thandi combined well and won their quarter-final women’s doubles tie in the 25,000$ ITF women’s tennis tournament at Uzbekistan on Thursday. Dhruthi Venugopal and Karman Kaur Thandi beat Varvara Kuznetsova and Diana Shevehenko 6-1, 6-0 and sailed into the semi-finals in the women’s doubles event. In…
ITF 25,000$ Women’s Tennis: Dhruthi, Karman duo enter quarter-finals
June 22, 2017Mysuru based Dhruthi T. Venugopal and Karman Kaur Thandi combined well and beat Polina Mevenkova & Ekaterina Yashina 6-3, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s doubles event in 25,000$ ITF women’s tennis in Uzbekistan on Wednesday. In the women’s singles first round, Dhruthi got the better of Valeriya Zeleva 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: City’s Dhruthi enters second round
June 7, 2017Mysuru-based Dhruthi T. Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being held in Uzbekistan, won her first round women’s singles tie against Kazakhstan’s qualifier Ksenia Palkina 6-1, 6-2 yesterday. Partnering Kyra Shroff, Dhruthi scored a good win over V. Shleya and T. Shakhsiya 6-2, 6-1 and entered the quarter-finals in the women’s…
Uzbekistan ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament Dhruthi goes down in first round
June 1, 2017Mysuru based Dhruthi T Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament in Andijan, Uzbekistan, lost in the first round in the women’s singles event on Tuesday. Komola Umarova of Uzbekistan beat Dhruthi 6-4, 7-6(6) to enter the second round.
ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament: Dhruthi enters main draw
May 30, 2017City’s Dhruthi T. Venugopal taking part in the $25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament at Andijan, Uzbekistan entered the main draw in the women’s singles event by winning her final qualifying match yesterday. In the final qualifying match, Dhruthi beat Uzbekistan’s Lavlo Bakhodovova 6-2, 6-4 to qualify for the singles main draw. In the first round,…
ASBC Asian Boxing Championship 2017: India emerge joint third
May 9, 2017The Indian men’s boxing team ended the Asian Boxing Championship as joint third with Mongolia by winning a total of four medals including two silver and two bronze medals at the championship which concluded at Uzbekistan on Sunday (May 7). Shiva Thapa (60 kg) and Sumit Sangwan (91 kg) won the silver medals, while Amit…
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