Nagpur boxer Navanya wins gold at school nationals
Nagpur: Navanya Savvalakhe, a student of PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur, has won a gold medal in the 14 year age group at the 54th PM Shri Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan National Boxing Championship held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Navanya...
14 Nagpur gymnasts selected for nationals
Nagpur: In a first for Nagpur, as many as 14 athletes have been selected to represent Maharashtra in the Gymnastics Acrobatics National Competition to be held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand from August 7-10. The Maharashtra Amateur Gymnastics Association recently held the Acrobatics...
Nagpur District Senior Selection Badminton: Pranay emerges champion
Nagpur: Pranay Sushant Gadewar stunned top seed Priyanshu Pramod Dubey in straight games to win men’s singles title in the Nagpur District Senior Selection Badminton Tournament that concluded at Arundhati Arun Badminton Academy off Besa-Pipla Road, on Sunday. Gadewar proved to...
Vinayalaya Convent School students win gold, bronze in fencing contest
Nagpur: Chetan Shahu and Aarav Shahu, students of Vinayalaya Convent School Jaripatka, Nagpur, won gold medal and bronze medal respectively in Sub-Junior District Fencing Tournament organized by Nagpur Fencing Association at Divisional Sports Complex Mankapur, Nagpur. Headmistress Sr. Nirmala felicitated the...
Junior District Basketball Championship: DKM boys lift title
Nagpur: Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) boys matched what the girls team did as they claimed the 25th Prakash Rajurkar Memorial Junior District Basketball Championship at their Shankar Nagar court. After the girls team lifted the trophy defeating Nutan Bharat Yuwak Sangh...
Video: Grand Welcome in Nagpur for Chess World Cup Champion Divya Deshmukh
Nagpur: India’s rising chess star and Nagpur native, 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh, received a rousing welcome at Nagpur Airport after making history by winning the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup 2025. On July 28, in the finals held in Batumi, Georgia,...
FIDE Women’s World Cup: Nagpur’s Divya is champion, becomes Grandmaster
Nagpur: After 24 days of fighting chess in the Georgian city of Batumi, Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur became the FIDE Women’s World Cup champion by defeating the veteran Koneru Humpy in the final via the tiebreaks. Divya winning the Women’s...
Who Is Divya Deshmukh — The 19-Year-Old from Nagpur Who Conquered the Chess World and Made History
Who is Divya Deshmukh? At just 19, she’s not only the FIDE Women’s World Cup Champion but also the first Indian woman to ever win this prestigious title. In a nerve-racking tiebreak final, Divya defeated none other than India’s first...
Junior District Basketball Meet: DKM girls lift crown in style
Nagpur: With solid contributions from all the top players in the crucial game, hosts Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) drubbed Nutan Bharat Yuvak Sangh (NBYS) to lift the crown in the 25th Prakash Rajurkar Memorial Junior District Basketball Championship at the...
Nagpur’s Sadhwani shines in Russia chess event, wins silver
Nagpur: Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani of Nagpur claimed back-to-back silver medals in the 22nd edition of Prestigious Karpov International Chess tournament held in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. It was a strong invitational round robin event of 10 players representing different countries where...
Women’s World Chess Cup: Nagpur’s Divya meets Humpy in all India final
Nagpur: Woman Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur stormed into the final, defeating former world champion Zhongyi Tan of China in the second game of the semifinals and winning the minimatch 1.5-0.5 in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Cup. In the...
District Basketball Championship: NBYS girls, DKM boys in SF
Nagpur: Nutan Bharat Yuvak Sangh (NBYS) girls and Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) boys entered semi-finals of the 25th Prakash Rajurkar Memorial Inter-Club Junior District Basketball Championship underway at DKM Shankar Nagar court on Thursday. In the girls quarter-finals, NBYS got...
Nagpur’s Divya creates history, storms into FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup final
Nagpur: International Master Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur stormed into the final of the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup, defeating former world champion Zhongyi Tan of China in the second game of the semifinals and winning the mini-match 1.5-0.5 in...
FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup: Nagpur’s Divya stuns China’s Zhu again
Nagpur: World Junior No. 1 Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur and India's top three ranked players, Koneru Humpy, D Harika and Vaishali Rameshbabu, made it to the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Friday....
Pallotti Memorial Chess Championship: Sanskar, Shraddha are champions
Nagpur: Sanskar Gaigore of Centre Point School Dabha (7½) from High School boys section while Shraddha Bajaj of Narayana Vidyalayam (7½) in girls category emerged champions as it was curtains on the 15th Pallotti Memorial Inter-School and Junior College Chess...
Pallotti Memorial Chess Meet: Gavai, Agnes lift titles
Nagpur: FIDE Master Siddhant Gavai of St Vincent Pallotti School and Junior College emerged champion of the Junior College category in the ongoing 15th St Vincent Pallotti Memorial Nagpur District Inter-School Chess Championship. Gavai collected four points to top the...
World Women’s Chess Cup: Nagpur’s Divya beats higher-ranked Zhu of China
Nagpur: Indian International Master Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur made a huge stride forward, defeating second seed Jiner Zhu of China in the first game of the pre-quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women’s Chess Cup here on Wednesday. Divya was rejuvenated...
Nagpur’s Patle, Madavi win Pachmarhi Marathon
Nagpur: Jitendra Patle and Rituja Madavi of Nagpur emerged champions of the 7th edition of Pachmarhi Monsoon Marathon which was held recently. The marathon was organised by Adventures And You in association with Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board. Mitesh Rambhia was the...
District Basketball Championship: DKM ‘A’ teams move up
Nagpur: Dharampeth Krida Mandal’s ‘A’ teams had a memorable evening on Tuesday as they recorded wins in their respective sections in the ongoing 25th Prakash Rajurkar Memorial Inter-Club Junior District Basketball Championship currently in progress at its court in Shankar...
Nagpur District B’ball Championship: PBG boys, girls win opening ties
Nagpur: Teams from Players Basketball Gymkhana (PBG) in both boys and girls sections won their respective matches on the second day of the 25th Prakash Rajurkar Memorial inter-club Junior (U-18) District Basketball Championship organised by Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) at...
Nagpur’s Divya confirms last 16 Chess World Cup berth
Nagpur: Reigning world junior champion Divya Deshmukh of Nagpur registered victory to confirm her last 16 berth in the FIDE Women's World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Sunday. India No.1 Koneru Humpy also made it to the last 16 slot....
