In Nagpur, BCCI Secy Anurag Thakur defends Dhoni, says he requires due time
Nagpur: Rippled by the major setback he received in the recently concluded series with Australia, Team India’s young captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been in the line of fire, however BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur, who was in Nagpur on Wednesday,...
Northern Riders wins OCW Premier League Cricket T-12 Season-IV
Nagpur: Northern Riders Team led by Rahul Sawde won the OCW Premier League Season IV defeating three times champion Orange Strikers led by Mahesh S. in nail biting finish at Gawande Lay Out Grounds, Chatrapati Nagar here on Sunday. In a...
40.31 km in less than 8 hours Jayant sets new swimming record
Nagpur: 13-year-old swimmer Jayant Duble has set a new national long distance swimming record. In the last phase of his adventours campaing, he swam 40.31 kilometers on the Arabian Sea in four days. He took just 7'48'' to cover the...
Nagpur District Mini Boys and Girls teams selected for State Championship
Nagpur: Following players are selected to represent Nagpur District Sub Junior (Mini) Basketball team in Mini State championship to be held at Mumbai from 22nd Jan to 26th Jan 2016. Mihir Dhabe of NBYS and Siya Deodhar of SNG are...
Ninad, Manas, Sahil selected for State-level School Malkhamb Tournament
Nagpur: Three lads from Nagpur Division have been selected to represent in the State-level School Malkhamb Tournament to be held at Chhatrapati Shahu Sports Complex in Satara on January 21 and 22. Ninad Jayant Dixit has been selected for Under-17...
Ajit Chandila banned for life, Hiken Shah for five years for spot-fixing by board of control for cricket in India
Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila and Mumbai's Hiken Shah were handed a life ban and a five-year ban respectively by a three-member Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) disciplinary committee, headed by president Shashank Manohar, on Monday. Chandila was...
City boy Sahil Karale selected for State-level U-15 cricket tournament
Nagpur: City boy Sahil Karale, a student of South Point School, has been selected for State-level Under 15 Cricket Tournament. Sahil is currently being coached by Pankaj Bhadang and his outstanding performance at school=level and other matches facilitated his selection...
Choudhary bags Maharashtra Kesri crown for second time defeating Jadhav
Nagpur: In an exciting bout, defending champion Jalgaon's Vijay Choudhary floored Vikrant Jadhav of Mumbai to retain Maharashtra Kesri title in 59th Maharashtra Kesri Wrestling Championship that concluded at Chitnis Park in Nagpur on Sunday. With this victory Choudhary has become...
Virat Kohli warns Aussies with superb 74,Sran impresses in warm-up match
Image Courtesy @CricketAus India started their limited-overs tour of Australia on a positive note, comprehensively beating a second-string Western Australia XI by 74 runs in a Twenty20 warm-up game in Perth on Friday with Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan striking...
Wrestling championship held in Nagpur after 28 years is a matter of prestige: Bawankule
51st Maharashtra Kesri State-level Wrestling Championship gets underway in a dazzling ceremony Nagpur: The 51st Maharashtra Kesri State-level Wrestling Championship was inaugurated in a dazzling ceremony with some of the students of Vyayam Shalas (Gymnasiums) displaying skills of wielding swords, lathi...
Two wrestlers found doping: Committee denies allegations
Nagpur: Wrestling is a compound skill of physical prowess and techniques. However often athletes, sports personnel use certain drugs to enhance the physical prowess and strength. Two participants of the Wrestling championship were allegedly found doping by Deepak Khirwadkar, a close...
Pranav Dhanawade: A thousand splendid runs
Mumbai/ Nagpur: It takes an hour-and-a-half for me to reach Kolkata airport from my residence; another hour-and-a-half to the aircraft to take off; the flight to Mumbai is two-and-a-half-hours long; and it takes an hour-and-a-half to reach my workplace. That...
Lodha panel recommends separate bodies for BCCI, IPL
Mumbai/Nagpur: Observing that states function as units under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), retired Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha on Monday said only one unit per state will represent and vote in BCCI as he...
National school chess tourney from Jan 5
Nagpur: The Nagpur Chess Academy will be hosting the prestigious 5th National School Chess Championship at Naivedhyam Eastoria, sponsored by SS International School, Besa from January 5 to 7. Addressing media persons organising committee chairman Manoj Itkelwar said the city will...
CM opens District Handicap Sports Meet
Nagpur: “Physical handicap should not become an impediment in one’s quest for achieving greater heights. In fact, the physically challenged should accept the reality and strive hard to cross newer milestones and create records on the strength of their self-confidence,”...
“Inter Area Table Tennis Tournament 2015-16” inaugurated in WCL
Nagpur: Director (Personnel) of Western Coalfields Limited Dr. Sanjay Kumar inaugurated three days Inter Area Table Tennis Tournament 2015-16 today at Coal Club, WCL, Civil Lines, Nagpur. All the ten Areas of WCL and Hqrs teams are participating in the...
Batsmen wrecked themselves in Nagpur Test: BCCI tells ICC
New Delhi/Nagpur: Famed batsmen of both India and South Africa wrecked themselves not because of ‘poor’ pitch but by their performance, said BCCI while replying to criticism by International Cricket Council (ICC) who termed the Nagpur pitch as poor. The...
Venue allotment to Nagpur for World T20 raises eyebrows
Nagpur: The Indian cricket board's (BCCI) decision to award almost half of the ICC World T20 matches next year to only two venues -Dharamshala and Nagpur -has raised eyebrows. These two venues -which will together host 17 out of 35...
Ritika Thaker and Simran Singhi finish runners up at Junior Badminton Nationals
Nationals Junior Under-17 doubles tournament held at Jaipur Nagpur: Nagpur youth are no less than anyone else in the country. Not only are they very competitive, they excel too. Two girls from Nagpur who were participating in Nationals Junior Under-17 Badminton Nationals...
Cricket: Centre Point School (CPS) emerge U-12 champion
Nagpur: The under-12 cricket team of (CPS), Katol Road emerged champion in the Karnewar U-12 cricket tournament held on Mecosabagh ground recently. In the first match against Tip Top Convent CPS Katol Road drubbed their opponents by 8 wickets. In the...
Hockey: Nagpur Range Police ‘B’ div champ
Nagpur: Nagpur Range Police drubbed Green City 5-0 to win Sharad PAwar 'B' Division Hockey Tournament organised by Vidarbha Hockey Association at its playfield on Monday. Range Police had an upper hand right from the beginning. They were leading by 2-0...
