Divya clinches gold in Asian chess meet

Nagpur: Talented chess players of the city FM Divya Deshmukh, Mrudul Dehankar and Raunak Sadhwani displayed outstanding performance in Asian Youth Chess Championship concluded at Suwon in South Korea. FM Divya Deshmukh bagged the gold medals in both classical and rapid...

Nagpur, Mumbai not to host Pakistan’s World T20 matches

Nagpur/Mumbai. Call it an extra concern for security or an effort to avoid any tension, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to keep Pakistan away from two venues – Mumbai and Nagpur – in Maharashtra during...

Seven Grand Masters confirm participation

Nagpur: So far seven Grandmasters have confirmed their participation in Glocal Square 53rd National Challenger Chess Championship organised by Nagpur District Chess Association (NDCA) at Naivedyam Hall from August 16. Addressing media persons Maharashtra Chess Association secretary Dilip Pagay and organising...

Subroto mukherjee under-17 football : Anjuman HS triumph

Nagpur: Anjuman High School and Junior College defeated Sindhu Junior College 2-0 to win Subroto Mukherjee Inter-School Under-17 Football Tournament that was organised by DSO at Police Line Takli ground on Thursday. Anjuman were leading by 1-0 in the first half....

Ashwini takes giant stride,Bags a silver and bronze in Special Olympics

Nagpur: Fighting against all odds, 19-year-old Ashwini alias Chhakuli Atalkar has taken a giant stride by clinching one silver and a bronze medal in shotput during Special Olympics World Summer Games held at Los Angeles-California in United States. A student of...

England’s Broad scalps 8, Aussies all out for 60 in 4th Ashes Test

Trent Bridge/Nagpur: England pacer Stuart Broad bundled out the Australian batting for just 60 runs off 18.3 overs on Day 1 of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on Thursday, bagging his 300th Test wicket and claiming a career-best eight...

Dhanashree, Nadar emerge champs

Nagpur: Nashik girl Dhanashree Rathi and Mumbai lad Anand Nadar emerged champions in girls and boys categories respectively in Laxmikant Itkelwar Memorial Maharashtra State Under-15 Chess Tournament that was organised by Nagpur District Chess Association at Naivedyam Hall on Wednesday. Dhanashree...

State Under-15 Chess Tournament: Dhanashree gets sole lead

Nagpur: With just one round to go in Laxmikant Itkelwar Memorial Maharashtra State Under-15 Chess Tournament, the competition to clinch the top position has intensified among the players. In girls' category, Dhanashree Rathi is currently ruling the chart while in...

Bankers Sports Council sports awards distributed

Nagpur: While advising buding chess players Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay said , Success is a combination of inspiration and perspiration. There is no substitute for hard work. He was speaking during the annual inter-bank award function of Bankers Sports Council at Vidarbha...

Rohan, Ritika clinch badminton crowns

Nagpur: City shuttlers Rohan Gurbani and Ritika Thaker clinched Under-15 boys singles and Under-15 girls doubles titles, respectively at the Maharashtra Sub-Junior Badminton State Championship 2015 in Parbhani. Rohan Gurbani of Nagpur justified his top billing to reign supreme in the...

BSC Prizes distribution on Sunday: Grandmaster Thipse to be chief guest

Nagpur: The annual prize distribution function of Bankers Sports Council (BSC) will be on Sunday, August 2, at 5.30 pm, at Madhuram Hall of Vidarbha Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Mor Bhavan here in the city. Chess Grandmaster Praveen Thipse will be the...

Jain International girls win futsal title

Nagpur: The girls of Jain International School yet again proved their mettle and lifting futsal trophy in CenSports organised by Centre Point School, Dhabha. In the final, JIS defeated Delhi Public School 2-1 vie tie-breaker. Falguni Goplani and Sanskruti Harode scored...

The confusion between ‘Sex’ or ‘Success’ for Michael Clarke arises again!

Come again, Michael? #bbccricket https://t.co/MaVHLbXVLw

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 28, 2015

India v/s South Africa: Nagpur to host third test on Nov 25

Nagpur: India’s home series against South Africa will begin with the first T20 International on October 2 followed by five ODIs and four Test matches, making it the longest tour to the country by the Proteas. Besides three T20 Internationals at...

Dixit retained as VCA chief, Damle new secy

Nagpur: Prakash Dixit has been retained as Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) president for another term of two years while secretary Wijay has been replaced by Dattatray Damle . This will be the third team of Prakash Dixit as the president. Saturday...

India Test squad announced for SL; Amit Mishra back in team

The BCCI’s national selection committee on Thursday made just one change to the Indian Test team for the upcoming three-Test tour of Sri Lanka, giving leg-spinner Amit Mishra a Test cap after four years. Mishra, whose last Test match was against...

Nagpur among 8 cities to host World T20 2016

Nagpur: Kolkata's Eden Gardens will host the final of the ICC World T20, to be held in India from 11 March to 3 April next year, across eight cities, the BCCI announced on Tuesday. Matches will take place across Bengaluru, Chennai,...

Cricket aficionados of Nagpur city react proactively

  Nagpur. The cricket aficionados of Nagpur city told Nagpur Today that with increasing incidents of sledging, unethical behaviour and match-fixing, Cricket can no longer be considered as a gentleman's game. It could be recalled that the first reference to cricket appeared...

Mayyapam, Kundra banned for life : Chennai-RR team suspended for 2 years

A Supreme Court-appointed panel suspended former champions Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the Indian Premier League for two years as it presented its verdict on the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. ICC chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and...

Sania Mirza creates history, becomes India’s first women’s doubles Grand Slam winner

London/Nagpur: Sania Mirza and her partner Martina Hingis produced a stirring fightback to claim the Wimbledon women's doubles title under the Centre Court roof lights on Saturday. This is Sania Mirza's first-ever women's doubles Grand Slam title. Sania's partner Hingis held her...