Mangalore :  Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) in association with Jaya Karnataka jointly organized a state-level boys and girls Kabaddi Championship – 2012 at Nehru Maidan on February 5. Speaking on the occasion, N M Adyanthaya, state president of INTUC said that India always encouraged cricket and been neglecting other sports including our national [...]

New Delhi: The Sahara India has decided to end its role in BCCI sponsorship in cricket with immediate effect, in a surprising development. It used to provide the shirts and other materials to international matches played by Indian players so far, with ‘Sahara’ flashed across their chests. BCCI will now be hard pressed to find [...]

Mumbai: Under the captainship of Mahendar Singh Dhoni, Wicket Keeper and batsmen, India got a heavy beat in England and Australia, losing four Tests each, often by an innings as in Australia, conceding double and triple centuries to English/Australian players without anything worthwhile coming in as experienced batsmen by Tendulkar, Laxman and Dravid even when [...]

Mangalore: In the latest South India level Wrestling championships held in city on Sunday, Gautam of Mudbidri Alva`s group, was crowned as champion Adarsh, who lost the final to Gautam, became the runner up from DK district. DK  District Amateur wrestling Federation organised the event. The wrestling bouts were open to both men and women [...]

Mangalore : District in charge minister Krishna J Palemar inaugurated the Sports Meet for the Media representatives jointly organized by DK Working Journalist Union &Mangalore Press Club at St. Aloysius College Centenary Ground near Jyothi Circle on Jan 8, Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the media representatives are busy all the seven [...]

Mangalore: Mangalore Chess Academy organised an inter-district chess tournament for players all over the state, and 56 responded, but Aditya Pai who won all his matches, beating Shabdik Verma(runner-up), Sharon Rao(state under-11 champion) and Arjun Adappa(a noted player) in the process emerged as the new champion. 15 players were FIDE-rated players from DK, Udupi and [...]

Mangalore :  The DK District Police in association with the Mangalore City Police organized annual sports meet at Police ground on Dec 29 Thursday Mangalore University vice chancellor Prof. T. C. Shivashankarmurthy inaugurated the event by releasing a pigeon and a balloon into the air. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. T. C. Shivashankarmurthy said that [...]

Mangalore: ‘Star of India’ award winning ball-badminton Yester year player B.N. Meera, released 3 sets of national tri-colour ballons at Vidyagiri in Moodabidri on Tuesday, to inaugurate an All India Inter-University Ball badminton Women’s championship, hosted by Mangalore University along with Alvas College in Tow, with the participation of players from as many as 70 [...]

Mangalore: Seven the eight top Women athletes of the country, including local C.S. Akkunje, a gold medalist not long ago in Commonwealth Games at Delhi and Asian Games in China, were given one-year ban orders now on Friday (Dec 23), for failing in dope tests just before they were boarding a plane to kobe city [...]

Mangalore, Dec 22, 2011: Gold medalist Vincent Prakash Carlo at the Commonwealth Unequipped Bench-press Championship 2011 was given a rousing welcome at Mangalore Central Railway Station on Dec 22 Thursday morning. The championship was held in London on Dec 15 – 18. Vincent Carlo, is working at the Mangalore Excise Department, hails from Nanthoor. Speaking [...]