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City’s hand in India’s kabaddi gold

   Sports Reporter : Women’s team coach Neeta Dadwe from Nagpur helps the nation defend Asian Games crown SHE had promised and she delivered. Prior to leaving for the Asian Games in Japan, Nagpur’s Neeta Dadwe, head coach o..

DIVISION’S TOP TENNIS PLAYERS SPOTTED

  Sports Reporter : CITY’Stop tennis players in different age groups were spotted at end of the DSO LawnTennis Divisional Tournament that concluded at the MSLTA Tennis Academy on Thursday. The competition was held across three catego..

St Joseph’s Convent win U-17 football title

  Sports Reporter : ST JOSEPH’S Convent girls quelled the spirited challenge from Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir,Civil Lines branch as they went on to emerge the district champions of the Under-17 Schools’Footba..

City girls help India bag gold

 NAGPUR players delivered outstanding performances to help India clinch gold medal in the International Roll Ball Triangular Series,held in Colombo, Sri Lanka recently. The Indian team played brilliantly throughout the tournament with four talented p..

Dinanath are divisional champs

  Sports Reporter : THE Under-17 hockey team of Dinanath High School and Junior College,Dhantoli, emerged divisional champions of Nehru Cup Hockey Tournament. The team displayed brilliant performance throughout the tournament, remaining unb..

St Pallotti,Besa skatersemerge overallchampions

  Sports Reporter : ST VINCENT Pallotti School, Besa emerged champions while Delhi Public School, MIHAN finished second best in the St Vincent Pallotti School, Pallotti Nagar organised 11th Pallotti Memorial Inter-School Roller Skating Cham..

St John’s,SFS to clash in final

  Sports Reporter : IT WILL be ahigh-octane final when St John’s High School will take on St Francis de Sales (SFS) in the summit clash of the 33rd Peter Mermier Football Tournament. The battle for supremacy will be held on September..

Dr Dhotefinishes her third HYROX in 6 months

  Sports Reporter : CITY’S ultra endurance athlete Dr Sunita Dhote added yet another feather in her cap as she completed the HYROX Mumbai, in Women’s Open Solo category, in Mumbai, recently. Dr Dhote,the first Indian woman to co..

CITY’S MOPKAR NAMEDOFFICIAL FORASIAN GAMES

  NAGPUR District Table Tennis Association’s Blue Batch Table Tennis UmpireMangesh Mopkar has been nominated to officiate in Asian Games - 2026 being held at Aichi-Nagoya in Japan. This is the second time Mopkar is officiating in Japan. E..

ST JOHN’S AREUNDER-17 CHAMPIONS

  Sports Reporter : ST JOHN’S High School (State), Mohan Nagar,finally broke the title drought with an exciting win over aspirited St Francis de Sales College,SeminaryHills on Tuesday morning. St John’s last wonthe Subroto Cup i..

Rewatkars excel with twin titles

  FATHER and son duo of Raja and Amit Rewatkar once again showcased their dominance in bridge, securing double titles in pairs and duplicate events organised by Vidarbha Bridge Association at its sports complex, Shankar Nagar. Playwell, featurin..

MKH Sancheti, Ambedkarhoopsters enter finals

  Sports Reporter : DEFENDING champions MKH Sancheti boys and Ambedkar College girls registered facile victories to qualify for finals of the annual Inter-School Basketball Tournament of District Sports Office (DSO) that began at the twin c..

Gaurav, Madina run to glory

  Sports Reporter : GAURAV Khadatkar and Madina Paul emerged as winners in the Inter-College Cross Country 10km ( Women and Men) Competition organised by the Department of Sports and Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur U..

BCS, St John’s, DPS Kamptee in SF

  Sports Reporter : BISHOP Cotton School, Delhi Public School, Kamptee and hosts St John’s High School (State), Mohan Nagar completed the semi-finals line-up for the 33rd Fr Peter Mermier Football Tournament being played at St John&#..

Bhavan’s start with wins

  Sports Reporter : BHAVAN’S Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir,Civil Lines and Srikrishna Nagar branches started their campaigns in the DSO Under-19 Football Tournament with resounding wins on Sunday. While the Civil Lines branch beatM..

YADAVWILL NO MORE BE‘VIDARBHA EXPRESS’TakesNOC from VCA, mayrepresent otherState in domestic cricket this season

  By Anupam Soni HAVING earned his nickname ‘Vidarbha Express’for starting his career turning up for Vidarbha in domestic cricket and being among fastest bowlers in the country, Umesh Yadav has decided to part ways with the former t..

4,788 RUNS, Smriti becomes leading scorer in T20 Internationals

  NISSHIN : INDIAN women’s cricket team opener Smriti Mandhana etched her name in the record books by becoming the leading run-scorer in women’s T20Is and also in all T20I cricket (men or women), surpassing Suzie Bates’ 4,..

First woman to score 100 in Asian Games, Shafali’s ton powers India into T20I final

  NISSHIN  :  REIGNING champions India stormed into the women’s cricket T20I final at the Asian Games for a second successive edition on Sunday, confirming at least a silver medal and taking India’s medal tally to four at t..

St John’s, BVMrecord wins

  Sports Reporter : ST JOHN’S High School (State), Mohan Nagar and Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir,CivilLines,recorded victoriesover theirrespectiverivals in the District Sports Office organised Schools’Under-17 F..

20th State yogasanacompetition begins

  OVER 220 yoga players from Nagpur,Chandrapur,Gondia, Wardha, Amravati, Washim, Yavatmal and Bhandaraparticipated at the 20th State Yogasana Championshipthat commenced at Kamgar Kalyan Bhavan in Raghujinagar on Tuesday. The event is being joint..

City’s Sharyu completesIRONMAN70.3 in France

  NAGPUR’S Agniveer Sharyu Fartode successfully completed IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship held in Nice, France,recently. Sharyu, amember of the first batch of Agniveers, is serving as aphysical trainerat INPT School, Goasince April 2024. A..

‘World Strong Man’ Chaitanyasparkles in gold in Kyrgyzstan

  Sports Reporter : SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Chaitanya Sheshrao Raut, a Class XII student of St Paul College,Pipla Road, Hudkeshwar, broughtglory to the city by scripting asuccess story on the global stage. Son of Police Constable Sheshrao Raut o..

Malewar hits 233!VIDEYE SEMIS SLOTAFTER INNINGSWIN OVER KSCA

 VIDARBHA thrashed KSCA President’s XI by an innings and 80 runs inside three days to boost their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Thimmappiah Memorial Trophy in Alur on Tuesday. Vidarbhapiled up 530-5 in their first innings,tha..

CPS, AB boysare district TT champs

  CENTREPoint School, Amravati Road Bypass secured the District-Level Championship in the Under-14 Boys Table Tennis category and qualified for the upcoming Division-Level Table Tennis Competition. The championship was organised by the District..

Srishti to attempt Guinness WR today

  TALENTED limbo skating athlete Srishti Sharma will attempt to set aGuinness World Record on Tuesday in the category ‘Fastest Time to Limbo Skate Under Descending Poles Over 25 Metres –Female’. As part of this attempt, Srishti..

Bokhara, Waris Purarecord wins

  BOKHARA and WarisPura recorded wins in the Slum Football Tournament 2026 organised by Krida Vikas Sanstha at GaribNawaz Football Ground in YashodharaNagar. In action-packed day at the venue,Bokharadefeated Pardi (B)2-0.The match between Waris..

Rajendra HS wrestler sexcel

  Sports Reporter : WRESTLERS from PM Shri Nagar ParishadRajendra High School, Khapa made the school proud by performing strongly in the Saoner Taluka-level School Wrestling Competition. As many as 12 wrestlers who performed excellently in..

Nagpur fencer Sharwari winsbronze in Thailand Open

  Sports Reporter : NAGPUR’S talented fencer SharwariGosewade brought laurels to the city by performing brilliantly at the international level and winning a bronzemedal in the Thailand Open Fencing Championship in Pathum Thani, Thaila..

Tanvi bags national water polo bronze

   Sports Reporter : TANVI Dhurve, a Class XI student of Nutan Bharat Junior College and a swimmer of Roshan Swimming Club helped Maharashtra clinch the bronze medal in the 52nd Junior National Water Polo Championship which was held at..

Ira are hockey champs

   Sports Reporter : Ira International School continued its dominance on hockey field after the Under-17 girls clinched the hockey title. The tournament was organised by District Sports Office at Tirpude College ground. In the final,..

Tong finishes creditable fifth at Indian Athletics Series

   Sports Reporter : NAGPUR’S young runner Samit Ravindra Tong achieved success in the Indian Athletics 3000m Steeplechase Championship organised by Athletics Federation of India (AFI) at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. To..

Nayse clinches twin titles

   Sports Reporter : SAIRAJ Nayse clinched twin titles winning the Under-17 singles and men’s doubles trophies as it was curtains on the Diffusion Engineers’ NK Garg Memorial Nagpur District Selection Tournament at Subhedar..

District tug of war squads named

    Sports Reporter :  THE Nagpur District Tug of War Association announced teams for the 27th Sub-Junior, Junior Girls and Mixed Senior Women and Mixed State-Level Championship which is being organised at Selu, Parbhani. The tou..

Maharashtra sub-junior sepak takraw team wins six medals

  Sports Reporter : THE Maharashtra Sub-Junior Sepak Takraw team created history with a remarkable performance at the 29th Sub-Junior National Sepak Takraw Championship, held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. In a historic achievement, Mahara..

Singh, Thakre in summit clash

   Sports Reporter :Rohan Singh will lock horns with Aarav Thakre in the summit clash of the men’s singles of the Diffusion Engineers’ NK Garg Memorial Nagpur District Badminton Selection Tournament.The tournament is organised b..

MRUNAL, FARHAN SLAM ’TRICKS

  MRUNAL Thakur and Farhan Khan slammed hat-tricks for their respective schools in the District Sports Office organised Schools’ Football Tournament (Under-17 Boys) at SFS College ground, Seminary Hills on Wednesday. Mrunal scored thrice i..

Skipper Mohota takes team to QF

  CAPTAIN Anilkumar Mohota led from the front as Team Anil made it to the quarter-finals of EA Bridge 2nd International Bridge Championships in progress at Express Avenue Mall, Central Atrium, Chennai, on Wednesday. Team Anil was the only team f..

Joshi elected President of MBBA

  SENIOR Vice-President of Maharashtra Olympic Association and former MLA Sandip Joshi has been elected unopposed as the President of Maharashtra Body Builder’s Association (MBBA). The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday at Sound..

Tiaana bagstennis gold

  TIAANA Thakkar of Centre Point School International bagged tennis gold medal in the ISSO Games 2026-27, held at Jayshree Periwal International School (JPIS), Jaipur. In the all important final, Tiaana defeated Tvisha Sharma of JPIS 6-3 to cla..

Five from Vid in India A squads

  Sports Reporter : FIVE Vidarbha players including India seamer Yash Thakur have been drafted into India ‘A’ squads for two multi-day matches and three-match oneday series against Australia ‘A’ in October, the BCCI..

Satwik-Chirag clinches China Masters title

INDIAN men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rallied to overcome China’s He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu in a thrilling final to clinch the China Masters title here on Sunday. Playing their third final here, Satwik and Chirag, who finished runners-up in the 2023 and 2025 editions, fought their way to an 11-21, 21-13, 21-17 victory over former World No 4 He and Ren in a one-hour, 10-minute battle...

Shuttlers Shourya, Shruti shine in taluka meet

  SHOURYA Madavi and Shruti Devgade excelled in the Taluka-Level School Badminton Competition, organised by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Services, Maharashtra State Sports Council and District Sports Office,Nagpur,and hosted by Global In..

Vidarbha need 382 runs for victory

  Sports Reporter : VIDARBHA will need to bat their skin out as they chase asteep target of 382 runs,put up by Gujarat, on the last day of the Thimmappiah Memorial Trophy in Alur. PriyeshPatelhitacentury(100) and Jaymeet Patel made 91 as G..

Prutha pockets bronze for India in Bangkok

  YOUNG swimmerPrutha Goel of Centre Point International School (CPSI), representing India, claimed abronze  medal at the prestigious AOSI Short Course Swimming Championship which was held in Bangkok, recently. Participating in the Under-9..

Nagpur’s Neeta is India kabaddicoach for Asian Games

  Sports Reporter : ARJUNA awardwinner Neeta Dadwefromcity has been appointed as head coach of Indian women’s kabaddi team forthe Asian Games starting from September 19 in Japan. The Games arescheduled to be held at Aichi-Nagoya, Japa..

City paddler Ikshika isU-19 State champion

  Sports Reporter : CITY’Srising paddler Ikshika Umate clinched the Under-19 girls table tennis title at the 4th MaharashtraState Ranking Table Tennis Tournament which was organised by Wardha District Amateur Table Tennis Association..

MPASA fetes ‘special’ athletes

  Sports Reporter : ON NATIONAL Sports Day, the Maha Para All Sports Association (MPASA) felicitated disabled athletes from Nagpur who excelled at nationaland international events. The disabled athletes were honoured with bouquets and meme..

DSO conducts various eventsto mark National Sports Day

  Sports Reporter : THE District Sports Office, with the concept of ‘Khelega Bharat, Jeetega Bharat’, conducted various sports competitions to markthe National Sports Day at Divisional Sport Complex in Mankapur, informs Shashik..

CHINTAMWAR RALLIES TO MAKE QF

  Sports Reporter : MAHESH Chintamwar of Workshop Department rallied to enter men’s singlesquarterfinals of the DRM Challenge Cup Inter-Departmental Badminton Tournament that got underway at twin venues on Tuesday. The three-day meet..

DPSLavapip IRA to enter final

  Sports Reporter : RIDING on asolitarygoal from Vardhan Thorane,Delhi Public School (DPS) Lavaentered final of the Under-19 boys event of the District Sports Office organised Nagpur RuralTaluka Football Tournament at Aspire International..