CENTRE Point School Wardhaman Nagar and Dabha branch won the boys titles while St Ursula girls emerged winners in DSO organised inter-school futsal meet. In the U-19 boys final, CPS beat Narayana Vidyalayam by four goals to emerge ..

    KAMPTEE United emerged champions of the Shahid Bhagat Singh Memorial Inter-District Hockey Tournament. In the event organised by Vidarbha Hockey Players Association at Vidarbha Hockey Association’s ground, Kamptee United thum..

    Sports ReporterVIDARBHA bowlers, led by seamer Pratham Maheshwari, who returned with a five-wicket haul in the second innings, took 16 wickets on third day of the match to thrash Bihar by an innings and 356 runs in their Cooch Beha..

    Sports ReporterHE WAS condemned and ridiculed for years for his one bad game. Destiny took away his son at a young age but a fighter to the core, former India hockey goalkeeper, ex-men and women teams’ coach and ‘Chak d..

IN-FORM batters Rohit Binkar and Danish Malewar made most of their purple patch scoring a double ton and an unbeaten big hundred plundering Bihar on opening day of their Cooch Behar Trophy match at Urja stadium in Patna on Saturday. Stumper Rohit (217; 264b, 13x4, 11x6) and Danish (159*; 211b, 19x4, 2x6) sent Bihar fielders on a leather hunt as they added a record 337 for the third wicket as Vidarbha amassed 411-3 in 90.4 overs. Once Binkar was set, he toyed with the bowing sending the cherry 13 times ..

YOUNG Muslim Football Club scored a late first half goal as they went on to beat Rahul Sankrutyayan Sports Association in the Majju Seth All India Gold Cup Football Tournament being played at Military Ground, Kamptee. In a hard fought battle, ..

JANHVI Ranganathan has been named skipper of 15-member Vidarbha Under-19 women’s team which will take part in the Group D (one-day) League to be held in Dehradun from Dec 7 to 14. VCA’s Women’s Selection Committee, headed by Nilima Sonkamble, also named stand-by players for the meet. Team: Janhvi Ranganathan (C), Sayali Shinde (VC),..

    Sports ReporterRabbani Club, Kamptee pipped NDFA Elite Division champions Ansar Sporting on the opening day of the Majju Seth All India Gold Cup Football Tournament being organised by Unity Football Welfare Association at Military ..

    Sports ReporterST VINCENT Pallotti School boys and St Ursula School girls emerged Under-14 hockey champions of the District Sports Office Tournament being held at Tiger’s Gap ground, Sadar on Friday. The meet is conducted by ..

    Sports ReporterNAGPUR’S talented paddlers Aadi Chitnis and Jennifer Varghese made podium finishes in their respective Under-19 singles in the 84th State Table Tennis Championship that concluded at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports..

   Sports ReporterDHARMENDRA Thakur scored his maiden ton helping Vidarbha to a mountain of runs against Haryana in their Cooch Behar match at JR Institute of Cricket Technology ground in Barwala, Haryana on Monday.In response to Vidarbha&#..

   Sports ReporterCITY’S ace paddler Jennifer Varghese won both her matches but Nagpur District Table Tennis Association’s Under-19 girls team went down fighting in the semi-final and had to be satisfied with bronze medal in the..

   Sports ReporterNAGPUR district boys and girls finished third in 47th edition of Late Mataprasad Tiwari Maharashtra State Junior Volleyball Championships under way at Raje Raghuji Nagar Krida Mandal’s courts on Sunday.Both the teams..

LILARAM Bawne and Rita Tarare emerged champions of the AG (Audit) organised Audit Endurance Run of 10 kms, as a part of Audit Day celebrations. Bawne clocked 34 min in open men (up to 40 age) while Rita Tarare clocked 44 min 30 secs in the women section to bag the titles. Datta Kumar Sonawle (44 min 20 secs, men above 40) while Pramila (1 hr 3 min, women above 40) were crowned winners in their respective categories. Earlier, the run was flagged off by Praveer Kumar, Accountant General (A&E)-II, ..

STUMPER Rohit Binkar’s unbeaten big hundred and his two partnerships with Tushar Suryavanshi and Danish Malewar helped Vidarbha colts make a brilliant start against Haryana in their Cooch Behar match at JR Institute of Cricket Technology ground in Barwala, Haryana on Saturday. Making first use of the turf, Vidarbha batsmen made merry as they piled up 338 losing just two wickets in 90 overs on the opening day of the four-day fixture. After Vidarbha lost opener ..

    MANGANESE Ore India Limited (MOIL XI) scored the equaliser five minutes before the final whistle to play a hard-fought draw with former multiple-time champions Rabbani Club, Kamptee in the league round of the JSW Elite Division Foo..

    Sports ReporterPACER Nachiket Bhute gave Vidarbha a stunning start taking four wickets in his first spell helping the team thump Meghalaya by nine wickets to record their second successive win of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at CCFC Gro..

    Sports ReporterSOUTH East Central Railways headquarters, Bilaspur team is back on track after a stuttering start to the JSW Elite Division Football Tournament. In the second match, the railmen thrashed Nagpur Blues 3-0 to earn f..

   Sports ReporterSAGAR Chintala scored from a long range free kick to help Rahul Sankrutyayan Sports Association record win in their opening match of the JSW Elite Division Football Tournament being played at Bharat Ratna Dr BR Ambedkar Fo..

   Sports ReporterVIDARBHA bowlers, led by pacer Nachiket Bhute, who took two wickets in first two balls of the match, decimated Sikkim batting as Vidarbha recorded a thumping seven-wicket win, their first of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day..

   Sports ReporterNAGPUR District Basketball Association (NDBA) President Sandip Joshi has written a strong-worded letter to Maha Basketball Association Secretary Shatrughna Gokhale asking him not to play with future of budding cagers. MBA ..

   NAGPUR’S Sanket Ajay Buggewar won gold and silver as well the Mr India title in the recently-held Body Building and Fitness Championship at New Delhi.Buggewar has received awards on the strength of his excellent performance. Prior ..

    OFFICIALS of Nagpur District Hardcourt Tennis Association (NDHTA) Dr Sudhir Bhiwapurkar and Vijay Naidu have been elected to the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) Managing Council on Sunday.Dr Bhiwapurkar continues ..

    Sports ReporterVIDARBHA all-rounder Akshay Karnewar’s maiden List A hundred and his association with Darshan Nalkande saved the ignominy of a huge defeat as the duo reduced margin of the loss against a strong Karnataka side i..

CENTRAL India Public School, Kamptee Road karatekas excelled in the recently held competition organised by District Karate Association. Laksh Purohit of Grade VIII and Dyanesh Sarve of Grade VII brought laurels to school by winning a gold medal and a silver medal respectively in kumite event held at Hindu Mulinchi Shala, Mahal. Dyanesh Sarve was also awarded a gold medal in kata. Both the students have been selected for Maharashtra State Sub-Junior Karate Championship to be held at Aurangabad. Director ..

    Sports ReporterNAGPUR District Football Association (NDFA) has cancelled the No Objection Certificate (NOC) given to Sportians Football Club to conduct Baby League tournament for various age groups. According to a press release, th..

   ST VINCENT Pallotti Engineering College and GS Commerce College started with victories in the inter-college handball championship organised by the Sports and Physical Education Department of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University..

   By Paritosh PramanikSHE had defeated Lazzat Kungeibayeva of Kazakhastan on her senior debut earlier this year to clinch the gold medal at the Elorda Cup, Kazakhstan in July 2022.Indian boxer Alfiya Pathan continued in same vein to beat t..

    Sports ReporterYATHARTH Javery and Kedar snared seven and six wickets respectively bowling their teams Dr Ambedkar College and AG College to identical six-wicket wins in quarter-finals of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krida Mahotsav Cricke..

MAKE hay while the sun shines, goes a saying. On a roll, Vidarbha boys are making most of their form and in their Cooch Behar Trophy opener against minnows Manipur, they recorded Vidarbha’s biggest ever victory among all formats and across all age groups on Sunday. The match played at Vidarbha Cricket Association’s Kalamna Stadium will go down in the Vidarbha’s history book as the colts recorded a crushing innings and 515 runs win inside two days of the four-day match. After posting a mammoth 676 ..

KANKI Gram, Kinwat boys won kabaddi title of the State-level ‘Krida Mahotsav’ that was jointly organised by Abhyudaya Youth Club’s Ekal Gram Sangathana, Vanbandhu Parishad and Sri Hari Satsang Samiti of Ekal Abhiyan Gram Swaraj Manch Yojana at Divisional Sports Complex in Mankapur on Sunday. In the final, Kanki Gram boys defeated Nimkheda Gram Shahada to wrest kabaddi title. Prizes were distributed at the hands of DCP Gajanan Rajmane, Dr Amit Samarth, Vicky Kukreja,..

WITH an aim to develop and nurture sportspersons from tribal areas, a separate Khasdar Krida Mahotsav for tribals will be organised in future, said Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. Gadkari was speaking during the inauguration function of Abhyudaya Youth Club’s Ekal Gram Sangathana, Vanbandhu Parishad and Sri Hari Satsang Samiti of Ekal Abhiyan Gram Swaraj Manch Yojana’s State-level ‘Krida Mahotsav’ at Divisional Sports Complex in Mankapur on Saturday. More than 300 rural and tribal boys and girls ..

VIDYA Bharti has announced its kho-kho teams for the all India kho-kho competition. The West Zone kho-kho team of Under-17 and Under-19 will play the all India competition at Jaipur, Rajasthan from November 5-8. Vidarbha Region President Shailesh Joshi, Shailendra Manawat, Mangesh Pathak, Nana Kharpate, Jitendra Ghordadekar, Sarika Joshi, Vishal Lokhande, Dr Padmakar Charmode and others wished the teams luck. The teams: U-19 girls: Anisha Bangre (C), Jhanvi Ukey, Shreya..

    Principal CorrespondentWOMAN Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh clinched a gold and a bronze medal for India at the Asian Continental Chess Championship which was held at New Delhi.The 17-year-old Nagpur girl did the country and city proud..

   BAPUNA XI chased down Maharashtra Cricket Association’s tally of 341-8 with three balls to spare in a high-scoring league match of Under-25 Bapuna Cup (One-Day), played at the VCA Civil Lines ground on Monday.The visiting team from..

    Sports ReporterNOBEL Sports Academy (NSA) came from behind twice in the match to beat St John’s High School and clinch the Seven-A-Side Baby League Under-12 Football Tournament organised by St Mary’s Football Academy at..

DEFENDING Youth World champion Alfiya Pathan, who came up with a solid show on her debut in senior international event, has been included in the Indian squad that will be participating in the Elite Asian Championships to be staged at Amman, Jordan. A couple of months ago, Nagpur’s best boxer Alfiya had won a gold in the Elorda Cup that was held in Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan. She had humbled the 2016 world champion and strong contender for title Lazzat Kungeibayeva 5-0 in the women’s +81kg final. ..

    Nagpur girls started their campaign on a winning note on the opening day of the Maharashtra State Sub-Junior Basketball Championship that started at Kolhapur on Friday.In their opener, last year’s runners-up Nagpur thrashed N..

   Sports ReporterHISLOP College women clinched the inter-college football title. The tournament was organised by the Department of Physical Education and Sports, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.In the final, Hislop eves defe..

    SNEHA Football Club, Pilli Haveli Football Club, Kamptee registered victories in the respective matches in the ongoing Baby League Football Tournament organised by St Mary’s Football Academy at St Mary’s School ground i..

    NAGPUR’S famous Ayurveda doctor and District President of Patanjali Yog Samiti Nagpur Dr Jeevesh Panchbhai’s book ‘Daily Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation’ was released recently.The book was launched at the han..

   ANANDI Sonawane of Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM) and Shreyash Bhosale of Nagpur Amateur Sports Association (NASA) will lead the 12-member girls and boys basketball teams of Nagpur in the Maharashtra State Inter-district Sub-Junior (U-13)..

ST JOHN’S High School started with a two-goal victory over hosts Indian Friends Football Club on opening day of St Mary’s Football Academy organised 7-a-side Baby Football League at St Mary’s School ground, Jaffar Nagar, on Sunday. Both the goals were scored by Mohd Umair in 12th and 20th minutes of play. In the other match, Kick Soccer India Koradi beat DDYS 2-1. Siddhant Raut and Nirbhay Bhange were the scorers for Kick Soccer. For DDYS, Amrutanubhav Dongre scored one...

   Sports ReporterFORMER skipper Komal Zanzad’s brilliant opening spell helped Vidarbha record a crushing six-wicket win over Chandigarh in their last league match of the Women’s T20 Tournament at Dr PVG Raju ACA Sports Complex,..

   Principal CorrespondentDistrict Sports Office (DSO) Nagpur will play host to two State-level championship in the coming months. The Under-17 and U-19 boys and girls’ handball State championship and dodge ball championship in same a..

    Principal CorrespondentVIDARBHA Colts are on the brink of winning second Vinoo Mankad Trophy. The 2018-19 champions stormed into the final of this season after they beat formidable Maharashtra by 48 runs (VJD) at St Xavier’s ..

    Sports ReporterFOR the first time in season opening tournament, Vidarbha bowlers got their act together to bundle out a side and that helped the team get past a competitive Madhya Pradesh in their sixth round match of Syed Mushtaq ..

    Sports ReporterKANCHANMALA Pande and Shreyash Bahadure, both members of Aqua Sports Club, brought laurels to the city by winning several medals at the 14th Maharashtra State Paralympic Swimming Championship that was organised by Pa..

SHRI Ramdeobaba College of Engineering boys and KDK College of Engineering girls emerged champions of the Inter-Collegiate Chess Tournament held at St Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology. The tournament was organised by the Department of Sports and Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur Univversity. In the boys section, GH Raisoni College of Engineering finished second followed by Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya at third spot...

PRATIK Raut showed good potting skills against Noel Kurian to comfortably book a place in the second round with a 2-0 win in the ongoing Rahul Pund Memorial Snooker Tournament at Engage Snooker Club, Gandhinagar on Saturday. In another match, Shubham Kale displayed great potting skills in both the frames to beat Sachin Agrawal 2-0 comfortably. Sixteenth seed Prashant..