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Kale-Mehadia enters QF

  THE pair of Jatin Kale and Shreyas Mehadia made it to the quater-final of the ongoing RamchandraMehadia Memorial Snicket Tournament 2026 being played at Gondwana Club. The duo of Kale and Mehadia defeated favourites Jamashp Bapunaand Aksh..

Janhvi ends atthird place

  JANHVI Bawane claimed a bronzemedal in the U-18 age category of the Ma harashtra State Open Youth Athletics Championship under way at Nashik. Inthe 1000 metres race,Janhvi of Track Star Clubwon the bronze medal with atime of 3minutes 8.64s. Hi..

Ojaswi wins double bronze

  OJASWI Komal Kulsange put up an impressiveperformance at the All India Independence Cup Karate Championship, winning two bronze medals in the individual kata and kumite categories. The championship was held at Talkatora IndoorStadiuminNew Delh..

DPS teams in final

  Sports Reporter : TEAMS from Delhi Public School MIHAN and Kamptee Road branches made it to the finals of the fifth edition of Pro Vice Chairperson’s CupInterschool Futsal Tournament, organised by Delhi Public School, MIHAN. In the..

VHA gets in terim relief from High Court

 Special Correspondent : THE Vidarbha Hockey Association (VHA) secured an interim relief after the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court admitted its petition objecting to Collector and Additional Divisional Commissioner’s order of taking cus..

St John’s, DPSKamptee, Sanchetiin SF

  Sports Reporter : ST JOHN’S High School, Mohan Nagar,Delhi Public School, Kamptee Road and MKH Sancheti stormed into the semifinals on the second day of Pro Vice Chairperson’s CupFutsal Tournament, organised by Delhi Public S..

St John’s, DPSKamptee, Sanchetiin SF

  Sports Reporter : ST JOHN’S High School, Mohan Nagar,Delhi Public School, Kamptee Road and MKH Sancheti stormed into the semifinals on the second day of Pro Vice Chairperson’s CupFutsal Tournament, organised by Delhi Public S..

Nobel SportsAcademy claim Under-11 title

  Sports Reporter : NOBEL Sports Academy (NSA), Wadi, delivered aremarkable performance to emerge Under11 championsofTHE 22 Sports Academy 5-A-Side Football Tournament2026. NSA dominated the tournament from the very beginning. In aleague c..

Cityshuttlers excel in State tourney

  Sports Reporter : NAGPUR’S young badminton talents delivered an impressive performance at the YonexSunrise GH Raisoni Memorial 2nd MaharashtraState SubJunior (U-9, U-11 and U-13) Selection Badminton Tournament held at District Stad..

Nagpur’s Kubde in Shinde-ledMah jr women hockey squad

  Sports Reporter : KOLHAPUR forwardTanisha Shinde will lead an 18-member Hockey Maharashtrasquad at the 16th Hockey India Junior Wo men Na tional Championship 2026, to be played at the Ma jor Dhyanchand Ho ckey St adium, NehrunagarPimpri,..

Chaware excels in karate meet

  Sports Reporter : CENTRE Point School, Wardhaman Nagar’s Aryan Chaware of Class 10E excelled in karate competitions at various levels during the academic year. Aryan showcased exceptional skill and determination at the All India Cha..

DPS FUTSAL

  Moses scored both the goals in either side of half to take St John’s to the pre-quarterfinal. In the Under-14 age category, St John’s defeated Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Koradi 2-0 to move up. Earlier, the tour..

St John’s start with win

  Sports Reporter : MOSES Joseph scored a brace as St John’s High School (State), Mohan Nagar blanked Nagpur Residential High School 2-0 to start their Under-17 campaign on a winning note in the Delhi Public School MIHAN organised 4t..

Shruti bags Commonwealth fencing bronze

  Sports Reporter : NAGPUR fencer Shruti Dharmendra Joshi won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Fencing Championship, underway in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday. Team India captured four gold, five silver, and 11 bronze medals after the open..

Sankalp Football Academy are champs

  SANKALP Football Academy won title in the U-14 boys categoryorganised by The 22 Sports Academy at its ground near Fire College,Friends Colony. Inthe final ,Sankalp pipped Sportian FC 4-3. Forthe winners, Reyansh Gandhi struck twice while Manas..

Eves’ pokerfit league evokes good response

  NARI Akhaada by PB’s Fitness Studio conducted aPokerFit League that challenged young ladies’fitness levels. With events like plank hold, full push-ups,monkey bar hang, chakrasan, sarvangasan, dhanurasan, patangasan, bakasan, arm-wr..

Surjan and Kalerecord big win

  KARAN Kale and Nikhil Surjan recorded ahuge win in the ongoing Ramchandra Mehadia Memorial Snicket Tournament 2026 being played at Gondwana Club. In aone-sided match, SurjanKale thumped the pair of Vijay Bajaj and Samarth Bajaj 172-29. In..

WOX COOLERS THUMP BHIM NAGAR

  WOX Coolers recorded the biggest victoryin SW Dhabe Memorial 26th Slum Soccer Tournament at BokharaGround on Sunday. The annual slum football event is being organised by Krida Vikas Sanstha. WoxCoolers thumped Bhim Nagar 7-0. They scored three..

Performance should never become measure of child’s worth : Dr Adhau

Sports Reporter : RECOGNISING the growing importance of mental wellbeing in the development of young sports persons, Nagpur Cricket Academy (NCA) organised aspecial parent and coach counselling session titled ‘Winning the Child Before Winning..

Unbeaten Rutam israpid chess champion

   Sports Reporter : REMAINING unbeaten in the tournament, Rutam Zanwar emerged champion in the Nagpur District 121st Weekend Open Rapid Chess Tournament that was jointly hosted by Nagpur District Chess Association and Dhanwate Nationa..

Joshi is Sr VP Mah Oly Association

   FORMER : MLC Sandip Joshi, who was already a Vice-President on the Maharashtra Olympics Association body, got elevated to the post of Senior Vice-President in an MOA meeting held at Mumbai on Saturday. President of the Maharashtra B..

Playwell emerge champs in VBA bridge tournament

   PLAYWELL , one of the older teams affiliated to Vidarbha Bridge Association, polished up their image just that little bit on Sunday, as they emerged champions in duplicate bridge tournament organised at VBA sports complex. Playwell..

Manoj, Manshi bag State javelin golds

   Sports Reporter : LOCAL athletes shone brightly as Manoj Chavhan and Manshi Patankar claimed the Under-20 titles in the State-level javelin throw competition held at RTMNU Sports Complex, Ravi Nagar on the occasion of National Javel..

Mount Carmel karateka Dantale wins twin titles

   EMERGING :   young wushu talent Ishwari Dantale, a Class IV student of Mount Carmel Girls’ School, delivered a remarkable performance to claim dual honours at the 18th District-Level Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior Wushu Ch..

Blindfolded but on target, Arnav earns India call-up

   By Aryan Khartad : FOR 19-YEAR-OLD partial blind archer Arnav Narendra Bais, not being able to see the target clearly has never stopped him from finding it. After taking a year-long break from archery to prepare for the IIT-JEE exam..

Tehsildar to take control of VHA ground on 13th

   By Paritosh Pramanik : IT’S GONE! Long live VHA ground! The hockey ground off Amravati Road, which was in the possession of Vidarbha Hockey Association (VHA) for decades, will be taken away by the Nazul Department. The office..

CWG stars return to grand welcome with Asian Games already on mind

INDIA’SCommonwealth Games medallists barely had time to celebrate their success before shifting their focus to next month’s Asian Games as they returned to a rousing welcome in the national capital in the early hours of Tuesday. Even as the athletes walked out of the airport to a rousing welcome, they spoke in one voice about the road ahead, saying there was little time to bask in their Glasgow success with the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya fast approaching. “Hearing the national anthem on such a big ..

With 25 sixes, 15 fours, Abhishek Sharma slams 233 from 91 balls!

 AMRITSAR : ABHISHEK Sharma showed his brute power on Sunday night clobbering 233 runs from just 91 deliveries with a strike rate of 256.04 in a senior inter-district one-day match in Punjab. With that staggering strike rate, Sharma created a ne..

Teen Tanvi Sharma wins maidenBWF Super 300 title at Taipei Open

TEEN Indian sensation Tanvi Sharma clinched her maiden BadmintonWorld Federation BWF World Tour title after defeating Vietnam’s sixth seed Thuy Linh Nguyen in straight games in the women’s singles final of the Taipei Open Super 300 badminton tournament. The 17-year-old from Punjab, who had finished runner-up at last year’s US Open Super 300, needed just 36 minutes to outclass world No. 21 Nguyen 21-16 21-16 in the summit clash. “I’m really very happy to win this title here,” said Tanvi, who became ..

FIRST ATHLETE TO WIN 2 MEDALS IN SINGLE CWGGulveer bags historic bronze in men’s 5000m

GULVEER Singh scripted history as he became the first Indian to win a 5000m medal in the Commonwealth Games with a bronze as well as the first track and field athlete from the country to win two medals in a single edition of the Games. Reigning Asian champion Gulveer, who had won a silver in the 10,000m on July 28, finished third in the 5000m with a time of 13 minute 24.95 seconds to complete a historic double on the concluding day of the athletics competition...

Boxers lead India’s medal surge

    GLASGOW :   Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi Chaudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Phangal win gold medals. Pugilists Jadumani Singh, Lovlina Borghain, Narender Berwal secure silver medals. Para s..

Boxers lead India’s medal surge

  GLASGOW :   Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi Chaudhary, Arundhati Choudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Sachin Siwach, Ankush Phangal win gold medals. Pugilists Jadumani Singh, Lovlina Borghain, Narender Berwal secure silver medals. Para shot put..

Suman qualifies for HYROX World C’ship

  SUMAN Tiwari of Nagpur created history by becoming the first athlete from Central India to win an individual HYROX event, securing first place in the Women’s Pro 55–59 age category at HYROX Delhi 2026. Her outstanding performance..

Inter-department swimming held

  Sports Reporter : THE DRM Cup InterDepartmental Swimming Competition for Railway employees and their wards was successfully organised by SECRSA, Nagpur at its Motibagh Swimming Pool. The competition witnessed enthusiastic participation fr..

VCA to felicitate Vijay Hazaretitle winning team on Sunday

  Sports Reporter : VIDARBHA Cricket Association will be felicitating its senior men’s team for winning the maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26, marking the association’s first-ever white-ball tournament title. The program..

Rains, slush and only shoot-outs

  Sports Reporter : CONTINUOUS rains since last couple of days and slushy field on which the ball hardly moved, forced District Sports Office (DSO) to decide Subroto Mukherjee Cup matches via shoot-out at St Francis de Sales College ground..

Majumdar-Sharma begins with a bang

  Sports Reporter : THE pair of Parth Majumdar and Ashish Sharma began their campaign in the Late Ramchandra Mehadia Snicket Tournament underway at the Gondwana Club with a bang scoring a huge win. M a j u m d a r - S h a r m a thumped the..

Phoenix gymnasts shine at CENSPORTS

  STUDENTS of Phoenix Gymnastics Academy delivered an outstanding performance at the CENSPORTS 2026 InterSchool Gymnastics Championship, organised by Centre Point School, Amravati Road, winning multiple medals across different categories. In the..

District athletics from Aug 4

  PLAYERS WILL BE SELECTED FOR THE UPCOMING STATE MEET THE Nagpur District Athletics Association (NDAA) will be organising the District Athletics Championship for boys and girls under the age groups of 14, 16, 18 and 20 years from August 4-6 at..

Bhavan’s Koradi drubSt Joseph’s Convent

  Sports Reporter : BHAVAN’S Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Koradi pipped St Joseph’s Convent 4-3 in their opening round match of the District-Level Subroto Mukherjee Inter-School Football Tournament in Under-15 Rural Boys ca..

50-kmrun on Kargil Vijay Diwasheld

  Sports Reporter : TO PAYtributes to the valour of Indian Army and bravemartyrs of Kargil War, a50-km Tiranga Parikrama Runwas organised on Kargil Vijay Diwas,under the joint aegis of Colonel Ajay Veer Sports Foundation, Ishwar Deshmukh Co..

BIG VICTORY FORSHAH AND MENON

  MIHIR Shah and Jaidev Menon stunned the pair of Tarrun Mohta and Deepak Maheshwari by an innings in the Late RamchandraMehadia Snicket Tournament underway at the Gondwana Club. Shah-Menon won the match convincingly 197-23.  Vipul Pas..

Gallantry’s Ranbir shinesin State swimming c’ship

  Sports Reporter : SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Ranbir Singh Gaur from Gallantry Swimming Club delivered an impressiveperformance winning fivemedals at the 42nd State Sub-Junior and 52nd Junior MaharashtraState Swimming Championship, organised by t..

Sharmila wins historic gold in para athletics
Compatriot Shilpa K Shyla bags bronze

SHARMILA Dhankar scripted history by becoming India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games para-athletics gold medallist, while high jumper Sarvesh Kushare and weightlifter Valluri Ajaya Babu clinched a silver each, as the country enjoyed a rewarding day in the multi-sport event here. Sharmila delivered a landmark performance by winning the women’s shot put F57 title with a season-best effort of 9.81m, becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in para-athletics at the Games late on Monday night. Her ..

Lokansh leads SFS HighSchoolinto semi-final

  Sports Reporter : SAINT Francis de Sales,Sadar (SFS) boys were accurate from the spot as they beat CentrePoint School, Dabha (CPS) 4-2 in shoot-out after the match ended in the 0-0 stalemate after regulation time to move up into the semi-..

Ashok Kumar Dhyanchand inspiressportspersons at BSC awards function

  LEGENDARY Olympian and 1975 Hockey World Cupgold medallist Ashok Kumar Dhyanchand delivered an inspiring address at the 58th annual prize distribution function of the Bankers’ Sports Council, held at Narayani Hall, urging sports persons..

ARYA WINS ASIAN BRONZE

 r : NAGPUR’S young karateka Arya Panpaliya brought immense pride to the city and India by winning abronze medal in the Under-14 girls individual kumite (-47 kg) category at the prestigious 3rd Asian Youth Camp and Championship (AYCC)–20..

SFS HS score four in rout of St Michael’s High School

  Sports Reporter : CAPTAIN Lokansh Chaware was in ascintillating formashis team, SFS High School of Sadar thrashed St Michael’s High School 4-0 in their District-Level Subroto Mukherjee Inter-School Football Tournament Under-15 NMC..

Sarthemerges TT champion, Upsets topseed Jayesh for TT crown

  Sports Reporter : SARTH Shastriupset top seed Jayesh Kulkarni to emerge men’s single champion in the Shruti Club District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament that was held at University TT Hall on Sunday. Sarthstarted the final ona posi..

SAIKRITICK TOREPRESENT INDIAIN BRIDGE

  IN Aproud moment for Vidarbha and Indian bridge, SSaikritick has been selected to represent India in Under-16 categoryatthe World Youth Bridge Championship,scheduled to be held in Hefei, China from August 2-8, 2026. Saikritick,anex-student of..