Renu Kaur Sidhu recently completed Tata Mumbai Marathon adding another feather to her cap. Renu completed the 42.195 km in 4 hours, 31 minutes and 30 seconds. Earlier, she had completed Procam Slam 25km in Kolkata, 21-km Delhi and 10-km Bengaluru marathons. Returning from Mumbai, Renu won gold medals in 200 metres in Khasdar Krida Mahotsav’s Master’s Athletics. She completed the run in 40 secconds...

Sakib Rahim and Rahul Kalakotti Jr scored a brace each as Dhyanchand Sports Academy thrashed Eagle Sports by four goals to nil in the final of the hockey event during Khasdar Krida Mahotsav at Vidarbha Hockey Association ground. While Rahim sounded the board in 14th and 36th minute, Kalakotti Junior scored his goals in 31st and 38th minutes. In women’s final, Elite Club blanked City Police to emerge winners. Trisha Dudgankar (14th) and Prena Lonare (27th) were the goal getters for the winners. ..

VOLLEYBALL teams from Latur claimed twin titles in the Khasdar Krida Mahotsav competition held at Samarth Vyayam Shala ground. In the Under-21 boys section, Latur defeated Mumbai 25-18, 26-24, 25-22 while in Under-18 girls’ category, Latur stunned Pune to clinch the title winning the summit clash 25-11, 25-16, 25-22...

Shlok Aland, Swaraj Bhosale, Kavya Davakhar and Bhumi Bhalerao, along with host of other players moved to the next round of the MSLTA Gondwana Club All India Ranking Under-12 Boys and Girls Championship Series (CS7) on Monday. Shlok Aland beat Veer Gaikwad 6-0, 6-2 while Swaraj Bhosale defeated Kabir Borse 7-6(5), 6-2 in the boys section...

Hosts Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM-A) girls and Phoenix Academy boys won the inter-club sub-junior basketball championship of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav which concluded at the Shankar Nagar court the other day. In a lop-sided girls final, DKM outplayed Hanuman Nagar Krida Mandal (HKM) by as many as 26 points (59-33) with player of the tournament Sara Gulalkari (18) and impact player Netra Damke (15) doing the bulk of scoring. In the boys title clash, Phoenix Academy from Durga Nagar outclassed Nagpur ..

Royal Cricket Association, Dr Sandeep Shinde’s Babuji Foundation and Hajiyani Zubeda Abdul Razzak Charitable Trust will be conducting the 9th edition of Royal Premier Cricket League (RPCL) from January 22 at Mecosabagh Methodist School ground in Kadbi Chowk. The Vidarbha-level tournament will be inaugurated January 22 by Vidarbha’s and Rajasthan Royals’ new sensation Shubham Dubey. S & S Study Circle, Barde Group, Shivshakti Group, Shalom Sports Academy, Siddharth classes have also come forward to ..

SPIKERS from Mumbai, Pune and Nashik had an easy day as they recorded wins over their respective rivals in the State-Level Volleyball tournament being held under Khasdar Krida Mahotsav at Samarth Vyayam Shala ground in Pratap Nagar. In the Under-21 girls Nashik registered a 2-0 victory over Amravati. In boys category, Pune got the better of Sambhaji Nagar 3-0. Similarly in Under-18 boys section, Mumbai boys blanked Kolhapur 3-0 and girls defeated Kolhapur 2-0...

Umiraj Academy Kamptee showed their strength as they went on to clinch the tug-of-war trophies during the Khasdar Krida Mahotsav at Garoba Ground on Friday. In the women’s and under-15 girls’ categories, Umiraj Academy Kamptee teams defeated their rivals to win the top prize. In the women’s category under-460 kg weight category, Umiraj Academy defeated DNS Khaparkheda. ..

DARA Singh Handa retained his title by becoming ‘Champion of Champions’ in the Arm Wrestling competition of the Khasdar Krida Mahotsav on Wednesday. Dara Singh, who had also won the title last year, made it two-in-two years at the Sakkardara Lake area. In men’s 100 kg weight category, Dara Singh was followed by Anirudh Patil and Shashikant Sonule. In the above 100 kg weight category, Ayush Sharma, who was the runner-up last year, won the top prize. Last year’s winner Aryan Gangotri had to settle for ..

PRANAY Mahule and Mitali Bhoyar emerged as the fastest runners in the 1500 metresrace among men and women in the athletics competition at the synthetic track of Divisional Sports Complex Mankapur . In the men’s category, Mahule of Arts Commerce Night College won the gold medal by completing the distance in 4:08.11s. Samit Tong of Track Star Athletics Club fought hard and won the silver medal by recording a time of 4:08.48s while Gaurav Khodatkar of Navmaharashtra Krida Mandal won the bronze medal ..

Hosts Dharampeth Krida Mandal (DKM-A), Nagpur Amateur Sports Association (NASA), Spartan Academy and Hanuman Nagar Krida Mandal (HKM) girls teams won all their league round games to qualify for the quarterfinals of the sub-junior basketball tournament of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav on Wednesday. While DKM-A, NASA, Spartan and HKM emerged as the pool toppers of their respective groups, teams from Gurudeo Nagar Krida Mandal (GKM), Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana (SNG), Phoenix and United Basketball Academy (UBA) ..

NEHAL Gosavi made it to the quarter-finals of the badminton event during the Khasdar Krida Mahotsav at Subhedar Hall on Tuesday. In the pre-quarters, Nehal got the better of Sejal Thadhani 15-3, 15-5 to move up. Similarly, Spruha Khaparde, beat Dharaa Bhandari, 19-17, 15-11, Ditisha Somkuwar ousted Aasstha Kumar 15-10, 15-5; Yukti Shende overcame challenge from Bhumi Lalka 15-11, 21-19; Fizza Akbani beat Harshika Sharma 15-8, 7-15, 15-9, Vaishnavi Manglekar defeated Bhargavi Giradkar 15-2, 15-8 to ..

 VADODARA  A CONFIDENT Vidarbha, having won all their league games, will take on Rajasthan in Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals here on Sunday. With six wins from as many games, Vidarbha, led by Karun Nair, who is in cracking form, topped Group..

 MUMBAI  NEARLY 14 months after he last played an international game, veteran seamer Mohammed Shami on Saturday returned to the Indian team for the upcoming five-match T20I series against visiting England. The 34-year-old Shami’s last outi..

 XCITE Play thrashed Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) XI to storm into the semi-final of the JSW NDF Senior Division Tournament at Dr Ambedkar Football Stadium in Suyog Nagar. In the second quarter-final of the tournament, Xcite Play beat MOIL 5-3 ..

  Sports Reporter ANJUMAN  High School emerged victorious in a thrilling penalty shoot-out against Centre Point School International on the second day of the YMCA Under-16 Nagpur District Inter-School Football Tournament for Boys and Girls ..

MAVERICK Football Club scored two late goals through Swarup Shukla to make it to the semi-finals of the JSW NDFA Senior Division Football Tournament at Dr Ambedkar Football Stadium in Suyog Nagar on Thursday. In the quarter-final, Maverick defeated Nobel Sports Academy 2-0 to make it to the last four of the competition. After playing a goalless first half, Maverick finally found the back of the net in the 68th minute when Shukla scored the opener...

MOHOTA, led by senior bridge players Basant Mohota, S Chhajjed, R Deshpande, Samir Roy and Anilkumar Mohota emerged champions in team duplicate event organised by Vidarbha Bridge Association at their sports complex at Shankar Nagar on Sunday. It was a victory to cherish in 50 deals contest played across five rounds of 10 boards each, wherein their tally of 66.27 VP helped them secure top honours and winners purse. Just behind them were team Four Aces, who finished runners up with a tally of 62.22 ..

Mary Poussepin’s Academy, Anjuman English High School, Podar International School, Godhni, NMC MAK Azad Urdu High School started their campaign on a winning note on the opening day of the YMCA Under-16 Nagpur District Inter-School Football Tournament for Boys & Girls at Nagpur Gramin Police Ground, Suyog Nagar, on Wednesday. Mary Poussepin’s Academy – thrashed Heritage International School 4-1 while Anjuman English High School drub Sindi Hindi High School, Khamla 5-0. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurate..

Bhavan’s Bhagwandas Purohit Vidya Maidir, Ashti has organised Munshi Memorial Inter-school Sports Festival-2025 for Nursery and Preparatory Stage (Grade III, IV & V) students at its sports arena. Mohammad Mubin, Principal, Nagpur Residential High School, Nutan Chotai, Member of School Management Committee, BVM, Ashti, and Chitra Puri, former Hindi teacher were the guests of the event. A disciplined and well-synchronised march past by NCC 20 Mah Battalion cadets of school was performed. Principal Vandana ..

NAGPUR’S star international shuttler Ritika Thaker won two silver medals at the All India Public Sector Badminton tournament which concluded at the KBA Stadium at Bengaluru, the other day. After helping her team Airports Authority of India (AAI) to win the gold medal in the team event, Ritika claimed two silver medals in women’s doubles and mixed doubles. In the women’s doubles third seed Ritika and Priya Devi started their campaign in style with a fluent win over Jyoti Swaroopa and Sumitra Pujari ..

Riddhima Maradwar scored her second successive century in as many days as Vidarbha humbled Karnataka by three wickets in the league match of the U-19 Women’s One-Day Trophy in Trivandrum on Monday. Riddhima, who hit 106 on Sunday against Mizoram in her debut match, made an impressive 123 against Karnataka. Replying to Karnataka’s 215, Vidarbha got off to a flying start, thanks to openers Riddhima and Aarohi Bambode. They added 98 runs in 139 balls for the opening wicket with the latter making 40. ..

Tushar Yadav scored a brace in the first half as KGN Academy thrashed an out of form Big Ben Football Club in the JSW-NDFA Super Division Group A League match on Monday. Goals came thick and fast at Dr Ambedkar Football Stadium in Suyog Nagar as KGN Academy registered their first win, a 5-0 rout of Big Ben...

THE Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) Ganeshaa Cricket Premier League kicked-off on January 4. Eight teams — Newera Warrior, SMHRC, Magnum Monks, Ros Royals, KGF, Surgical Striker, Guts and Pulmo Power are participating in the tournament. Padmashri Dr Vikas Mahatme, Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha was the chief guest of the inaugural ceremony which was held at NCA, Kurvey’s School ground. Prashant Pandit, former Ranji Trophy player was guest of honour...

CITY paddler Jennifer Varghese added another feather to her cap by annexing youth girls singles (U-17) title at the UTT 86th Inter-State Junior and Youth National Table Tennis Championship under way in Vadodara on Sunday. In the all important final, Jennifer outsmarted Maharashtra colleague Divyanshi Bhowmick 4-1. Jennifer took the first two games at 11-7 and 11-8 then Divyanshi pulled on back taking the third game 11-4. But Jennifer pulled her socks to take the next two games at 11-7 each for the ..