DOWN two frames, Ranjeet Nasery rallied brilliantly to book a place in final of the Woodshot Open Snooker Tournament under way at Woodshot Pool ‘N’ Snooker Club in Himalaya Harmony, Pratap Nagar Square on Tuesday. In the best-of-five set semi-final Nasery was 0-2 against Md Saifullah but the former bagged the remaining three frames in style to win the last-four encounter ..

DEVASHREE Lavhe of Nagpur won silver medal in 400 metres run on the opening day of the State Junior Selection Trials Competition which got under way at Pimpri-Chinchwad. Devashree, an athlete of Om Sai Sporting Club, Umred clocked a timing of 59.00 seconds to finish second. Shadab Pathan and Riya Dohatare won bronze medals in their respective events. In the Under-20 boys’ category, Pathan finished third in the 10,000 metres run with a timing of 32 mins and 19 secs...

TALENTED athletes Om Itkelwar and Riya Dohtare will lead Nagpur district teams in the upcoming Maharashtra State Junior Selection Trials (championships) to be held at Sant Dyaneshwar Sports Complex, Indrayani Nagar, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune from January 19-22. Om is a member of Nav-Maharashtra Krida Mandal while Riya belongs to Track Star Athletics Club...

PANKAJ Lalwani and Md Saifullah made it to semi-finals of the Woodshot Open Snooker Tournament under way at Woodshot Pool ‘N’ Snooker Club in Himalaya Harmony, Pratap Nagar Square on Monday. Lalwani and Saifullah recorded contrasting wins in their respective quarter-finals for sport in last four...

MANY young karatekas of Shyam Karate Academy (SKA) successfully cleared belt gradation examination conducted by NSKAI Nagpur District at Hindu Mulinchi Shala recently. The examination was conducted under the watchful eyes of chief examiner Sensei Sanjay Ingole...

VIDARBHA’S unimpressive run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Tournament continued as they lost their fourth successive game on Sunday at Holkar Stadium in Indore. Their latest defeat came against Services who thrashed them by eight wickets in the inconsequential match played under lights. Services achieved the target of 151 in 17.2 overs losing just two wickets. If Vidarbha batsmen found form, their bowlers let the team down this time as they failed to defend the competitive score. Services’ opener Lakhan ..

KASHISH Bhagat, Akanksha Soudiya and Adarsh Bhure staked claims for a berth in Nagpur district team with their gold winning performances on second day of the District Junior Athletics Selection trials-cum-Competition being held at different venues of the city. Kashish, a student of Mahatma Gandhi English Medium High School, won gold medal in the Under-14 long jump (4.47 mtr) while Nav-Maharashtra Krida Mandal’s national-level player Akanksha claimed the yellow metal in 600 mtr run with a timing ..

SAKSHI Ambekar, Shreyas Gadhve and Shadab Pathan won gold medals on opening day of the District Junior Selection Trials which got under way on Tuesday at three different venues of the city. The meet is organised by Nagpur District Athletics Association (NDAA). Sakshi won gold medal in the 100 metres event in Under-20 girl’s category. The SB City Club sprinter clocked a timing of 13.89 seconds. Khushi Wasnik of Jai Athletics Club finished second in 14.02 secs. In the U-16 boys 100 metres, Om Itkelwar ..

NEEM Park Football Club rallied to beat Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Services (DDSYS) to clinch the Shiv Bhola Krida Mandal organised five-a-side football tournament on Sunday. In an exciting final, Neem FC beat DDSYS by two goals to one. DDSYS took the lead in the 8th minute through Harsh Choubey but Neem FC drew parity within two minutes through Tilak Singh’s goal. Giftson Saji then scored his team’s second goal two minutes later which turned out to be the match winner. Earlier in t..

KEEPING his cool in tense situation helped Sahil Jamba beat Mahesh Awachat 2-0 in the ongoing Woodshot Open Snooker Tournament in progress at Woodshot Pool ‘N’ Snooker Club in Himalaya Harmony, Pratap Nagar Square, on Sunday. Jamba took the first frame 43-39 but Awachat took lead in the second and it looked that the match would go into the third frame. Jamba was trailing by 30 points in the second. But he kept his cool and covered Awachat’s lead to win the frame and the match...

  By Paritosh PramanikFINALLY, there will be some track and field action in city. After more than nine months of lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic, athletes from the city, who were training to get competition ready for past few months, will now be getting a chance to participate in actual competition in a couple of days’ time. Nagpur District Athletics Association (NDAA) will be conducting junior selection (Under-14, U-16, U-18 and U-20) competition from January 11 to 15 at ..

Peter brothers Christopher and Stanley displayed their superb team work and combination as they helped their side Nagpur Gymkhana storm into the quarter-final of the ongoing five-a-side football tournament at Marartoli ground in Ram Nagar. The tournament is being organised by Shiva Bhola Krida Mandal. The other teams to make it to the quarter-finals are Neem Football Club and Super 30 who also registered victories over their respective rivals. Christopher, the elder of the two, had ..

THE Maharashtra Air Gun Competition, 2021 will be held at Priyadarshini Campus, Hingna Road, Nagpur on the January 10, informs Chandrakant Deshmukh, General Secretary of Nagpur District Rifle Association. The event, to be conducted by the Maharashtra Rifle Association, Mumbai is being hosted by the Nagpur District Rifle Association, Nagpur...

NIZEL Xavier slammed the first hat-trick of the tournament as Dream and Dreamers (DND) Football Club started with win on the opening day of the Shivbhola Krida Mandal organised five-aside football tournament which got under way at Shiv Mandir Marartoli Ramnagar football ground. In the opening match, Youth Football Club stunned Big Ben Football Club in a tie-breaker to move ahead in the meet. In another match, Neem Football Club rallied to beat Shakti Club 4-1 after Manish Patil had given the latter ..

IN A positive start to 2021, 58 cyclists, including 10 women, rode 100km under seven hours in a Brevet Populaire (BP) organised by Nagpur Randonneurs under the aegis of Audax India Randonneurs. The BP, which started from Zero Mile and went to Umari beyond Saoner, was led by Dr Bhupendra Arya, who, at 77, is probably India’s oldest randonneur. A cyclist who completes a brevet is called a randonneur. Brevets are self-supported longdistance checkpoint rides of 200km, 300km..

THE Maharashtra cabinet approved a draft bill for the formation of international sports university and it was passed in the Winter Session of the state Legislature in December. Members of the famous Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal (HVPM), Amravati were called for a meeting seeking their guidance on modelling of the university...

SHIVA Iyer seems to be invincible these days. In the last two events, he has won all his 16 games. On Sunday, he emerged as the lone player to have the slate clean and bagged the SN Shrivastava and Kalavatidevi Shrivastava Memorial Nagpur District Rapid Chess title. Iyer and Sumedh Ramteke were the overnight leaders leading with four points each after four rounds but while Iyer went on to win all his four matches on second and final day of the tourney, Ramteke could add just 1.5 points to his score...

VIDARBHA Cricket Association has appointed former captain and coach Pritam Gandhe as coach of Vidarbha senior team for the season opening national Twenty20 cricket tournament for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy that gets under way in Indore on January 10, 2021. The appointment was necessitated as Trevor Gonsalves, who was named coach for the event, tested positive for COVID-19. Gonsalves’ report came after one of the tests that was conducted by VCA for its players and support staff who will be participating ..

TUSHAR Khanwe and Abrar Nawaz recorded identical wins in their respective semi-finals to set up title clash in the Amateur 6 Red Snooker Championship in progress at Shabbi’s Q Sports Sadar Gandhi Square. On Wednesday afternoon, both Khanwe and Nawaz beat their opponents 3-1 in the best of five-frame semi-finals. As many as 54 players of the city without any rankings participated in the tournament...

JASWINDER Singh and Shlok Agrawal made it to last four of the Amateur 6 Red Snooker Championship in progress at Shabbi’s Q Sports Sadar Gandhi Square. Players of the city with rankings are not allowed to participate in the tournament. In the Group C quarters, Jaswinder bounced back twice to pip Manish Shahu 3-2 in the best of five frames match. The scores in favour of the winner..

INDIA bounced back brilliantly to beat Australia by eight wickets in second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday. The four-Test series is now level at 1-1. Australia had won the first Test in Adelaide, also by eight wickets. Set a target of 70 after Australia were dismissed for 200 in their second innings on Tuesday, the Indians got to the target for the loss of opener Mayank Agarwal (5) and No 3 Cheteshwar Pujara (3). Shubman Gill, who hit seven fours in a delightful innings, was unbeaten ..

MASTER Sumit Nagdawane and Master Kiran Yadav have been appointed as president and secretary respectively of the Nagpur Yongmudo Association by the Yongmudo Martial Art Federation. Yongmudo is a modern hybrid Korean martial art...

 Aayush Adey getting completion certificate at the hands of legendary Prakash Padukone in Bengaluru.  Sports Reporter :  CITY’S young and upcoming shuttler Aayush Atul Adey successfully completed the Talent Search Follow-Up Badminton Camp, organised by the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in Bengaluru. The camp was conducted at the world-class Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru from December 14 to 24. Ten-year-old Aayush was selected for the national-level ..

ON EXPECTED lines senior pro Ganesh Satish was named Vidarbha skipper after regular captain Faiz Fazal announced retirement from the shortest format just a couple of days ago.Ganesh will be leading what looks to be a very well-balanced outfit for the season opening Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Tournament that gets under way at Indore on January 10.VCA selectors announced the 18-member team on Friday one day after the original schedule as VCA Secretary Parimal Vaidya was not available to ratify the squad ..

ATUL Kumar Choukse, city’s International Ultra-Marathon Runner, will begin his sojourn across the tough Thar Desert in Rajasthan on December 31. Choukse, who will be attempting to cross the desert in 27 days, will leave the city on December 27 for Ahmedabad by train. From there on he will arrange some local transport to reach Nada Bet, a far area in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat by Dec 29. His actual, the 1200 km journey, will begin from there on last day of the year. Choukse will run ..

A MULTI event sports training centre, to be run by Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University will be inaugurated at the hands of Vice-Chancellor Dr Sanjay Dudhe on Monday. In university’s D Laxminarayan Sports Centre, regular training for table tennis, karate and gymnastics will be held, informs Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Director, Sports and Physical Education through a press release.The facility will be open to college and school students. Well known national table tennis trainer Deepak Kanetkar ..

MODERN School, Nagpur’s Dhruv Mishra and Radha Ghotkar of RS Mundle Dharampeth Arts and Commerce College, Nagpur won gold medals in Censports — the annual inter-school sports meet organised jointly by Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass and Sports for All (SFA) Play. In the event recently concluded virtual global sports meet, players from USA, UAE, Oman, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Bahrain apart from India took part. As many as 1830 children in the age groups of 7 to 17 years, from ..

DR SHARAD Suryawanshi was felicitated for being elected as Senior Joint Secretary of the Maharashtra Athletic Association (MAA). Nagesh Sahare, Corporator and also Vice-president of Nagpur District Athletic Association and Corporator Pramod Tabhane were among those who honoured Suryawanshi by offering him a bouquet...

YOUNG and upcoming city player Jay Sawalakhe won the Brandvilla17 State-Level Online Blitz Chess Tournament 2020 that was organised by Roshan Sir’s Chess Academy Gadchiroli on Sunday. Though Jay lost his way in the final round going down to Suhan Deshpande, he still managed to win the title. Players from Amravati, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur, Nagpur and Satara participated in the tournament. Players from Maharashtra State only were eligible for the event. Jay finished the event with 7...

THE riders of Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy showcased their brilliant performance in the ongoing Junior National Equestrian Championship at Army Polo Riding Centre, New Delhi. The team bagged eight medals, including three gold, three silver and two bronze. On this achievement, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated the ..

WITH an aim to promote and develop sports culture in Maharashtra, an International Sports University has been proposed. The Maharashtra cabinet last week approved a draft bill for the constitution of the international sports university and it was passed in the just-concluded Winter Session of the state Legislature. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is also Finance Minister of the State, has proposed the Sports University at Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Sankul, Balewadi, Pune. Later, an independen..

CITY yoga players excelled in the recently held 39th State-level Online Yoga Competition and got selected in the Maharashtra team for the forthcoming nationals to be held on a later date. All the selected players are members of Yamuna Keshav Bahuuddeshiya Sanstha and are coached by international yoga player of city Dhanashree Lekurwale. President of sanstha Baburao Chopde, Prof Pramod Tonpe, Ramrao Chopde, Dr Prema Lekurwale and other members congratulated the winners...

THE wait for second synthetic track in city is becoming longer. The track, which is supposed to come up at Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) Sports Complex off Amravati Road, will take much longer. Nagpur has one synthetic track at Divisional Sports Complex, Mankapur. The PublicWorks Department (PWD), which will be doing the construction work of the track, will be floating work tender once again. The earlier tender has to be scrapped due to “some discrepancies”. “The tender will ..

NAGPUR’S talented yoga player Devyani Donge emerged second best in the Online Asian Yoga Championship that concluded recently. Devyani, a student of Sewadal Mahila Mahavidyalaya, won the medal in Under-25 age group for girls.The event was hosted by Five StarWelfare and Sports Club that is affiliated to Yoga Association of India. As many as 1800 Indians participated in the tournament. In the first ever International Yoga Olympics that was conducted on September one, the city girl had finished a ..

WITH an all-win record, the man in form Shiva Iyer helped himself to yet another chess crown. The talented player won the Kusumtai Sahare Nagpur District Open Online Blitz Chess Tournament 2020 organised by Nagpur District Chess Association. In the nine-round event that was played through the platform of lichess.org, Iyer won all his matches making it nine out of nine points...

CITY'S talented International Master Sankalp Gupta made it to the renowned World Chess Championship which will be held online from December 19. IM Sankalp finished a creditable second in the just concluded Asian Continental Selection FIDE Online World U10-18 Rapid Championships. In the competition, 17-year-old Sankalp tied with compatriot Indian Grandmaster Iniyan P and Gholami Orimi Mahdi of Iran with 5.5 each...

TIGER Group of Adventure and Krida Bharti have organised a Nagpur to Shegaon Cycle Rally. Around 10 cyclists from Nagpur are taking part in the rally. The rally was flagged off by Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Director, Physical Education and Sports Department, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj square on Friday...

ONLINE blitz chess tournament orgainsed to mark second death anniversary of Kusum Sahare, got good response. The Nagpur District Open Online Blitz Chess Tournament is being conducted by Nagpur District Chess Association. The virtual inauguration of Kusumtai Sahare Memorial Blitz Chess Tournament was held through the platform of lichess.org on Sunday evening...

City‘S talented chess players, Woman International Master Divya Deshmukh and Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani will be spearheading Indian challenge in the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth (Under-10, U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18) Rapid Chess Championships which gets under way from Friday. Divya, who turned 15 and Raunak who will be 15 years old in a couple of weeks, will be the part of strong Indian girls and boys teams, respectively. A strong Indian cadet chess contingent will be taking up Asian rivals ..

CENSPORTS 2020 in its online edition commenced with a virtual inaugural on Thursday. Censports was officially declared open by Director of Centre Point Group of Schools Radhika Rajwade. To mark the commencement of Censports, the Principal of Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass Radhika Mehra, Vice-Principals of Centre Point School, Amravati Road Bypass Perveen Cassad and Anita Sharma, HOD Sports Department, Centre Point School, Amravati Road Chetak Khedi..

NAGPUR’S only chess Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani has been selected by Bengaluru based WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy (WACA) for fellowship where he will be mentored and trained by GM and former world champion Viswanathan Anand. At present the training will be held virtually due coronavirus pandemic. In the recent past GM Anand had rated Sadhwani highly and had predicted a great future for the youngster. According to a media release, WestBridge Capital, under the um..

NILAY Kulkarni ruled the roost as Nagpur players dominated the fifth Vidarbha-level online blitz chess competition organised by Power Chess Academy and was held on Sunday. The competition was held in memory of Kamlabai Ramrao Gorle and was conducted through lichess.org platform. Players from Vidarbha only were eligible to take part in the competition. In the final round, eventual winner Kulkarni got the better of Nirmaan Pohane of Chandrapur on the top board. Kulkarni, who had a clear half point ..

SANATAN Dharam Yuvak Sabha (SDYS), a city-based organisation, inaugurated its badminton court at Kadbi Square on Monday. A friendly match was held for children of the same locality in presence of city’s international badminton players like Ritika Thaker and Rohan Gurbani. Rohan is Under-17 junior national champion. He also represented India in Asian Badminton championship 2..

THE 86th Annual General Meeting of Vidarbha Cricket Association was held on Sunday on virtual platform because of the lockdown restrictions. Adv Anand Jaiswal, President VCA, was in the chair. The members unanimously approved the report of the Secretary, the audited accounts and reappointment of Justice (Retd) AP Deshpande as Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer...

NAGPUR’S long-distance runner Ravindra Tarare continued to find a spot on the podium and another adventure enthusiast Prasad Deshpande joined him this time as the duo made a mark in the Singapore 26Virtual cross country race. Tarare has been impressive in the series of 26Virtual and finished second in his 60-64 year category to bag a silver medal. Ironman Tarare completed the 10km run in 52 minutes and 37 seconds...

BJP DivyangVikas Aghadi, in association with Nagpur City and Maharashtra Cricket association for Disabled (MSCAD), organised aT20 cricket match at Reshimbagh ground the other day. The match was held between PCCAN XI and MSCAD XI. Batting first MSCAD scored 101 for eight in 10 overs. Lokesh Marghade top scored with 58 runs. In reply, PCCAN achieved the target in 9.1 overs losing just one wicket. Sarang Chafle remained unbeaten on 43. MLA Mohan Mate was the chief guest of the prize distribution function...

Nilay Kulkarni of Nagpur clinched the first online blitz chess title the other day. The Dr Appalwar Eye Hospital Gadchiroli State-Level Online Blitz Chess Tournament was organised by Roshan Chess Academy through lichess.org. Kulkarni garnered 7.5 points out of maximum nine to emerge clear winner. He was followed by Suhan Deshpande also of who collected seven points with a tiebreak score of 42.25. Sumedh Ramteke had to satisfy at the third spot who also collected seven points. His tiebreak score was ..

VIDARBHA’S most successful skipper Faiz Fazal has once again signed on the dotted lines to play for Lisburn as their overseas professional for the 2021 season. The elegant southpaw opener confirmed the development. “Yes, I signed the contract papers yesterday. The season there starts by mid April and by that time most of our domestic assignments are over. And, moreover, if any issue crops up during that time, I will take a call then,” said the soft-spoken Faiz while talking to ‘The Hitavada’ on Wednesday. ..

SLUM Soccer India, a venture of Krida Vikas Sanstha, Nagpur recently paid tribute to Argentina football legend Diego Armando Maradona, who passed away last week. Founder of Slum Soccer Prof Vijay Barse, along with his team of coaches, staff and players paid glowing tributes to the departed soul. The remembrance programme was held at organisation’s main campus at Bokhara. Maradona, one of the greatest sportsmen of the world, passed away at the age of 60. His Hand of God goal knocked England out of ..

INDIAN captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday became the fastest cricketer to score 12,000 ODI runs, breaking a record held by legendary compatriot Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli reached the milestone during the third and final match against Australia here. Kohli, who needed 23 runs for the landmark coming into the match, touched the figure in his 242nd innings when he took a single off Sean Abbott in the 13th over of India’s essay. In comparison, it took Tendulkar 300 innings to get there...