PRANAV Gaikwad, Akshat Dakshindas, Heramba Pohane, Bhavya Porwal, Bhargav Vaidya and Vihaan Pongde started their campaign in the MSLTA NDHTA All india ranking CS7 Tennis Tournament on a bright note at NDHTA Courts in Ramnagar. In the opening round matches played on Monday, Gaikwad rallied to beat Eklavya Rajput 4- 6, 6-1, 7-5 while Dakshindas beat Dhruv Mor 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Pohane fought hard to quell the challenge from Krishna Rani winning the match, 4-6, 6- 1, 6-4 while Porwal defeated Ahaan Shori ..

WITH two late second half goals, defending champions Rabbani Club, Kamptee defeated Nagpur Blues 2-0 in the ongoing JSW-NDFA Elite Division League Tournament at Dr Ambedkar Stadium in Suyog Nagar on Sunday. Both teams tried hard but could not find the target as first half did not yield any goals. The match was brought to life in the 84th minute of play when Md Rizwan scored the opening goal. Five minutes later, Md Owais sealed fate of the match making it 2-0 for the winners in 89th minute. For the ..

IN THE ongoing Central Province Club Adv MK Naidu Memorial Tournament, Saurabh Singhania-Bhavya Mehta defeated Bindesh Paul-Dushyant Mhaisalkar by an innings with a score of 238 against 39. Singhania-Mehta had put up a score of 138 against which Paul-Mhaisalkar could reach out to score 36 and were given follow-on. Paul-Mhaisalkar could score just 3 points totalling to 39...

Blow for India as Shubman Gill fractures left thumb, all but out of Perth Test ..

DANISH Malewar, Karun Nair and captain Akshay Wadkar scored a century each as Vidarbha scored mammoth 512 for 8 to take first innings lead against Gujarat in their Group B match of Ranji Trophy at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium on Friday. Resuming at 202 for two, overnight batters Malewar (115) and Nair (123) completed their respective centuries in the morning session. Wadkar then played captain’s innings to hit 104 from 152 deliveries as the hosts took a huge 169 runs first innings lead. Malewar and Wadkar, ..

Anand Rai-Abhishek Thakur duo defeated Sanjeev Arora-Prachet Agrawal by an innings (209-84) in the ongoing CP Club’s Advocate MK Naidu Memorial Tournament. Scoring first Arora-Agrawal scored 69 and Rai-Thakur took the lead with 109. In the second innings, Arora-Agrawal managed just 15 while Rai-Thakur got innings points of 100. In another match the pair of Ajay Sharma-Manoj Jain defeated Gautam Kale-Rahul Sharma 167-99. Sharma-Jain scored 91 while their opponents managed 53. In the second innings ..

DANISH Malewar was only 10 years old when Karun Nair made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2013 for Karnataka against Punjab. But on Thursday, Malewar, 21, matched his strokes with that of 32-year-old Nair, who is now playing for Vidarbha as a professional as they stitched an unbeaten 152 runs for the third wicket to help the hosts end the second day at 202 for two against Gujarat at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium on Thursday. Vidarbha still trail by 141 runs with eight wickets standing. Restricting Gujarat at 343 ..

A maiden century from Vishal Jayswal, playing his only second First-Class match, helped Gujarat seize the initiative on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against Vidarbha at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium on Wednesday. At stumps, Gujarat were 281-6 in 86 overs with Jayswal batting on 110 and captain Chintan Gaja giving him company on 43. Jayswal played aggressively to score his century after Vidarbha pacers had reduced Gujarat to 98-5 and then 150 for 6 in 50 overs. The left-handed Jayswal bailed ..

Nagpur teams reached the semi-finals of the ongoing Maharashtra State Youth Basketball Championship held at Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana. In the girls section, Nagpur defeated Amravati 25-20 while in the boys category, city hoopsters defeated Solapur 52-46. In the girls section, Riddhi Borkar scored 10 points while Kanishka Mande six for the winners. The boys match was exciting one. Despite trailing 23-28 at half-time, Nagpur team rallied in the second half, with Vihan Jamdar scoring 12 points and Kartik ..

IT WILL be the old venue but new turf for table toppers Vidarbha when they take on Gujarat in the fifth round match of Ranji Trophy at VCA Jamtha Stadium in the outskirts of the city from Wednesday. Vidarbha have played many a match at this venue but the soil has been changed and pitches have been relaid a few months back. With no practice matches on the 22-yard strip, it will be like a bit of ‘alien condition’ when Vidarbha step into the field on the morrow. The pitches are mixture of red and black ..

MANGANESE Ore India Limited (MOIL) shocked last year’s runners-up Rahul Sankrutyayan Sports Association by two goals to one in the JSW-NDFA Elite Division Football Tournament at Dr Ambedkar Stadium in Suyog Nagar on Tuesday. Parmanand Dhurve scored the opener in the 5th minute of play but Rahul bounced back scoring the leveller in the 24th through Sahil Meshram’s goal. However, MOIL’s Amit Thakur bulged the net in the 57th minute to put his side ahead again. In Senior Division, IFFC Chankapur edged ..

AMRAVATI’S Ritesh Anantwar emerged champion in the men’s singles (35) event of the Yonex-Sunrise Achievers Cup Vidarbha Level Badminton Tournament that concluded at Achievers Badminton Academy Hall, Near Podar International School, Besa on Sunday. The event, held under the aegis of Maharashtra Badminton Association, was organised by Achievers Badminton Academy, a unit of Swami Samartha Sports and Welfare Association and Nagpur District Badminton Association. In the MS 35 final, Anantwar defeated Balkrishna ..

RIDING on goals on either side of the break, former multiple times champions Young Muslin Football Club blanked SECR Head-Quarters 2-0 in the ongoing JSW NDFA Elite Division Football Tournament at Dr Ambedkar Football Stadium in Suyog Nagar on Sunday. After both sides managed to keep each other’s forwards at the bay, YMFC converted the first real chance that came their way. With four minutes to the halfway mark, Shubham Dyema took a strike from about 20 yards and the ball after bouncing for three-four ..

BY VIRTUE of winning all their four matches, VDL Flyers have made it to final of the Maharashtra Premier League Kho-Kho tournament underway at New English High School ground in Congress Nagar. In the six-team all play all league, all the team have played four matches till Saturday with VDL Flyers winning all four. They lead the table with 12 points and have secured a place in the summit clash. Following them at the second spot with ten points are MKM Defenders. In a thrilling match MKM Defenders and ..

   WATCHING the India A batters struggle against the Australia A bowlers does fill one with a sense of foreboding of what’s to come in the five-match Test series that starts in less than a fortnight’s time. It wouldn’t hav..

  MELBOURNE,  (PTI) WICKETKEEPER-BATTER Dhruv Jurel built a strong case for a possible Test eleven inclusion with his second successive fifty but it was not enough to prevent India A going down to Australia A by six wickets on third day of ..

   Sports Reporter Akola’s   Advita Patond defeated Nagpur’s Samvidha Jambhulkar to clinch the Under-9 girls singles title of the Yonex-Sunrise Achievers Cup Vidarbha Level Badminton Tournament, on Friday. In the fina..

  By Paritosh Pramanik  YOU can’t be benevolent against a batter of Yash Rathod’s stature. The moment you give him space and chance, the southpaw grabs the opportunity and overpowers you. Same happened on Friday when butter-fing..

A KEEN tussle for first innings lead is in the offing when third day’s play resumes in the Cooch Behar Trophy match between Uttarakhand and Vidarbha at the Highlanders Sports Academy Ground, Kashipur, Uttarakhand, on Friday. At close of play on Day 2, Vidarbha were 208-8, 27 runs short of Uttarakhand’s first innings tally of 235...

 Mohd Owais Ashraf scored the first hat-trick of season as Rabbani Club, Kamptee thrashed Manganese Ore India Limited by five goals to nil in the ongoing JSW NDFA Elite Division Football Tournament at Dr Ambedkar Football Stadium in Suyog Nagar on Th..

NEEL Athaley will lead Vidarbha’s 16-member squad in their upcoming U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy matches against Bengal to be played in Nagpur from Nov 8-11 and against Punjab from Nov 15-18, 2024 at Mullanpur. The team: Neel Athaley (Captain & WK), Mohd Faiz (Vice-Captain), Satyam Bhoyar, Abhishek Agrawal, Jagjot Sasan, Shivam Deshmukh, Ganesh Bhosale, Varun Bisht, Ashit Singh, Tejas Soni, Pratham Maheshwari, Sanyog Bhagwat, Rahul Dongarwar, Mandar Ghodmare, Vishesh Tiwari, Minar Sahare. Support Staff: ..

Harshit Nerkar of Nagpur stormed into the quarter-finals of the Yonex-Sunrise Achievers Cup Vidarbha-Level Badminton Tournament being organised by Achievers Badminton Academy and Nagpur District Badminton Association at Achievers Badminton Academy Hall, Near Podar International School, Besa. In the round of 16 battle, Nerkar defeated city-mate Arnav Kalyankar 15-9, 15-9 in two straight games. In girls Under-13 matches, top seed Sanvi Ghate, Jamila Bombaywala, third seed Ishita Barapatre. Aaraddhya ..

OPENER-STUMPER Vaibhav Chouksey hit an unbeaten century as All India Reporter thumped Eleven Star Cricket Club by 95 runs in Guzder League A Division T20 Tournament on Wednesday. Chouksey (102*; 65b, 10x4, 3x6) and Pushpak Gujar (53; 18b, 5x4, 4x6) were the major contributors as AIR made 215-6. In reply, Eleven Star could reach 120-9 with Saurabh Dubey snaring four wickets giving away just ten from his quota of four overs. Skipper Kshitiz Dahiya and Gujar chipped in with a couple of wickets each. ..

THEY have three out of three victories in their bag and are sitting at the top of Group B with 18 points, but unbeaten Vidarbha’s ‘real’ Ranji Trophy ‘starts’ against Himachal Pradesh at Vidarbha Cricket Association’s Civil Lines Stadium from Wednesday. The three teams they have defeated were relatively easy who are now lingering at the bottom of the table with Uttarakhand (6 points), Pondicherry (1) and Andhra (0). However, the next ‘Big Four’ will pose real threat to Vidarbha’s progress in coming ..

LAD Junior College team won the Division-level basketball tournament and qualified for state tournament. LAD, who beat Gondia and DPS at the division level, have left for Under-19 State Basketball Tournament scheduled to be held at Aakluj from November 6-8. Principal Dr Pooja Pathak, Dr Nilima Waghmare (HOD Sports), Prof Arvind Garud and Asmita Nathile wished the team best of luck. Members of the winning team: Janhavi More, Riddhee Borkar, Manjiri Padhaya (Capt), Mitali Kohle, Samruddhi Kotriwar, ..