Mangaluru : Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has promised additional cash prize for Karnataka quartermiler M R Poovamma who clinched a gold in the 4X400 metres women’s relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta. Felicitating Poovamma during a review meeting in Mangaluru on Friday, he handed over a cheque for Rs 25 lakh for winning […]
Mangaluru : Asian Games gold medallist M R Poovamma arrived at Mangaluru International Airport on Thursday, September 6. Poovamma was received a rousing welcome by her parents, brother and other well wishers. Poovamma bagged gold medal in Women’s 4 x 400m relay event at the 18th edition of the Asian Games at Jakartha Palembang. MLA Vedavyas […]
Bangalore : This year the 59th Karnataka Rajyotsava Awards will be conferred on five achievers hailing from the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Reportedly, the achievers like Asian Games gold medalist Mamatha Poojary, senior journalist Sandhya Sathish Pai, Jaya C Suvarna from Mulky residing in Mumbai, Vanase Narayana Ganiga from Udupi district and […]
Mangalore : Golden girl Poovamma, gets a rousing welcome upon her arrival from Incheon, South Korea after participating in the Asian games at the Mangalore International Airport on October 7, Tuesday. Poovamma has made the Mangaloreans proud after winning bronze in the women’s 400 metre race event and a gold in the women’s 4×400 metres […]
Incheon : The Indian men’s kabaddi team clinched its seventh successive gold medal at the Asian Games after coming from behind to beat a spirited Iran 27-25 in the summit clash in Incheon, South Korea on Friday. The Indian team, which has been winning gold ever since the sport was introduced on the Asiad roster […]
Incheon : India continued their stranglehold in women’s 4x400m relay event in the Asian Games as its quartet ran a brilliant race to win the gold for the fourth time on the trot in Games record time in the 17th edition in Incheon on Thursday. The quartet of Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and […]
Incheon : M C Mary Kom became the first Indian woman boxer to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Games after she came from behind to beat Kazakhstan’s Zhaina Shekerbekova in the flyweight (51KG) summit clash here today. The lone Indian boxer in action today, Mary Kom defeated Shekerbekova 2-0 in a evenly-contested battle […]
Korea: Indian men ended their campaign in the pistol events on a winning note by shooting down a silver medal in the 25m centre fire event even as the women’s team exited from the 50m three-position competition without success at the Asian Games, in Incheon on Friday. The men pistol shooters – spearheaded by London […]
Korea(Incheon) : India assured themselves of at least another silver medal in the 17th Asian Games after the trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar entered the final of the compound men’s team archery event here today. The trio of Verma, Chauhan and Kumar defeated Iran, comprising Esmaeil Ebadi, Majid Gheidi and Amir […]
New Delhi : A year of practice in isolation, challenging herself and fighting social odds has finally paid off for the quartermiler. The 25-year-old, whose two-year ban for doping ended on July 3, was on Saturday picked in the Indian 4×400 metres squad for the World Championships in Moscow next month. Ashwini Akkunji, a double […]
