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Manush sets new mark in shot put

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Mysuru’s Manush B set a new meet record at 14.29 metres in the under-16 boy’s shot put to win the gold at the Karnataka State inter-district junior athletics championships here on Friday.

Another Mysuru athlete Md Saqlain Ahmed took the silver with a throw of 13.84 metres, while Bengaluru Rural’s Arvind settled for the bronze medal with a distance of 10.96 metres.

Results: Boys: U-20: 400M: M Kiran (Bengaluru Urban) 51.41, 1; Ashwin MJ (Bengaluru Urban) 51.66, 2; Saleem Shiekh (Bengaluru Urban) 52.81, 3. 110M hurdles: Amarnath (Belgavi) 15.00, 1; Sandeep Kumar S (Bengaluru Urban) 15.01, 2; Santhosh (Dakshina Kannada) 15.02, 3. Long jump: Darshan KD (Dakshina Kannada) 6.78, 1; Radhakrishna (Bengaluru Urban) 6.56, 2; Sandeep (Bengaluru Urban) 6.38, 3. Triple jump: Radhakrishna (Bengaluru Urban) 13.70, 1; Sandesh (Dakshina Kannada) 13.60, 2; Darshan KD (Dakshina Kannada) 13.28, 3. Hammer throw: Rajat Kumar P Kamli (Dharwad) 37.84, 1; Adarsha A (Mandya)  29.82, 2; Abhishek (Mandya) 18.50, 3. Javelin throw: Sharfan Ahmed (Tumkur) 50.27, 1; Venaprasad (Dakshina Kannada) 49.56, 2; Akash Lad (Belgavi) 42.70, 3. 4x100M relay: Bengaluru Urban 46.28, 1; Dakshina Kannada 46.75, 2; Shimoga  51.03, 3.

U-18: 200M: Manish  Udupi District 22.4, 1; Praveen Kumar (Bengaluru Urban) 23.5, 2; Sandesh (Bengaluru Urban) 23.9, 3. 800M: Devaiah TH (Bengaluru Urban) 2:02.9, 1; Ganesh Gowda N (Bengaluru Urban) 2:03.0, 2; Nadeem N (Udupi) 2:09.0, 3. 1500M: Laxman (Bengaluru Rural) 4:18.5, 1; Gopala SM (Bengaluru Urban) 4:21.28, 1; Rakshith R (Bengaluru Urban) 4:28.6, 3. 3000M: Mokshit S (Bengaluru Urban) 9:56.3, 1; Shankar KK (Bengaluru Urban) 9:57.4m, 2; Goutham B Kavalagi (Vijayapura) 10:00.6, 3. 110M hurdles: Sauvrath Sanjay (Bengaluru Urban) 16.0, 1; Basavaraj (Bengaluru Rural) 16.20, 2; Yajnesh (Udupi) 17.50, 3. Shot put: Yashas Aiyappa (Bengaluru Urban) 13.00, 1; Sahepeer (Belgavi) 11.77, 2; Tanush Robbins (Bengaluru Urban) 11.66, 3.

Long jump: Hassan (Udupi) 6.75, 1; Pruthvi (Bengaluru Urban) 6.39, 2; Tanveer Pasha (Mysuru) 6.24, 3. Triple jump: Tanveer Pasha (Mysuru) 12.27, 1; Sampat PK (Bengaluru Urban) 12.08, 2; Simon S Nayak (Dharwad) 12.07, 3. Hammer throw: Balachandra S (Koppal) 50.53, 1; Mahesh Ramappa Lamani (Bagalkote) 34.98, 2; KS Ravi Kumar (Bellary) 31.67, 3.

U-16: 200M: Kumar YI (Bengaluru Rural) 23.30, 1; Susheel (Belgavi) 24.15, 2; Gowtham TL (Kodagu) 24.16, 3. 100M hurdles: Mohan Kumar HJ (Kodagu) 14.45, 1; Karthik Naidu (Belgavi) 15.02, 2; Gadaling (Bellary) 17.34, 3. Long jump: S Lokesh (Bengaluru Urban) 6.86, 1; Afreed (Udupi) 5.82, 2; Varun  (Ramanagara) 5.71, 3. Shot put: Manush B (Mysuru) 14.29 (NMR), 1; Md Saqlain Ahmed (Mysuru) 13.84, 2; Arvind (Bengaluru Rural) 10.96, 3.

Hammer throw: Sachin Tukaram (Tumkur) 37.37, 1; Praveen RK (Belgavi) 29.97, 2; Shivaraj MG (Koppal) 27.04, 3. Javelin throw: Sunil Kumar S (Bengaluru Rural) 39.35, 1; Sunil Kumar N (Bellary)  38.32, 2; Sanjeev BK (Belgavi) 34.67, 3.

U-14: Long jump: Arya (Ramanagar) 5.56, 1; Dhanush Gouda (Ramanagara) 5.46, 2; Mansoor (Bellary) 5.41, 3. Triathlon: Lasumayya (Bellary) 1375, 1; Arya S (Ramanagara) 1371, 2; Goutham M (Ramanagara) 1262, 3.

Girls: U-20: 100M hurdles: Harshitha P (Mysuru) 15.5, 1; Veena H Adagimani (Belgavi) 15.6, 2; PK Tejaswi (Bengaluru Urban) 17.6, 3. 800M: Mahananda (Dakshina Kannada) 2:48.8, 1; Vilma D’Souza (Dakshina Kannada) 3:32.15, 2.

1500M: Mahananda (Dakshina Kannada) 5:41.9, 1; Taramani (Mysuru) 5:53.2, 2; Renuka (Kolar) 7:14.0, 3. 5000M: Kavana KP (Dakshina Kannada) 21:30.48, 1; Sakkubhai (Bengaluru Urban) 21:48.10, 2; Sujata (Dakshina Kannada) 23:37.50, 3. Long jump: Akshatha PS (Dakshina Kannada) 5.53, 1; Praneetha (Bengaluru Urban) 5.13, 2; Tanuja (Bengaluru Urban) 4.61, 3. Javelin throw: Shahana Y (Dakshina Kannada) 26.60, 1; Sinchana CS  (Mandya) 13.70, 2; Jayasheela J Singa (Bidar) 12.97, 3.

U-18: 1500M: Pushpalatha (Mandya) 5:48.19, 1; Sathya MT (Dharwad) 6:15.2, 2; Varnitha (Bengaluru Urban) 6:25.2, 3. 3000M: Suma Nitte (Udupi) 12:06.1, 1; Pushpha S (Mandya) 12.18.6, 1; Ashwini S (Mysuru) 13.39.7, 3. 100M hurdles: Dhanusha MR (Bengaluru Rural) 16.6, 1; Kavya Jacob (Bengaluru Urban) 17.4, 2; Aquileena (Bengaluru Urban) 18.2, 3. Long jump: Sneha SS (Dakshina Kannada) 5.48, 1; Medha (Bengaluru Urban) 5.01, 2; Vasudha (Mysuru) 5.00, 3.

U-16: 200M: Dhaneshwari (Bengaluru Rural) 27.10, 1; Poojitha BN (Kodagu) 28.6, 2; Manjula FK (Bengaluru Rural) 29.0, 3.

100M hurdles: Pooja HV (Kodagu) 17.1, 1; Damayanthi CA (Kodagu) 17.2, 2; Tanisha (Bengaluru Rural) 17.3, 3. Long jump: B Toommy Vaishnavi (Bengaluru Urban) 5.11, 1; Jyoti Awati (Kodagu) 4.89, 2; Shyna (Kodagu) 4.71, 3.

U-14: Long jump: HH Preeti Chand (Bengaluru Urban) 4.71, 1; Mihika Gonsalves (Bengaluru Urban) 4.47, 2; Anusha (Bengaluru Rural) 4.01, 3. Shot put: Laxmi (Kodagu) 8.14, 1; Khushi (Bengaluru Urban) 7.92, 2; Hamsaveni SV (Kolar) 7.16, 3.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Sports / DHNS – Bidar, November 07th, 2015

Shubham wins 100M, Kamalaxi shines

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Shubham Bhise of Vijayapura clocked 11 seconds to clinch the gold in the U-20 100 metres dash at the Karnataka State inter-district junior athletics championships here on Saturday.

Another Vijayapura athlete, Paigambar  took the silver in 11.1 seconds, while Tumkur’s Mohamad Mubarak settled for bronze in 11.3 seconds.

The final day also saw Bengaluru Urban’s Kamalaxi K Upashi set a new meet record in her U-18 800 metres race.

Kamalaxi crossed the finish line in 2:13.34 for the gold, while her team-mate Manya KM came a distant second in 2:35.96. Local girl Megha Kishan Rao completed the podium 2:45.60.

Bengaluru Urban won the overall title.
Results:

Boys

U-20: 100M: Shubham Bhise (Vijayapura) 11.0, 1; Paigambar (Vijayapura) 11.1, 2; Mohamad Mubarak (Tumkur) 11.3, 3.

400M hurdles: Shrishail PS (Bengaluru Urban) 58.21, 1; Abhishek Alva (Dakshina Kannada) 59.06, 2; Akshay Kumar (Dakshina Kannada) 1:04.13, 3.

1500M: Yallappa Bellikumpi (Dharwad) 4:28.00; Lokya (Bengaluru Urban) 4:28.0 2; A Arjun (Chitradurga) 4:30.0 3.

5000M: Saidappa (Bagalkot) 16:32.15 1; Yallappa M (Dharwad) 16:37.9 2; Irappa S Halagannavar (Bagalkot) 17:10.34 3.

High Jump: Pramod SS (Shimoga) 1.70 M 1; Karthik ER (Mandya) 1.60 M 2; Honnappa S (Kalburgi) 1.55 M 3.

Shot put: Vivek S Adiga (Dakshina Kannada) 13.98 M 1; Shataram (Bengaluru Urban) 13.52 M 2; Venuprasad (Dakshina Kannada) 13.15 M 3.

Decathlon: Sunil PL (Dakshina Kannada) 4614 1; Puneeth (Dakshina Kannada) 4532 2; Harsha (Dakshina Kannada) 4424, 3.

U-18: 400M: Akshay D (Bengaluru Urban) 51.7, 1; Shivakumar Prakash (Dharwad) 53.5, 2; Anoop LV (Bengaluru Urban) 54.8, 3.

Pole vault: K Shivaraj (Belgavi) 3.30, 1; Jadesha A (Belgavi) 2.00, 2; H Mudiya (Belgavi) 2.20, 3.

Javelin throw: Druva C (Mysuru) 45.58, 1; Amitkumar D (Dakshina Kannada) 44.72, 2; Bharath PM (Mandya) 44.30, 3.

Decathlon: Hassan A (Udupi) 4220, 1; Sheik Mohammed (Udupi) 3270, 2; Yajnesh (Udupi) 3262, 3.

High jump: Pavan Bhat (Bengaluru Urban) 1.70, 1; Preran M (Bengaluru Urban) 1.70, 2; Mohammed Saqlen (Mysuru) 1.65, 3.

400M hurdles: Saurath Sanjay (Bengaluru Urban) 1:00.32, 1; Karthik Gowda (Bengaluru Urban) 1:02.37, 2; Vinayak RN (Dharwad) 1:02.60, 3.
Dhanik IS (Chikkamagloru) 11.5, 2; Sachin P Jadhav (Vijayapura) 11.6, 3. 400M: Kumar YI (Bengaluru Rural) 54.00, 1; Tejas H (Bengaluru Rural) 56.50, 1; Shashank R (Mysuru) 56.80, 3.

2000M: Muttappa RD (Bagalkot) 6:12.59, 1; Dhareppa BM (Belgavi) 6:25.25, 2; Sagar (Dharwad) 6:27.31, 3.

5000M walk: Zinith Kaverappa (Bengaluru Urban) 27:10.6, 1; Sachin Mandya (Mandya) 28.31.2, 2; Shreedhar Udupi (Udupi) 29:09.6, 3.

Pentathlon: Afridi (Udupi) 2821, 1; Karthika N (Bengaluru Urban) 2570, 2; Ramesh N (Kalburgi) 2535, 3.

U-14: 

100M: Shashikanth V Angadi (Bengaluru Rural) 11.9, 1; Lasumayya S (Belgavi) 12.0, 2; Pratham Belludi (Bengaluru Urban) 12.1, 3.

600M: Manoj M (Kodagu) 1:33.06, 1; Rahul R Naik (Uttara Kannda) 1:36.50, 2; Sakesh (Bengaluru Rural) 1:38.59, 3.

High jump: Phelimon Roela (Chikkaballapur) 1.35, 1; Vivek Kumar PK (Chikkaballapur) 1.35, 2; Chinthan JS (Chithradurga) 1.30, 3.

Girls:

U-20:

100M: Akshatha PS (Dakshina Kannada) 12.59, 1; Inchara NS (Mysuru) 12.91, 2; Anusha MR (Mysuru) 13.13, 3.

400M: Vijaya Kumari GK (Bengaluru Urban) 59.7, 1; Navami HR (Mysuru) 1:01.1, 2; Likitha M (Mysuru) 1:01.9, 3.

3000M: Kavana KP (Dakshina Kannada) 12:01.13, 1; Suma (Udupi) 12:05.72, 2; Sakkubai BC (Bengaluru Urban) 12:27.38, 3.

400M hurdles: Chaitra RA (Mysuru) 1:12.76, 1; Akshatha (Dakshina Kannada) 1:22.28, 2; Yuktha Reddy (Chikkaballapur) 1:45.42, 3.

Triple jump: Babitha (Dakshina Kannada) 10.98, 1; Thanuja (Bengaluru Rural) 9.12, 2.
Hammer throw: Harshitha WR (Mysuru) 39.64, 1; Sahana Y (Dakshina Kannada) 26.50, 2; Shwetha HR (Ramanagar) 18.01, 3.

Heptathlon: Shantha (Dakshina Kannada) 3153, 1; Babitha K (Dakshina Kannada) 2463, 2; Pallavi (Dakshina Kannada) 2109, 3.

U-18:

100M: Sneha SS (Dakshina Kannada) 12.40, 1; Medha Kamath (Bengaluru Urban) 13.00, 2; Sharavya Rai N (Bengaluru Urban) 13.04, 3.

400M: Bibisha MB (Bengaluru Urban) 1:02.90, 1; Mythri CC (Bengaluru Urban) 1:03.37, 2; Chandini (Kodagu) 1:16.63, 3.

800M: Kamalaxi K Upashi (Bengaluru Urban) 2:13.34, (NMR) 1; Manya KM (Bengaluru Urban) 2:35.96, 2; Megha Kishan Rao (Bidar) 2:45.60 3.

Triple jump: Pavithra (Udupi) 10.30, 1; Vasudha (Mysuru) 9.90, 2; Nishmitha (Udupi) 9.81, 3.

Hammer throw: Vijitha (Ramanagar) 15.21, 1; Sowjanya (Kolar) 14.50, 2; Hamsaveni (Kolar) 14.48, 3.

Shot put: Vijitha (Ramanagar) 7.16, 1; AN Shubhashree (Chikkaballapur) 7.15, 2; Hamsaveni (Kolar) 7.13, 3.

400M hurdles: Bibisha MB (Bengaluru Urban) 1:12.53, 1; Suchithra (Udupi) 1:19.35, 2; Varnitha (Bengaluru Urban) 1:23.38, 3.

5000M walk: Shravya H (Udupi) 33.53.7, 1; Kavita Bhai H (Kodagu) 36.26.8, 2;
Heptathlon: Danusha M (Bengaluru Rural) 3346, 1; Aquileena (Bengaluru Urban) 1927 2; Chandani GN (Kodagu) 1568 3.

U-16:

100M: Dhaneshwari (Bengaluru Rural) 12.44, 1; Kaveri L Patil (Bengaluru Rural) 12.84, 2; Grashom Suvarna (Dakshina Kannada) 13.04, 3.

400M: Amrutha MC (Mysuru) 1:03.4, 1; Bhovi (Kodagu) 1:04.3, 2; B Toommy Vaishnavi (Bengaluru Urban) 1:05.2, 3.

2000M: Sowbhagya M (Mandya) 7:37.6, 1; Kavya HK (Mandya) 7:38.04, 2; Sulochana (Bidar) 7:41.6, 3.

Shot put: Ambika V (Mysuru) 11.48, 1; Rahat N (Uttara Kannada) 10.25, 2; Kalavati BT (Bengaluru Rural) 10.11,  3.

3000M walk: Pramila HN (Mandya) 18.17.8, 1; Laxmi BM (Kodagu) 24:25.6, 2; Amulya N (Mandya) 27.46.2, 3.

Pentathalon: Druthi C (Bengaluru Urban) 2650, 1; Tanisha (Bengaluru Urban) 2167, 2; Damayanthi (Kodagu) 1906 3.

U-14:

100M: Upasana V (Dakshina Kannada) 12.8, 1; Preethal (Dakshina Kannada) 12.9, 2; Prakruthi Rupa Rao B (Bengaluru Rural) 13.0, 3.

600M: Hima G Shetty (Dakshina Kannada) 1:52.0, 1; Shalini KR (Bengaluru Rural) 1:54.7, 2; Aruna (Mandya) 2:00.1, 3.

High jump: Tarunya P (Bengaluru Urban) 1.35, 1; GM Vandana (Chikkaballapur) 1.15, 2; Nisarga S (Mandya) 1.15, 3.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Sports / DHNS – Bidar, November 08th, 2015

Dasara and Rajyotsava MTI MuayThai Cup 2015: City Kickboxers bag 26 medals

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Seen in the picture are the students of AMS, who won 26 medals and titles at the Dasara and Rajyotsava Muaythai Cup 2015-MTI National Title Fights, along with Head Coach Kru.Vikram, President of MDMT M.S. Nandakumar, Referee Syed Tanveer and Team Managers Manjesh and Badri Narayan.
Seen in the picture are the students of AMS, who won 26 medals and titles at the Dasara and Rajyotsava Muaythai Cup 2015-MTI National Title Fights, along with Head Coach Kru.Vikram, President of MDMT M.S. Nandakumar, Referee Syed Tanveer and Team Managers Manjesh and Badri Narayan.

Mysuru :

City Muaythai Kickboxers, who participated in the ‘Dasara and Rajyothsava Muaythai Cup 2015-MTI National Title Fights’ organised by Mysore District Muaythai Trust in association with Muaythai Association of Karnataka at Chamundi Vihar Indoor Stadium at Nazarbad, hosted by city’s combat school Academy of Martial Science recently, have bagged 26 medals in various categories.

Fighters from across the country in the age group of 15-37 years participated in Pro-Amateur and Amateur division. Mysuru District fighters from AMS fared well by winning 7 titles, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals in Pro-Amateur Division and 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal in Amateur Division. As a result of this performance Karnataka won both the Dasara and Rajyotsava Cups.

Results: Pro-Amateur Division:

1. R. Rashi- Female Pin Weight Champion Of India; 2. Suleman Shariff- Feather Weight Champion of India; 3. Syed Touseef- Welter Weight Champion of India; 4. Abdul Razzack- Light Middle Weight Champion of India; 5. M. Rakesh- Light Heavy Weight Champion of India; 6. Anil Kumar- Cruiser Weight Champion of India; 7. Mohd. Zulkharnain – Heavy Weight Champion of India; 8. G. Ragesh – Pin Weight Silver Medalist; 9. Chidambaram- Light Weight Silver Medalist; 10. Ankush- Light Weight Silver Medalist; 11. C. Chethan – Middle Weight Silver Medalist; 12. Satyananda Bhat- Light Heavy Weight Silver Medalist; 13. Sumanth- Cruiser Weight Silver Medalist; 14. Naveen Shetty- Bantam Weight Bronze Medalist; 15. B. Amit- Feather Weight Bronze Medalist and 16. L. Srihari- Light Welter Weight Bronze Medallist.

Amateur Division:

1. M.R. Darshan- Fly Weight Gold Medallist; 2. Varun Yadav- Light Weight Gold Medallist; 3. R. Dinesh- Light Welter Weight Gold Medallist; 4. Kishore- Welter Weight Gold Medallist; 5. Vinod Borana- Light Weight Gold Medallist; 6. Yeshwanth- Light Heavy Weight Gold Medallist; 7. E. Lokesh- Bantam Weight Silver Medallist; 8. Prashanth- Light Middle Weight Silver Medallist; 9. Varun Bhat- Light Heavy Weight Silver Medallist and 10. Karan Bhasin- Light Welter Weight Bronze Medallist.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / November 11th, 2015

State PowerLifting Championships : Mysuru Lifters Win Medals

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The power-lifters from Apollo Gymnasium, Mysuru who won medals in the State Powerlifting championships 2015 held at Davanagere recently seen with (standing from left) J. Prabhukumar, M.D. Srinivasa Prasad, N. Bhaskar, Shanavaz, J. Shivakumar and S. Rangaswamy.
The power-lifters from Apollo Gymnasium, Mysuru who won medals in the State Powerlifting championships 2015 held at Davanagere recently seen with (standing from left) J. Prabhukumar, M.D. Srinivasa Prasad, N. Bhaskar, Shanavaz, J. Shivakumar and S. Rangaswamy.

Davanagere :

Power-lifters from city’s Apollo Gymnasium taking part in the State Powerlifting Championships held at Davanagere recently won three gold, three silver and a bronze medal.

J. Prabhakar won silver medal in the Masters II class, while M.D. Srinivasa Prasad won a gold in the Masters II class and a silver in the senior category. N. Bhaskar won the gold in the senior section, while Shanavaz won a gold in the senior section. J. Shivakumar won a silver medal in the senior section while S. Rangaswamy won a bronze medal in the Senior section.

The winners will take part in the forthcoming National Powerlifting championships to be held at Hyderabad on Dec.4-5, 2015.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / November 10th, 2015

The lady with a legacy

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As a young boy, Javeed Mehkri would watch his father spend hours with his favourite car — a 1950 model of Morris Oxford, better known in India as the Hindustan 14. Javeed not only learnt about the car and its mechanics but thoroughly enjoyed the drive in it to and from school.

The passion for the Morris Oxford is living on through four generations with Javeed now transferring the ownership of the car to his 22-year-old son Junaid Mehkri. Junaid shares as much passion for the classic beauty as his father.

The car has an interesting history to it and Javeed gets nostalgic when he settles down to talk about it. Javeed says, “My grandfather, AK Mehkri, purchased it. He was working as the superintendent of engineering in the Shimsha hydro-electric station in the erstwhile princely state of Mysore. The car was initially registered and used in Mysore for three years, after which my great grandfather moved to Bengaluru. The car has been with us since,” explains Javeed.

Almost every member of the Mehkri family has driven the car. Those who revelled at its wheel include MG Mehkri, private secretary to the Yuvaraja of Mysore; Dr MS Mehkri, founder of the Bangalore Medical College; and ME Mehkri, a freedom fighter and a well-known philanthropist. “In fact, the landmark, Mehkri Circle, is named after ME Mehkri,” adds Javeed.

Decades after, the car has been restored with some of its parts being replaced and brought to perfect working condition. “The car was taken care of by Rasheed Mehkri, my late uncle. Rasheed passed away in 2013 and wasn’t there to see the car in running condition,” says Javeed.

However, he admits that the biggest challenge, is to maintain the car. “Spare parts for the American-made vintage and classic cars are available online but you will never find perfect spares for British classic vehicles in India. I got some of the parts replicated here but again you have to personally supervise it to make sure you are not taken for a ride. It is an expensive and time-consuming process to maintain these cars,” he says.

Javeed says among those who were drawn to his car was former prime minister of Nepal, Tulsi Giri. “There’s a church just opposite our house and he used to visit the church whenever he was in the City. Once, he saw the car parked outside my house and he asked me why I didn’t do anything to get it back on the roads. When he returned six months later, he again asked me the same question. I got the same advice from my cousin Sajjad. All this hastened the restoration process,” adds Javeed.

Among Javeed’s prized possession is also a 1960 model Lambretta Scooter — his father’s first purchase. “My father rode it and I used to go to college on it. Now, my youngest son Uzair gets dropped by the scooter once in a while,” he says. Like other youngsters of their age — Junaid and Uzair — love swanky cars but they value their two prized possessions more.

The Morris Oxford has been a regular at Karnataka Vintage and Classic Car Club rally for the last two years. And Javeed loves basking in all the adulation the car draws. “It was during one of the rallies that a lady in a car stopped beside us. She asked me: ‘How old is she?’ I said 65. She smiled and said: ‘She’s my age’. Total strangers admire and compliment me on the car,” he narrates.

(Javeed can be reached on Javeedmehkri@hotmail.com)

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Supplements> MetroLife / by Nina C. George / DHNS – Bengaluru , November 10th, 2015

Bikerni Sisterhood

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Hyderabad  :

Like most children, 24-year-old Candida Louis’ fascination with bikes began while riding as pillion with her father. The breeze caressing her face as they drove along scenic landscapes gave her a rush of adrenaline and drew her towards biking.

Bucking the trend of machismo that surrounds the male-dominated sphere of biking, Candida, a corporate employee from Bengaluru, refused to confine her biking experience to being a pillion and decided to become a rider herself.

After eight years of riding, Candida is currently on a solo tour across the country – India on a Motorcyle.

On her brief stop in Hyderabad, she begins with a story that is pleasantly surprising and underlines the prominence of brotherhood (sisterhood in this case) of bikers and bikernis in the country.

Candida Louis
Candida Louis

“I finished Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka in the South. My next stop was Hyderabad. I saw biker Sana Iqbal’s post in one of the Facebook groups and pinged her asking her about the best routes to Hyderabad,” recalls Candida. They met and then instantly, Sana, who was returning from Bengaluru to her hometown Hyderabad asked Candida to tag along. The two of them reached Hyderabad in the early hours of Thursday morning and Candida made Sana’s home in Mehdipatnam her own for a night.

“I am amazed by the way she received me. She didn’t just let me tag along, she also let me stay with her,” she smiles. Sana Iqbal was on a solo ride herself – Hyderabad – Udupi – Mangalore – Bangalore – Hyderabad. “I wanted to meet up with bikers in Bengaluru and happened to meet Candida,” she tells us. 27-year-old Sana has been riding since she was in grade seven and now, a mother of a four-month-old boy, Sana still finds riding cathartic.

Candida’s solo ride from the start has been picking up things, experiences and advice on the go. The same way, when the two women started off from Bengaluru, they started talking about Gandikota and Belur caves. “I heard a lot about it, but haven’t been there. When Candida asked me about it, we thought why not and then took a diversion,” beams Sana. Just like that, they rode all the way to Gandikota and Belur Caves. “It is beautiful, Gandikota. It is called the Grand Canyon of India, but doesn’t have many tourists,” she adds.

Apart from making new friends and experiencing the thrill of riding, Candida is also on a mission to discover unknown, yet exotic destination on her three-month long journey . “One thing I am looking to do on this tour is also locate those undiscovered places in the country and write about them.

Another place I went to was in Kerala – Varkala. It was beautiful. Again, not a lot of people know about it. I asked locals and they directed me to go there,” shares Candida hoping that she will discover more such places and meet people.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Rajitha S / October 31st, 2015

New Office-Bearers – Mysore Karate Association

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Mysuru, Karnataka :

Chidanand M.B. and Sosale Siddaraju have been elected as president and general secretary respectively of the Mysore Karate Association.

The other office-bearers include Nagaraju (vice-president), Azeez Khan (joint secretary), N. Shankar (treasurer), N.G. Shivadas, Mahadevaswamy, Sunil Kumar and Deepak (Directors), according to a press release here.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / Mysuru – November 04th, 2015

Disabled teen all set for Special Olympics

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Hyderabad  :

Roller-skating, for 15-year-old Shams-ul-Haq, a differently-abled boy from Asif Nagar, is more than a passion. It is an obsession. As it turns out, hours of gruelling practice and patience in the rink for over a year has paid off as he has been selected to represent the country at the Special Olympics (SO) to be held in Los Angeles later this month.

The son of an Arabic teacher at a madrassa close to his home, Shams who cannot hear and speak, communicates using sign language. Beaming and with a gesture of his right hand, symbolising an airplane taking off, he says that he is going to fly to foreign locales. His father, Abdul Haq, explains, “He is leaving for Los Angeles on July 25 to compete at the Special Olympics. The competition is expected to continue till the first week of August. He is the only person who has been selected to represent India and this is a result of his determination.”

When asked how long he has been roller-skating, Haq, who is also border-line intellectually disabled, reads lips intently. He gestures with clenched fists, moving them back and forth as he simultaneously slides his feet. It is as if he wants to be certain about the question. He then raises his hand, holds up three fingers, a boisterous smile plastered across his face. “He has been interested in skating even since he was just three. He liked to play cricket but chanced upon skates and there has been no looking back. He won a state level competition in 2013 and a national competition a year later. This not only encouraged him but us too. Now he trains at the skating rink in Indira Park,” his father elaborates. Shams, a student of Greens Special School in Humayun Nagar, trains for four hours a day.

He follows a strict diet comprising nuts and low fat food.

His coach, Mohammed Noor, says that motivation is key to winning the competition is Los Angeles. But cheering for him hoarse throughout the race will not help him as he cannot hear. “The trick is to observe him keenly and soon as he makes eye contact his supporters must jump and wave arms wildly. On account of his disability, unless he sees, not hears, cheering will not be motivational for him,” Noor explains. He has also been coached to observe his competitors movements so that he can make a dash for the finish line as he cannot hear the sound of the whistle or gunshot declaring the race has begun.

Ayesha Rubina, head of the special school, says that differently-abled people should be self-sufficient. This can be achieved by giving them a degree of independence. “In Shams’ case, his parents couldn’t afford to be protective, unlike those from affluent families. This has helped him. He moves around with regular people and does his best to do whatever he can,” Rubina says.

And, what after Special Olympics? Shams picks up his skates and with a movement of the hand says it all. He wants to train others in his favourite sport.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Hyderabad / by Syed Mohammed, TNN / July 17th, 2015

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis secure year-End No.1 Doubles ranking

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Photo Credit: Getty Image
Photo Credit: Getty Image

HIGHLIGHTS

• The duo also received a trophy in acknowledgment of their feat presented by Dubai Duty Free

• Saina and Hingis are 8-1 in finals this season

• The pair also reached their 10th final of the year together at WTA Finals

Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis secured the Year-End WTA No. 1 doubles ranking on Saturday. The duo also received a trophy in acknowledgment of their feat presented by Dubai Duty Free.

“Dubai Duty Free congratulates Serena, Sania and Martina on reaching the No. 1 spot in singles and doubles of the 2015 WTA Year-End ranking,” said Salah Tahlak, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Dubai Duty Free as quoted by the WTA website. “We are delighted to present the Year-End No.1 trophies to these players which signifies their outstanding results in 2015. We are a proud partner of the WTA and look forward to welcoming Serena, Sania and Martina back to Dubai in February 2016 to participate in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.”

Saina and Hingis are 8-1 in finals this season, with two Grand Slam titles (Wimbledon, US Open), five WTA Premier titles (BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells, Miami Open, Family Circle Cup – Charleston, Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open, China Open – Beijing), and one WTA International title (Guangzhou International Women’s Open).

The pair also reached their 10th final of the year together at WTA Finals overcoming Chinese Taipei’s Chan Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-Jan 6-4, 6-2 and extended their winning streak to 21 matches with the win. Their last loss was against the Chan sisters in the semi-finals at Cincinnati.

The No.3-seeded Taiwanese went up 3-1 in the first set but the No.1-seeded Indo-Swiss duo reeled off 11 of the next 14 games to completely run away with the match.

“On the court I feel very fortunate to have Sania on my side because she’s an incredibly positive person,” Martina said after the match on Saturday.

“When I get myself down, I’m not really a morning person, so she was out there and kept fighting and kept keeping me up there. That’s why we were able to come back in the first set.”
“Once I felt better, that’s when everything started to click. They’re a great team, so they’ve always come out strong in the past six matches that we played them. And they know how to play against us.


“We came out with a strategy against them. It’s very different to what we played against players like yesterday who have more power, different strategy,” Sania said.


“We kind of have to stick to our guns, stick to what we have planned. We have to trust our abilities. That’s what really takes us through a lot of the times, is that trust in each other’s ability. We know sooner or later we’re going to break.


“It happened at 3-2. If it didn’t happen there, we would still keep fighting to make it happen.”

Sania-Martina have won eight titles together this year.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> Sports> Tennis / by TNN & Agencies / Photo: Getty Images / October 31st, 2015

Zaheer Khan retires from internationals, will be available for IPL 9

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His body ravaged by injuries, Zaheer Khan, one of India’s greatest fast bowlers, on Thursday bid adieu to international cricket, admitting that he could no longer handle the rigours of the game.

“As I was training for the upcoming season, it dawned on me that my shoulder may not last the rigours of bowling nearly 18 overs a day, and that’s when I knew it was time,” Zaheer said in an elaborate statement.

“With immediate effect I bid adieu to my career in international cricket. I look forward to signing off my last season in domestic cricket at the conclusion of the Indian Premier League season 9,” he said.

The 37-year-old left-arm pacer, who played 92 Tests, 200 ODIs and 17 T20 Internationals, has been in and out of the team in the last three to four years due to recurrent injuries which a took a toll on his body.

Zaheer, who is contracted with Delhi Daredevils in the IPL, will end his domestic career next year with the event’s ninth edition.

In Tests, Zaheer has taken 311 wickets and is fourth highest wicket-taker in longer version amongst Indians after Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434) and Harbhajan Singh (417). He picked 282 wickets in ODIs besides 17 scalps from as many T20Is.

He played a major role in India’s 2011 World Cup triumph with 21 wickets in the tournament.

“The toughest call in a cricketing career is when one has to walk away from the game itself. You almost will yourself and want to push that few, extra miles but then the body, after nearly two decades, decides not to respond,” Zaheer said in the statement.

Zaheer said being part of the 2011 World Cup winning team was the most cherished moment of his career. “My greatest cricketing moment was lifting the World Cup as part of Team India and creating history. We played as a top team and being part of the journey of India as a top ODI side was very fulfilling,” he said.

He said he would try and give back to the game although he hasn’t yet decided how. “‘Zak is bak’ is perhaps a headline that may come my way again as I have every intention of giving back to this game and our wonderful country which gave this kid from Shrirampur the opportunity to chase and live his dream,” he said.

Recalling his journey, Zaheer said he was grateful to all his coaches and captains for having faith in his abilities. “Leading upto my debut for India in 2000, I got crucial opportunities with people backing me at different and difficult stages and I was able to contribute to Indian cricket and learn many things along the way.

“For those who supported me, especially in the BCCI, Baroda Cricket Association and Mumbai Cricket Association, I am grateful for the encouragement. It has been a privilege to be a part of various teams during my career including the Indian cricket team, Baroda, Mumbai, Worcestershire (critical to my comeback in the national team in 2007), Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Daredevils.

“Today I have many many individuals to thank — from physios, trainers, support staff, colleagues, captains, coaches selectors, senior officials, administrators in various associations, groundsmen, team management, as also team owners. Kindly pardon me for my inability to name each one of you but that does not take away from the deep sense of gratitude I have for your support in allowing me to live my dream,” he added.

Zaheer also thanked his family, team-mates and fans for helping him become a better cricketer. “My colleagues, who I shared dressing room pranks, have over the years become some of my closest friends. It has been a pleasure to play alongside them as each added a different perspective. I have enjoyed listening to them as also contributing in a small way to their growth,” he said.

“I can’t thank my parents enough for understanding me and allowing me to chase my dream. My elder brother, Zeeshan, who dutifully reminded me that, ‘my job wasn’t finished with my India debut, but I needed to make every game count’. My younger brother, Anees, has shouldered a lot of pressure which allowed me the freedom to enjoy on the cricket field,” he added.

“To those millions of fans and well wishers of Indian cricket who’ve watched and encouraged me over the years, I trust you know that I was always trying and never gave up.”

In the end, Zaheer expressed his gratitude towards the game. “Cricket has been my only life over the past two decades and is in fact that the only thing I know well. Cricket has made me the individual I am, giving me everything in life and much more. I walk away with fantastic memories, life defining experiences and great friendships. My mother summarised it well in reaction to my decision to retire, ‘Theek hein, bahut accha safar tha hamara’ (It’s ok, our journey has been very good),” he said.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> Sports / TOI CR / PTI / October 15th, 2015