Amogh Desai

Young talents Tvesha Jain and Amogh Desai stole the limelight, scoring shock victories over higher rated players in the second round of the Rs 2.59 lakh prize money Accurate Springs Classical FIDE Rated Chess tournament, organised by Indian Chess School at the Russian Centre for Science and Culture, here, on Sunday.

Amogh Desai remained unbeaten on a defiant 53 to stage a recovery after Ashok Dinda claimed three wickets, as Goa reached 191 for five on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group D fixture against Bengal on Sunday.

Panaji: The West Indies’ cancelled tour of India has impacted the future course of activity of both the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The losses that the Indian board had run into raised many eyebrows and sealed the WICB’s fate adversely. However, far from all the monetary concerns lurks a cricketer’s despondence over a missed opportunity, which was a sheer outcome of the Caribbean players’ quirky decision.

The inclusion of outstation teams was expected to give the Goans a run for their money.

Mukar Dagar's 55 and useful contributions by Prashant Gupta and Eklavya Dwivedi helped Uttar Pradesh beat Goa by 48 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy Group A match.

Goa skipper Sagun Kamat's unbeaten 110 was the game-changer for his side as they edged past Gujarat by one wicket in their Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy clash at SSN College ground on Wednesday.

Hosts Odisha thrashed Goa by 276 runs in their Elite Group C Ranji Trophy game here on Wednesday. Odisha bundled out Goa for a paltry 111 to register this comprehensive win.

Amogh Desai picked his shots carefully as he helped Salgaocar Cricket Club defeat Caculo Goans by six wickets and emerge champions in the Goa Professional League (GPL) T20 cricket tournament at the Academy ground in Porvorim on Sunday.

Prithvi Shaw, skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer struck timely half centuries as Mumbai thrashed Baroda by nine wickets in both the teams' opening game of Vijay Hazare Trophy on Wednesday.

A bicycle, which was thrown as scrap, was given a new lease of life by a first year mechanical engineering student.

Pace spearhead Ashok Dinda on Monday claimed his 25th five-wicket haul in first-class cricket to hand Bengal a first innings lead over Goa, which virtually sealed their passage into the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals from Group D.

Arjun Tendulkar produced a superb all-round performance (53 & 7-56) to shape Union Bank of India's 29-run win over Reserve Bank of India in a 'C' Division match of the Times Shield. Arjun is the son of batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Tamil Nadu defeated Goa by 25 runs to register its third straight win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament. Dinesh Karthik (56) scored his third half-century on the trot to star with the bat again as Tamil Nadu posted 155 for 5 in its quota of 50 overs before restricting Goa to 130 for 7.

Chhattisgarh will play Goa in a Ranji Trophy match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Arjun Tendulkar, son of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, will be part of Goa's team. Tendulkar has been very successful in first class cricket, taking 12 wickets at an economy rate of 335 and averaging 405. He has also scored 486 runs, while batting at lower order. The squad of Goa includes Amogh Desai, Arjun Tendulkar, Darshan Misal, Deepraj Gaonkar, Felix Alemao, Ishan Gadekar, K. D. Eknath, Lakshya A Garg, Mohit Redkar, Samar Dubhashi, Shubham Desai, Snehal Kauthankar, Suyash S Prabhudessai, Vijesh Prabhudesaich, and Basudev Bareth.

Young prodigy Prithvi Shaw found his mojo back as domestic giants Mumbai Monday cantered to a fourth straight win in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy, hammering Goa by six wickets in a Group C game of the T20 tournament.

Chhattisgarh will host Goa in a Ranji Trophy match to be played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium from Tuesday.

Marriage is on the cards for Bade Achhe Lagte Hain fame Deepti Devi Shrikant.

Rajasthan bowlers led by young leg spinner Rahul Chahar put up a spirited show as they bowled out Goa for 244 on the opening day of their Elite Group C Ranji Trophy game here on Sunday.

Shraddha Padvekar (Elo 1198) led the spate of upsets in third round of the Accurate Springs Classical FIDE Rating Chess Tournament in progress here at Russian Centre, defeating the higher ranked Amey Dandekar (Elo 1495) in the Pillsbury Defense game in 50 moves.

Ganeshraj Narvekar has returned to the state Ranji Trophy team after not too long ago being expelled by the Goa Cricket Association for six years. Ironically, he returns for the match against a team he played his last match four years ago – Jharkhand

Eco-friendly projects help put the spotlight on environmental issues. With this in mind, students from various engineering colleges from across the country displayed innovative projects offering ‘green’ solutions at Yuva Summit-2014 organized at BVB College of Engineering and Technology in the city on Sunday.

Chandrakant Sakure (5/25) finished with a five-wicket haul as Madhya Pradesh registered a 80-run win over Ranji Trophy finalists Mumbai in a Group C match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Tuesday.

Goa defeated Rajasthan by three wickets in their Group C Vijay Hazare Trophy clash at the Pachaiyappa's College ground on Thursday

Goa have set their eyes on a "positive result" against Hyderabad in a do-or-die Ranji Trophy group clash at the Academy ground in Porvorim, starting Saturday.

In yet another instance of parents going to great lengths to ensure that their children can attend online classes, a family in a remote village of Sattari has purchased an industrial grade wireless router and fixed it on a tree in a field.

For the second match in succession, Madhya Pradesh rode Rajat Patidar's blistering knock to cross the line.