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Armstrong interacted with HPRC president Chaitania R Kumar and other top officials of the club to discuss arrangements for the event, which will feature participation from eight teams: Luxembourg, Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, UK, USA and India.

Advik Ranga and Chidvilas Sai excelled to lift the junior and open category titles, respectively, at the 223rd Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament held at Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, on Sunday.

Hyderabad tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty won the Oasis Solapur Open Women’s ITF $25K Tennis Tournament in Solapur, Maharashtra, on Sunday.

The pair put together a 241-run partnership off 303 balls for the fourth wicket, after coming together at 75/3. With Alex Carey’s unbeaten 45, Head and Smith ensured Australia dominated the day. Smith scored 101, including 12 boundaries, marking his first century since the second Ashes Test in June last year. Meanwhile, Head blasted 152, featuring 18 boundaries, securing back-to-back centuries in Tests against India.

Steve Smith scores unbeaten 65 as Australia take control of second day's proceedings, reaching 234 for 3 at tea in third Test

Bumrah removes Usman Khawaja (21), caught by Rishabh Pant, while Nathan McSweeney (9) was caught by Virat Kohli in the second slip

Huzaifa’s explosive knock, featuring 15 boundaries, propelled the team to a formidable total of 280/5 in just 33 overs. In response, Shourya and Harshith delivered a devastating bowling performance, bundling out the Hyderabad side for a paltry 43 runs in 11.3 overs.

Despite Shani's outstanding bowling performance of 6/32 and Dhrishya's brilliant knock of 103 (12 fours), Kerala narrowly missed the target. Batting first, Hyderabad set a total of 231/9 in their 50 overs, with VM Kavya leading the charge with an unbeaten 68. In response, Kerala managed 222/8 in their allotted 50 overs.

In a dominant semifinal performance, Rashmikaa overwhelmed fellow state-player and second seed Sahaja Yamalapalli with a 6-3, 6-1 win, securing her spot in the final.

After recovering from the shoulder injury, Navaneeth and Ritika broke into the top 100 rank within three months with consistent performances.

Invited to bat, Australia ended the rain-marred day on 28 for no loss from 13.2 overs

While 29 overseas players signed up for auction and are in fray to fill just five slots, attention in upcoming mini auction will be more on 91 Indian players

Invited to bat, Usman Khawaja (19 batting) and Nathan McSweeney (4 batting) negotiated the new ball well as the first session was marred by rain

Only 13.2 overs of play were possible during the first session, as the weather forecast predicts more interruptions throughout the game

India won the toss and elected to bat in the Brisbane cricket test match

Sreenidi Deccan FC have six points after playing all their five matches at home and the defeat against Dempo was their third and second consecutive at the Deccan Arena.

The impasse over the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 is over as sources close to BCCI and ICC claimed on Friday that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accepted the hybrid model with India playing its matches in Dubai.

Riding on Ravi Saish’s all-round heroics and Rajveer’s century, Team Kun registered a massive 267-run victory over SA Amberpet in the HCA C Division One-Day League Tournament on Friday.

Telangana tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty entered the singles semifinals of the Oasis Solapur Open Women's ITF $25K Tennis Tournament in Solapur, Maharashtra, on Friday.

Hyderabad is all set to host the final round of the 78th Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, kicking off on Saturday. This marks the return of the prestigious tournament to the City of Pearls after 57 years, with the last edition hosted in 1966-67.

A total of 101 golfers have qualified for the Final Stage, which will begin next week. The five rounds of the competition will take place across two courses: Royal Golf Marrakech and Al Maaden Golf Marrakech, from December 16 to 20.

The 18-year-old from Chennai capitalised on a blunder by Ding in the winner-takes-all 14th game to dethrone the champion, winning the match 7.5 to 6.5 to become only the second Indian to win the World Chess Champion

The 22-member team will be led by head coach Shaik Khaleel with Noorul Zafar assisting.

The 11-year-old swimmer secured an impressive seven medals — two gold, one silver, and four bronze. Havya earned gold in both the 50m freestyle relay and the 50m dolphin glide relay, silver in the 50m underwater swimming and free diving events, and bronze in the 200m, 100m, and 50m freestyle, as well as the 50m dolphin glide.