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Hyderabad selectors have named Avanish Rao as the captain of the Hyderabad team for the upcoming BCCI Men’s Under-23 Cricket Championship matches against Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in Jaipur. The matches are scheduled for November 11 and 13, 2025

Maisram Stars FC comfortably defeated Cantonment FC 4-1 in the TFA B-Division Shivkumar Lal Football League Championship. Pratik, Sohail, Await Ali, and Ali Bin Syed scored for the winners, with Laksham scoring the only goal for Cantonment FC

Team B beat Team D by five wickets in the HCA Women’s Probables (Under-23) T20 match. Other matches saw Team F, Team C, and Team G secure victories. G. Hasini and T. Sarayu were standout performers with the bat and ball

Shreyan Thipparthi, Sai Anshitha, P. Arunkumar, and Dinesh Reddy share the lead in the Open category, while seven players are tied in the juniors category after three rounds at the 234th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament

GM R Praggnanandhaa advances to the fourth round of the FIDE World Cup 2025, defeating GM Hovhannisyan. Meanwhile, World Champion Gukesh D is knocked out after a loss to Frederik Svane. Three more Indians will play tiebreaks

Rahul Radesh scored an unbeaten 85, leading Hyderabad to 295/7 on Day 1 against Rajasthan in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D match. A crucial 117-run partnership with Rohit Rayudu helped Hyderabad recover after early wickets fell

Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur reflects on India’s historic World Cup win, praising the support from BCCI, the role of pay parity, and the transformation brought by the WPL. She also discusses the meticulous planning behind the victory and future goals

Hyderabad District Collector, Ms. Harichandana Dasari, visited the SATG shooting range along with her daughter, touring various setups and participating in a live session. She emphasized modernizing facilities to support Telangana’s athletes and enhance shooting sports in the state

India has named a 111-member contingent, including 73 athletes and 38 coaches, for the upcoming Deaflympics in Tokyo from November 15 to December 26. The contingent will compete in 11 sports, making this the largest Indian team for the event

Pankaj Advani began his IBSF World Snooker Championship campaign with a 4-1 win over Canada’s Sahil Nayyar in the Group H match. Advani next faces Malaysia’s Thor Chuan Leong. Brijesh Damani and Hussain Khan also feature in the tournament

Ravinder Singh won gold in the men’s 50m pistol, while Elavenil Valarivan claimed a sensational bronze in the women’s 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Championship in Cairo. India also bagged team bronze and other solid performances on day one

India sealed the five-match T20I series against Australia 2-1 after the final game in Brisbane was washed out due to rain. Openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill gave India a flying start before play was halted by lightning.

India aim to finish their Australia tour with a win in the fifth T20I at Brisbane. With a 2-1 series lead, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, and the spin trio will be key, while Australia battles batting and bowling gaps

India A pacers Prasidh Krishna, Mohammad Siraj and Akash Deep shared seven wickets to bowl out South Africa A for 221, keeping India A in command on day two despite Marques Ackerman’s 134-run century in the second four-day match in Bengaluru

Andhra Pradesh government rewarded Telugu cricketer N. Shree Charani with Rs 2.5 crore, a Group 1 government job, and a 1,000 square yard house plot in Kadapa for her role in India’s 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup victory

Y Sai Dedeepya and Sai Ananya Varanasi of Hyderabad finished runners-up in the women’s doubles at the AITA tennis tournament in Puri, Odisha, losing 0-6, 2-6 in the final to West Bengal’s Aleena Farid and Akansha Ghosh

Shastri FC defeated BHEL 2-1 in the TFA B-Division Shivkumar League football championship at Gymkhana Ground. Austin scored twice for Shastri FC, and Sahil netted a late goal for BHEL in the 81st minute

Nizam Basketball Academy defeated State Bank of India 68-38 in the Hyderabad District Basketball annual league for GM Sampath Kumar Trophy. In the women’s section, St. Francis dominated Loyola Academy 45-13. Key players contributed impressive scores

Telangana Police won the men’s title in the friendly hockey series organized by Hyderabad Hockey for Indian hockey’s centenary celebrations. Hyderabad Juniors and TMREIS (Borabanda) girls also won their matches. Prizes were given by Hyderabad Hockey officials

India will contest four gold medals on day one of the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Championship in Cairo, led by Rudrankksh Patil and Arjun Babuta. Women’s air rifle trio and men’s 50m pistol shooters aim to add to India’s medal tally

Team India lifted their first ICC Women’s World Cup in 2025, drawing record-breaking viewership on JioHotstar and Connected TV. The historic win matches men’s cricket viewership, marking a milestone in the growth and popularity of women’s cricket in India

The Hyderabad InTrek Community of Indiahikes brought together over 100 trekkers at Lamakaan to share experiences, celebrate milestones and plan future activities. The event highlighted the growing spirit of community-driven trekking and sustainable outdoor engagement in India

Centuries by Chandan Sahani, Derek Prince, Akash Bhandari, Jairam Kashyap and Yash Gupta were the highlights of Friday’s HCA A-Division one-day league-cum-knock-out matches, as several teams posted big totals in a high-scoring day across Hyderabad grounds

India’s Hussain Khan staged a remarkable comeback from 1-3 down to defeat Germany’s Richard Wienold 4-3 and qualify for the final stage of the IBSF World Snooker Championships in Doha, joining compatriots Pankaj Advani and Brijesh Damani