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A brilliant half-century from Bhanuka Rajapaksa and fiery spells from spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and pacer Pramod Madushan helped Sri Lanka lift its sixth Asia Cup title, defeating Pakistan by 24 runs in the final in Dubai on Sunday.

The captaincy will be handed over to Dhawan as T20 World Cup-bound players are likely to be rested, the sources added.

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs in the Asia Cup final here on Sunday.Sri Lanka posted 170 for six after being put in to bat.

Deekshitha Modipalli and Chidvilas Sai Surapaneni emerged champions in the juniors and open categories respectively.

TSWREIS golfers G Amulya and M Anusha bagged top honours in the B girls category and C girls category of Junior Golf Championship

Rahil fought an intense battle with Andy, Allwin Sundar and Venkatesan of Chennai from the start, to finish at the podium.

Pesi Shroff-trained Theon was ably guided by P S Chouhan to win the President Of India Gold Cup 2400 metres

New Delhi: BCCI president and former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has lavished praise on Virat Kohli, saying that the star batter is “more skilful” than him as a player. Kohli, who went through a dry run of form, recently rediscovered his lost mojo during the Asia Cup 2022, where he hit his first international century […]

Telangana swimmer Vritti Agarawal clinched silver in the 800m freestyle and a bronze 200m in butterfly event

Hyderabad golfer Saatvic continued his dream run as he won his second straight title when he clinched top honours in the U-11 boys category

Pune: The Shazaan Shah-trained Joaquin, who is in fine form, is poised to complete a hat-trick in the Yohan Z Poonawalla Turf Club Trophy (Grade 3) 1400 metres, Terms for horses, 4 years old and over in a field of eight runners the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday 11. […]

Hyderabad: Mysterious Angel, Speaking Of Love, Varenna, Campania, Bangor On Dee, Bellagio, Turning Wheel, Kancha, Kachnar, Makhtoob & Sun Dancer impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND 600m: Ella Eldingar (RB) (From 1000/400) 45, eased up. Sweet Whisper (RS Jodha) 46, moved easy. Romero (Trainer) 46.5, handy. […]

One of the fans said, it was nice to see the US Open recognising one of India's great sportspersons. "Great to see the USO (US Open) shouting out greats from countries outside the American bubble. Chapeau," the fan tweeted.

Finch, who has played 145 ODIs for Australia, has struggled for form in recent games, scoring only 26 runs in his last seven innings, according to ICC.

The B Suresh-trained Amendment looks set to win the Rose Hill Gardens Handicap 1200 metres, a handicap for horses rated 60 to 85 Class-II

The Sulaiman Attaollahi-trained Moon’s Blessing, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the MW Chinnappa Memorial Trophy 1400 metres

Baisa & Neffereti shaped well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning.

Hyderabad: India’s golden boy Neeraj Chopra shone bright like a diamond on Thursday as he became the first Indian to win the Diamond League Trophy at the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich. Neeraj’s first attempt resulted in a foul and he followed it up with an 88.4m throw in his second and 88min his third attempt. […]

Hyderabad: King Kohli smashed his maiden international T20I hundred yesterday against Afghanistan in the ongoing Asia Cup. Virat Kohli clubbed 6 sixes and 12 fours in an electrifying 61-ball 122 to help India beat Afghanistan by 101 runs. His 71st century came after 1020 days as he struggled to score runs due to lack of […]

Following the match, the BCCI on Friday posted a video in which Virat Kohli is being interviewed by none other than Team India skipper Rohit Sharma.

The ace javelin thrower started his night off with a foul throw. However, he registered a throw of 88.44m in his second attempt and that was enough for him to seal the contest for himself.

Virat Kohli smashed his first hundred since November 2019 as India thrashed Afghanistan by a mammoth 101 runs.

St Joseph’s Public School, King Koti won the overall championship title in the senior girls category of the CISCE schools AP and Telangana Regional Athletic Meet

The Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy felicitated reigning world champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nikhat Zareen at his office