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Hyderabad: Telangana’s Rahul Lokesh defeated Anuj Pal 6-2, 6-3 to enter the semifinal at the Asian Junior Under-16 tennis tournament for boys and girls, at the Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet on Wednesday. Joining him in the last four is Dhiraj Reddy who stunned top seed Levin Safoor Mydeen 6-4, 7-6 (4). Mihir Parcha and Murali […]

New Delhi: The Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj, on Wednesday announced her retirement from all formats of international cricket. Mithali is retiring as the leading run-scorer in the women’s ODIs. She represented India in 232 matches, scoring 7805 runs at an average of 50.68. In Tests, Mithali […]

Chateauroux: Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara clinched a gold medal with a world record score of 250.6 in Women’s 10m Air Rifle standing SH1 here at the Chateauroux Para-Shooting World Cup on Tuesday and secured a place at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The 20-year-old shooter broke her own world record of 249.6. Poland’s Emilia […]

By Vijay Mohan Raj Hyderabad: On 26th May 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Hyderabad to present the convocation address on the 20th anniversary of the Indian School of Business which is at present amongst the leading management institutions globally. It was heartening to learn from the statistics that he reeled out to the […]

New Delhi: The troika of skipper Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and the peerless Virat Kohli might have faced a lot of flak for their dated T20 batting approach but head coach Rahul Dravid understands their quality and expects them to give “good, positive starts” going into the World Cup. Rohit, Rahul and Kohli’s approach in […]

Stavanger (Norway): Indian maestro Viswanathan Anand drew his sixth round contest against Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the Classical section of the Norway Chess tournament. The classical match ended in a draw after which the Armageddon ended in stalemate early on Tuesday to leave Anand on 11.5 points and in second place. World champion […]

Hyderabad: Telangana athletes added two bronze medals to take the State’s medal tally to four (one silver and three bronze), at the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana on Tuesday. Telangana State Sports School weightlifter D Ganesh added the first medal on the day by clinching third place in the 81kg weightlifting category. […]

Mysuru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Faith, who is blazing the track work in the morning trials, should have it easy in the Mysore Fillies Trial Stakes 1400 metres, terms for 3 years old only, the major attraction of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 1.30 […]

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt on Monday announced his retirement from international badminton, bringing down the curtains on a professional career that spanned over a decade and a half. The 32-year-old from Hyderabad, who had claimed a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, took the decision after battling multiple injuries […]

Hyderabad: Manvik defeated Ch Sathwik 4-4, 7-3 in the U-12 boys singles while Niharika thrashed Janaki Reddy B 5-2 in the girls U-12 category in the Victorious tennis tournament at the Victorious Tennis Academy, Nagaram, ECIL on Sunday. Meanwhile in the U-14 boys category Nirav downed Abhinav Derangula 5-2 to bag the top honours. Results: […]

Jakarta: Lakshay Sen and HS Prannoy, the heroes of India’s historic Thomas Cup triumph, have been drawn to clash in the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open where Saina Nehwal may run into nemesis Carolina Marin in the second round of the Super Series 500 event, starting Tuesday. The Indian shuttlers will look to hit top […]

Hyderabad: Ranga Reddy men’s team and Nalgonda women’s team bagged top honours in the 69th Senior Inter-District Kabaddi Tournament for men and women held at the Municipal Playground, Badangpet on Sunday. In the men’s final Ranga Reddy district defeated Gadwal 42-36 to emerge champions. Meanwhile in the women’s category Nalgonda thrashed Suryapet 40-30 to clinch […]

Hyderabad: Corporate giants GMR and Adani Group have acquired the Telangana and Gujarat franchises respectively in the Ultimate Kho Kho League (UKKL), which is set to launch in this year with an aim to promote the local sport. Promoted by Amit Burman, chairman of Dabur Group, in collaboration with Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI), […]

New Delhi: Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the shareholder of the Indian drone company Garuda Aerospace. MS Dhoni has decided to invest in a company that makes Drones and supports the Agriculture ecosystem in the country. Leaving cricket aside, Dhoni has stepped into his next career. After retirement, Dhoni has been involved […]

Oslo: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand returned to winning ways as he defeated World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the fifth round of the Classical section on Monday in the Norway Chess tournament to climb to the top spot. After prevailing against the Norwegian star in the Blitz event that preceded the Classical section, Anand registered […]

Paris: After the historic 14th French Open title victory, Rafael Nadal hinted that he is in no mood to retire and thanked the support of the Philippe Chatrier crowd. World Number five Nadal put up a dominant show against Casper Ruud of Norway to win the men’s singles final match 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 here at […]

Paris: Rafael Nadal pulled away to beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final on Sunday for his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall, adding to two records he already owned. Nadal’s victory came two days after his 36th birthday and made him the oldest title winner […]

Hyderabad: Thanishq Jadhav of Hyderabad bagged top honours in the Foil category while SK Imran from Jayashankar Bhupalpally clinched gold in the Sabre category of the 3rd Inter-District Fencing Championship held at the Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT), Dundigal, Hyderabad on Sunday. The winners of this tournament will represent the State in the […]

London: Joe Root finished unbeaten on 115 and also crossed the 10,000-run mark in the longest format of the game as England wrapped a five-wicket victory over New Zealand on day four of the opening Test at Lord’s on Sunday. With Ben Foakes (32 not out) playing an important role from the other end, Root […]

Paris: The pair of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic clinched the 2022 French Open women’s doubles title after beating American duo of Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the final, here on Sunday. 2016 champions and French hopes Garcia and Mladenovic took 1 hour and 44 minutes to register a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win on […]

Hyderabad: Rainbow Football Club RK Puram defeated Quilla Football Club Nizamabad 1-0 in the final of the Bolarum Challenge Cup Age Group Tournaments at the Bolarum Sporting Club, Hyderabad on Sunday. Joshwa scored the only goal for Rainbow FC to guide their side to victory. Meanwhile in the U-12 final, YDC (ECIL) crushed St Michael […]

Mumbai: Charismatic Chennai Super Kings batter Devon Conway has attributed his side’s performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) over the years to “keeping your chin up” attitude, which he felt doesn’t allow emotions to get the better of players even after big losses. The New Zealander added that despite the fact that the four-time […]

Manchester: Cristiano Ronaldo has been crowned Manchester United’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year in his first season back at the Premier League club. In his first spell at United, Ronaldo won the coveted award in three campaigns – 2003/04, 2006/07 and 2007/08. After an impressive return to Old Trafford, fans have voted for […]

New Delhi: If the mind is willing to scale the peak, the body is ready to push the envelop. Praveen Kumar always wanted to turn adversity into opportunity which he did in 2021 by becoming youngest Indian to win a Paralympic high jump medal in Tokyo. It was a heady enough achievement but in his […]