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Hyderabad: Rainbow Club RK Puram thrashed Soccer Academy 5-0 in the U-14 semifinals of the Bolarum Challenge Cup Age Group Tournaments at the Bolarum Sporting Club, Hyderabad on Saturday. Joushaa and Vishal scored two goals each while Omprakash scored one to guide their side to victory. In another semifinal, Quilla FC from Nizamabad defeated BRFC […]

Stavanger (Norway): India legend Viswanathan Anand’s winning run in the Classical event of the Norway Chess tournament came to an end after suffering a loss against American Wesley So in the fourth round here on Saturday. The 52-year-old former world champion now shares the lead with Magnus Carlsen on 8.5 points each. The regular Classical […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Jeevanji Deepthi clocked 24.63 sec to clinch bronze in the 200 metres event at the 20th National Federation Cup Junior U-20 Athletics Championships held at the Chhotubhai Purani Sports Complex, Nadiad, Gujarat on Saturday. Karnataka’s Priya Mohan bagged top honours by finishing the event in 23.98 sec while Priyanka Sikarwar of Uttar Pradesh […]

New Delhi: Swapnil Kusale and Ashi Chouksey drew curtains on India’s campaign at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Baku, Azerbaijan with a gold medal in the 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) mixed team competition, here on Saturday. The pair of Swapnil and Ashi beat Ukranian’s Serhiy Kulish and Daria Tykhova 16-12 in the gold […]

Bengaluru: Top Indian shuttlers like two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu, former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth, World championship bronze medallist B. Sai Praneeth, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponappa, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and H.S. Prannoy will act as mentors of the eight franchises that will clash for honours in the inaugural edition of Grand Prix Badminton […]

Paris: Casper Ruud of Norway continued to excel at Roland Garros with the 23-year-old advancing to his first Grand Slam final, defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to set up a title clash with Spanish stalwart and winner of 13 French Open titles Rafael Nadal. Prior to his French Open run to […]

Paris: An environmental activist wearing a T-shirt with the message “We have 1028 days left” interrupted the French Open men’s semifinal between Casper Ruud and 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic by attaching herself to the net with metal wires and glue and kneeling on the court. Play was delayed for 13 minutes during a […]

Paris: Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar lavished praise on tennis ace Rafael Nadal for his caring nature towards his rival Alexander Zverev during the semi-final of the ongoing French Open 2022 on Friday. Olympic gold champion Zverev had to pull out of the semi-final against Nadal, due to an injury on his right ankle during […]

Hyderabad: Ramavath Koteshwar Naiak, an international-level wheelchair basketball player and a national level wheelchair cricketer, is battling odds to achieve his dream. The 30-year-old hoopster represented India in the IWBF Asia Oceania Championships -2019 held in Pattaya, Thailand and is going great guns. He was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the tournament in the […]

Hyderabad: For 18-year-old State athlete Agasara Nandini, the gold in the 100m hurdles in the 20th National Federation Cup U-20 Athletics Championships at Nadiad in Gujarat is extra special. While the gold helped her secure the second straight qualification for the upcoming Junior World Athletic Championship, scheduled to be held in Colombia from August 1-6, […]

Hyderabad: Riding on a 26-ball 67-run knock from B Sunil Kumar and a three-wicket haul by Ashwaq, Hyderabad Police crushed Doctors by 39 runs to lift the Say No To Drugs Telangana Formation Day Cricket Tournament, conducted on the occasion of the State formation day, at the LB Stadium on Friday. Batting first, Hyderabad Police […]

New Delhi: Experienced Indian shooter Anjum Moudgil clinched a silver in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions as India moved up to third spot in the medal tally at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday. Anjum went down 12-16 in the gold medal match to Denmark’s Rikke Maeng Ibsen. Anjum, also a […]

Bengaluru: The Rajesh Narredu-trained Forever Together looks good in the Raja Of Bobbili Memorial Trophy 1400 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-III rated 40 to 65, 5 years old and over the feature event of the races to be held on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS: […]

Hyderabad: Telangana athlete Agasara Nandini had qualified for the upcoming Junior World Athletics Championship, scheduled to be held in Colombia from August 1 to 6. The daughter of a tea seller, Nandini clinched the spot in Indian team after winning gold medal in the 100m hurdles with a timing of 13.97 seconds at the 20th […]

Oslo: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand continued his winning campaign in the Norway Chess tournament as he defeated China’s Wang Hao in the third round to remain on top of the standings. Anand pulled off a stunning win against World no. 1 Magnus Carlsen on Monday, followed by three straight wins over former world champion Veselin […]

Dubai: Former India captain and stylish batter Mohammad Azharuddin believes that Virat Kohli’s “staggering consistency” when he was at his peak some two years back has set the benchmark so high that even if the charismatic cricketer scores in the 50s of 60s, his fans feel he has underperformed. “With Virat Kohli, what happens is […]

Hyderabad: While most of his peers are sitting at home enjoying a retired life, the 77-year-old boxing coach Emani Chiranjeevi is finding ways to train young boxers and help them achieve their goals. The renowned boxing coach, who played a key role in shaping careers of many boxers from twin cities, especially from Osmania University […]

Paris: Coco Gauff sat plain-faced in her French Open changeover chair after moving one set away from her first Grand Slam final at 18 — just 18! — and calmly snacked on some cut-up pieces of pineapple and other fruit, seemingly without a care in the world. Her opponent in Thursday’s semifinals at Roland Garros, […]

Paris: World No.1 Iga Swiatek defeated Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1 in just 64 minutes to reach her second French Open final here on Thursday. Swiatek’s winning streak hit 34 after she dispatched No.20 seed Kasatkina. The 2020 French Open champion Swiatek is now tied for the second-longest winning streak of this century with Serena Williams, […]

Hyderabad: While Nizamabad boxer Nikhat Zareen recently hogged the limelight by becoming the world champion in the 52kg category, another boxer from the same district Mohammad Hussamuddin made it a memorable day by clinching a berth in the Indian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. The Nizamabad boxer Hussamuddin, who won a bronze medal in […]

New Delhi: Indian shooter Swapnil Kusale won a silver medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) event at the ISSF World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday, giving the country its second medal of the competition. The 26-year-old Swapnil went down 10-16 to Rio Olympics silver winner Serhiy Kulish of Ukraine in the […]

New Delhi: The South Africa T20I side, led by Temba Bavuma, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday ahead of five-match series against India to be played from June 9 to 19. The series serves as the resumption of both teams’ preparations for the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia later in the year. This will […]

Paris: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwé Middelkoop saved two match points but their dream run at the French Open ended with a semifinal defeat at the hands of Marcelo Arevalo and Jean-Julien Rojer, here on Thursday. The 16th seeds, Bopanna and Middelkoop, who have played some exhilarating tennis throughout, lost 6-4 3-6 […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao presented the cheque for Rs 2 cr each to boxer Nikhat Zareen and shooter Esha Singh during the Telangana State formation day celebrations at the Public Gardens, on Tuesday. The rewards were announced by the Chief Minister’s Office on the eve of the formation day celebrations. Apart from the […]