Sport

Hyderabad: The FutureKids defeated Chirec School 48-36 in the under-14 boys final for the tophonours in the FIBA inter-school basketball championship at the Apollo HealthCity, recently. Earlier in the semis, Chirec edged out Nasr 32-28 after the scores were tied at 18-all. Avinasand Robin scored 10 and 9 points respectively for the winners. For NASR, […]

Hyderabad: YMCA Secunderabad rallied from a 20-point deficit from the halfway mark to defeat Victory Playground 76-69 to emerge champions of the E John Wesley Memorial Basketball tournament at the YMCA Secunderabad on Sunday. Victory Playgrounds dictated terms in the first quarter as Vamshi, using his height, scored 14 points from the paint as they […]

Hyderabad: The Leo D’Silva-trained Ayr, who maintains form, may repeat in the PG Reddy Memorial Trophy 1400 metres, a handicap for horses rated 40 to 65 Category-II, the feature event of the races to be held here on Monday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Pleroma 1, London […]

Hyderabad: Laurus, Ashwa Raudee, Ashwa Sultan and Tales Of Legend worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Sunday morning. SAND: 800m: Hugh Capet (DS Deora) & 3y-(Basem/Whispering Hills) (B Nikhil) 1-2, 600/46, moved together. Carlisle (RB) & Salisbury (Kiran Naidu) 1-1, 600/45, pair unextended. Ashwa Raudee (P Vikram) & […]

Birmingham: Young Indian weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga on Sunday rewrote the Games record by winning the gold medal in men’s 67kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 19-year-old, hailing from Aizawl in Mizoram, managed a total lift of 300kg (140kg in snatch and 160kg in clean & jerk) to wins India’s second gold medal in […]

Birmingham: Bindyarani Devi won India a fourth medal on a successful day at the Commonwealth Games weightlifting arena in Birmingham, bagging a silver medal in the Women’s 55 kg weight class. The 22-year-old from Manipur lifted a total weight of 202 kg with a superb attempt of 116 kg in her final turn in clean […]

Hyderabad: Sixty-six years ago, on 31st July, English off-spinner Jim Laker achieved a rare feat by claiming all 10 wickets (the first ever in the game’s history) in an innings. Jim Laker was the former off-spinner who represented England in 46 Test matches. Domestically, he played for Surrey County Cricket Club. The off-spinner pulled off […]

Birmingham: Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu (49kg) went on a record-smashing spree, claiming four of them in a power-packed performance, to claim India’s first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. In a remarkable performance, Chanu smashed the Commonwealth and CWG record in snatch. She obliterated the Games record in clean and jerk as […]

Hyderabad: A Satya of Gujarati Seva Mandal (GSM) bagged her second title in as many days as she defeated K Shrestha Reddy 4-1 in the under-15 girls final at the 21st AWASA Late Sri Ananth Narayan Reddy And Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Championship on Saturday. On Friday, Satya bagged the singles title […]

Birmingham: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 61kg category at the Commonwealth Games, adding to India’s tally here on Saturday. Gururaja, a sliver medallist at the 2018 CWG at Gold Coast, lifted a total of 269kg (118kg+151kg) to finish in the third place. Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad grabbed the gold […]

Birmingham: Indian shuttlers dished out another splendid show to take an unassailable 3-0 lead over a hapless Sri Lanka in their second group A match of the mixed team competition at the 22nd Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. A day after blanking Pakistan 5-0, India notched up another convincing win to go to the top […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Srivally Medishetty emerged champion in the girls under-18 singles after her opponent Laxmi Siri Dandu retired in the third set, at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy National Series Under-18 tennis tournament, sponsored by Sanali Group, on Saturday. Srivally, who lost the first set 5-7, rallied to draw level with a 6-4 in the […]

Hyderabad: Ashoka and Corfe Castle impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Amalfitana (A Joshi) 43, worked well. Nugget (A Joshi) 44, strode out well. Amyra (RB) 47, moved easy. Yaletown (A Joshi) 47, strode out well. Bellaque (P Vikram) & Humanitariah (K Mukesh) 47.5, pair […]

Bengaluru: The Sulaiman S Attaollahi-trained Forest Flame appeals most in a small field of three runners in the Karnataka Mile Championship Cup (Grade-II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 […]

Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar on Saturday won a silver medal in men’s 55kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 21-year-old managed a total lift of 248kg (113kg in snatch and 135kg in clean & jerk) to open India’s account in the ongoing multi-nation event. Malaysia’s Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq won […]

Chennai: Actor Ajith Kumar has so far won a total of four gold and two bronze medals at the the 47th Tamil Nadu State Shooting Championship that is being held in Trichy. Ajith has won gold medals in four team events including the CFP Master Men team event, the STD P Master Men team event and […]

Tarouba (Port of Spain): Rohit Sharma’s elegant half-century and Dinesh Karthik’s blazing finish were backed up by a solid bowling performance as India made short work of West Indies with an easy 68-run victory in the first T20I on Friday. While Rohit set up the platform with a 44-ball-64, it was Karthik’s calculated assault — […]

Tarouba (Trinidad): India skipper Rohit Sharma went past New Zealand opener Martin Guptill to regain first place in the list of top run-getters in T20 Internationals during the first T20I of the five-match series against West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium, here on Friday. Rohit, who was rested for the ODIs, looked in solid […]

Birmingham: The men’s and women’s table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women’s hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa as India made a good start at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. There was some more success for the country as backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for […]

Mamallapuram: Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women’s sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Friday. Top-seeded Indian women’s A team beat Tajikistan while the B side got the better of Wales. Both the Indian teams have taken unassailable 3-0 leads over their respective opponents. India’s star player Koneru Humpy, playing […]

Hyderabad: GSM’s A Satya defeated Pragyansha Patra from VPG 4-1 to clinch girls under-13 singles title at the 21st AWASA Late Sri Ananth Narayan Reddy and Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Championship held in Hyderabad on Friday. Meanwhile, G Praman and Sri Saanvi bagged top honours in the U-11 boys and girls categories […]

London: England against Germany at Wembley Stadium. A final that underlines the growing stature of women’s soccer in Europe and echoes decades of history. When host nation England takes on Germany in the European Championship final on Sunday, it will have a tournament-record crowd of nearly 90,000. Euro 2022 as a whole will be easily […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club, the reigning Indian Super League (ISL) champions signed Spanish midfielder Borja Herrera ahead of the upcoming season, on Friday. The 29-year-old joins the club on a one-year deal. “This is a very good opportunity for me. Hyderabad FC is a great project with great fans and are currently the champions. I […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Enigma, who maintains form, may repeat in the Bangalore City Sprint Championship Gold Cup (Grade III) 1200 metres, terms for horses 3 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: 1. Only […]