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Hyderabad: Telangana’s Dhiraj Reddy staved off a spirited challenge from Mihir Parcha to take the boys singles title at the Asian Junior Under-16 tennis tournament for boys and girls at Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet, on Friday. Dhiraj lost the first set but bounced back in the next two to win the crown with 6-7(6), 6-3,6-0 […]

Jakarta: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and rising star Lakshya Sen made quarterfinal exits in their respective singles events, ending India’s challenge in the Indonesia Open Super Series 500 tournament here on Friday. Sen was first to be eliminated as the 20-year-old went down fighting and forced a decider against his higher-seeded Chinese Taipei rival […]

New Delhi: Veteran Indian boxer MC Mary Kom was on Friday forced to withdraw midway through her Commonwealth Games 48kg trial after sustaining a leg injury. The six-time world champion injured herself in the first round of the 48kg semifinals. Haryana’s Nitu thus advanced to the finals of the CWG trials at the Indira Gandhi […]

Bengaluru: The RH Sequeira-trained Smashing Blue, who is blazing the track, should have it easy in the Racing Patrons Trophy 1200 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-I rated 80 and above, 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: Mirza Houzef Baig (130 no) and Mohd Asaduddin (115no) hit unbeaten centuries as Concorde CC crushed Tirumala CC by 248 runs in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Thursday. Brief Scores: HCA Academy CC 43 in 15 overs (S Mehdi Hasan 3/7, Vidyananda Reddy 4/8) lost to Jai Hanuman CC 47/0 in […]

New Delhi: David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen hit fiery half-centuries to guide South Africa to a seven-wicket win over India in the first T20 International of the five-match series here on Thursday. Chasing a mammoth 212, Miller (64 not out) and Van der Dussen (75 not out)shared an unbeaten 131-run stand for the […]

Jakarta: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World Championship bronze winner Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament with contrasting wins here on Thursday. Sen registered a 21-18,21-15 win over world number 13 Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in 54 minutes in the men’s singles. In the women’s singles, […]

Hyderabad: Artillery Centre’s Nimesh bagged top honours in the men’s 100 metres and 200 metres event at the Hyderabad Sprints Athletics Championship, at Artillery Centre Stadium, Golconda on Thursday. Nimesh clocked 10.43 seconds for the gold in 100m while he clocked 22.59seconds in 200m for the victory. Results: Men: 100M: 1. Nimesh (Artillery Centre) (10.43s), […]

Hyderabad: Telangana athletes added four more medals to their tally on Thursday in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula in Haryana. Swimmer Sai Nihar was the star of the day for the State as he clinched a silver medal in the 400 metres freestyle event. Meanwhile, another swimmer Vritti Agarwal, who clinched the […]

New Delhi: South Africa batter Aiden Makram was on Thursday ruled out of the opening T20I against India after he tested positive for COVID-19, Makram, who was a part of the recently-concluded Indian Premier League, was unavailable for selection for the series opener of the five-match series, revealed captain Temba Bavuma at the toss. He […]

Hyderabad: Beginning her cricket journey as an eight-year-old from the lanes of Secunderabad to becoming one of the stalwarts in world cricket, Mithali’s career spanning close to 23 years has been an incredible one. At 39, Mithali leaves the game as one of the greatest, with numerous records under her belt. The coaches and people […]

Hyderabad: State swimmer Vritti Agarwal set the pool on fire with a new meet record on her way to clinch gold medal in the girls 800 metre freestyle event at the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana on Wednesday. She clocked 9:24.32 seconds to clinch first gold for the State. Previous record time […]

New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India on Wednesday terminated the contract of the cycling coach for his alleged inappropriate behaviour with a national level cyclist during a foreign exposure trip in Slovenia. SAI had constituted an enquiry committee to hear the case of a cyclist’s complaint against a coach of inappropriate behaviour during a […]

New Delhi: Captain KL Rahul and spinner Kuldeep Yadav on Wednesday were ruled out of India’s T20I series against South Africa, beginning here on June 9, due to injuries. Wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant will lead India in Rahul’s absence while Hardik Pandya has been named the vice-captain for the home series against South Africa. “Team India […]

Hyderabad: P Sai Vikas Reddy (121) and Rahul Buddi (104) slammed centuries to guide Evergreen CC to a 200-run victory over Brothers XI in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Wednesday. Brief Scores: Galaxy CC 127/7 in 20 overs (Faheem 2/19, Shaik Adnan 2/22) lost to Ameerpet CC 128/5 in 19.2 overs (O […]

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 […]