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London: On this day in 1932, India started its journey in international Cricket as a Test-playing nation, making its debut against England at Lord’s. India’s first-ever International cricket assignment was a tough one against a top-tier English team, boasting of world-class players like Wally Hammond, captain Douglas Jardine, wicketkeeper batter Les Ames, and pacer Bill […]

London: On this day in 1983, the Indian cricket team defied all odds and expectations and made history by clinching its first-ever Cricket World Cup title, defeating West Indies in the finals by 43 runs at Lord’s. Heading into the finals, India had impressed and shocked the cricketing world with its impressive performances in the […]

Hyderabad:  Telangana junior girls squandered a 5-3 advantage to lose the match to Meghalaya 5-6 in the Group C match of the junior girls national football championship in Guwahati, on Friday. R Tanvi scored all the five goals for the Telangana team to put her side in the lead in the very first minute before […]

Hyderabad: Budding Stars defeated Cambridge XI by 18 runs in the knockout phase of the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup on Friday. P Nitish Reddy scored 49 runs to guide Budding Stars to 150/5 in 20 overs. Later, Neelesh Kumar scalped three wickets as Cambridge XI managed 132/9 in 20 overs. In the other […]

Hyderabad: Telangana shuttler Girivasan Saravana Kumar went down to Assam’s Borni Akash Changmai 8-21, 10-21 in the semifinal in the boys singles at the All India Sub-Junior Badminton Ranking tournament at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, on Friday. Akash will take on Tamil Nadu’s Neeraj Nair in the final. Neeraj defeated Riyan Malhan from […]

Hyderabad: Aarav Chawla and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi recorded straight-game victories to clinch titles in the boys and girls sections respectively at the Asian junior Under-14 boys and girls tennis tournament at the Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet, on Friday. In the boys final, Aarav downed Channamallikarjuna Yale 6-2, 6-1 while in the girls section, Maaya cruised […]

Hyderabad: Telangana athlete Agasara Nandini has been selected to represent India in the Junior World Athletics Championship (U-20), scheduled to be held in Colombia from August 1-6 in the 100m hurdles, on Friday. The 18-year-old student from the TSWREIS is the lone from the State to be selected for the prestigious event. She clocked 13.95 […]

Hyderabad: V Saraya staved off a stiff challenge from Saranya Garg to record a 13-11 victory in the under-14 girls singles match on the opening day of the 7th National Pickleball Championship at the LB Stadium on Friday. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cinematography, Government […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Zuccarelli looks unbeatable among six contenders in the Chief Justice’s Cup (Grade-III) 1,800 metres, terms for horses four 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. Handsome Rocky 1, Altamonte 2, […]

Hyderabad: Riding on an eight-goal show from Eid Ali, Bahrain’s Al-Najma defeated Iran’s Mes Kerman 31-25 at the Asian Handball Men’s Club League at the Gachibowli Stadium on Thursday. Having taken a four-point lead at 14-10 at lemon break, Al-Najma continued their domination to win the match with a six-point cushion. In the second match […]

Bengaluru: Sarfaraz Khan completed his transformation from Mumbai cricket’s resident ‘enfant terrible’ to ‘Man Friday’ with a superb hundred that kept his side ahead against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy final, here on Thursday. Courtesy Sarfaraz’s fourth hundred of the season – 134 off 243 balls – the 41-time champions managed a fighting 374 […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa upset seventh seeded Misaki Matsuda from Japan to make it to the quarterfinal of the Tennis Project ITF Women’s $25k tennis tournament in Gurugram, on Thursday. The talented youngster recorded a comfortable 6-2 win in the first set before losing the second 1-6. However, she regrouped herself in the […]

Hyderabad: Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud felicitated Khelo India Youth Games medal winners Vritti Agarwal and two others on the occasion of the 36th Olympic day run at the LB Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. Speaking during the celebration of Olympic Day Run, the Minister said, “Chief Minister KCR is giving high priority for the development […]

Hyderabad: N Thakur Tilak Varma slammed a 44-ball 105 with the help of nine boundaries and eight sixes as his side Gemini Friends thrashed EMCC by 99 runs in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup on Thursday. Brief Scores: Concorde 102/9 in 20 overs (Tushar Tripathi 42no; Mohd Mansoori 2/22) lost to Budding Stars […]

Hyderabad: Girivasan Saravana Kumar of Telangana defeated Nikhil Jaikumar of Tamil Nadu 21-13, 21-17 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior U-13 Ranking Badminton Tournament at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, Hyderabad on Thursday. Meanwhile in the doubles match, Telangana’s Vajra Chowdary Aluru and Akhilesh Goud Somagani downed Krishav Puppala and Abhiram […]

Leicester: India skipper Rohit Sharma has thanked all the people who have helped him become the player that he is today as the Mumbai batter remembered the day he made his international debut 15 years ago. 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 in my favourite jersey 👕 pic.twitter.com/ctT3ZJzbPc — Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) June 23, 2022 Sharma, who made his international […]

Budapest: Canada’s Summer McIntosh set a new world junior record in the women’s 200m butterfly race on the fifth day of the 19th FINA World Swimming Championships here. The 15-year-old McIntosh touched the wall first in a time of two minutes and 5.20 seconds, breaking the previous world junior record of 2:05.79 she had set on […]

Rotterdam: Indian women’s hockey League campaign in Rotterdam on Wednesday. Experienced forward Vandana Katariya (39′, 54′) starred with a brace, while Sonika (54′) and Sangita Kumari (57′) scored a goal each to help India sign off the prestigious league on a high note ahead of the FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022. The Indian team […]

Hyderabad: Nishanth Bhukya of Telangana defeated Nikhil Jaikumar of Tamil Nadu 21-10, 21-10 in the round of 32 at the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior U-13 Ranking Badminton Tournament held at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Meanwhile in the girls category, Avni Reddy Hanumaiah Gari downed Srideetya Seran Gurazada 21-11, 21-14. Results […]

Hyderabad: Medak district team defeated Mahabubnagar in the final of the J Jagan Mohan Rao Memorial TDL T20 cricket tournament held at the Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT) grounds, Hyderabad on Wednesday. The Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman, B Vinod Kumar presented trophies and cash prizes of Rs 1.5 Lakh and RS 75,000 […]

Hyderabad: In a bid to produce top international strikers, the Football Plus Soccer Academy, in association with PUMA, launched the International Strikers’ Academy in India on Wednesday. The idea was born to improve the standard and quality of Indian football by giving a Spanish touch. Players from the age group of 13 years can participate […]

Hyderabad: Al Arabi Sports Club of Qatar defeated Al Noor Club of Saudi Arabia 29-24 in the opening match of the Asian Club League Handball Championship at the Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad on Wednesday. In the first half that was fought on even keel, the Qatar team took a single point lead at 14-13. They maintained […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa recorded a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 victory over M Kundali in the first round match of the Tennis Project ITF Women’s $25k tennis tournament in Gurugram, on Wednesday. Meanwhile, another Hyderabad girl Humera Baharmus rallied from a set down to defeat Mihika Yadav 2-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Hyderabad: Rishab Baslas scalped five for 18 while CP Venkatesh (89) and Shaik Sohail (54no) hit half-centuries to guide EMCC to a 90-run victory over Deccan Chronicle in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Wednesday. Brief Scores: Mahmood CC 92/9 in 20 overs (Sumeet Kumar 4/22, CH Reddy 2/22) lost to R Dayanand […]