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Hyderabad: Hyderabad tennis player G Sai Karteek Reddy and his partner Manish Suresh Kumar emerged runners-up in the men’s doubles of the ITF $15000 Tennis Tournament held in Tunisia. The Indian pair lost to Chain’s Zheng Baoluo and Thailand’s Maximus Jones 4-6, 6-7 (4-7) in the summit clash. Earlier in the semifinals they defeated Great […]

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, better known as ‘Sunny’ and ‘Little Master’, made and broke many records in his spectacular cricketing career on the field. He played many historic innings for Indian cricket from 1971 to 1987. Gavaskar holds various batting records in the longest format of the game. Member of the 1983 […]

Hyderabad: Essential moved well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Sunday morning. SAND: 1000m: Sopranos (Apprentice) 1-17, 800/1-0, 600/46, moved well. Theo’s Choice (Trainer) 1-19, 800/1-2, 600/46, moved easy. NRI Angel (Apprentice) & City Of Hustle (Koushik) 1-19, 800/1-3, 600/47, pair moved easy. Essential (K Mukesh) & Barbet (SS Tanwar) […]

Birmingham: India star bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar wreaked havoc on the England batting lineup as he went on to become the first Indian bowler to bowl 500 dot balls in the T20s powerplays with his stunning spell. Bhuvneshwar gave India a perfect start defending 171 as the 32-year-old senior pacer removed English opener Jason Roy for […]

Birmingham: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday became the first Indian batter to register 300 fours to his name in the T20Is. Rohit achieved this feat during the second T20I against England where he scored 31 runs off 20 balls and smashed three fours and two sixes to take his overall fours tally to 301. […]

Birmingham: Rohit Sharma’s inspirational leadership and an aggressive brand new approach saw India completely outclass England by 49 runs in the second T20 International to seal the three-match series with an unassailable 2-0 lead here on Saturday. Batting first, India once again showed a start-to-finish aggressive intent while reaching 170 for eight riding on new […]

Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina has won the women’s title at Wimbledon by beating Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Rybakina is the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title. She was born in Russia but switched nationalities in 2018. The 17th-seeded Rybakina dropped only two sets in her seven victories at the All […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Agasara Nandini has qualified for the upcoming World U-20 Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held in Cali, Colombia from August 1 to 6. The 18-year-old Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) student clocked 14.40 seconds in the 100m hurdles event to finish top in the final selection trials conducted by the […]

Kuala Lumpur: Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy’s rampaging run at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament hit a roadblock as he slipped to a narrow three-game loss against Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus in a mistake-filled men’s singles semifinal here on Saturday. It was heartbreak once again in the semifinals for the Indian as […]

Hyderabad: Neha Thakur and B Kiran Kumar emerged champions in the ILCA 4 girls and boys sections respectively at the 36th Edition of the Hyderabad Sailing Week, on Saturday. Local sailor R Ashwini of the EMESA took the second place while Yacht Club of Hyderabad’s Veera V Vaishnavi took the third place. Later, CV Anand, […]

Bengaluru: The Sulaiman S Attaollahi-trained Forest Flame, who is in fine form, is poised to complete a hat-trick in the Maharaja’s Gold Cup (Grade-II) 2200 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 […]

Hyderabad: Xfinity moved well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND 600m: Turgut (RB) 46.5, moved easy. New Hustle (RB) 46.5, moved well. Muaser (RB) 48, moved freely. It’s My Life (RB) 47.5, handy. Premier Action (Afroz Khan) 48, moved freely. Thunder Road (RB) 47.5, moved easy. 800m: […]

Mumbai: Former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ravindra Jadeja has removed all posts related to the team’s 2021 and 2022 seasons from his official Instagram account in an indication that all is not well between the all-rounder and the IPL franchise. Jadeja was named the captain of the CSK earlier this year after MS Dhoni […]

Birmingham: Star India batter Virat Kohli would be desperate to come out of his prolonged lean patch when he makes his T20 return after five months with the second game against England, here on Saturday. Kohli, who last played a T20 international in February, has featured in only two games since India’s underwhelming campaign in […]

Kuala Lumpur: A fighting HS Prannoy edged out Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama to progress to the semifinals but two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu couldn’t find a way to get past her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Friday. Prannoy, a former top 10 player, continued his consistent run as […]

Hyderabad: Captain Manu of Army Yachting Node won three guns on the last day of the event to lead the fleet in the ILCA 6 women’s category in the 26th Edition of Hyderabad Sailing Week, at the Hussain Sagar Lake on Friday. Akshay Vincent of Trishna Sailing Army Boys is in lead in the boys […]

Hyderabad: Life after becoming world champion for Nikhat Zareen in the recently-concluded Women’s World Championships in Istanbul has become very hectic. However, they were the events off the ring that kept her busy ahead of the Commonwealth Games, scheduled to begin later this month. Nikhat has been attending media events, private programmes and others after […]

Hyderabad: YMCA Secunderabad and Victory Play Ground recorded comfortable victories in their respective semifinals to set up the title clash in the E John Wesley Memorial Basketball Tournament at the YMCA Secunderabad, on Friday. In the first semifinal, the hosts YMCA, Secunderabad rode on Harsha’s 18-point and Varma’s 16-point shows to defeat G9 84-51. Having […]

Hyderabad: Mirana, Voice Of A Dream, Starwalt, DRD and House Of Diamond & Silk worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning. SAND 600m: Classy Dame (RB) 47.5, moved freely. Explosive (Deepak Singh) 46, moved well. Golden Forza (Apprentice) 47.5, moved easy. Alina (RB) 46.5, moved easy. Juramento […]

Bengaluru: The Faraz Arshad-trained Thousand Words appeals most in a field of nine runners in the upper division of the Justice P Medapa Memorial Trophy 1200 metres, a handicap for horses rated 40 to 65, 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held on Saturday. False rails are up. […]

Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon a day before he was supposed to play in the semifinals because of a torn abdominal muscle. “Unfortunately, as you can imagine, if I am here, it’s because I have to pull out from the tournament,” Nadal said during a news conference at the All England Club on Thursday. […]

Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina defeated 2019 champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court to set up a Wimbledon final against Ons Jabeur. Both the 17th-seeded Rybakina and third-seeded Jabeur are first-time Grand Slam finalists. Rybakina is the first Kazakhstan player to reach a major final. Jabeur is the first Arab woman to reach a major […]

Wimbledon: Ons Jabeur advanced to her first Grand Slam final by beating Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 on Centre Court at Wimbledon in a victory that is also a first for Arab and African women. The Tunisian is the first Arab woman to reach a major final and the first African woman to do so […]

New Delhi: India on Thursday announced a 215-member athlete contingent across 16 disciplines for the Commonwealth Games beginning on July 28 in Birmingham. On the sidelines of the send-off ceremony for the CWG bound athletes, IOA acting president Anil Khanna called it a ”gender-neutral contingent” with 108 men and 107 women being part of the […]