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Mumbai: Former Indian captain and batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes Lucknow Super Giants’ skipper KL Rahul can play the finishers’ role as well in the IPL 2022. Praising the stylish right-handed batter, Gavaskar said KL Rahul has all the shots in the book to be a finisher for his side. While speaking on ‘Cricket Live’ […]

Suncheon (Korea): India’s latest badminton sensation Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will lead the Indian campaign at the Korea Open Super 500 tournament starting here on Tuesday. With back-to-back finals at German Open and All England Championships, Sen is in the form of his life and will look to be third […]

 New Delhi: India will be able to field its best players at both Davis Cup and the Asian Games as the ITF has preponed the team-tournament to avoid its clash with the regional showpiece in China, the national federation AITA told PTI on Monday. The Indian Davis Cup team was recently drawn to meet Norway […]

Hyderabad: Making it to the Indian team for the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania competitions in place of Karman Kaur Thandi, who suffered a wrist injury, the Hyderabadi tennis player Sowjanya Bavisetti is determined to give her best to help India qualify for the World Group play-offs. The 28-year-old, who was in Australia playing […]

Hyderabad: Lemuel Sanheeth Alladi defeated Siddharth Somal 6-0 to clinch the under-14 boys singles tennis title at the NVK Tennis Tournament at the NVK Sports Arena, on Monday. Results: Boys: U-8: Ashvath Chamarthi bt E Sai Sachit 5-1; U-10: Hasith Sunkari bt Y Jatin Reddy 6-2; U-12: Ch Satya Parthiv bt Lemuel Sanheeth Alladi 6-4; […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s G Maheshwari won a bronze in the 3000M Steeplechase with the timing 10.47.30 sec in the 25th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship at the Ch Muhammed Koya Stadium, University of Calicut, Kerala on Monday. Komal Chandra of Maharashtra won the event with a timing of 9.47.86 sec while Richa Bhadauriy of Uttar […]

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals would aim to build on their promising start to the season when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, a side that is yet to unlock its potential, in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Rajasthan come into the game following their 23-run win over Mumbai Indians. Bangalore, led by Faf Du […]

Mumbai: Ravindra Jadeja is feeling the heat at the start of his captaincy stint at CSK but he is glad to have the cool head of M S Dhoni to rely upon in high pressure situations, even allowing him to field outside the circle. The defending champions have lost all three of their matches this […]

Hyderabad: Basheer scored half-century while Hardhik and Rithwik returned with four and three wickets respectively as East Zone defeated South Zone by 30 runs in the final of the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) Under-16 Inter-zonal tournament at Bhadrachalam on Sunday. For South Zone, Md Sohail picked up three for 23 and Dhanavath Praise scored 33. […]

Hyderabad: Priyansh Kumar of Army Public School, Golkonda bagged three gold medals in 100M, 400M and 800M events in the boys U-13 category of the Hyderabad Kids Athletics Championships conducted by Athletics Coaching Academy at the GMC Balayogi Athletics Stadium, Gachibowli on Sunday. Meanwhile, K Pranitha clinched two golds in 100M and 400M events in […]

Hamilton: Ross Taylor played his farewell international match for New Zealand against the Netherlands in the third match of the three-match ODI series here at Seddon Park. “There’s no bigger place to say thank you to my wife, mum and dad, all the family members, coaches for all the sacrifices they have put in. It […]

Hyderabad: It was only last week that we got the news that Rahul who was the youngest son of the legendary Vinoo Mankad passed away in UK while on a visit to meet his daughter. As far as I am concerned I have been associated with the Mankad family from my school days. I was […]

Mumbai: Twenty20 nomad Liam Livingstone justified his Rs 11.50 crore price-tag with a smashing all-round show while rookie seamer Vaibhav Arora announced his arrival on the big stage during Punjab Kings’ comfortable 54-run decimation of Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match here on Sunday. Livingstone with a 32-ball-60 laid the platform but Chennai Super […]

Hyderabad: The St John’s Cricket Foundation that has produced Test cricketers like VVS Laxman, G Hanuma Vihari in Marredpally has undergone a complete metamorphosis — indeed a change for the good. Not just the name, but the environs and ambience has not only acquired all the modern English county club looks but facilities too. Now […]

Orleans: India’s Mithun Manjunath made it to his maiden Super 100 final with a straight-game win over Indonesia’s Christian Adinata at the Orleans Masters badminton tournament here. The 23-year-old, a product of the Prakash Padukone Badminton academy, Manjunath prevailed 21-18 21-14 over Adinata in a 47-minute showdown at the Palais des Sports here late on […]

Hyderabad: V Suresh of Khammam clocked 12.8 seconds to bag gold in the men’s 30 100M event in the Telangana Masters Athletics Championships at the Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. V Sairam of Ranga Reddy took silver with 13.13 sec while G Sudhakar from Khammam settled for bronze with 13.6 sec. Meanwhile, Tanu Das Biswas […]

Mumbai: Madhya Pradesh batter Rajat Patidar has been roped in by Royal Challengers Bangalore as a replacement for injured Luvnith Sisodia for the remainder of the Indian Premier League season, the franchise said on Sunday. Patidar, who has scored 861 runs with the help of seven half-centuries at an average of 30.75 and strike-rate of […]

Kolkata: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly believes his former teammate Rahul Dravid has all the attributes for becoming successful in his current role as the coach of the Indian cricket team. Ganguly feels Dravid’s “intense, meticulous and professional” attitude are just the ingredients a coach needs to be successful in the high-pressure India job. “He (Dravid) […]

Hyderabad: Himachal Pradesh clinched the top honours defeating Railways 20-10 in the final of the 50th Senior Women’s National Handball Championship held at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. In a lop-sided match, Himachal Pradesh dished out a dominating performance to record a comfortable victory. Earlier on Saturday, hosts Telangana women won the bronze […]

Navi Mumbai: Their campaign back on track after a poor start, new entrants Lucknow Super Giants will rely on their batting prowess to get past Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday. LSG did not have the best start to their debut season, losing by five wickets against fellow IPL debutants […]

Christchurch: Alyssa Healy smashed a whirlwind 170 to power Australia to a record-extending seventh ICC Women’s World Cup title, beating defending champions England by 71 runs in the final here on Sunday. It was a dominating performance from Australia after being invited to bat. Besides Healy’s special performance, Rachael Haynes (68) and Beth Mooney (62) […]

Doha: La’eeb, the official mascot of the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is playful, adventurous and curious. Sporting the flowing Qatari national dress, the mascot seems to be trying to stop a football in air in the illustration released by FIFA and tournament organising body — the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. La’eeb […]

Bhubaneswar: A tense shoot-out following a frantic end to the regular period, saw Indian men come away with a bonus point in their match against England in FIH Pro League here at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. A real up and down battle saw the lead change hands thrice and thrice the trailing […]

Pune: A fantastic knock by Shubman Gill followed up by a clinical bowling performance effort by Lockie Ferguson helped Gujarat Titans beat Delhi Capitals by 14 runs in an IPL 2022 match at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, here on Saturday. Opening the batting, Shubman played a sparkling knock (84 off 46) and propelled Gujarat Titans […]