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Pune: Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net runrate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament here on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in the summit clash on Saturday. Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Ridrigues smashed scintillating […]

Paris: Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep is out of the French Open in the second round. Chinese teenager Qinwen Zheng pulled off the 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 upset of the 2018 Roland Garros champion at Court Simonne-Mathieu. The 74th-ranked Zheng amassed 27 winners to Halep’s nine to earn a trip to the third round on […]

Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals will need to shake off an ordinary bowling performance in their last outing when they clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team which seems to be peaking at the right time, in the high-stakes IPL Qualifier-2 here on Friday. Having sneaked into the play-offs, RCB are on a roll and a tight […]

Jakarta: Rising to the occasion, a young India men’s hockey thrashed hosts Indonesia 16-0 to qualify for the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup here on Thursday. The massive win not only secured India’s passage into the knockout stage of the tournament but also shut the door on Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan finished […]

Ooty: The P Krishna-trained Super Girl, who maintains form, may repeat in the Madras Race Club Cup 1200 metres, a handicap for horses rated 80 and above the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 10.30 pm. SELECTIONS: […]

Paris: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the French Open men’s doubles event with a straight set win over Andrey Golubev and Fabrice Martin here on Thursday. Bopanna and Middelkoop won the second round with a 6-3 6-4 scoreline against their opponents in one hour and six […]

Hyderabad: Nithin and Vaishnavi will lead the Telangana State’s boys and girls throwball teams respectively in the upcoming 27th Sub-Junior National Throwball Championship scheduled to be held at the DAV Public School, Safilguda, Hyderabad from May 28 to 30. V Naveen Yadav, president of Telangana Throwball Association has announced the State teams on Thursday. Teams: […]

Hyderabad: Aashrith scored 58 to guide Sreedhar Cricket Academy (SCA) to a thumping 72-run victory over VS Sports in the semifinals of the VS Sports Under-14 Cricket Tournament on Thursday. Riding on Aashrith’s half-century, Sreedhar Cricket Academy posted 197/5 in 25 overs. Chaitanya picked up two wickets for VS Sports. In reply, VS Sports’s Vidya […]

Hyderabad: P Manish crushed Ananth Mani Muni 6-2, 6-0 in the singles semifinal match of the All India Tennis Association’s Men’s 1 Lakh Prize Money tournament held at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy on Thursday. Meanwhile in another semifinal, Shivadeep defeated Shakthivel Bhoopathy 6-4, 7-6, 8-6 to set-up summit clash with Manish. In the doubles […]

Paris: Rafael Nadal produced a stunning show on Wednesday as he secured his 300th Grand Slam match win, dismantling Frenchman Corentin Moutet to book his spot in the French Open 2022 third round. It marked the Spaniard’s 300th Grand Slam match win. World No. 5 Rafael Nadal demolished Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in […]

Tirana: AS Roma defeated Feyenoord 1-0 in the UEFA Europa Conference League final here at Tirana Air Albania stadium. Feyenoord started the match on Wednesday night with a strong attack as they pushed as high up the pitch as they could. Roma’s Portuguese midfielder Sergio Oliveira had an early appearance as he was substituted in for […]

Kolkata: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul became the first-ever player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) to score 600-plus runs in four IPL seasons. Rahul achieved this feat during the Eliminator clash of the ongoing IPL 2022 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday here at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He reached this […]

Kolkata: Rajat Patidar owned the big stage with a magnificent hundred as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat debutants Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the IPL Eliminator here on Wednesday. RCB will now take on Rajasthan Royals, losers of first qualifiers, in qualifier 2, while Lucknow’s journey ended following the defeat here. Invited to bat, […]

Hyderabad: Boulder Hills Tigers defeated Boulder Raiders 2-1 in the opening match of the ATUM T9 Challenge at the Boulder Hills Golf and Country Club, Hyderabad on Wednesday. In the first round robin matches Boulder Hills Tigers, Jaagruthi Jaguars and T Eagles emerged winners. In the first match, Boulder Hills Tigers’ Sashidhar Reddy dug in […]

Hyderabad: Playing his maiden Indian Premier League season with the five-time champions Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad batter N Thakur Tilak Varma carved a niche for himself. The southpaw emerged one of the top run-getters for the team with 397 runs with a healthy average of 36.09 and a strike rate of 131. He is only behind […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Football Association (TFA) is going to conduct training camp for the State U-17 women’s football team at the Football Stadium, Siddipet from May 28. All the selected players are requested to carry original Aadhar card, birth certificate, SSC memo, vaccination certificate and two passport size photos to report at the venue on […]

Hyderabad: The Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy revealed that the worn-out athletics track at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Gachibowli will be replaced with a new one soon. The SATS chief, who was in New Delhi to receive State boxer Nikhat Zareen, met with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) […]

Chennai: Young Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian player to reach the final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters tournament after he held his nerve to outwit Dutch GM Anish Giri 3.5-2.5 on Wednesday. The Indian chess star defeated the highly-rated Giri, pipping the Dutchman in the tiebreak after the four-game rapid […]

Udhagamandalam: The J Sebastian-trained Remediesofspring, who is in fine fettle, may score in the Nilgiris Derby Stakes (Grade-I) 1600 metres, a terms for horses 3 years old only, the highlight of the pre-Derby day’s races scheduled to be held here on Thursday. No false rails. The first race starts at 10.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Swiss […]

Paris: Naomi Osaka’s 2022 French Open is over following a first-round loss. The players remaining in the tournament see and hear products of her frank discussion about anxiety and depression a year ago — from new “quiet rooms” and three on-call psychiatrists at Roland Garros to a broader sense that mental health is a far-less-taboo […]

Kolkata: Gujarat Titans entered the final of Indian Premier League with a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the first qualifier here on Tuesday. Rajasthan Royals scored 188 for six after being asked to bat first. GT completed the chase with three balls to spare with David Miller scoring unbeaten 68 off 38 balls. Gujarat […]

Hyderabad: The road to team for Chandhu Lavanya’s is not a rosy one. Struggling against odds, she made it to the Indian team for the upcoming Under-20 Asian Volleyball Championship to be held in Kazakhstan in July. The 17-years-old attacker proved herself in the 47th SGFI Junior National Championship held in Burdwan, West Bengal where […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Sports School (TSSS), Hakimpet students Ganesh (81kg), B Gangothri (55kg) and V Mounika (64kg) have been selected to represent Telangana State in weightlifting for the upcoming Khelo India Youth Games scheduled to be held in Panchkula, Haryana from June 4 to 13. P Manikyala Rao was appointed as the team coach.   […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) secretary Ronald Rose felicitated athletes Ravi Kiran, N Mayavathi and Pranay who did well at the ISF World School Sport Games in Normandy in France, recently. Ravi Kumar bagged gold in javelin throw while Mayavathi clinched bronze in 200 meters event. Pranay settled for fourth place. […]