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Melbourne: Top-ranked Ash Barty has advanced to the Adelaide International WTA womens singles semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin while Rafael Nadal advanced via a walkover in tune-up tournaments ahead of the year’s first Grand Slam event. Barty used her usual backhand slice and powerful forehand drive but […]
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Sydney: An unbeaten century by Jonny Bairstow (103 off 140 balls) on another rain-interrupted day saw England post 258/7 on Day 3 of the fourth Ashes Test, even as Australia strengthened their advantage with the ball, with Pat Cummins and Scott Boland taking two wickets apiece at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Middle-order batter […]
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"We expect that the ambassador personally takes action for him to be moved to accommodation befitting the best sportsman in the world, not a criminal or an illegal immigrant,"
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Johannesburg: Dean Elgar spearheaded a record chase of 240, helping South Africa clinch a series-levelling win over India in the second Test at the Wanderers here on Thursday. After rain washed out on-field action of the first two sessions, rain gods relented for 34 overs of play to happen. That was enough for Elgar, unbeaten on […]
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Adelaide: India’s Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok entered the women’s doubles semifinals of the Adelaide International 1 WTA event after beating American Shelby Rogers and Heather Watson of Great Britain in a hard-fought contest here on Thursday. Sania and Nadiia got the better of their rivals 6-0 1-6 10-5 in a quarterfinal […]
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Mumbai: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has assured State units that the Board “will do everything to restart the domestic season once the Covid-19 situation is under control” after some marquee tournaments, including the Ranji Trophy, were postponed due to a resurgence of cases across the country. The BCCI on Tuesday had to put on hold […]
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Hyderabad: M Shashank scalped four wickets as Income Tax defeated Zinda Tilismath by six wickets to enter the final of the HCA A1 3 Day one-day knockout tournament, on Thursday. For Income Tax, Sarthak Bharadwaj top-scored with 47 runs. Brief Scores: Zinda Tilismath 167 in 41 overs (M Shashank 4/34) lost to Income Tax 170/4 […]
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Sydney: Usman Khawaja’s ninth Test century lifted Australia to an imposing 416-8 declared before England’s openers survived a nervous five overs to be 13 without loss at the end of the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. Playing his first Test since 2019 and only in the team because of Travis Head’s positive test […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad table tennis players Akula Sreeja and S Fidel R Snehit won women’s and men’s singles bronze medals respectively at the UTT National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championship at Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Representing Reserve Bank of India, Sreeja, who was seeded top in the women’s category, […]
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Chennai: The Donald Anthony Netto-trained Knotty Dancer, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the South India 2000 Guineas (Grade II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 year old only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.00 pm. […]
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Hyderabad: Scramjet, Above The Law, Galway Bay, In Contention, Summer Night impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Menilly (SJ Sunil) (From 1000/400) 47, handy. Incredulous (AA Vikrant) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. Star Cruise (RB) (From 1000/400) 46.5, handy. City Of Blossom (RB) & NRI […]
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The Mithali Raj led side will play their first World Cup fixture against Pakistan on March 6 at the Bay Oval, Tauranga.
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Mumbai: The Sulaiman Attaollahi-trained Forest Flame looks best in the Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia Trophy (Grade II) 1800 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 12.45 pm. SELECTIONS 1. Power Of Neath 1, […]
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Earlier, Djokovic had landed in Australia citing a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open.
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Hyderabad: GoaDavid Williams scored the fastest goal in the Hero Indian Super League’s history but Javier Siverio’s late strike ensured Hyderabad FC moved to the top of the table riding a 2-2 draw against ATK Mohun Bagan in a rip-roaring encounter at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Wednesday. Williams, playing ahead of Roy Krishna […]
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Hyderabad: Osmania University announced the 20-member men’s football team for the upcoming South Zone Inter-university Football Championship scheduled to be held at Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala from January 5 to 10. Team: Kartikeyan Narayanan, N S Tarun, K Sai Durga Prasad, B Tarun, Sai Yashwanth, Aryan Sajeev, Monjit Kemprai, Mohammed Ahmed, Naveed, Shaik Asad, […]
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Sydney: The fourth Ashes test sprung to life late on Day 1 after sweeping showers threatened to dampen the prospects of both teams for a positive start at the Sydney Cricket Ground. After rain delays permitted only 21 completed overs in the opening two sessions, runs and wickets came more frequently in the final passage […]
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Johannesburg: India’s Test captain Virat Kohli, who missed the second Test in Johannesburg due to an upper back spasm, took some time out to train with the team ahead of the third day’s play on Wednesday. In a positive sign for the Indian cricket team, Kohli was seen receiving throwdowns from head coach Rahul Dravid […]
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Brisbane: With his medical exemption approved, Novak Djokovic may have some explaining to do when he gets to Melbourne to defend his Australian Open title. The exemption allows the top-ranked Djokovic entry to the tournament regardless of his vaccination status for Covid-19, a subject he has declined to clarify amid months of speculation he could […]
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Johannesburg: Indian middle order finally came good as combative half-centuries from under-fire Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane helped the visitors set South Africa a challenging 240-run target in the second Test, here on Wednesday. The Proteas started in earnest with Aiden Markram (24 batting) and Dean Elgar (10 batting) knocking off 34 runs off the […]
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Sydney: Hubert Hurkacz beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 to secure Poland’s victory over Argentina on Wednesday and a spot in the ATP Cup semifinals. Poland finished the round-robin stage 3-0 in Group D, with wins over Georgia, Greece and in the top-of-the-table match against Argentina. Kamil Majchrzak rallied twice from serve breaks in the second […]
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Hyderabad: Sports minister V Srinivas Goud congratulated Mekala Bhaskar Reddy, an international athlete in under-45, and his son Abhinay Reddy under-20 international badminton player, for winning medals in various events, at his camp office on Wednesday. Bhaskar Reddy is a senior athlete, who participated in many national and international events in various categories and won […]
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Chennai: The Pesi Shroff-trained Medora looks unbeatable in the South India 1000 Guineas (Grade II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 year olds only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.00 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Propahlady 1, Catalyst 2, Moonlight Night 3 […]
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Hyderabad: Ashwa Bravo caught the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: Top Diamond (Akshay Kumar) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Above The Law (V Jodha) 47.5, moved easy. In Contention (SJ Sunil) (From 1000/400) 47, handy. Galloping Gangster (RB) 46.5, handy. Scramjet (N Rawal) (From […]
