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New Delhi: After winning a gold medal in the Women’s World Boxing Championship in Turkey, Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen has urged the parents to change their mentality towards a girl child and support them in whatever they want to do in their lives. “There are still some people in the society who feel sad when […]

Paris: World No.2 Daniil Medvedev breezed past Argentine Facundo Bagnis 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 for a hassle-free opening round at the French Open here on Tuesday. Medvedev has a shot at returning to the top of the men’s singles rankings, replacing Novak Djokovic, if results go his way at Roland Garros this fortnight. However, he does […]

Pune: The swashbuckling Shafali Verma blazed away at the top before Laura Wolvaardt’s unbeaten half century as Velocity overhauled a stiff target to get the better of Supernovas by seven wickets in the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Tuesday. Set a target of 151 after opting to field, Velocity completed the chase with 10 balls […]

Mysuru: The S Narredu-trained Eternal Princess looks unbeatable in the Mysore Juvenile Million 1200 metres, terms for maiden horses 3 years old only, the feature event of the opening day’s races of the Mysore summer meeting scheduled to be held on Wednesday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Country’s […]

Kolkata: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma’s abysmal form in the IPL is not a matter of concern as he will be back among the runs soon, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Tuesday. The record five-time IPL winning Mumbai Indians skipper had a woeful season finishing with 268 runs from 14 innings at an average of […]

Johannesburg: The legendary AB de Villiers said he will “definitely” return to the IPL next year as part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad, but he is not sure in what capacity. De Villiers had been a big part of RCB family before he retired from all forms of cricket last year. De Villiers’ former […]

Pune: Pooja Vastrakar picked up four wickets for just 12 runs in a brilliant pace-bowling display as Supernovas notched up an easy 49-run win over Trailblazers in a record-breaking opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Monday. The 22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of Trailblazers’ captain Smriti Mandhana (34), her opening partner Hayley […]

Paris: Rafael Nadal and all of his aches and pains reached the second round of the French Open. The 13-time champion at Roland Garros beat Jordan Thompson 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round on Court Philippe Chatrier. Nadal won his men’s-record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open but he has only recently […]

Kolkata: Equipped with a lethal bowling attack and boasting a number of quality finishers, debutants Gujarat Titans will start as favourites against spin-heavy former champions Rajasthan Royals when the two teams face-off in the first IPL Qualifier, here on Tuesday. Captaining a team in the IPL for the first time ever, a fit-again Hardik Pandya […]

Townsville (Queensland): The family of late Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds, who died in a single car crash on May 14 at the age of 46, has said that a memorial service for the legendary cricketer will take place at the Riverway Stadium here on May 27. A report in cricket.com.au said on Monday that Australian […]

Hyderabad: Himesh Empally bagged top honours with five points form five rounds in the U-15 boys category while Aasritha Gandham clinched gold with four points from five rounds of the 35th Telangana State Ranking U-7, U-9, U-11, U-13, U-15 Open Chess Tournament for boys and girls held at the L B Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. […]

Hyderabad: Indian Railways’ Pandurangaiah defeated Himanshu Jain 5-3 (65-42, 50-71, 71-22, 52-65, 91(40)-25, 15-77, 66(52)-13), 76-53) to clinch the F1 Telangana State Open Snooker Championship title, organised by F1 Snooker Academy and Telangana Cue Sports Association. In a closely-fought final, both players were locked at 2-all after four frames. In the fifth frame, Pandurangaiah took […]

Hyderabad: Lalu Yadav emerged champion in men’s category after topping the round robin format at the Samson Tennis Foundation’s tournament in Lingampally on Sunday. Results: U-8 mixed event: (Round Robin format): 1. Anant Sagar, 2. Rhea Jafri; U-10 mixed event: R Sri Mahidhar bt Anish Sunkavalli 5-2; U-12 Boys: Purvith bt Harshith Pyboina 5-2; Girls: […]

Jakarta: Defending champions India conceded a late goal to allow arch-rivals Pakistan walk away with a 1-1 draw in their opening Pool A match of the Asia Cup men’s hockey tournament, here on Monday. India took the lead in the ninth minute through Karthi Selvam before Abdul Rana broke their neighbours’ heart by equalising in […]

Hyderabad: Team Blue emerged champions after defeating Team Red by five wickets in the final of the Nandy Premier League held at the Nandy Cricket Academy, St Thomas School, Secunderabad on Monday. Batting first, Team Red scored 93 for seven wickets in 15 overs. Later, riding on Nishin’s 34-runknock, Team Blue chased the target in […]

Hyderabad: Keystone Basketball Academy (KBA) thrashed Taxmen 16-7 to clinch the title in the final of the BFI INBL 3×3 Season 1 Quest Hyderabad Open basketball tournament held at the Don Bosco High School, Motinagar, Hyderabad on Sunday. For KBA, Karthik scored 9 points while Subhash added6 points to guide their side to victory. Earlier […]

Canberra: Australian swimming superstar Ariarne Titmus has broken the women’s 400m freestyle world record at the national championships, according to Swimming Australia. Titmus, the reigning Olympic champion over 200 and 400m, on Sunday night finished the 400m freestyle in 3:56.40, breaking the previous world record set by American Katie Ledecky in 2016 by 0.06 seconds. […]

Milan: AC Milan secured its first Serie A title in 11 years on Sunday with a 3-0 win at Sassuolo. The city of Milan is already swarming with a sea of celebrating red-and-black fans. Thousands of fans had started gathering in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo, in front of the iconic cathedral, even before the Rossoneri […]

Mumbai: Punjab Kings signed off from IPL 2022 on a high by registering a five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday. After left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar and pacer Nathan Ellis took three wickets each to restrict Hyderabad to 157/8, Punjab hunted down the total with 29 balls to spare, thanks […]

Manchester: Manchester City clinched a sixth Premier League title in 11 seasons on Sunday by scoring three times in five minutes to come from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the finale to avoid being toppled by challenger Liverpool. City was trailing 2-0 to Villa until Ilkay Gündogan began the comeback in the 76th. […]

Mumbai: India’s teenage rising table tennis star Diya Chitale won the gold medal in the U-19 Girls’ singles event of the WTT Youth Contender Lima 2022, beating Colombia’s Juhana Lozada 3-0 in the final. The Mumbai-based Diya scored an authoritative win against Juliana Lozada 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 in 31 minutes at the Villa Deportiva Nacional, […]

Paris: Two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem crashed out of the tournament in the first round at Roland Garros after losing to Bolivian world number 87 Hugo Dellien here on Sunday. Dellien broke Thiem four times to register an impressive 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory in a two-hour and one-minute clash at Court Simonne Mathieu, capitalising […]

New Delhi: This is not a small feat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while hosting the victorious Thomas Cup team, players of which were chuffed to get the backing of the country’s premier. Few days after congratulating the players over telephone for their historic triumph at the prestigious tournament in Bangkok, PM Modi met in […]

Hyderabad: YMCA Secunderabad recorded an upset win over Ice Ice Baby 14-9 in the quarterfinals of the BFI INBL 3×3 Season 1 Quest Hyderabad Open basketball tournament held at the Don Bosco High School, Motinagar, Hyderabad on Saturday. Earlier in the Round 16 match YMCA downed Big Time Ballers 17-10 while Ice Ice Baby thrashed […]