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London: Robert Key will need to grow a “thick skin” akin to the Dukes ball just like I grew one to counter the “jealous people”, former India head coach Ravi Shastri said on how the ex-England opener should go out about his job as ECB”s ”Director of Cricket”. Shastri was at helm of India”s coaching […]

London: Novak Djokovic will be allowed to defend his title at Wimbledon, despite not being vaccinated against Covid-19, because the shots are not required to enter Britain, All England Club chief executive Sally Bolton said Tuesday. Djokovic, a 34-year-old Serb who is ranked No. 1, missed the Australian Open in January after being deported from […]

Manila (Philippines): India’s top doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty cruised to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight game win here on Tuesday. The world number 7 and third seeded Indian duo hardly broke a sweat to register a 21-13,21-9 victory against the Thai pair of Apiluk Gaterahong […]

Hyderabad: Lifespan Lions defeated Dr Neeti Mala’s Warrior Tigons to emerge champions of the Doctors Premier Cricket league (DPCL) held at the Abhiram Cricket County, Donthanpalle, Hyderabad. Earlier, Lifespan Lions downed Apollo Gastro Avengers in the semifinals to make it to the final. Dr Ajendra of Lifespan Lions won the Man of the Match and […]

Hyderabad: Third seed Vanij Aryan Pothunoor thrashed P Jitesh Kumar 6-1, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the boys category at the Siddamsetty Krishna Rao Memorial AITA Super Series Boys and Girls U-12 Tennis Tournament at the Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet, Hyderabad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Avyaktha Raayavarupu crushed Sahasra Komirishetty 6-0, 6-0 in the girls category […]

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings captain Ravindra Jadeja admitted that the four-time champions are ‘lacking’ in not getting good starts in the first six overs of the ongoing IPL 2022. CSK fell to their 6th defeat of the season on Monday as the Punjab Kings (PBKS) bounced back in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 with […]

Hyderabad: Pushpan Sports Academy team defeated S B Basketball Academy 10-12 in the U-16 girls final of the 5×5 District Level Basketball Championship held at Decathlon, Kompally on Sunday. Meanwhile, in U-16 boys, Pushpan Sports Academy A downed Pushpan Sports Academy B 35-24 to emerge champions. Tejas Reddy and Viha Reddy were adjudged most valuable […]

Mumbai: Flamboyant opener Shikhar Dhawan struck a magnificent 88 not out to trump Ambati Rayudu in the battle of batting heroics as Punjab Kings beat Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs in an IPL thriller here on Monday. Dhawan hit nine fours and two sixes in his 59-ball superlative unbeaten knock to power Punjab to […]

Hyderabad: It has been close to six decades that a Hyderabad table tennis player emerged national champion. It was Mir Khasim Ali who first won a national title in 1964. And ever since, he was the only one in the club. But on Monday, after a yawning gap of 58 years, another Hyderabadi emerged national […]

Shillong: Sreeja Akula wore down Mouma Das 4-1 in the women’s singles final, to win her maiden national crown, becoming the first woman from Telangana to achieve the feat at the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships here on Monday. Sreeja, who won her first national ranking title in 2019 during the North […]

Hyderabad: Aarya Ghia clinched both U-12 boys singles and U-10 mixed singles titles of the Bolton School Tennis Academy Tennis Tournament at the Bolton School Tennis Academy, Secunderabad on Monday. Araya defeated Akshaj Padma 6-3 in the mixed singles event. He downed K Adhrit 6-4 in the singles. Results: U-10: Mixed singles: Aarya Ghia bt […]

Pune: Royal Challengers Bangalore will be aiming to halt the Jos Buttler juggernaut when they take on Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Attention will be on Virat Kohli as well following his second consecutive first ball duck in the competition. RCB would be hoping their star batter to be back […]

New Delhi: The BCCI in all likelihood will do away with bio-bubbles from the upcoming five-match T20 series against South Africa, keeping in mind the mental well-being of cricketers. Bio-bubbles became a part of the lives of cricketers with almost all the series (home and away) played in strict bio-secure environment due to the Covid-19 […]

Hyderabad: Pramod defeated Suresh 5-2 in the final of the men’s singles of the Leo Tennis Academy Junior and Men’s Round Robin and Knockout Tennis Tournament in Hyderabad on Monday. Later, Pramod paired with Suresh and downed Ravi Shankar and Sreekar 5-2 in doubles to clinch the title. Results: Men: Singles: Pramod bt Suresh (5-2); […]

Hyderabad: Former Telangana State Sports School student Ragala Varun clinched the gold medal in the weightlifting category at the Khelo India University Games, being held at the Jain University, Bengaluru on Monday. Competing in the 81kg category, Varun lifted 127 kgs in snatch and 150 kgs in clean and jerk for the top honours with […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians coach Mahela Jayawardene has hinted at a few changes after repeated failures of the star-studded batting-line up and is also concerned about the drastic drop in form of star opener Ishan Kishan. Record five-time champions Mumbai Indians are enduring their worst run in IPL history having lost their first eight games including […]

Manila (Philippines): Focus will be on two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world championships bronze winner Lakshya Sen when they lead India’s challenge at the Badminton Asia Championships, beginning here on Tuesday. A lot of hope will ride on Sen and Sindhu as the duo has been in good form in the run-up to the […]

Hyderabad: Fourth seed Hruthik Katakam thrashed Tanush Reddy Samala 6-0, 6-0 in the first round of the Siddamsetty Krishna Rao Memorial AITA Super Series Boys and Girls Under-12 Tennis Tournament at the Ash Tennis Academy, Hyderabad on Monday. Hruthik Katakam enters second round of AITA Super Series Tennis Trophy (Round-I): U-12: Boys: Hruthik Katakam (4) […]

New Delhi: The D Netto-trained Knotty Dancer, who is in fine condition, is expected to score in the Grand Turf Racing And Realty North India Derby (Grade-III) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 years old only, the plum event of the races to be held here on Tuesday. No false rails. The first race starts […]

Mumbai: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul on Sunday became the first batter to score three centuries against the same opponent in the IPL. Rahul achieved this feat as he smashed an amazing century in the 37th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 against Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium […]

Mumbai: KL Rahul once again proved to be Mumbai Indians’ nemesis as his magnificent second hundred set up a comfortable 36-run win for Lucknow Super Giants’ and in turn knocked the five-time champions out of this edition of IPL. Rahul continued his fairytale run against MI, slamming an unbeaten 103 off 62 balls with the […]

Belgrade (Serbia): World No 8 Andrey Rublev clinched the Serbia Open title after beating World No 1 Novak Djokovic in the final, here on Sunday. In a hard-fought summit clash, Rublev dug deep against Djokovic as he hit with relentless power and intensity to outlast the home favourite 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-0 at the ATP 250 […]

By Vijay Mohan Raj  Hyderabad: The Off season for Cricket in Hyderabad is the period between the end of the league matches between February- March and the commencement of the new league tournament in the month of June. This period also coincides with the School and College vacations which occur generally in the month of […]

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings would look for inspiration from the talismanic Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again while eyeing improvement on multiple fronts when they take on Punjab Kings in the IPL on Sunday. CSK have won two out of their seven matches so far while Punjab Kings are a touch better with three victories from […]