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Tarouba (Trinidad): India skipper Rohit Sharma went past New Zealand opener Martin Guptill to regain first place in the list of top run-getters in T20 Internationals during the first T20I of the five-match series against West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium, here on Friday. Rohit, who was rested for the ODIs, looked in solid […]

Birmingham: The men’s and women’s table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women’s hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa as India made a good start at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. There was some more success for the country as backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for […]

Mamallapuram: Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women’s sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Friday. Top-seeded Indian women’s A team beat Tajikistan while the B side got the better of Wales. Both the Indian teams have taken unassailable 3-0 leads over their respective opponents. India’s star player Koneru Humpy, playing […]

Hyderabad: GSM’s A Satya defeated Pragyansha Patra from VPG 4-1 to clinch girls under-13 singles title at the 21st AWASA Late Sri Ananth Narayan Reddy and Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Championship held in Hyderabad on Friday. Meanwhile, G Praman and Sri Saanvi bagged top honours in the U-11 boys and girls categories […]

London: England against Germany at Wembley Stadium. A final that underlines the growing stature of women’s soccer in Europe and echoes decades of history. When host nation England takes on Germany in the European Championship final on Sunday, it will have a tournament-record crowd of nearly 90,000. Euro 2022 as a whole will be easily […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club, the reigning Indian Super League (ISL) champions signed Spanish midfielder Borja Herrera ahead of the upcoming season, on Friday. The 29-year-old joins the club on a one-year deal. “This is a very good opportunity for me. Hyderabad FC is a great project with great fans and are currently the champions. I […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Enigma, who maintains form, may repeat in the Bangalore City Sprint Championship Gold Cup (Grade III) 1200 metres, terms for horses 3 years old and over the feature event of the races to be held on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Only […]

Hyderabad: Lifetime, DRD, Thunder Road and Hashtag pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Miss Marvellous (Kiran Naidu) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Smashing Blue (Akshay Kumar) 48.5, moved freely. Spectacular Cruise (Deepak Singh) 48, handy. Quality Warrior (Kiran Naidu) 45, handy. 800m: Bijili (Md Ismail) […]

Birmingham: Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh lead the Indian contingent as the Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony was held in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Neeraj Chopra was the designated flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony, but he suffered an injury during the World Athletics […]

Birmingham: The 22nd Commonwealth Games kicked off in spectacular fashion with a stunning opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Queen’s baton did not miss a single day or territory during its journey to Birmingham. Taking five months to build and standing 10m high, the […]

Hyderabad: Nandini Agasara of TSWR Sports School left for the U-20 World Athletics Championships, which are scheduled to be held in Cali, Colombia from August 1 to 6, on Thursday. Ronald Rose, Secretary of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) congratulated and wished good luck to Nandini. She is the only athlete from […]

Chennai: In a glittery event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared open the FIDE 44th Chess Olympiad here on Thursday. Encouraging the players, Modi said that in sports there are no losers, but winners and future winners. “Sports is beautiful because it has inherent power to unite. Sports brings people and societies closer. Sports nurture a […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Basketball Association is going to conduct the basketball selection trails for junior boys and girls at the YMCA Grounds, Secunderabad on August 2. The selected teams will represent Hyderabad district in the upcoming Junior Inter-District Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls. Player born on or after January 1, 2004 are eligible […]

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen and reigning Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain have been handed a relatively easy opening round draws in the women’s boxing competition of the Commonwealth Games which begins here with the opening ceremony on Thursday. Nikhat will open her campaign in the women’s 48-50kg light flyweight category against Helena Ismael Bagao […]

Tarouba (Port of Spain): A full-strength Indian team in all its might will be looking to overwhelm West Indies in its bid to record a second successive clean sweep in the three-match T20I series starting Friday. With less than three months left for the T20 World Cup, skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid will […]

Hyderabad: Sanskari Innovative School, Medchal bagged top honours in the senior boys volleyball event at the 10th Rukmini Bai Inter-School Prize-Money Tournaments for Boys and Girls at The Secunderabad Public School, Secunderabad on Thursday. Sanskari Innovative School boys team thrashed Model Mission High School, Lothkunta 2-0 (25-10, 25-13) in the final to emerge champions. Results […]

Hyderabad: GSM’s V Manohar defeated G Pramaan of Little Flower High School 3-0 in the under-13 boys quarterfinals of the 21st AWASA Late Sri Ananth Narayan Reddy And Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Championship, on Thursday. Results: Under-11: Boys: Quarters: Viloth JA (GSM) bt Rutvik (AKTTA) 3-1 (15-13,11-7,8-11,11-7); Sunkara Geetik (SPARS) bt P […]

Budapest: Four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel will retire at the end of the season to spend more time with his family, the German driver said Thursday. Vettel won his four F1 titles from 2010-13 with the Red Bull team. His last race victory came with Ferrari in 2019.This season with Aston Martin, he has […]

Pune: The Hosidar Daji-trained Petronia, who working well in the morning trials, is expected to score in the Dr SR Captain Trophy 1200 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-II, rated 60 to 86 (40 to 59 eligible), the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails will be announced […]

Hyderabad: Bugsy, White Roses, Resurgence and Makhtoob impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Dyanoosh (P Ajeeth K) 46, handy. Southern Act (Md Ismail) 45, moved well. Vision Of Rose (BR Kumar) 47.5, moved easy. Cheltenham (Afroz Khan) 45, moved well. Nishaan (RB) 44, moved well. […]

Birmingham: Several athletes, including the hockey men’s and women’s teams of India, took part in the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Commonwealth Games Village, Birmingham, on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Games. In the presence of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President Anil Khanna, IOA Treasurer Anandeshwar Panday, Anil Dhupar, the Deputy Chef […]

Port of Spain: Openers Shubman Gill and Shikhar Dhawan hit half centuries as India completed a series sweep over West Indies with an emphatic 119-run victory in a rain-affected clash in Port of Spain. There were plenty of delays during India’s innings, with the visitors forced to hit out late after a weather break saw […]

Birmingham: India’s top-five standing in the Commonwealth Games will be threatened in shooting’s absence while the Birmingham 2022 organisers would look to deliver a successful sporting spectacle after a challenging build-up. The opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium on Thursday evening will mark the beginning of the sporting extravaganza that remains huge in scale but […]

Mamallapuram: Chess Olympiad fever peaks here with Indian teams appearing primed for glory in the 44th edition of the prestigious event that starts from Thursday. With powerhouses Russia and China missing, India will be fielding three teams each in the Open and women’s sections respectively. Though the five-time world champion and legendary Viswanathan Anand has […]