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London: Manchester United’s star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has given his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez the ‘ultimate birthday present’ — her own laser show featuring her face on the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The winner of five Ballon d’Or awards, Ronaldo has reportedly spent 50,000 pounds to put the promotional facade […]

Mumbai: The IA Sait-trained Iron Age looks set to win the Hyderabad Race Club Trophy 1200 metres, a handicap for horses in Class I, rated 80 and upward, (60 to 79 eligible), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 12.45 pm. […]

Hyderabad: The MP Ananta Vatsalya-trained DRD, who maintains good form, may repeat in the upper division of the B Vijay Reddy Memorial Cup 1200 metres, a handicap for horses 5 year olds and upward, rated 40 to 65, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday. False rails will be announced […]

Hyderabad: Tequila Sunrise worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Sound Echo (RB) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. 800m: Take A Gamble (Kuldeep Singh) 1-3, 600/47, moved easy. Riffa (AA Vikrant) 1-3, 600/48, moved very easy. Gregor Clegane (RB) 1-3, 600/49, move freely. Tequila Sunrise […]

Hyderabad: Former Indian Cricketer and President of Hyderabad Cricket Association approached the Begumpet police and lodged a complaint against suspended members of the Apex Council alleging that though they were placed under suspension, they were attending duties and threatening the office staff. Azharuddin in his complaint said, the former members who were temporarily disqualified are trespassing […]

Melbourne: Spaniard Rafael Nadal has stormed into the final of Australian Open 2022 keeping alive his dream of becoming first men’s player to win 21 Grand Slam titles. Nadal defeated Italy’s Matteo Berrettini 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-final here at the Rod Laver Arena to storm into his sixth Australian Open final. The […]

New Delhi: The Indian Boxing Council, which is a regulatory body for professional boxing in the country, has partnered with the The Indian Art Revolution (TIAR) to launch NFTs which would include artwork, player profiles and key moments of the sport here. NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are units of data stored on a digital ledger, called […]

Sao Paulo: Ecuador is one win away from returning to the World Cup after a 1-1 home draw with South American qualifying leader Brazil. Coach Gustavo Alfaro’s team will qualify to play in Qatar if it beats Peru next week. Chile, once a force in the region, saw its chances shrink dramatically after a 2-1 […]

Pietersen's tweets were a response to PM Modi's letter of appreciation, in which he had thanked the former skipper for his affections towards India.

Melbourne: Kristina Mladenovic of France and Ivan Dodig of Croatia have defeated Australian players Jaimee Fourlis and Jason Kubler 6-3, 6-4 to win the mixed doubles championship. Mladenovic also won the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in 2014 with Daniel Nestor and has two women’s doubles titles in 2018 and 2020 in Australia […]

Vasco: Hyderabad FC underlined their credentials as one of the top contenders this season with a brilliant come-from-behind performance to beat Odisha FC 3-2 in the Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Thursday. Jerry Mawihmingthanga (45th) gave Odisha the lead at the stroke of halftime but Hyderabad put on a show in […]

Hyderabad: Former India captain and President of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, Mohammad Azharuddin has filed a complaint with police here accusing three suspended members of the HCA of threatening two association office employees, police said on Thursday. Azharuddin filed the complaint at Begumpet Police station, they said. However, no FIR was registered so far, a […]

Cuttack: Continuing her good run of form, young Indian shuttler Malvika Bansod got the better of compatriot and junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir in straight games to advance to the quarterfinals of the Odisha Open here on Thursday. Bansod took just over half an hour to dispatch 16-year-old Tasnim 21-13 21-15 in the women’s […]

New Delhi: Captain of India’s 1964 Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning hockey team, Charanjit Singh, died on Thursday at his home in Una, Himachal Pradesh after suffering a cardiac arrest that followed prolonged age-related illnesses. The former mid-fielder was 90 and would have turned a year older next month. He is survived by two sons and […]

Melbourne: Ash Barty ended a long drought by reaching the Australian Open final with a 6-1, 6-3 win over unseeded Madison Keys. She still has one to go. Barty is the first Australian woman to reach the singles final of her home Grand Slam tournament since Wendy Turnbull in 1980. No Australian has won the […]

Panaji: Hyderabad FC head coach Manuel Marquez said he was happy and satisfied with his team being on top of the Indian Super League (ISL) league table but felt they must not stop improving as they seek to remain in that position come the end of the season. Regarding the victory over SC East Bengal, Marquez […]

First, it was Australian cricketer David Warner, who loved the number so much that he put out a video of him replicating actor Allu Arjun's dance moves for the superhit number. Soon, Suresh Raina followed the Australian batsman.

Auckland: The Indian women’s team will play all its six upcoming matches against New Zealand in Queenstown as NZC on Thursday announced a revised schedule to reduce chances of a COVID-19 outbreak. The Indian women’s team, which is already in New Zealand, is now scheduled to play all five ODIs and a T20I, starting February […]

Hyderabad: Market King, Headway, Count Of Savoy, Silver Bells, Icicle, Xfinity & Ashwa Nawaab impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Lightning Power (RB) 45, moved well. Tales Of A Legend (G Naresh) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Bisate (K Mukesh) (From 1200/600) 46, moved easy. […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday announced an 18-member squad for the upcoming ODI and T20I series against the West Indies, starting February 6. India’s white-ball captain Rohit Sharma has fully recovered from his injury and will lead the side. It would be the first series for Rohit as the full-time ODI skipper after he was […]

New Delhi: The National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy, which was scheduled to be held at Malappuram in Kerala from February 20 to March 6, was on Wednesday postponed till further notice due to rise in Covid-19 cases. The All India Football Federation said it will review the circumstances next month before announcing the […]

Panaji: A place in the top four will be up for grabs but for that Odisha FC will have to tame Bartholomew Ogbeche and Hyderabad FC in the 2021-22 Indian Super League (ISL) at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Thursday. Hyderabad are top of the table at the moment and will stay put unless Chennaiyin […]

Melbourne: Two sets down, the world number two Daniil Medvedev looked down and out at the Australian Open, but the Russian battled back to conquer the resistance of Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the semi-finals in Melbourne. Under the lights on Rod Laver Arena, the Russian rallied from two-sets-to-love down for just the second time in […]

Melbourne: Stefanos Tsitsipas maintained his perfect record in Grand Slam quarterfinals, beating No 11-seeded Jannik Sinner 6-3 6-4 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the last four of the Australian Open. The 23-year-old, No 4-ranked Tsitsipas improved to 5-0 at this stage of a major. It’s the semifinals he’s yet to master, winning just one — […]