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Mumbai: Punjab Kings rode on Jonny Bairstow (66 off 29 balls) and Liam Livingstone’s (70 off 42 balls) pyrotechnics to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 54 runs here on Friday and keep their play-off hopes alive. Invited to bat, Bairstow smashed four boundaries and seven sixes in his knock to start the Punjab Kings innings […]

Bangkok: HS Prannoy produced a lion-hearted effort in the decisive fifth match as the Indian men’s badminton team scripted history by reaching the title clash of the Thomas Cup Final for the first time ever with a 3-2 victory in an edge-of-the-seat semifinal, here. Indian team, which never went past the semifinals after 1979, showed […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad basketball player K Lokesh Kumar is over the moon after making it to the Indian 3×3 basketball team. The 16-year old was selected into the national team for the upcoming 19th World School Athletics Championships-School Gymnasiade, scheduled to be held in Normandy, France from May 14 to 22. Kendriya Vidyalaya, Picket’s student, got […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s young shooter Esha Singh added second gold in as many days when she won team gold in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany on Friday. Esha, along with Manu Bhaker, Palak outplayed Georgians Salome Prodiashvili, Mariam Abramishvili and Mariami Prodiashvili by the same 16-8 margin to clinch top honours in the […]

Hyderabad: The trainees of the MS Dhoni Cricket Academy at the Delhi Public School Nacharam will get a chance to learn from former Australian coach Dav Whatmore as he will be taking sessions for four days as part of the summer camp. The will train the students in advanced skills of the game like improvisations, […]

Hyderabad: Hruthik Katakam and B Rishitha emerged champions in the boys and girls under-14 categories respectively at the AITA Championship Series for boys and girls under-14 at the Seeds n Slammers Tennis Academy in Vanasthalipuram, on Friday. Results: U-14: Boys: Hruthik Katakam (TS) bt Parjanya (TS) 6 -3,4 -6,6 -4; Girls: Rishitha B (TS) bt […]

Pune: Struggling after four straight losses, Sunrisers Hyderabad will need to sort their bowling woes when they take on an inconsistent Kolkata Knight Riders as both the teams look to stay afloat in the IPL play-off race here on Saturday. A series of losses after a five-match winning streak has dropped SRH to the sixth […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma lavished praise on batter Tilak Varma for his unbeaten knock which helped his team in registering a win against Chennai Super Kings. The crucial partnership between Tilak Varma and Hrithik Shokeen and a quick unbeaten 16 by Tim David helped Mumbai Indians register a third win against Chennai Super […]

Udhagamandalam: The B Suresh-trained My Opinion holds a clear edge over rest of the contenders to win the Dr MAM Ramaswamy Memorial Trophy 1400 metres, a terms for horses 4 years old and upward, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday. False rails will be announced on race day. The […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians on Thursday snuffed out defending champions Chennai Super Kings’ faint hopes of making the Indian Premier League play-offs with a five-wicket win in a low-scoring match here. Opting to bowl, MI shot CSK out for 97 with pacer Daniel Sams (3/16 from 4 overs) running though the MS Dhoni-led side’s top-order with three […]

Bangkok: The Indian men’s badminton team scripted a memorable 3-2 win over Malaysia to enter the semifinals of Thomas Cup for the first time in 43 years but the women’s side bowed out after losing 0-3 to Thailand in the Uber Cup here on Thursday. India is thus assured of at least a bronze at […]

Hyderabad: Omkar will lead the Hyderabad district boys throwball team while Lasya will steer the girls team in the 8the Sub-junior Throwball Championship to be held in Kallur, Khammam from May 13 to 15. Kiran Chary, treasurer of the Hyderabad Throwball Association distributed kits to players. Team: Boys: Omkar (Captain), Karthik, Abbas, Aditya Yadav, Ramsha, […]

New Delhi: India’s 10M Air Pistol Mixed Team combinations extended their dominance in the Pistol disciplines, as Esha Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary claimed gold and Palak and Sarabjot Singh silver at the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany, on Thursday. According to information received here, Esha and Saurabh prevailed 16-12 in the gold medal […]

Panaji: Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Haryana, Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Hockey Association of Odisha won their respective matches and qualified for the semi-finals of the 12th Hockey India Sub-junior Men’s National Championship 2022 here on Thursday. In the first quarter-final, Hockey Jharkhand edged past Hockey Chandigarh 4-2 in the shootout after both the teams were locked […]

New Delhi: Indian boxer Anamika (50kg) showed her prowess and technical superiority to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships, beating Romania’s Eugenia Anghel by unanimous decision in Istanbul on Thursday. The bout started on an aggressive note as both the boxers relentlessly attacked from the word go but Anamika displayed […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club defeated Jamshedpur Football Club 1-0 to record their fourth win and finish third in the Reliance Foundation Development League with a solid performance here in Nagoa on Thursday. This is the third straight victory for the Shameel Chembakath’s side as they ended their campaign in style with the Winger Abdul Rabeeh […]

New Delhi: India picked up seven medals in a day, three of them gold, to surge on top of the standings in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany. After Rudrankksh Patil and Abhinav Shaw set the ball rolling early on Wednesday morning with a 1-2 in the Men’s […]

Chennai: A total of 213 teams from over 100 countries including Ukraine, have registered to compete in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mahabalipuram, said an official of All India Chess Federation (AICF). “Till now 115 teams in the open category and 98 teams in the women’s category from over 100 countries have […]

Caxias: Indian golfer Diksha Dagar outplayed American Ashlyn Grace in the final to bag gold medal at the Deaflympics, fulfilling her promise of improving upon the silver-winning performance at the 2017 edition. Diksha is now the only golfer with two Deaflympics medals – a silver in Samsun, Turkey in 2017 and gold in 2022, which […]

Bangkok: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu fought hard before losing to Ratchanok Intanon as the Indian women’s badminton team crashed out of the Uber Cup Finals after being drubbed 0-3 by Thailand in the quarterfinals, here on Thursday. World No. 7 Sindhu was off colour for the second consecutive day as she squandered one-game lead […]

Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have found much-needed momentum towards the business end of IPL, will back themselves to ride past an inconsistent Punjab Kings and get closer to a play-off spot here on Friday. Having put up complete performances in their last two games, RCB seemed to have figured out their best combination. Barring […]

Navi Mumbai: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has called for getting rid of “completely redundant” in modern-day cricket after an incident featuring Yuzvendra Chahal and David Warner in Wednesday’s IPL 2022 match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals at DY Patil Stadium. In the ninth over of Delhi’s successful chase of 161, Warner had a […]

Chennai: Ex-India captain M.S. Dhoni is now venturing into film production, sources in the Tamil film industry said. According to information available, Dhoni who has set his eyes on the film industry is picking his first movie in Tamil with Nayanthara in the lead. Dhoni, according to sources, has already roped in Sanjay, one of […]

Chennai: A total of 213 teams from over 100 countries including Ukraine, have registered to compete in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mahabalipuram, said an official of All India Chess Federation (AICF). “Till now 115 teams in the open category and 98 teams in the women’s category from over 100 countries have registered […]