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Dubai: Trailblazing Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka fritted away a great opportunity to lose the Dubai Tennis Championships doubles semifinal here. After dominating the first set, Sania and Hradecka lost 6-2,2-6,7-10 to Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko on Friday night. The Indo-Czech duo, which had received […]

Mumbai: The IA Sait-trained Caprisca looks good in the Madras Race Club Trophy 2,400 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 Sunday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS 1. […]

Hyderabad: Riding on a first-innings five-wicket haul from debutant pacer Ctl Rakshann Readdi (5/61) and a century (106 off 149; 15×4) by Team India cricketer G Hanuma Vihari in the second innings, Hyderabad took control of the match against Chandigarh on the third day of the Group B Ranji Trophy match at the Vikash Cricket […]

Hyderabad: The S Narredu-trained Star Glory looks unbeatable in the N Nari Reddy Memorial Million 1200 metres, terms for horses 3 year olds only the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.15 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Blazing Jupiter 1, Indie 2, Archangels 3 2. […]

Hyderabad: Bugsy, Dillon & Pacific Command worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Cheltenham (RB) (From 1200/600) 45, looks well. Bellagio (Md Ismail) 46, moved well. Keystone (Rohit Kumar) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. Arthur (Ashhad Asbar) 45, shaped well. Special Effort (Gaddam) (From 1000/400) […]

Beijing: India on Saturday won the right to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in Mumbai in an unopposed race, during the 139th IOC Session in Beijing, China. The Indian delegation comprising the country’s first individual Olympic gold medallist (Beijing 2008, shooting) Abhinav Bindra, IOC Member Nita Ambani, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President […]

As reported by PTI, Kohli and also Pant will not be playing in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 24 in Lucknow, followed by two more games at Dharamsala on February 26 and 27.

Kolkata: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel produced superb bowling in slog overs as India survived some anxious moments before walking out with an eight-run win over West Indies in the second T20I that handed them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Friday. Chasing a stiff 187, wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran (62 off […]

The Manolo Marquez-coached side are at the top with 29 points from 16 games. After losing their match against ATK Mohun Bagan, Hyderabad returned to winning ways defeating Bengaluru FC 2-0 in their previous game. However, the three points from their match against Goa are crucial given the tough road ahead.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad amateur golfer Sneha Singh played one of the best nine hole stretches in history of the Hero Women’s Pro golf Tour to clinch the title at the East Point Golf Club in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Sneha, trailing Jahanvi Bakshi by two shots after the second round, fell back even more after a bogey-bogey […]

A total of 16 teams from across the country and also from Nepal, Malaysia will compete in the tournament, revealed V Hanumantha Rao, former MP, Rajya Sabha.

Kolkata: The Pesi Shroff-trained Parisian who maintains form, may repeat in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Grade-III) 2800 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday. No false rails. The first race starts at 12.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Star Justice 1, Marazzo […]

Bengaluru: India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj has said that hardships were routine when he was in his formative years as a cricketer, adding that his father was an auto driver who could only afford to give him Rs 60 a day to go and train at the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. Siraj, who was retained […]

Hyderabad: One Wish, In Contention, Menilly, Market King, Bangor On Dee, Sandown Park, Everglades, Max, Startegist, Red Snaper, Ayr & Amyra impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Friday morning. SAND: 800m: Shah Of Iran (RB) 59, 600/45, moved well. Divine Destiny (Surya Prakash) 1-2, 600/48, moved freely. 1000m: My […]

Hyderabad: Ultra marathon runner Jaganmohan Reddy ran 68 km to mark the 68th birthday of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, on Thursday. Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman Allipuram Venkateswar Reddy flagged off the run from Chintamadaka. The run concluded at the Sports Hub Stadium Ground in Gajwel. Former national footballer Venkat Reddy, athletes […]

Hyderabad: Nizamabad boxer Nikhat Zareen and nine others have been cleared to compete in the 73rd International Boxing Tournament Strandja, scheduled to be held in Bulgaria from February 18 to 22. The 12-member Indian team left for Bulgaria on Thursday night. Nikhat Zareen, who competes in the 52kg category, has fond memories from the tournament […]

Kolkata: Clinical in most aspects of the game so far, India will now hope that star batter Virat Kohli also regains his form when they take on a struggling West Indies in the potentially series-deciding second T20 International here on Friday. The touring West Indies side has been far from being at its best and […]

Queenstown: Staring at another series defeat, a struggling India will welcome the return of star opener Smriti Mandhana for the third women’s ODI against New Zealand here on Friday. Mandhana, the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year, had exited mandatory quarantine in Christchurch to join the squad ahead of second ODI but needed a few […]

Christchurch: Seldom-used Matt Henry took a career-best 7-23 on his home ground at Hagley Oval as New Zealand bowled out South Africa for 95 Thursday on the first day of the first cricket test. Called into the New Zealand team in the absence of Trent Boult who is on paternity leave, Henry took the new […]

Dubai: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka progressed to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight set win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia here on Thursday. Sania and Hradecka, who had received a wild card for the tournament, claimed a 7-5 6-3 win […]

Hyderabad: Indian Test cricketer G Hanuma Vihari, who returned to Hyderabad this domestic season, hit 59 runs and stitched two crucial partnerships to guide Tanmay Agarwal-led side to 270/7 at stumps on the opening day of the Group B Ranji Trophy match against Chandigarh, at Vikash Cricket Ground in Cuttack on Thursday. Vihari hit eight […]

Hyderabad: The Indian men’s team, led by world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, secured a 3-2 win over Hong Kong in group A to keep its slim hopes alive of making the knockout stage at the Badminton Asia Team Championships here on Thursday. The crushing 0-5 defeat against Korea in their opening match has made […]

Bengaluru: The Parvati Byramji-trained Electric Blue looks good in the Hampi Plate 1,600 metres, a handicap for horses rated 20 to 45, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS 1. Sodashi 1, War Trail 2, By The Book […]

Hyderabad: Kaitlan, Own Voice, Almas, Summer Night, Count Of Savoy, Makhtoob, Mirana and Horse O’ War impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: 3y-(Saamidd/Miss Gally) (Rupal Singh) 47.5, moved easy. Keystone (Rohit Kumar) 47, handy. Dream Jewel (RB) 46, moved well. 800m: Tequila Sunrise (Rupal Singh) […]