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New Delhi: Former Indian football team captain Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee passed away on Saturday in Kolkata. Popularly known as ‘Badru Banerjee’ among his teammates and fans alike, the footballer had captained the national team to a fourth-placed finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, which also included a famous 4-2 victory against hosts Australia in […]

Hyderabad: P Sai Kumar guided the KSV Pradad Raju-trained Scramjet to victory in the Belmont Prince Plate 1600 metres, the feature event of the races at the Malakpet Race course, here on Saturday. RESULTS: 1. Elusive (1), Strauss (2), Temptations (3), Life’s Living (4). W-Rs.-15, SHP-Rs. 30, P-Rs.12, 12, 12, THP-Rs. 34, SHW-Rs.13 & 17, […]

Miami: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa’s winning run came to an end at the hands of China’s Quang Liem Le in the fifth round of the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour, here. Liem Le scored an emphatic 2.5-0.5 win over the teenaged Indian GM, securing victories in games two and three […]

Pune: The Altaf Hussain-trained Snowfall is fancied to win the FD Wadia Trophy (Grade-3) 1400 metres, terms for horses 3 years old only in a small field of four runners, the feature card of eight framed for races to be held here on False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts […]

Hyderabad: Corfe Castle, Speaking Of Love, Ayr, Bangor On Dee, Palladium, New Look, Beauty Blaze, Varenna, Watch My Stride, Path Of Peace caught the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Archangels (AA Vikrant) 48, moved easy. 800m: Dyanoosh (P Ajeeth K) 1-0, 600/44, moved well. […]

London: Thomas Tuchel has been fined 35,000 pounds and hit with a one-match touchline ban over his clash with Antonio Conte in Sunday’s derby clash with Tottenham. Spurs boss Antonio Conte has also been fined 15,000 pounds after both managers admitted improper conduct in several touchline clashes in the 2-2 Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge, […]

New Delhi: Indian woman wrestler in 53kg category Antim made history by winning the first gold medal in a Junior World Wrestling Championships, when she achieved the feat in Sofia, Bulgaria on Friday following a comprehensive 8-0 victory in the final against Kazakhstan’s Altyn Shagayeva, an under-20 Asian bronze medallist. In the qualification round, Antim defeated […]

Hyderabad: Reigning Indian Super League champions Hyderabad FC will conduct football activities across the twin cities as they announced their grassroots calendar that includes activities year long, on Friday. The Hyderabad FC team members and coach Manolo Marquez, also participated in the Haritha Haram event at the Delhi Public School, Nacharam. The Hyd FC will […]

Hyderabad: The TSWREIS student Amulya won the Best Upcoming Player award at the The Young Master Amateur Golf Tour Charminar Challenge, at the Boulder Hills Golf Country Club in Hyderabad, on Friday. Amulyam, in three main rounds, scored 87, 86 and 84 to aggregate 257. The organisers also assured the golfer of giving her a […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad basketball player Yeleti Preetham Reddy has been selected to the Indian under-18 team that will compete in the FIBA Under-18 Men’s Asian Basketball Championship, scheduled to be held in Tehran, Iran from August 21 to 28. Preetham represented Hyderabad district team in the Telangana State sub-junior basketball championships and was also selected for […]

Hyderabad: The Prasad Raju-trained Scramjet looks good among six contenders in the Belmont Prince Plate 1600 metres, category-I a handicap for horses rated 80 and above (Horses rated 60 and above are also eligible), the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at […]

Hyderabad: Nugget, Horse O’ War and Voice Of Dream worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Corfe Castle (Afroz Khan) 47, moved well. 800m: Speaking Of Love (Kuldeep Singh) 1-3, 600/47, maintains form. Hartnell (Mohith Singh) 1-1, 600/46, moved well. Tales Of A Legend (RB) […]

Hyderabad: Fans of boxing legend Mike Tyson were left worried when the recent pictures of him sitting in a wheelchair with a stick surfaced online. The pictures that were clicked at the Miami International Airport are going viral on social media platforms.  Netizens started raising questions about his health condition soon after they noticed the […]

Zurich: The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has announced that it sold 2.45 million tickets for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to fans around the world, with less than 100 days left until the beginning of the mega sporting event. The first FIFA World Cup to be held in the Middle East and […]

Hyderabad: Indian leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has asked his fans to not believe rumours about his relationship status with wife Dhanashree Verma after social media was flooded with posts about the couple’s alleged divorce. Taking to Instagram, Chahal wrote, “A humble request to you all to not believe in any sort of rumours pertaining to […]

Miami: Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa handed world No.6 Levon Aronian a 3-1 thrashing in the fourth round to notch up his fourth consecutive win in the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour, on Friday. The 17-year old Indian is in joint lead with 12 match points along with world No.1 Magnus […]

Bengaluru: The Sulaiman S Attaollahi-trained The Sovereign Orb appeals most in a field of Seven runners in the Leading Stud Stakes 1400 metres Class-I, a handicap for horses rated 80 and above the feature event of the final day’s races of the Bangalore Summer Meeting held here on Friday. False rails will be declared on […]

Hyderabad: Scramjet, Arabian Queen, Advance Guard, Pedro Planet, Bugsy & White Roses impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Turgut (Deepak Singh) 48, moved easy. Long John (Khurshad Alam) 48, moved freely. That’s My Way (Afroz Khan) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Icicle (Deepak Singh) 46.5, […]

Hyderabad: Media XI went down to Hyderabad Police by 18 runs by DLS method to settle for the second place in the final of the Freedom Cup T10 cricket tournament, organised by Hyderabad City Police as part of the celebrations of India’s 75th Independence Day, at the Gymkhana Cricket Ground, on Thursday. Opting to bat […]

New Delhi: In an interim relief, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the status quo and said the Delhi High Court-appointed three-member Committee of Administrators (COA) will not take over the affairs of the Indian Olympic Association. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and C T Ravikumar took note of the submissions of […]

Harare: Deepak Chahar’s opening burst of 3-27, followed by three-wicket hauls from Axar Patel and Prasidh Krishna, as well as unbeaten fifties by vice-captain Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill helped India to a resounding ten-wicket victory against Zimbabwe in their ODI series opener at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. After Chahar, Patel and Krishna’s […]

Hyderabad: Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Stadium (KVBR) boys and girls teams bagged top honours in the U-18 category of the 3×3 Basketball event of the Freedom Cup held at the Gymkhana grounds, Secunderabad on Thursday. The boys team defeated CHIREC International School 14-8 while the girls team thrashed St Francis Degree College 11-5 in the […]

Hyderabad: South African legendary cricketer Jonty Rhodes will conduct a training camp at V-Sports Academy here. In addition to Jonty Rhodes, other cricketers participating in the training camp include Neil McKenzie and Keith Ingram. Jonty Rhodes, along with the other two South African cricketers, will impart their knowledge to participants by sharing tips, tricks, and […]

Hyderabad: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has been sharing snippets of his journey on social media ever since he retired. The 49-years-old veteran recently took to Twitter to share a video at the PYC Gymkhana in Pune. Tendulkar, who was seen wearing a yellow kurta in the clip, recalled his days at the ground where […]