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Sydney: Usman Khawaja’s ninth Test century lifted Australia to an imposing 416-8 declared before England’s openers survived a nervous five overs to be 13 without loss at the end of the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. Playing his first Test since 2019 and only in the team because of Travis Head’s positive test […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad table tennis players Akula Sreeja and S Fidel R Snehit won women’s and men’s singles bronze medals respectively at the UTT National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championship at Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Representing Reserve Bank of India, Sreeja, who was seeded top in the women’s category, […]

Chennai: The Donald Anthony Netto-trained Knotty Dancer, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the South India 2000 Guineas (Grade II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 year old only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.00 pm. […]

Hyderabad: Scramjet, Above The Law, Galway Bay, In Contention, Summer Night impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Menilly (SJ Sunil) (From 1000/400) 47, handy. Incredulous (AA Vikrant) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. Star Cruise (RB) (From 1000/400) 46.5, handy. City Of Blossom (RB) & NRI […]

The Mithali Raj led side will play their first World Cup fixture against Pakistan on March 6 at the Bay Oval, Tauranga.

Mumbai: The Sulaiman Attaollahi-trained Forest Flame looks best in the Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia Trophy (Grade II) 1800 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 12.45 pm. SELECTIONS 1. Power Of Neath 1, […]

Earlier, Djokovic had landed in Australia citing a medical exemption to play in the Australian Open.

Hyderabad: GoaDavid Williams scored the fastest goal in the Hero Indian Super League’s history but Javier Siverio’s late strike ensured Hyderabad FC moved to the top of the table riding a 2-2 draw against ATK Mohun Bagan in a rip-roaring encounter at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Wednesday. Williams, playing ahead of Roy Krishna […]

Hyderabad: Osmania University announced the 20-member men’s football team for the upcoming South Zone Inter-university Football Championship scheduled to be held at Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam, Kerala from January 5 to 10. Team: Kartikeyan Narayanan, N S Tarun, K Sai Durga Prasad, B Tarun, Sai Yashwanth, Aryan Sajeev, Monjit Kemprai, Mohammed Ahmed, Naveed, Shaik Asad, […]

Sydney: The fourth Ashes test sprung to life late on Day 1 after sweeping showers threatened to dampen the prospects of both teams for a positive start at the Sydney Cricket Ground. After rain delays permitted only 21 completed overs in the opening two sessions, runs and wickets came more frequently in the final passage […]

Johannesburg: India’s Test captain Virat Kohli, who missed the second Test in Johannesburg due to an upper back spasm, took some time out to train with the team ahead of the third day’s play on Wednesday. In a positive sign for the Indian cricket team, Kohli was seen receiving throwdowns from head coach Rahul Dravid […]

Brisbane: With his medical exemption approved, Novak Djokovic may have some explaining to do when he gets to Melbourne to defend his Australian Open title. The exemption allows the top-ranked Djokovic entry to the tournament regardless of his vaccination status for Covid-19, a subject he has declined to clarify amid months of speculation he could […]

Johannesburg: Indian middle order finally came good as combative half-centuries from under-fire Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane helped the visitors set South Africa a challenging 240-run target in the second Test, here on Wednesday. The Proteas started in earnest with Aiden Markram (24 batting) and Dean Elgar (10 batting) knocking off 34 runs off the […]

Sydney: Hubert Hurkacz beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 to secure Poland’s victory over Argentina on Wednesday and a spot in the ATP Cup semifinals. Poland finished the round-robin stage 3-0 in Group D, with wins over Georgia, Greece and in the top-of-the-table match against Argentina. Kamil Majchrzak rallied twice from serve breaks in the second […]

Hyderabad: Sports minister V Srinivas Goud congratulated Mekala Bhaskar Reddy, an international athlete in under-45, and his son Abhinay Reddy under-20 international badminton player, for winning medals in various events, at his camp office on Wednesday. Bhaskar Reddy is a senior athlete, who participated in many national and international events in various categories and won […]

Chennai: The Pesi Shroff-trained Medora looks unbeatable in the South India 1000 Guineas (Grade II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 year olds only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.00 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Propahlady 1, Catalyst 2, Moonlight Night 3 […]

Hyderabad: Ashwa Bravo caught the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: Top Diamond (Akshay Kumar) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Above The Law (V Jodha) 47.5, moved easy. In Contention (SJ Sunil) (From 1000/400) 47, handy. Galloping Gangster (RB) 46.5, handy. Scramjet (N Rawal) (From […]

The Indians had earlier trounced American Jamie Cerretani and Brazilian Fernando Romboli 6-2 6-1 in the opening round on Tuesday.

Johannesburg: Senior pros Cheteshwar Pujara (35 not out) and Ajinkya Rahane (11 not out) took India to 85/2 at stumps, leading South Africa by 58 runs on Day 2 of the second Test match at The Wanderers Stadium, here on Tuesday. The highlight of the day was Shardul Thakur, whose sensational and a career-best 7 for […]

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the postponement of the Ranji Trophy and other domestic tournaments for the 2021-22 season due to the rising Covid-19 cases in the country. Apart from Ranji Trophy, Col CK Nayudu Trophy and Senior Women’s T20 League were also postponed. The Ranji Trophy […]

Hyderabad: Former Hyderabad Ranji captain P Akshath Reddy scored 78 as Income Tax defeated Balaaji CC by four runs in the quarterfinal match of the HCA A1 3day one-day knockout tournament at ECIL, on Tuesday. Batting first, G Arjun and Geeta Krishna scalped four wickets each to skittle out Income Tax to 213 in 38.3 […]

Hyderabad: Dhruva Thota and Kheerthi Ganta, with eight points each, emerged champions in boys and girls sections respectively at the UCCF 7th Telangana State Sub-junior Boys and Girls Chess Championship 2022, at the L B Stadium on Tuesday. The top four performers in boys and girls categories will represent the Telangana State in the upcoming […]

Hyderabad: Telangana boys finishes runners-up in the 13th Indo-Nepal Inter-state Mini Football Championship at Pokhara, Nepal on January 3. Telangana team lost to Nepal 1-2 in the final. In the semifinals and quarterfinals Telangana beat Assam 1-2 and Madhya Pradesh 0-3 respectively. Zakaria, captain of Telangana team emerged as the best player of the Championship. […]

Adelaide: On an all-win day for Indian tennis players, Sania Mirza and the pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna emerged victorious in their respective first round matches, albeit in contrasting fashion, in the ATP and WTA tournaments, here on Tuesday. Sania and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok overcame a first-set thrashing to knock out […]