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Hyderabad: Sai Kumar shot 588 to take gold in the 50m rifle prone event while Qadir Khan and Ramesh took silver and bronze respectively at the 8th Telangana Shooting Championship, at the SATS Shooting Range in Gachibowli, on Friday. Mohmmed Hassan Shareef has won top honours in the in Prone Master Category which was introduced […]

Birmingham [UK]: Grappler Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the Women’s Freestyle 57kg category in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 after losing to Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye of Nigeria at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B on Friday. Malik faced 3-7 defeat against Nigeria’s Adekuoroye in the gold medal match. Malik bagged the first medal […]

Birmingham: Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had another easy outing as they stormed into the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events respectively with comfortable wins at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Sindhu, a silver medallist at the 2018 edition, expectedly faced no resistance from Uganda’s Husina Kobugabe, winning […]

Chennai: A 7/7 in the Chess Olympiad for any Grandmaster (GM) is not a small feat and if that was achieved by a 16-year-old GM, then it is even more commendable. The 16-year-old boy is GM D. Gukesh, one of the world’s youngest to get the coveted GM title. And yes! There is certainly a […]

By Praharsha Majeti Chennai: Hyderabad racers impressed in the qualifying events of the prestigious Madras International Circuit, hosted by MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship Round-3 in Chennai, on Saturday. Hyderabad’s Rahil Shetty of team Gusto Racing India yet again delivered his best performance in the Petronas TVS One Make Championship RR 310 […]

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu did the entire nation proud when she won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham, England. She lifted a total of 201 kg in snatch and clean and jerk. Chanu received praises from her admirers in India, but a special compliment recently […]

By Racing Correspondent Pune: The Rajesh Narredu-trained A Star Is Born, working well in the morning trials, is expected to score in the Zavaray S Poonawalla Eve Champion Trophy 2000 metres, terms for horses, 4 years old and over in a small field of six runners, the feature event of the races to be held […]

By Racing Correspondent Hyderabad: Horse O’ War, Arba Wahed Arba impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Bold Bidding (Akshay Kumar) 48, moved easy. Cash Register (A Joshi) 48.5, moved freely. Miss Marvellous (RB) (From 1200/600) 47, moved easy. 800m: Yesterday (A Joshi) 1-4, 600/48, moved […]

Birmingham: India would have won a gold medal in long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games here but for a laser-equipped take-off board that twice flagged Murali Sreeshankar by extremely narrow margins for crossing the line and committing a foul. Earlier, the take-off board was monitored manually with an official sitting close to the board […]

Athletics and Para Athletics Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2: Jyothi Yarraji: 3.06 PM Women’s Long Jump qualifying round – Group A: Ancy Edapilly: 4.10 PM Women’s 200m semifinal 2: Hima Das – 12.53 AM (on Saturday) Men’s 4x400m relay round 1: 4.19 PM Badminton (starts at 3:30 PM Ist) Women’s doubles round […]

Birmingham: India had a mixed day in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squash competitions here on Thursday with Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal winning their match while Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu getting knocked out in the Round of 16 matches at the Birmingham University Hockey and Squash Centre here. There was success for […]

Birmingham: India’s Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s Long Jump final with a mark of 8.08m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Thursday. Sreeshankar won the historic silver with a distance of 8.08m in the Men’s Long Jump, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games […]

Birmingham: Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with the best weight of 212kg on Thursday. Sudhir won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. He defeated Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Obichukwu (133.6 points) by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 […]

Hyderabad: Ashoka, Samrat, Francis Bacon, White Roses, Divine Destiny and Advance Guard impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Archangels (AA Vikrant) 48, handy. Silver Lining (Afroz Khan) 47.5, moved easy. 800m: Galwan (Kiran Naidu) 1-0, 600/46, handy. Flamingo Fame (RB) 1-2, 600/46, moved well. Trump […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Tejaswani Shankar after he became the first Indian to win a high jump medal in Commonwealth Games. Prime Minister further lauded Tejaswin Shankar and said he created “history”. “Tejaswin Shankar creates history. He wins our first high jump medal in the CWG. Congratulations to him for […]

Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Gurdeep Singh bagged the bronze medal in the men’s 109-plus kg final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with a combined weight of 390kg on Wednesday. In the Snatch category, he failed to lift 167kg in his first attempt. In the second attempt of the category, he swiftly lifted 167kg. In the […]

Birmingham: Till about a few days back, high jumper Tejaswin Shankar was not sure whether he would be able to participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. On Wednesday, he was standing on the podium at the Alexander Stadium here, with a bronze medal around his neck and a smile of satisfaction on his lips […]

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen assured herself and India a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after she stormed into the semifinals of the women’s light flyweight boxing with an impressive 5-0 win over Wales’ Helen in the quarterfinals, here on Wednesday. Nikhat, for whom it will be the first medal at the CWG, was aggressive […]

Athletics and Para Athletics Women’s Hammer Throw: Qualifying round – Sarita Singh, Manja Bala – 2.30 PM Women’s 200m – Round 1 – Heat 2 – Hima Das – 3.30 PM Men’s Long Jump Final – Muhammed Anees Yahiya, Murali Sreeshankar – 12.12 AM (on Friday) Boxing 48kg-51kg flyweight – quarterfinal 2 – Amit Panghal– […]

Birmingham: Indian Judoka Tulika Maan claimed the silver medal in the final of the women’s +78 kg category after suffering a defeat against Scotland’s Sarah Adlington at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Wednesday. Playing at the Coventry Arena Judo Mat 2, the Indian Judoka faced tough competition from her opponent while she […]

Birmingham: Saurav Ghosal created history on Wednesday as he won India’s first ever singles medal in squash at the Commonwealth Games here. Displaying excellent form in the men’s singles bronze medal match, Ghosal humbled former world number one James Willstrop of England 11-6 11-1 11-4. Ghosal, 35, took the first game quite comfortably against home […]

Hyderabad: Rashmmi Rathore, the first shot gun shooter from Telangana and a gold and silver medallist in the mixed team and women’s team in 2017 at the Asian Championships, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, started her second innings after a gap of a couple of years to her professional shooting. The 39-year-old shooter says age is […]

Hyderabad: St. Joseph’s Public School, King Koti U-14 and U-19 girls teams bagged top honours in the CISCE Regional Sports and Games Throw Ball Tournament held at the International School , Shaikpet , Hyderabad on Tuesday. The U-19 team defeated Gitanjali School, Begumpet 15-11, 15-12 in the final. Meanwhile, the U-14 team downed Timpany School, […]

Hyderabad: Ashwa Bravo cought the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: Bedford (P Sai Kumar) 47, handy. Beauty On Parade (AA Vikrant) 46, moved well. Silver Arrow (Madhu Babu) 47, handy. Muaser (RB) 47.5, moved easy. 800m: Akido (Apprentice) 1-1, 600/47, handy. Pinatubo (Mohith Singh) […]