Sport

Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Shivani Karra clinched a gold medal in the 50m backstroke event after clocking 34.93 seconds at the 38th sub-junior national aquatic championship at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Swimming Complex, Rajkot on Saturday. The 11-year-old Shivani also won a silver medal in the 100m butterfly event with a timing of 1.14.81 and a […]

Paris: India won its maiden World Cup gold in compound mixed team archery event after the duo of Abhishek Verma and Jyothi Surekha Vennam outclassed their experienced French opponents at the Stage 3 edition here on Saturday. Riding on a spectacular start, the Indians withered late resistance from the French pair of Jean Boulch and […]

Hyderabad: Amulya of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) clinched silver in the category B girls at the South-Zone Junior Golf Tournament held at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club, Mysore on Saturday. Meanwhile, Akhila and Naveena bagged a bronze each in the category A and category B respectively. In the category B boys, Vignesh […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s doubles pair of Girivasan Saravana Kumar and Shashank Vanamala bagged top honours in the U-13 boys category of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior U-13 Ranking Badminton Tournament held at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, Hyderabad on Saturday. Saravana Kumar and Shashank defeated second seeded Bornil Akash Changmai and Sumit Sinha of Assam […]

Bengaluru: Rajat Patidar stamped his class with an authoritative century to put Madhya Pradesh on the cusp of their historic Ranji Trophy triumph against 41-time champions Mumbai on a rain-hit fourth day of the summit clash here on Saturday. Havens opened up minutes before the tea break, and Madhya Pradesh finished their first innings at […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad cyclist Ashirwad Saxena, who clinched a team bronze in the recently-concluded 28th Junior Asian Track Cycling Championships in New Delhi, returned to the city to a rousing reception at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. While receiving the athlete, K Dattatreya, General Secretary of the Telangana Cycling Association said, “The Telangana Cycling Association arranged […]

Dambulla: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur contributed with both bat and ball to steer the Indian women’s cricket team to a series sealing five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second T20 here on Saturday. Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana’s (39 off 34 balls) experience complemented by the exuberance of both Shefali Verma (17 off 10 balls) and Sabbhineni […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained colt Supernatural, an impressive second in his last outing, is likely to win the Colts Championship Stakes (Grade I) 1600 metres, terms for horses 3 years old Colts and Geldings only, the major attraction of the races to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first race starts at […]

Leeds: An advertisement starring late Australian cricketer Shane Warne, which continues to be used during the three-Test series between England and New Zealand, is causing dismay to several of the legend’s legion of fans, with many of them terming it “distasteful”. Warne had passed away on March 4 in Thailand, where he was vacationing, following […]

London: On this day in 1932, India started its journey in international Cricket as a Test-playing nation, making its debut against England at Lord’s. India’s first-ever International cricket assignment was a tough one against a top-tier English team, boasting of world-class players like Wally Hammond, captain Douglas Jardine, wicketkeeper batter Les Ames, and pacer Bill […]

London: On this day in 1983, the Indian cricket team defied all odds and expectations and made history by clinching its first-ever Cricket World Cup title, defeating West Indies in the finals by 43 runs at Lord’s. Heading into the finals, India had impressed and shocked the cricketing world with its impressive performances in the […]

Hyderabad:  Telangana junior girls squandered a 5-3 advantage to lose the match to Meghalaya 5-6 in the Group C match of the junior girls national football championship in Guwahati, on Friday. R Tanvi scored all the five goals for the Telangana team to put her side in the lead in the very first minute before […]

Hyderabad: Budding Stars defeated Cambridge XI by 18 runs in the knockout phase of the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup on Friday. P Nitish Reddy scored 49 runs to guide Budding Stars to 150/5 in 20 overs. Later, Neelesh Kumar scalped three wickets as Cambridge XI managed 132/9 in 20 overs. In the other […]

Hyderabad: Telangana shuttler Girivasan Saravana Kumar went down to Assam’s Borni Akash Changmai 8-21, 10-21 in the semifinal in the boys singles at the All India Sub-Junior Badminton Ranking tournament at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, on Friday. Akash will take on Tamil Nadu’s Neeraj Nair in the final. Neeraj defeated Riyan Malhan from […]

Hyderabad: Aarav Chawla and Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi recorded straight-game victories to clinch titles in the boys and girls sections respectively at the Asian junior Under-14 boys and girls tennis tournament at the Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet, on Friday. In the boys final, Aarav downed Channamallikarjuna Yale 6-2, 6-1 while in the girls section, Maaya cruised […]

Hyderabad: Telangana athlete Agasara Nandini has been selected to represent India in the Junior World Athletics Championship (U-20), scheduled to be held in Colombia from August 1-6 in the 100m hurdles, on Friday. The 18-year-old student from the TSWREIS is the lone from the State to be selected for the prestigious event. She clocked 13.95 […]

Hyderabad: V Saraya staved off a stiff challenge from Saranya Garg to record a 13-11 victory in the under-14 girls singles match on the opening day of the 7th National Pickleball Championship at the LB Stadium on Friday. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Talasani Srinivas Yadav, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cinematography, Government […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Zuccarelli looks unbeatable among six contenders in the Chief Justice’s Cup (Grade-III) 1,800 metres, terms for horses four years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Handsome Rocky 1, Altamonte 2, […]

Hyderabad: Riding on an eight-goal show from Eid Ali, Bahrain’s Al-Najma defeated Iran’s Mes Kerman 31-25 at the Asian Handball Men’s Club League at the Gachibowli Stadium on Thursday. Having taken a four-point lead at 14-10 at lemon break, Al-Najma continued their domination to win the match with a six-point cushion. In the second match […]

Bengaluru: Sarfaraz Khan completed his transformation from Mumbai cricket’s resident ‘enfant terrible’ to ‘Man Friday’ with a superb hundred that kept his side ahead against Madhya Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy final, here on Thursday. Courtesy Sarfaraz’s fourth hundred of the season – 134 off 243 balls – the 41-time champions managed a fighting 374 […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa upset seventh seeded Misaki Matsuda from Japan to make it to the quarterfinal of the Tennis Project ITF Women’s $25k tennis tournament in Gurugram, on Thursday. The talented youngster recorded a comfortable 6-2 win in the first set before losing the second 1-6. However, she regrouped herself in the […]

Hyderabad: Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud felicitated Khelo India Youth Games medal winners Vritti Agarwal and two others on the occasion of the 36th Olympic day run at the LB Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. Speaking during the celebration of Olympic Day Run, the Minister said, “Chief Minister KCR is giving high priority for the development […]

Hyderabad: N Thakur Tilak Varma slammed a 44-ball 105 with the help of nine boundaries and eight sixes as his side Gemini Friends thrashed EMCC by 99 runs in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup on Thursday. Brief Scores: Concorde 102/9 in 20 overs (Tushar Tripathi 42no; Mohd Mansoori 2/22) lost to Budding Stars […]

Hyderabad: Girivasan Saravana Kumar of Telangana defeated Nikhil Jaikumar of Tamil Nadu 21-13, 21-17 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Yonex-Sunrise All India Sub-Junior U-13 Ranking Badminton Tournament at the Chetan Anand Badminton Academy, Ameenpur, Hyderabad on Thursday. Meanwhile in the doubles match, Telangana’s Vajra Chowdary Aluru and Akhilesh Goud Somagani downed Krishav Puppala and Abhiram […]