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New Delhi: Actor Preity Zinta posted a few pictures with West Indies batter Chris Gayle after the two bumped into each other in Atlanta, USA.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Preity G Zinta (@realpz) In the images, Preity and Gayle are seen flashing their million-dollar smiles. Entrepreneur Paresh Ghelani […]

Rajkot: Under pressure India skipper Rishabh Pant will be hoping to tide over his struggles with the bat and help the hosts improve their middle overs play when they take on South Africa in the fourth T20 International here on Friday. Save Pant’s problems, India were able to plug the gaps in Vizag to open […]

Hyderabad: S Akhil slammed 113 while E Sree Charan scalped five wickets for 11 in Hyderabad Bottling’s 114-run victory over Mayura in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Thursday. Brief Scores: Canara Bank 33 in 15 overs (G Arjun 5/7, G Vidath 3/9) lost to Balaaji CC 36/2 in 3.3 overs; XI Masters […]

Hyderabad: Ranga Reddy’s Madanu Arun Kumar and Vikarabad’s P Ramavasavi won the sprint doubles winning 100m and 200m events in men’s and women’s sections respectively at the 1st Telangana State Athletics Championship for Sprints at the JN Stadium in Hanumakonda, on Thursday. Arun clocked 10.8 seconds for the gold in the men’s 100m event and […]

Hyderabad: Riding on goals from Shaun Campbell in the 26th minute and Anuj in the 68th minute, RBI defeated OK Sporting FC 2-1 in the Telangana Football Association C division football league at the Gymkhana on Thursday. For the losing outfit, Md Afeef scored a goal in the 18th minute to reduce the margin. Result: […]

Jakarta: One of the heroes of India’s epic Thomas Cup triumph, HS Prannoy continued his rich vein of form as he stormed into the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament with a straight-game win over Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus here on Thursday. The 29-year-old from Kerala, who is desperately looking to […]

Mahabubabad: Dwarak Reddy of Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS), Seerole, finished fifth after losing in quarterfinals in the All India Taekwondo Open National Ranking Championship held in Nashik, Maharashtra from June 11 to 14. Dwarak, represented Telangana State, competed in the under-33 kg weight category. “All his matches were nail biting. He lost his quarterfinal […]

Mumbai: Even as the white-ball squad led by Rishabh Pant is engaged in a T20I series against South Africa at home, some key players of the Test squad including former India captain Virat Kohli have left for England for the rescheduled Test at Birmingham. The selection committee had a few days back named India’s 17-member […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) is going to conduct U-16, U-19 and Senior State-level Inter-District One-Day and Multi-Day League from July 15. The district teams will be selected during the Freedom Cup tournament, which is scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from July 1 to 12. TCA will conduct training camps for the district […]

Madrid: FC Barcelona defender Dani Alves has confirmed that he will not continue at the Camp Nou Stadium next season after the club opted against taking up the option of another year on his contract. The 39-year-old Alves returned to the club for the second half of last season and played an important role in the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Vritti Agarwal made her mark in the recently-concluded Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana. The 15-year-old from the State not only won two gold medals in the 1500 metres and 800 metres freestyle event, but she did it with meet records. She first won the yellow metal in 800 metres event […]

Hyderabad: K Krithik Reddy scored an unbeaten 112 to guide UBI to a crushing 167-run victory over Future Stars in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Wednesday. Brief Scores: Income Tax 125/4 in 15 overs (B Sandeep 50) bt Crown CC 49/9 in 15 overs; S K Blues 65/7 in 15 overs lost […]

Hyderabad: Sai Likhitesh Reddy of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Trimulgherry bagged the top honours in the juniors category with 10.5 points from 12 rounds while Arvind Iyer from Maharashtra clinched the title in the open category with 10.5 points from 12 rounds in the Brilliant Trophy Online Chess Tournament on Tuesday. P Harshith, with 10 points, secured […]

Jakarta: World No.8 Lakshya Sen crashed out of the Indonesia Open after losing to compatriot HS Prannoy in an all-India second round clash here on Wednesday. Sen was comprehensively beaten 10-21, 9-21 by Prannoy in a men’s singles match that lasted a little more than half an hour. Sen, who is in a red hot […]

Hyderabad: State Agriculture Minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy felicitated volleyball player Santhakumari who represented India in the recently-concluded 14th Asia Women’s Under-18 Volleyball Championship held in Thailand. The Minster also presented a cheque for Rs 1 lakh and announced a double bedroom house for her at her native village Thurpu Tanda, Chityala, Vanparthi district. She is […]

Hyderabad: D Ganesh, son of a sweeper at the Telangana State Sports School, is battling against all odds to make his mark in weightlifting. The weightlifter from the State lost his father at a young age forcing his mother to work as a sweeper at the school to take care of him and his brother. […]

Visakhapatnam: Harshal Patel’s impressive bowling (4/25) helped India (179/5) thrash South Africa by 48 runs in the third T20I and stay alive in the five-match series at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy stadium, here on Tuesday. Quickfire fifties by Ruturaj Gaikwad (57 off 35) and Ishan Kishan (54 off 35) propelled India to 179/5 in […]

Mumbai: The IPL TV and digital rights for the 2023-2027 cycle have been sold to Star India and Viacom18 respectively for a whopping Rs 48,390 crore for 410 matches at e-auctions on Tuesday. IPL is now the second most valued sporting league in the world in terms of per match value. “Since its inception, the […]

Bengaluru: Continuing his good form, left-handed batter Yashasvi Jaiswal hit a responsible hundred to propel Mumbai to 260/5 on the first day of their Ranji Trophy semifinal against Uttar Pradesh here on Tuesday. Oozing with confidence, Jaiswal, who struck his maiden first-class hundred in the quarterfinal against Uttarakhand, anchored the innings, after the 41-time Ranji […]

Mysuru: The Rajesh Narredu-trained Priceless Gold, who worked well, is expected to have a bold show in the Cauveri Million 1400 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. […]

Hyderabad: B Hishanth scalped five wickets for 18 to guide Medak District to a 82-run victory over Karimnagar District in the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup on Tuesday. For the winners, Mohd Nayum (69) and A Sumanth (67) hit half-centuries. Brief Scores: MCC 68/9 in 17 overs (S Anoop Pai 3/10) lost to SBI […]

Hyderabad: Sanapathi Guru Naidu of Boys Sports Company, AOC Centre, Secunderabad has become India’s first weightlifter to win a gold at the IWF Youth World Championships in Leon, Mexico on Monday. Competing in the 55kg category, Guru Naidu lifted 104 kgs in snatch and 126 kgs in clean and jerk with an overall lift of […]

Kolkata: Indian men’s football team on Tuesday qualified for the Asian Cup Finals after Palestine defeated Philippines 4-0 in a group B match in Ulaanbaatar. The result meant that the Palestinians directly qualified for the 24-team Finals finishing as group B toppers, while Philippines, with four points, were eliminated despite finishing second. It is the […]

Jakarta: Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu made a shock first round exit from the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event after suffering a straight-game defeat against China’s He Bing Jiao, here on Tuesday. Seventh seed Sindhu lost 14-21 18-21 to Bing Jiao in the women’s singles. Sindhu, a former world champion, has won two Super […]