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London: Lautaro Martinez, Angel Di Maria and Paulo Dybala struck as South American champions Argentina proved to be an irresistible force in the inaugural Finalissima against Italy here at iconic Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. Angel Di Maria tried to lob Gianluigi Donnarumma from halfway inside two minutes as the South American champions tugged the beard […]

London: Scotland fell short in their quest to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as goals from Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk and Artem Dovbyk gave Ukraine the win in the Play-off semi-final clash at Hampden Park on Wednesday. With this win, Ukraine have set up the Play-off final against Wales. For Scotland, Callum […]

Bridgetown: The Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday confirmed the schedule for the Men in Maroon who will play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is against the touring team India starting from July 22. The series is highly awaited as India returns to the Caribbean after three years and will be led by new captains Rohit […]

Paris: World No.1 Iga Swiatek’s unbeaten run extended to 33 straight matches with a victory over No.11 seed Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals of the French Open here on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Swiatek moved into the French Open semifinals for the second time in her career with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over American Jessica Pegula […]

Jakarta: Korea dashed Malaysia’s hopes of a maiden Hero Asia Cup trophy as they reigned supreme with a thrilling 2-1 final victory here at the GBK Sports Arena on Wednesday. This is the fifth time the Korean side have lifted the prestigious trophy. They have won the title in 1994, 1999, 2009 and 2013. Having […]

Hyderabad: Captaining the side for the first time, T Ravi Teja led Hyderabad from the front with a 102-run knock while G Aniketh Reddy scalped seven wickets in Hyderabad’s crushing 187-run victory over Life Care, Lucknow in the 38th All India Gold Cup Cricket Tournament, in Dehradun. Batting first, Hyderabad rode on Ravi Teja’s 69-ball […]

Hyderabad: Navaneeth Prabhu and Kavya Bansal emerged champions in the men and women categories respectively in the Aurobindo Realty Telangana Squash Open held at the Secunderabad Club on Wednesday. Navaneeth Prabhu defeated Suraj Chand in the men’s final while Kavya Bansal downed Sunita Patel in the summit clash. Results: Men: 1 Navaneeth Prabhu, 2 Suraj […]

New Delhi: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday issued a cryptic tweet about his “new journey” that raised speculations about his continuation as BCCI President, forcing the cricket board secretary Jay Shah to clarify that he has not resigned from his post. “The rumours doing rounds about Mr Sourav Ganguly stepping down from the […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday announced Rs 2 crore cash reward to recently-crowned world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen and shooter Esha Singh for their exploits on the international arena. The Chief Minister also announced that both the athletes will get land for their houses in Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills. Nikhat Zareen […]

Jakarta: The young Indian men’s hockey team produced a spirited performance to beat Japan 1-0 and clinch the bronze medal in the Asia Cup here on Wednesday. After missing out of a place in the title clash on goal difference following an exciting 4-4 draw with South Korea on Tuesday, defending champions India came out […]

Paris: Spanish stalwart and winner of 13 titles at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal, secured his 15th semifinal appearance at the French Open by edging arch-rival and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in an epic quarterfinal showdown in the early hours of Wednesday. The No.5 seed won a breath-taking tiebreak in the fourth set to wrap […]

Paris: Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka displayed fearless brand of tennis but much younger and superior American singles players Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula prevailed in the women’s doubles third round of the French Open, here on Tuesday. Despite a combined age of 72 years, Mirza and Hradecka produced some high quality […]

Bengaluru: Telangana paddler Sreeja Akula on Tuesday has been named in the four-member women’s squad for the Commonwealth Games for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in July-August. Sreeja, the reigning India No.1, won the senior national title in Shillong at the 83rd Senior National Table Tennis Championship. The selectors of the Indian […]

Hyderabad: Before the Tokyo Olympics last year, not many Indians were aware of the sport of fencing. With Chennai’s Bhavani Devi scripting history by becoming the first Indian to qualify for the mega events, the game got a big boost in terms of popularity, inspiring many youngsters to pick up the game. Even before the […]

Mumbai: India’s former world No. 1 Saina Nehwal, who missed the action in the Uber Cup and crashed out early from the Thailand Open, will return to the circuit with the Indonesia Masters, a Super 500 event on the BWF World Tour, to be held from June 7-12 at Jakarta. Saina, who was not included […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Dhruv Ashi Patil clinched gold in the U-17 category of the 17th National Ice Skating Championship held at the Ambience Mall, Gurugram, New Delhi on Tuesday. Meanwhile in the boys category, Kirti Raj Singh (U-10) and Pranav Madhav Surapaneni (U-15) bagged top honours. In the girls category, Naina Sri Talluri clinched gold in […]

Jakarta: The young Indian hockey team dished out some impressive and fast-paced hockey in a Super 4s match against South Korea but an outright victory eluded them as a 4-4 draw pushed them out of the Asia Cup title race, here on Tuesday. Malaysia’s 5-0 win over Japan early in the day meant that an […]

Paris: The loss of one set by a player is normally not the stuff of headlines at a Grand Slam tournament. That did constitute news at the French Open, because the player was No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek and it had been more than a month since that happened to her. The way it came about […]

Stavenger (Norway): Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish. The former world champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round respectively to finish with […]

Mumbai: India’s batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has omitted the likes of Royal Challengers Bangalore cricketer Virat Kohli and Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma from his list of the “Best Playing XI” from the just-concluded IPL 2022 season. While Gujarat Titans, led by all-rounder Hardik Pandya, went on to lift the trophy at the Narendra Modi […]

New Delhi: The Indian cricket team will assemble here on June 5 ahead of the five-match T20 series against South Africa. The first match of the series begins here on June 9 and South Africa will arrive here on June 2. There will be no crowd restrictions and there will be no bio-bubble for the […]

New Delhi: The 12-member Indian rifle squad opened their account at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Baku, Azerbaijan, with gold in the 10m air rifle women’s team competition on Tuesday. The trio of Elavenil Valarivan, Ramita and Shreya Agrawal outplayed Denmark 17-5 in the gold-medal match. They had reached the gold-medal round after two […]

Hyderabad: Lalu clinched singles and doubles titles at the Professional Tennis Academy junior and men round robin and knockout tennis tournament on Monday. He first defeated Pramod in singles for the title. He later joined hands with the same player to defeat Suresh and Appa Rao duo in the men’s doubles. Results: U-8 Mixed Singles: […]

Paris: No.20 seed Russian Daria Kasatkina continued her ruthless form at Roland Garros, defeating No.28 seed Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-2 in 1 hour and 20 minutes to reach the French Open quarterfinals here on Monday. Former World No.10 Kasatkina has yet to drop a set and indeed has conceded just 14 games in […]