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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 […]

Jakarta: Defending champions India would look for an outright win against South Korea in their final Super 4 round-robin league match to book their place in the final of the Asia Cup men’s hockey tournament here on Tuesday. India had almost clinched a spot in the title clash on Sunday before Razie Rahim turned out […]

Hyderabad: Shivani Karra bagged top honours in three events of the 7th Telangana State Sub-junior and Junior Inter-district Swimming Championship held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. Shivani clocked 0.35.98 sec to clinch gold in the 50 meters backstroke. She also finished 50 and 100 meters butterfly events in 0.35.62 and 01.17.65 sec […]

Hyderabad: Telangana wheelchair basketball team emerged runners-up in the inaugural edition of South-zone Wheelchair Basketball Tournament held at the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on Sunday. Telangana lost to Tamil Nadu 36-45 in the final. Ramavath Koteshwar of Telangana was adjudged as the most valuable player of the tournament for scoring 99 points […]

Hyderabad: Telangana girls throwball team defeated Delhi 15-09, 15-08 in the final of the 27th Sub-Junior Throwball National Championship held at the DAV Public School, Safilguda, Hyderabad on Monday. Meanwhile the boys section, State team settled for the bronze defeating Odisha 15-09, 15-12. Delhi downed Karnataka 15-12, 15-09 in the summit clash to emerge champions […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad women’s basketball team, representing Telangana, defeated Kolkata 21-18 in the final to clinch the inaugural edition of the BFI’s Indian National Basketball League 3×3 National Basketball Championship held at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru on Sunday. In the summit clash, Pushpa scored eight points while Priyanka and Anbarasi scored five and six […]

Ahmedabad: Soon after lifting the IPL 2022 trophy in their maiden season, Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya said he wants to win the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for India, after the team’s dismal show in the UAE last year. While Pandya was a member of the squad during the T20 World Cup in the […]

Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler, who was adjudged as ‘Player of the Tournament’, was gutted after the defeat in the final of the Indian Premier League against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Buttler, who had a remarkable season with the bat, smashed 863 runs in 17 matches at […]

Hyderabad: Shashwath Allada bagged top honours in three events of the 7th Telangana State Sub-junior and Junior Inter-district Swimming Championship held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. Shashwath clocked 0.28.33 sec to clinch gold in the 50 meters. He also finished 100 and 200 meters butterfly events in 01.07.73 and 2.39.65 sec respectively. […]

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans won the Indian Premier League title in their maiden season as they beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the final here on Sunday. Opting to bat after winning the toss, Rajasthan Royals were restricted to 130 for nine by the Gujarat bowlers at a packed Narendra Modi Stadium. The tournament’s top […]

Hyderabad: The Veterans Cricket Association of Telangana (VCAT) Tigers emerged winners in the quadrangular tournament organised at the Grand Arena Sports County, Maheshwaram, recently. The tournament, conducted at the launch of the VCAT, saw four teams, VCAT Stallions, VCAT Lions, VCAT Tigers and Mumbai Eagles. Mumbai Eagles emerged runners-up.   Now you can get handpicked […]

Hyderabad: Telangana emerged as the champion of the 5th MMA India National Championship held in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh, recently. The State team clinched a total of 14 medals which include, eight gold, three silver and three bronze. Bilal clinched the championship by winning the Fight of Knight (FOK). Medals: Gold: Mohammed Mahboob Khan (57 kgs), […]

Ahmedabad: Amid the high voltage final clash of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 between Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals, the tournament created the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest cricket jersey. IPL achieved this feat during the summit clash of the 15th edition, here at Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday. The certificate was presented […]

Hyderabad: Former BCCI junior selection committee chairman V Chamundeswaranath rewarded the recently-crowned boxing world champion Nikhat Zareen with a car at his residence on Sunday. Chamundi, who is known to encourage the outstanding athletes with cars to show his appreciation, revealed that he promised to give Nikhat a car ahead of the event if she […]

New Delhi: India’s Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil finished seventh in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s competition at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Sunday. The 18-year-old Junior World Championship silver medallist had made the top eight stage on Saturday, finishing fourth in qualification. Serbia’s Lazar Kovacevic won gold while Croatian Miran Maricic bagged […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) is going to focus on improving the women’s cricket in the State, the body decided in its annual general body meeting at in Subedari, Hanamkonda on Sunday. The body said they will add women cricketers at the State-level organising committee to encourage women crickets and develop from grassroots. The […]

Jakarta: India fought back brilliantly from a two-goal deficit to take a 3-2 lead before a goal five minutes before the end of the match, helped Malaysia hold the defending champions 3-3 in a Super 4s pool game in the Asia Cup hockey tournament here on Sunday. The Indians, played poorly in the first half, […]

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Panday has said that “it’s ruthless business” for him when he goes on to the field to play an IPL game, adding that he doesn’t play for reputation but plays for “what my team requires”. Summing up the team’s maiden journey in IPL 2022, where the side first topped the […]

Mumbai: Paralympian Prachi Yadav made history for India by becoming the first canoeist from the country to win a World Cup medal when she bagged a bronze in the VL2 Women’s 200m in the Paracanoe World Cup held in Poznan, Poland. Prachi, the para-canoeist from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh who is the first Indian to qualify […]

Pune: Supernovas won the 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge after beating Velocity by 4 runs in the final of the tournament at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, here on Saturday. It was the third title for Supernovas after they won it earlier in 2018 and 2019. West Indian opener Deandra Dottin’s attacking fifty (62 off 44) guided […]

Paris: Vinicius Junior scored a winner in the second half to fire Real Madrid to a record-extending 14th UEFA Champions League title as the Spanish giants beat Liverpool 1-0 in a delayed final at Stade de France early on Sunday (IST). The Brazilian winger capitalised on Federico Valverde’s cross in the 59th minute to tap […]

By Vijay Mohan Raj Hyderabad: I was pleasantly surprised to see a video that has been circulating where in the CEO of Pakistan Cricket Board is viewed announcing an increase in pension for all First Class former cricketers. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also has such a scheme and has implemented […]

Jakarta: The Indian men’s hockey team scored two fantastic field goals to beat Japan 2-1 in its first Super 4 league match and avenge its loss in the pool stage of the Asia Cup here on Saturday. The defending champions, who lost 2-5 against Japan in the pool stage, scored two eye-catching field goals through […]

Hyderabad: Marri Laxman Reddy, chairman of Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT) felicitated newly-crowned world boxing champion Nikhat Zareen at their campus in Dundigal, on Saturday. MLRIT secretary, Marri Rajashekar Reddy presented a cheque for Rs 4 lakh to the Nizamabad boxer. Speaking on this occasion he said, “She (Nikhat) was born into a […]