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Hyderabad: The Sensation, Yaletown, Strategist and Quality Warrior pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Four One Four (P Ajeeh K) 47, handy. NRI Angel (RB) 47.5. moved well. Raisina Hill (Dhanu Singh) & Kisling (K Vikram) 47, pair moved neck and neck. 800m: Yaletown (P […]

Toronto: Belinda Bencic defeated three-time champion Serena Williams 6-2, 6-4 at the National Bank Open to advance to the Round of 16 here on Thursday. Playing her first match since her essay in Vogue detailing the decision behind her impending retirement, Williams was greeted by a rapturous ovation from the Toronto crowd as she took to […]

Helsinki: Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema made history on Wednesday as Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to win the European Super Cup. The Frenchman netted his side’s second goal of the match to lift his total number of goals for Real Madrid to 324, taking him past Raul Gonzalez to become the second highest […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad wrestler Pilanagoila Nikhil Yadav has been putting on impressive performances in the freestyle 60kg category. Taking part in his maiden international event, he proved his mettle to clinch a bronze in the recently-concluded World U-17 Cadet Wrestling Championships held in Rome, Italy. The 17-years-old was over the moon for winning a podium finish […]

Hyderabad: Telugu Yodhas – the GMR Group owned franchise for the inaugural edition of the Ultimate Kho Kho – on Wednesday announced attacker Prajwal KH as the captain of the team with all-rounder Pratik Waikar as his deputy. The Ultimate Kho Kho will kick-off their inaugural season on August 14 at the Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji […]

Hyderabad: City paddler Akula Sreeja, who won mixed doubles gold medal with Achanta Sharath Kamal in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham recently, returned to a rousing reception, on Wednesday. The 24-year-girl was received amid cheers from fans, Telangana State Table Tennis Association officials, Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud and others at the Rajiv Gandhi Airport, […]

Bengaluru: The Sulaiman S Attaollahi-trained Shabelle should have a bold show in the Bangalore Summer Million (Grade-III) 1600 metres, terms for horses 3 year old, the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday. False rails will be declared on race day. The first race starts at 1.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Red […]

Hyderabad: Spearheading the development of motorsports and identifying and supporting young talent in the country, JK Tyre announced the addition of two new young and budding stars – 15-year-old Bangalore boy Ruhaan Alva and 14-year-old Shriya Lohia from Himachal Pradesh under its coveted scholarship programme. Both the new additions Ruhaan Alva and Shriya Lohia have […]

Hyderabad: Xfinity, Mysterious Angel, Galwan, Resurgence, Crimson Rose, Miss Marvellous, Royal Grace, Castlerock, Starwalt, Happy Go Lucky impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: Dessee (Dhanu Singh) 47.5, moved easy. Super Angel (RB) 45, moved easy. Chckit (Aneel) & Golden Forza (Kuldeep Singh) 47, pair handy. […]

Washington: American legend Serena Williams, winner of 23 Grand Slam titles, announced her retirement from tennis on Tuesday, saying she is “evolving away” from the sport. The 40-year-old tennis star said that the best word to describe what she is up to is “evolution” and that she wants to grow her family. “I have never […]

New Delhi: Indian ace fencer CA Bhavani Devi on Wednesday won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2022 in the Senior Women’s Sabre Individual category. According to information received here, she defeated Veronika Vasileva of Australia 15-10 to win the title in London. “BHAVANI DEVI IS COMMONWEALTH FENCING CHAMPION @IamBhavaniDevi wins GOLD at Commonwealth […]

Mumbai: It’s been almost eight months since Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s dance number ‘Oo Antava’ from the film ‘Pusha: The Rise’ created waves, the track was played at a cricket stadium in Florida. Oo Antava song at Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium Lauderhill, Florida#AlluArjun𓃵 #AlluArjunArmy #AlluArjunArmyApp #AlluBhai One Man Army 🦁#AlluArjun #AlluSnehaReddy #Pushpa #PushpaRaj […]

New Delhi: The Indian badminton contingent is back home after a brilliant performance at the recently concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Chirag Shetty were on Wednesday welcomed by supporters and family members with bouquets at the Hyderabad airport early after they returned from Birmingham. India finished its Commonwealth Games […]

Mamallapuram: The India ‘B’ team settled for a bronze medal in the Open section while the India ‘A’ women’s side also finished third in the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Tuesday. India ‘B’ defeated Germany 3-1 in their final round match to end at third position. Uzbekistan sprung a surprise by bagging the gold medal […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad chess player P Satyanarayana bagged the top honours with five points from as many rounds in the Open Prize Money Chess Tournament conducted by the Pragathi Chess Foundation at the Sundaraiah Bhavan, Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. In the final round, he defeated Palle Shreyash Reddy to emerge champion. Shreyash and K Gowtham Ashok settled […]

Mysuru: The B Suresh-trained My Opinion maintains form may repeat in the Hemavathi Million 2000 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 12.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Shivalik Emperor 1, Game Boy 2, […]

Hyderabad: Blue Origin, Gusty Note, Redeem Our Pledge worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND: 600m: Winning Streak (Afroz Khan) (From 1000/400) 47, handy. Crimson Rose (Abhay Singh) (From 1200/600) 46.5, moved freely. Xfinity (P Ajeeth K) (From 1200/600) 47, eased up. Royal Support (RB) (From […]

In the 2017 US Open, a young tennis fan Izyan Ahmad nicknamed ‘Zizou’ asked the God of Tennis, Roger Federer to play on for a few more years so he could play opposite him in a professional match one day. To this, the Swiss player responded with a ‘pinky promise. Today, the same boy is […]

New Delhi: Talismanic batter Virat Kohli and opener KL Rahul on Monday made a comeback to T20Is through the 15-member squad for Asia Cup 2022. But pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will not be a part of the competition due to back injury. Harshal Patel also misses out due to a rib injury. Bumrah did not […]

Hyderabad: P Suhan and V Srivastav clinched top honours in the U-15 and U-9 categories respectively of the Pragathi Chess Foundation’s Children Chess Tournament held at the Sundaraiah Bhavan, Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. Suhan scored five points from as many rounds while Srivastav earned 4.5 points to emerge champions. In the U-9 category, Srivastav and A […]

Birmingham: Shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched India’s 20th gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games after beating Malaysia’s Tze Yong NG 19-21, 21-9 and 21-16 in the men’s singles final on Monday. In his debut outing in the multi-nation event, Lakshya, 20, came back incredibly well after losing the first set to become the fourth Indian […]

Birmingham: Veteran Sharath Kamal extended his domination at the Commonwealth Games here by winning the gold medal in men’s singles event, thrashing England’s Liam Pitchford 4-1 in the final. After going down in the first game, Sharath outsmarted the 29-year-old nimble-footed Briton 11-13 11-7 11-2 11-6 11-8 to finish on top of podium after a […]

Birmingham: India’s star doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won the country’s third gold from the badminton court with a straight game victory over England’s Ben Lane and Sean Mendy at the Commonwealth Games. The Indian duo won 21-15, 21-13. India thus finished a fantastic badminton campaign with three gold, one silver and […]

Hyderabad: Putting on a spectacular display of skills, the Indian women’s hockey team won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Sunday. Overcoming the stopwatch controversy they were entangled in, the team beat New Zealand 2-1 in shootout. This is the team’s first medal at CWG in 16 years. While the […]