Sport

Hyderabad: A Satya of Gujarati Seva Mandal (GSM) bagged her second title in as many days as she defeated K Shrestha Reddy 4-1 in the under-15 girls final at the 21st AWASA Late Sri Ananth Narayan Reddy And Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Championship on Saturday. On Friday, Satya bagged the singles title […]

Birmingham: Weightlifter Gururaja Poojary clinched a bronze medal in the men’s 61kg category at the Commonwealth Games, adding to India’s tally here on Saturday. Gururaja, a sliver medallist at the 2018 CWG at Gold Coast, lifted a total of 269kg (118kg+151kg) to finish in the third place. Malaysia’s Aznil Bin Bidin Muhamad grabbed the gold […]

Birmingham: Indian shuttlers dished out another splendid show to take an unassailable 3-0 lead over a hapless Sri Lanka in their second group A match of the mixed team competition at the 22nd Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. A day after blanking Pakistan 5-0, India notched up another convincing win to go to the top […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Srivally Medishetty emerged champion in the girls under-18 singles after her opponent Laxmi Siri Dandu retired in the third set, at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy National Series Under-18 tennis tournament, sponsored by Sanali Group, on Saturday. Srivally, who lost the first set 5-7, rallied to draw level with a 6-4 in the […]

Hyderabad: Ashoka and Corfe Castle impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Amalfitana (A Joshi) 43, worked well. Nugget (A Joshi) 44, strode out well. Amyra (RB) 47, moved easy. Yaletown (A Joshi) 47, strode out well. Bellaque (P Vikram) & Humanitariah (K Mukesh) 47.5, pair […]

Bengaluru: The Sulaiman S Attaollahi-trained Forest Flame appeals most in a small field of three runners in the Karnataka Mile Championship Cup (Grade-II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 […]

Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar on Saturday won a silver medal in men’s 55kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 21-year-old managed a total lift of 248kg (113kg in snatch and 135kg in clean & jerk) to open India’s account in the ongoing multi-nation event. Malaysia’s Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq won […]

Chennai: Actor Ajith Kumar has so far won a total of four gold and two bronze medals at the the 47th Tamil Nadu State Shooting Championship that is being held in Trichy. Ajith has won gold medals in four team events including the CFP Master Men team event, the STD P Master Men team event and […]

Tarouba (Port of Spain): Rohit Sharma’s elegant half-century and Dinesh Karthik’s blazing finish were backed up by a solid bowling performance as India made short work of West Indies with an easy 68-run victory in the first T20I on Friday. While Rohit set up the platform with a 44-ball-64, it was Karthik’s calculated assault — […]

Tarouba (Trinidad): India skipper Rohit Sharma went past New Zealand opener Martin Guptill to regain first place in the list of top run-getters in T20 Internationals during the first T20I of the five-match series against West Indies at the Brian Lara Stadium, here on Friday. Rohit, who was rested for the ODIs, looked in solid […]

Birmingham: The men’s and women’s table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women’s hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa as India made a good start at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. There was some more success for the country as backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for […]

Mamallapuram: Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women’s sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Friday. Top-seeded Indian women’s A team beat Tajikistan while the B side got the better of Wales. Both the Indian teams have taken unassailable 3-0 leads over their respective opponents. India’s star player Koneru Humpy, playing […]

Hyderabad: GSM’s A Satya defeated Pragyansha Patra from VPG 4-1 to clinch girls under-13 singles title at the 21st AWASA Late Sri Ananth Narayan Reddy and Smt Rameshwaramma Memorial State Ranking Table Tennis Championship held in Hyderabad on Friday. Meanwhile, G Praman and Sri Saanvi bagged top honours in the U-11 boys and girls categories […]

London: England against Germany at Wembley Stadium. A final that underlines the growing stature of women’s soccer in Europe and echoes decades of history. When host nation England takes on Germany in the European Championship final on Sunday, it will have a tournament-record crowd of nearly 90,000. Euro 2022 as a whole will be easily […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club, the reigning Indian Super League (ISL) champions signed Spanish midfielder Borja Herrera ahead of the upcoming season, on Friday. The 29-year-old joins the club on a one-year deal. “This is a very good opportunity for me. Hyderabad FC is a great project with great fans and are currently the champions. I […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Enigma, who maintains form, may repeat in the Bangalore City Sprint Championship Gold Cup (Grade III) 1200 metres, terms for horses 3 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. Only […]

Hyderabad: Lifetime, DRD, Thunder Road and Hashtag pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Miss Marvellous (Kiran Naidu) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Smashing Blue (Akshay Kumar) 48.5, moved freely. Spectacular Cruise (Deepak Singh) 48, handy. Quality Warrior (Kiran Naidu) 45, handy. 800m: Bijili (Md Ismail) […]

Birmingham: Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and the men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh lead the Indian contingent as the Commonwealth Games 2022 opening ceremony was held in Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Neeraj Chopra was the designated flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony, but he suffered an injury during the World Athletics […]

Birmingham: The 22nd Commonwealth Games kicked off in spectacular fashion with a stunning opening ceremony at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Thursday. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Queen’s baton did not miss a single day or territory during its journey to Birmingham. Taking five months to build and standing 10m high, the […]

Hyderabad: Nandini Agasara of TSWR Sports School left for the U-20 World Athletics Championships, which are scheduled to be held in Cali, Colombia from August 1 to 6, on Thursday. Ronald Rose, Secretary of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) congratulated and wished good luck to Nandini. She is the only athlete from […]

Chennai: In a glittery event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared open the FIDE 44th Chess Olympiad here on Thursday. Encouraging the players, Modi said that in sports there are no losers, but winners and future winners. “Sports is beautiful because it has inherent power to unite. Sports brings people and societies closer. Sports nurture a […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad District Basketball Association is going to conduct the basketball selection trails for junior boys and girls at the YMCA Grounds, Secunderabad on August 2. The selected teams will represent Hyderabad district in the upcoming Junior Inter-District Basketball Championship for Boys and Girls. Player born on or after January 1, 2004 are eligible […]

Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen and reigning Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain have been handed a relatively easy opening round draws in the women’s boxing competition of the Commonwealth Games which begins here with the opening ceremony on Thursday. Nikhat will open her campaign in the women’s 48-50kg light flyweight category against Helena Ismael Bagao […]

Tarouba (Port of Spain): A full-strength Indian team in all its might will be looking to overwhelm West Indies in its bid to record a second successive clean sweep in the three-match T20I series starting Friday. With less than three months left for the T20 World Cup, skipper Rohit Sharma and coach Rahul Dravid will […]