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Hyderabad: Riding on P Priyanka’s 33-point show, Telangana women’s basketball team held their nerves to defeat Kerala 81-78 in a thrilling semifinal contest to make it to their first ever final at the 71st Senior National Basketball Championship in Chennai on Saturday. In a contest that went down the wire, TS hoopsters came out with […]

Mumbai: If their performance is any indication, Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals could make for a blockbuster Indian Premier League contest on a Sunday evening, an iconic venue adding to its charm. IPL debutants Lucknow Super Giants got off to an excellent start in their first season and are placed third in the points […]

Mumbai: Skipper Rishabh Pant will face a big test when Delhi Capitals lock horns with table-toppers Kolkata Knight Riders, led by their former captain Shreyas Iyer, in a much-anticipated IPL clash here on Sunday. Iyer, one of the architects of the Delhi franchise”s resurgence in the IPL, having taken them to their maiden final in […]

Navi Mumbai: Indian Premier League”s sentimental favourites Chennai Super Kings slumped to their fourth successive defeat with young Abhishek Sharma”s 50-ball-75 guiding Sunrisers Hyderabad to their maiden eight-wicket win in this edition of the tournament. The 21-year-old Sharma took the attack to the opposition with a blistering first IPL half-century which was studded with five […]

Hyderabad: V Hanumantha Rao, former Rajya Sabha member and senior Congress party leader, on Saturday condemned Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials for the demolition of Ranji cricketer Bhogi Shravani’s house recently. He said that GHMC officials ignored the outdated buildings and constructions, issued notices in rush to Shravani and demolished her house. Later, he […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian women”s hockey team dished out a below-par performance to suffer a 1-3 loss to Olympic champions Netherlands” second string side in the shootout after both sides were locked 1-1 in the regulation time in the second match of their FIH Pro League tie here on Saturday. Rajwinder Kaur scored in the first […]

Hyderabad: Raju defeated Suman 3-2 in the final of the men’s singles 30-35 age group category in the 4th Masters Table Tennis Championships at the Anand Nagar Welfare Association, Hyderabad on Saturday. This event also served as selection trials to select the State masters team for the upcoming National Masters Table Tennis Championship scheduled to […]

Hyderabad: Zakeer Hussian, football coach from Telangana, has been selected to coach Sethu Football Club of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The team is going to participate in the upcoming All India Football Federation Indian Women’s League Championship scheduled to be held from April 15 to 30. Mohd Ali Rafath, president of Telangana Football Association (TFA) and […]

New Delhi: Indian boxers Govind Sahani (48kg), Ananta Pralhad Chopde (54kg) and Sumit (75kg) struck gold at the Thailand Open in Phuket, notching up comprehensive wins in their respective bouts on Saturday. Sahani and Sumit, the reigning national champion, dominated their bouts from start to finish and won with identical 5-0 margins against local pugilists […]

Mumbai: The Shazaan Shah-trained Joaquin looks set to win the Serjeant At Arms Trophy 1400 metres, a handicap for horses Class-I, rated 80 and upward (rated 60 to 79 eligible), the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rail are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS 1. […]

Suncheon: PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth’s impressive run ended in the semifinals after they went down in straight games at the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament here on Saturday. Former world champion Sindhu, who came into the tournament after claiming the Swiss Open, suffered her fourth successive defeat to 20-year-old An Seyoung, losing 14-21 […]

Hyderabad: Dhruv Kumar Gangashetty got a major boost to his fledgling career as he became the lone Hyderabad player to be called for Under-19 Asian individual squash championships national trials that will be held in Chennai from April 11 to 16. The top two will qualify for the Asian Championship that will be conducted in […]

Mumbai: Former India cricketer and coach Ravi Shastri has termed spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s revelations that he was hung from the 15th-floor hotel balcony by an inebriated fellow cricketer during the 2013 IPL, as shocking, adding that if such an incident happens now the person should be “given a life ban” and “sent to a rehab […]

Mumbai: Rahul Tewatia hit two sixes off the last two balls after Shubman Gill struck his highest IPL score as Gujarat Titans beat Punjab Kings by six wickets here on Friday. Sent in to bat, Liam Livingstone scored 64 off 27 balls, laced with seven boundaries and four sixes to help Punjab Kings reach 189 […]

Navi Mumbai: Battling poor form, opener Ruturaj Gaikwad will be under the scanner when strugglers Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad face off in the IPL here on Saturday, looking to register their first win. Three successive losses have put new skipper Ravindra Jadeja under immense pressure and he would hope his teammates can script […]

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Ravindra Jadeja is set achieve an major Indian Premier League milestone – play his 150th game in the lucrative tournament for the franchise – when his side takes on SunRisers Hyderabad at the DY Patil Stadium here on Saturday. Only two CSK cricketers – former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) on Friday condemned the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Association (GHMC) official who demolished the house of cricketer Bhogi Shravani. The HCA secretary R Vijayanand said that they will help the cricketer to rebuild her house by providing financial support. “The Hyderabad Cricket Association is deeply saddened to hear about the […]

Hyderabad: Tarani Sa scalped five wickets for 37 as Hyderabad succumbed to a 132-run loss on the final day of the Group C Col CK Nayudu Trophy match against Odisha at the St Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground in Kerala on Friday. Resuming at an overnight score of 65/2 while chasing a 300-run target, Hyderabad were […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad women’s cricketer Bhogi Shravani and her family had to take shelter at a community hall with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials demolishing the house of the cricketer, at Tukaram Gate, Secunderabad on Wednesday. The officials said that they had already sent notices to the cricketer’s family on the deteriorating condition of […]

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has revealed a terrifying incident during IPL 2013 in Bengaluru when he was hung from the 15th-floor balcony of a hotel by an inebriated bully cricketer, which left him “kind of fainted”. Chahal was then in his last year with IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, before he started a […]

Mumbai: Former India coach Ravi Shastri has called young batter Shubman Gill “one of the finest talents in world cricket”, someone who is tailor-made for the game’s T20 format because of his wide range of strokes. Gill, 22, who is playing for Gujarat Titans in the IPL, is using the ongoing season as an opportunity […]

Suncheon: Third seed PV Sindhu beats seventh seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in straight games to enter the semi-finals of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 on Friday here at the Palma Stadium. Two-time Olympic Champion PV Sindhu was trailing 2-5 in the opening game but the Indian clawed her way back winning four points […]

Navi Mumbai: Lucknow Super Giants beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. Invited to bat first, DC posted 149 for 3 with opener Prithvi Shaw top-scoring with a 34-ball 61 while captain Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan chipped in with 39 not out and 36 not out […]

London: Qatar World Cup organizers have admitted that workers were exploited while contracted for FIFA’s preparation tournaments in the Gulf State. The acknowledgement of failings came after an investigation by Amnesty International which said security guards were forced to work in conditions it called “forced labor” by exceeding the 60-hour maximum work week and not […]