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Melbourne: Former Australian teammates, world cricket greats, noted musicians and tens of thousands of people paid tribute to legendary Shane Warne at his emotional state memorial service at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, here on Wednesday. Warne, who is considered as one of the greatest cricketers of all-time, died aged 52 earlier this month from […]

Miami: India”s Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza were knocked out of the Miami Open from their respective doubles events after contrasting quarterfinal defeats here. Frequent partners since 2019, the Indo-Canadian pair of Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov went down 2-6,1-6 to sixth seeds Wesley Koolhof of Netherlands and Great Britain”s Neal Skupski on Tuesday. The unseeded […]

Wellington: Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy on Wednesday expressed her elation over the possibility of a full-fledged Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) happening next year and added that the league will make India an unbeatable side in 10 years’ time. In the previous week, at the IPL Governing Council meeting, the Board of Control for Cricket […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s promising wrestler Purnima got a big boost to her career on Wednesday as Delhi Public School and Pallavi Group of Institutions announced a financial support of Rs 10,000 every month till April, 2023. The youngster Purnima has been selected for the Khelo India Youth Games scheduled to be held in Haryana next month. […]

Pune: Indian Premier League (IPL) side Sunrisers Hyderabad have been fined Rs 12 lakh after they maintained a slow over rate during their match against Rajasthan Royals at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday night. As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to […]

Pune: Rajasthan Royals made a winning start to IPL 2022 beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs at MCA stadium here. Chasing a massive 211-run target, Sunrisers team got off to the worst possible start losing skipper Kane Williamson in the second over of the innings as Prasidh Krishna dismissed him caught in the first slip […]

Navi Mumbai: Seeking to consolidate their position after a winning start, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have their task cut out as they take on a determined Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday. The two outfits head into the game on the back of contrasting results. While the […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad kickboxing athletes won as many as five medals, including two gold, in the Amar Shahid General Bipin Rawat Memorial National Kickboxing Championship at the Raja Virbhadra Singh Stadium, Kumarhatti, Solan Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday. K Pavan won the gold medal in the -63 kg category in the full contact event while Krish Kumar […]

Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi continued his good run of form and clinched the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament on Tuesday. The youngster from Warangal crashed through the defences of Karthik Venkataraman to win the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament here on Tuesday. Starting the day in a five-way lead and having […]

Hyderabad: Canara Bank’s Ahmed Nagar branch donated a hydraulic walk behind roller as part of its CSR activities to the Sports Coaching Foundation (SCF) at Masab Tank on Tuesday. Bhaskar Chakravarthy, DGM (Region II) of Canara Bank said, “It feels great to be associated with SCF, especially to its founder-secretary K Saibaba for the service […]

Karimnagar: A B.Tech student, Kanukuntla Anvitha has been selected to participate in South India Universities level chess competitions scheduled to be held in SRM University, Chennai, from April 1 to 3. Anvitha got selected for South India universities level competitions by securing the first place in the state level Inter-University level competitions held in JNTU […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad based football club Abbas Union Football FC celebrated the victory of Hyderabad Football Club which won the Indian Super League title recently. The Abbas Union FC club members and players of all age categories gathered to celebrate the victory with the ISL trophy. Later, Telangana Football Association (TFA) coach and former international […]

Hyderabad: Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT) students clinched several medals in the various tournaments held in Hyderabad. The women’s basketball team bagged top honours in the Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNRVJIT) college tournament and also clinched silver in the NIFT tournament conducted in the city. Meanwhile, the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State chess player FIDE Master Kandi Ramu achieved his first International Master (IM) norm at the IM ASK-7 International open IM tournament at Arandjelovac in Serbia on Tuesday. The chess player from Domakonda, Nizamabad district defeated three Grandmasters and three International Masters to win the maiden IM norm. He scored eight points from […]

New Delhi: The upcoming FIH Pro League double-header between the women hockey teams of India and England was postponed on Tuesday due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the British camp. The matches were scheduled to be played on April 2 and 3 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Game’s governing body FIH said the matches […]

Kolkata: The Vijay Singh-trained Silver Flames appeals most for the Romantic Dancer Cup 1400 metres Class-I, a handicap for horses rated 81 and above rated 61-86 eligible, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 1.45 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Amazing Dream 1, […]

Mumbai: Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has said that he would be “very emotional” thinking about AB de Villiers if the team wins its maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title this season. Kohli and De Villiers shared an 11-year-long bond at RCB before the South African decided to call it a day, […]

Mumbai: Pacer Mohammed Shami bowled a fiery opening spell before Rahul Tewatia smashed an unbeaten 40 to help Gujarat Titans register a 5-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in their maiden IPL match here on Monday. Shami (3/25) bowled a fiery opening spell to knock the wind out of the Super Giants’ top order before […]

Pune: Packed with multiple match-winners in their ranks, heavyweights Rajasthan Royals face Sunrisers Hyderabad in a clash of former champions as both sides aim for a winning start in the IPL here on Tuesday. Royals’ batting fortunes will hinge largely on the form of their talented skipper Sanju Samson, who has been around the scene […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Rohit Sharma said he was disappointed with the defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) opening game against Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Brabourne Stadium here, but added that it was “not the end” of the five-time champions’ campaign in the tournament. Despite Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 81 and 41 runs […]

New Delhi: Tokyo Olympics champion Neeraj Chopra on Monday received the prestigious Padma Shri award in the field of sports. Chopra who is India’s first winner of a track and field gold medal in the Olympics made his debut at Tokyo Games at the age of 23. The star javelin thrower won the gold medal […]

Jeddah: India’s Jehan Daruvala raced to his second podium finish of the season with a fighting drive from 14th to third in the Formula 2 Feature race at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Corniche Circuit. The 23-year-old from Mumbai began his weekend on the back foot after a mechanical issue hampered him in qualifying. But the Red […]

Hyderabad: Chidvilas Sai bagged the top honours with 5.5 points out of six rounds in the One-day Rapid Chess Tournament conducted by Chess Academy in Hyderabad on Sunday. Meanwhile, Challa Saharsha and Hemanth Eswar settled in second and third spots respectively with five points each. Top ten places: 1 Chidvilas Sai, 2 Challa Saharsha, 3 […]

The team didn't hold back and gave the fans at BMO Field a dominant performance with goals from Cyle Larin, Tajon Buchanan and Junior Hoilett, followed by a late own goal by defender Adrian Mariappa, Xinhua reports.