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Birmingham: Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Amit Panghal were among three Indian boxers who entered the finals while Jaismine Lamboria settled for bronze at the Commonwealth Games here on Saturday. Nikhat stormed into the final of women’s 50kg after outclassing England’s Stubley Alfia Savannah 5-0. Panghal (51kg), too, displayed his class as he reached […]

Birmingham: India won its second medal in lawn bowls competition at the Commonwealth Games after the men’s fours team settled for a silver after losing to Norther Ireland in the final here on Saturday. The final score read 18-5 in favour of Northern Ireland. The Indian team comprised Sunil Bahadur (lead), Navneet Singh (second), Chandan […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Agasara Nandini became the first Indian athlete to qualify for the 100m hurdles final in the ongoing U-20 Junior World Athletics Championship held in Cali, Colombia on Saturday. The 18-year-old Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) student clocked 13.34 seconds to break her national record of 13.58 seconds in the 100m […]

Hyderabad: The Asia Cup 2022 is scheduled to begin on 27 August in the UAE. Initially, the event was scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka but it has been moved to UAE because of the ongoing political and economic crisis in the island nation. The tournament (T20 format) features six teams. India, Pakistan, Sri […]

Hyderabad: The Ghanta Shashikanth-trained Ashwa Morocco, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the K Mahipathi Rao Memorial Golconda Juvenile Million 1400 metres, terms for horses 3 year olds only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.30 pm. […]

Hyderabad: Mysterious Angel worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Alina (Deepak Singh) 46, moved well. Picture Me (AA Vikrant) 48, moved easy. Fast Track (Santhosh Raj) 45, well in hand. 800m: Chica Bonita (Deepak Singh) 1-2.5, 600/47, handy. Icicle (Deepak Singh) 1-3, 600/49, moved […]

Bhubaneswar: Striker Gurkirat Singh scored four goals including a hat-trick, while Himanshu Jangra scored the another as India U20 routed Bangladesh U20 5-2 in the final to emerge champions in the SAFF U20 Championship after extra time at the Kalinga Stadium, here on Friday. Both teams were locked 1-1 at the interval, and 2-2 after completion […]

Athletics and Para athletics Women’s F55-57 Shot Put Final: Poonam Sharma, Sharmilam, Santosh- 2:50pm Women’s 10,000m Race Walk Final: Priyanka, Bhawana Jat- 3pm Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final: Avinash Sable- 4:20pm Women’s 4x100m Relay Round 1- Heat 1: Hima Das, Dutee Chand, Shrbani Nanda, NS Simi- 4:45pm Women’s Hammer Throw Final: Manju Bala- 11:30pm Men’s 5000m […]

Birmingham: Indian wrestlers dominated the opening day of the competitions by clinching three gold medals, at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Friday. While Bajrang Punia won gold to defend his title from Gold Coast, Deepak Punia defeated Pakistan’s Muhammad Inam at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B on Friday. Sakshi Malik also won […]

Hyderabad: Sai Kumar shot 588 to take gold in the 50m rifle prone event while Qadir Khan and Ramesh took silver and bronze respectively at the 8th Telangana Shooting Championship, at the SATS Shooting Range in Gachibowli, on Friday. Mohmmed Hassan Shareef has won top honours in the in Prone Master Category which was introduced […]

Birmingham [UK]: Grappler Anshu Malik won the silver medal in the Women’s Freestyle 57kg category in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 after losing to Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye of Nigeria at the Coventry Arena Wrestling Mat B on Friday. Malik faced 3-7 defeat against Nigeria’s Adekuoroye in the gold medal match. Malik bagged the first medal […]

Birmingham: Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth had another easy outing as they stormed into the quarterfinals of the women’s and men’s singles events respectively with comfortable wins at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. Sindhu, a silver medallist at the 2018 edition, expectedly faced no resistance from Uganda’s Husina Kobugabe, winning […]

Chennai: A 7/7 in the Chess Olympiad for any Grandmaster (GM) is not a small feat and if that was achieved by a 16-year-old GM, then it is even more commendable. The 16-year-old boy is GM D. Gukesh, one of the world’s youngest to get the coveted GM title. And yes! There is certainly a […]

By Praharsha Majeti Chennai: Hyderabad racers impressed in the qualifying events of the prestigious Madras International Circuit, hosted by MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship Round-3 in Chennai, on Saturday. Hyderabad’s Rahil Shetty of team Gusto Racing India yet again delivered his best performance in the Petronas TVS One Make Championship RR 310 […]

Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu did the entire nation proud when she won a gold medal in the 49 kg category at Commonwealth Games 2022 being held in Birmingham, England. She lifted a total of 201 kg in snatch and clean and jerk. Chanu received praises from her admirers in India, but a special compliment recently […]

By Racing Correspondent Pune: The Rajesh Narredu-trained A Star Is Born, working well in the morning trials, is expected to score in the Zavaray S Poonawalla Eve Champion Trophy 2000 metres, terms for horses, 4 years old and over in a small field of six runners, the feature event of the races to be held […]

By Racing Correspondent Hyderabad: Horse O’ War, Arba Wahed Arba impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Bold Bidding (Akshay Kumar) 48, moved easy. Cash Register (A Joshi) 48.5, moved freely. Miss Marvellous (RB) (From 1200/600) 47, moved easy. 800m: Yesterday (A Joshi) 1-4, 600/48, moved […]

Birmingham: India would have won a gold medal in long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games here but for a laser-equipped take-off board that twice flagged Murali Sreeshankar by extremely narrow margins for crossing the line and committing a foul. Earlier, the take-off board was monitored manually with an official sitting close to the board […]

Athletics and Para Athletics Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1 – Heat 2: Jyothi Yarraji: 3.06 PM Women’s Long Jump qualifying round – Group A: Ancy Edapilly: 4.10 PM Women’s 200m semifinal 2: Hima Das – 12.53 AM (on Saturday) Men’s 4x400m relay round 1: 4.19 PM Badminton (starts at 3:30 PM Ist) Women’s doubles round […]

Birmingham: India had a mixed day in the 2022 Commonwealth Games squash competitions here on Thursday with Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal winning their match while Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu getting knocked out in the Round of 16 matches at the Birmingham University Hockey and Squash Centre here. There was success for […]

Birmingham: India’s Murali Sreeshankar clinched the silver medal in the Men’s Long Jump final with a mark of 8.08m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Thursday. Sreeshankar won the historic silver with a distance of 8.08m in the Men’s Long Jump, becoming the first Indian male athlete to win a Commonwealth Games […]

Birmingham: Para-powerlifter Sudhir clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with the best weight of 212kg on Thursday. Sudhir won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games. He defeated Nigeria’s Ikechukwu Obichukwu (133.6 points) by 0.9 points as his final score read a Games record 134.5 […]

Hyderabad: Ashoka, Samrat, Francis Bacon, White Roses, Divine Destiny and Advance Guard impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Archangels (AA Vikrant) 48, handy. Silver Lining (Afroz Khan) 47.5, moved easy. 800m: Galwan (Kiran Naidu) 1-0, 600/46, handy. Flamingo Fame (RB) 1-2, 600/46, moved well. Trump […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Tejaswani Shankar after he became the first Indian to win a high jump medal in Commonwealth Games. Prime Minister further lauded Tejaswin Shankar and said he created “history”. “Tejaswin Shankar creates history. He wins our first high jump medal in the CWG. Congratulations to him for […]