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Mumbai: Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has been left mighty impressed with the performance of young Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma in IPL 2022, especially with the wide range of shots in the repertoire of the young left-handed batter. The 19-year-old Varma, who played for India in the 2020 Men’s U19 World Cup in […]

Suncheon: The third-seed PV Sindhu on Wednesday stormed into the second round of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 after defeating USA’s Lauren Lam here at the Palma Stadium. The two-time Olympic medallist Indian defeated Lauren Lam 21-15, 21-14 in a match that lasted 34 minutes. Sindhu raced toward an 11-6 lead into the first […]

Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Rajasthan Royals by four wickets in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Sent to bat, Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 70 off 47 balls, while Shimron Hetmyer (42 not out) and Devdutt Padikkal (37) also made valuable contributions to power the Royals to 169 for 3. In reply, Dinesh […]

By Vijay Mohan Raj Hyderabad: It was only last week that we got the news that Rahul who was the youngest son of the legendary Vinoo Mankad passed away in UK while on a visit to meet his daughter. As far as I am concerned, I have been associated with the Mankad family from my […]

Pune: Mumbai Indians” domestic bowlers will look to step up as they take on a buoyant Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here on Wednesday, looking to turn things around after back-to-back defeats. MI have so far looked like anything but IPL”s five-time champions, losing both their opening games – first against Delhi Capitals by […]

New Delhi: Indian boxer Sumit (75kg) entered the semifinals of the Thailand Open with a comfortable win over Timur Nurseitov in Phuket, Thailand on Tuesday. Sumit, who received bye in the opening round, looked in good touch throughout the bout. He notched a 5-0 win against Kazakhstan”s Nurseitov in the quarterfinal clash. Sumit became the […]

Hyderabad: Sreenidi Deccan Football Club went down fighting to Gokulam Kerala 1-2 in the I-League at the Kalyanai Stadium, on Tuesday. The victory helped Gokulam Kerala to jump to the top of the points table. The defending champions rode on two goals from Bouba Aminou (4′) and Jourdaine Fletcher (31′) in the first half to […]

Mumbai: Rishabh Pant says the tour of Australia in 2020-21 is the “turning point of my life” as he helped India save one game and win another despite taking painkiller injection after struggling to hold the bat. The 24-year-old Pant played two of his greatest knocks in the last two Tests in Sydney and Brisbane […]

Navi Mumbai: Young pacer Avesh Khan feels bowlers hardly have any respite in a tournament like the IPL, and the key to success for him lies in handling the pressure. Avesh, the most expensive uncapped Indian player in the ongoing IPL after LSG paid 25 times more than his base price of Rs 20 lakh […]

Hyderabad: B Rama Krishna will lead the State hockey team in the upcoming 12th Senior Men Hockey India Nationals scheduled to be held in Bhopal from April 9 to 17. The team will leave for Bhopal on April 7 from Hyderabad. Team: B Rama Krishna (Captain), K Narsing Rao, L Aravind, CH Jayavardhan, M Vineeth, […]

Hyderabad: Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud lauded international taekwondo player Sindhu Tapaswi at his office in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Sindhu Tapaswi recently won a bronze medal in the International Taekwondo Tournament held in Manchester City, England and clinched two silver medals in the International Taekwondo Tournament held in Dallas, USA. The minister lauded Tapaswi for […]

Suncheon: World championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and fast-rising Malvika Bansod progressed to the second round of the men’s and women’s singles competitions respectively after registering gruelling three-game wins at the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament here on Tuesday. While Sen staved off a spirited challenge from local hope Choi Ji Hoon 14-21 21-16 […]

Navi Mumbai: Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs in an IPL match here on Monday. Skipper KL Rahul (68 off 50) and all-rounder Deepak Hooda (51 off 33 balls) hit half-centuries as Lucknow Super Giants scored 169 for 7 and then restricted Sunrisers to 157 for 9. Avesh Khan took 4 for […]

Mumbai: Former Indian captain and batting great Sunil Gavaskar believes Lucknow Super Giants’ skipper KL Rahul can play the finishers’ role as well in the IPL 2022. Praising the stylish right-handed batter, Gavaskar said KL Rahul has all the shots in the book to be a finisher for his side. While speaking on ‘Cricket Live’ […]

Suncheon (Korea): India’s latest badminton sensation Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will lead the Indian campaign at the Korea Open Super 500 tournament starting here on Tuesday. With back-to-back finals at German Open and All England Championships, Sen is in the form of his life and will look to be third […]

 New Delhi: India will be able to field its best players at both Davis Cup and the Asian Games as the ITF has preponed the team-tournament to avoid its clash with the regional showpiece in China, the national federation AITA told PTI on Monday. The Indian Davis Cup team was recently drawn to meet Norway […]

Hyderabad: Making it to the Indian team for the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup Asia-Oceania competitions in place of Karman Kaur Thandi, who suffered a wrist injury, the Hyderabadi tennis player Sowjanya Bavisetti is determined to give her best to help India qualify for the World Group play-offs. The 28-year-old, who was in Australia playing […]

Hyderabad: Lemuel Sanheeth Alladi defeated Siddharth Somal 6-0 to clinch the under-14 boys singles tennis title at the NVK Tennis Tournament at the NVK Sports Arena, on Monday. Results: Boys: U-8: Ashvath Chamarthi bt E Sai Sachit 5-1; U-10: Hasith Sunkari bt Y Jatin Reddy 6-2; U-12: Ch Satya Parthiv bt Lemuel Sanheeth Alladi 6-4; […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s G Maheshwari won a bronze in the 3000M Steeplechase with the timing 10.47.30 sec in the 25th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship at the Ch Muhammed Koya Stadium, University of Calicut, Kerala on Monday. Komal Chandra of Maharashtra won the event with a timing of 9.47.86 sec while Richa Bhadauriy of Uttar […]

Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals would aim to build on their promising start to the season when they take on Royal Challengers Bangalore, a side that is yet to unlock its potential, in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Rajasthan come into the game following their 23-run win over Mumbai Indians. Bangalore, led by Faf Du […]

Mumbai: Ravindra Jadeja is feeling the heat at the start of his captaincy stint at CSK but he is glad to have the cool head of M S Dhoni to rely upon in high pressure situations, even allowing him to field outside the circle. The defending champions have lost all three of their matches this […]

Hyderabad: Basheer scored half-century while Hardhik and Rithwik returned with four and three wickets respectively as East Zone defeated South Zone by 30 runs in the final of the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) Under-16 Inter-zonal tournament at Bhadrachalam on Sunday. For South Zone, Md Sohail picked up three for 23 and Dhanavath Praise scored 33. […]

Hyderabad: Priyansh Kumar of Army Public School, Golkonda bagged three gold medals in 100M, 400M and 800M events in the boys U-13 category of the Hyderabad Kids Athletics Championships conducted by Athletics Coaching Academy at the GMC Balayogi Athletics Stadium, Gachibowli on Sunday. Meanwhile, K Pranitha clinched two golds in 100M and 400M events in […]

Hamilton: Ross Taylor played his farewell international match for New Zealand against the Netherlands in the third match of the three-match ODI series here at Seddon Park. “There’s no bigger place to say thank you to my wife, mum and dad, all the family members, coaches for all the sacrifices they have put in. It […]