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Riyadh: Athletic Club Bilbao qualified for their second Spanish Supercup final in two years as they came back from behind to beat Atletico Madrid 2-1. The first half was a close, tactical affair, with both looking to cancel the other out and although Joao Felix had the ball in the net in the first minute, […]
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Cape Town: Rishabh Pant was fearless without being careless during a brilliant hundred in the most adverse circumstances but South Africa were on course for a memorable series win against India on a day when visiting skipper Virat Kohli was left fuming due to a contentious DRS decision in the third and final Test here. […]
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Melbourne: Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri suffered a straight sets defeat to Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac in the Australian Open qualifiers here on Thursday, meaning the year’s first Grand Slam will have no Indian participation in the singles main draw. Bhambri lost his second round qualifying match 1-6 3-6. Machac has a career high ATP […]
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Melbourne: Novak Djokovic remained in limbo even after he was included in the draw for the Australian Open on Thursday, with the tennis star still awaiting a government decision on whether to deport him for not being vaccinated for Covid-19. Despite the cloud hanging over Djokovic’s ability to compete, Australian Open organizers included the top […]
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Hyderabad: Osmania University men’s team clinched the tennis title defeating hosts Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Institute of Science and Technology (SRM University) 3-2 in the summit clash of the South Zone Inter-University Tennis Championship at the SMR University on Thursday. This is the first time in over a decade the OU team came out on top. […]
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New Delhi: Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals but the promising Malvika Bansod ended her idol Sania Nehwal’s campaign at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open here on Thursday. Former champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Saina suffered a 17-21,9-21 straight game loss to her 20-year-old compatriot Malvika. […]
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Chennai: The B Suresh-trained Emelda, who is in fine fettle, is expected to score in the AMKMK Karuppan Chettiar Memorial Cup 1,600 metres, a handicap for horses rated 60 to 85 Class-II, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race […]
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Hyderabad: Ashwa Bravo, Makhtoob, Summer Night, Market King, Menilly, One Wish, Headway, Almas, Midsummer Star, Dharasana, Above The Law & Horse O’ War caught the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Thursday morning. SAND: 600m: Hartnell (RB) (From 1000/400) 45, handy. Reining Queen (RB) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. […]
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Malvika Bansod defeated Nehwal 21-17, 21-9 in the second-round match which lasted for 35 minutes.
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Despite the cloud hanging over Djokovic's ability to compete, Australian Open organizers included the top seed in the draw. He is slated to play fellow Serb Miomir Kecmanovic, who is ranked world No. 78., in the opening round next week.
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Sindhu, the 26-year-old World No 7, defeated Ira Sharma 21-10, 21-10 in just 30 minutes, taking charge of both the games after initial skirmishes.
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New Delhi: Men’s singles top seed and World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth along with six other players was on Thursday forced to withdraw from the ongoing India Open badminton championship after testing positive for Covid-19. The others who tested positive for Covid-19 were doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa, Ritika Rahul Thakkar, Treesa Jolly, Mithun Manjunath, […]
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New Delhi: Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday confirmed that seven players have been withdrawn from the ongoing India Open 2022 after testing positive for COVID-19. “The players returned a positive result to a mandatory RT-PCR test conducted on Tuesday. Doubles partners deemed close contact of the seven players have also been withdrawn from the […]
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Cape Town: Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara made it to stumps on day two of third Test against South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground here on Wednesday. At stumps, India are 57/2 in 17 overs, leading by 70 runs. In a see-saw day, India took a narrow 13-run lead as the pace attack shot out […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club suffered their first loss in last nine matches when they went down to Kerala Blasters FC 0-1 in their previous game. The Manolo Marquez coached side, however, is confident of returning to winning ways when they take on Chennaiyin FC, on Thursday. Hyderabad began their ISL campaign with a loss in […]
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New Delhi: Former champion Saina Nehwal, world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and comeback man HS Prannoy registered contrasting wins to progress to the second round of the India Open here on Wednesday. Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made winning starts to their men’s doubles campaign.Former world no 1. Saina, […]
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New Delhi: Experienced goalkeeper Savita will lead India at the upcoming women’s Asia Cup in Muscat as Hockey India on Wednesday named a strong 18-member squad for the event, including 16 players that featured at the Tokyo Olympics. Since regular skipper Rani Rampal is recovering from an injury in Bengaluru, Savita will lead the side […]
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Hyderabad: Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud congratulated city’s shooter Esha Singh at his camp office, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Esha Singh won six medals in the junior, senior, mixed doubles 25 meters pistol and air pistol events at the 64th National Shooting Championships held in New Delhi recently. Minister also hoped Esha will win more laurels […]
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Hyderabad: In Contention, Philanthropist, Kesariya Balam & Ashwa Yashobali impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: 3y-(Bated Breath/Blush’s Gift) (Rupal Singh) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Beauty Flame (B Nikhil) (From 1000/400) 45, handy. Angel Tesoro (RB) (From 1000/400) 46, eased up. 800m: Majestic Show (RB) […]
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Chennai: The Robert Foley-trained Empress Eternal looks set to win the Tease Me Handicap 1000 metres, a handicap for horses rated 40 to 65 Class-III, the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Driftwood […]
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Actor Siddharth had apologized to Nehwal on Tuesday night, after receiving criticism for his "rude joke" directed towards the badminton player.
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Melbourne: World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has issued an exhaustive clarification on social media after reports emerged that he was part of a children’s event on December 17 and also gave an interview to L’Equipe on December 18, knowing that he was infected with COVID-19. Even since reports of Djokovic taking part in […]
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The actor had, in a Twitter post on January 6, retweeted a post by Nehwal in which she had expressed her concern over the security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Punjab visit on January 5.
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Cape Town: South Africa were 17 for one at stumps in reply to India’s first innings total of 223 all out on the opening day of the series-deciding third Test here on Tuesday. Opener Aiden Markram and night-watchman Keshav Maharaj were batting on 8 and 6, respectively, at the close of play. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed […]
