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New Delhi: Former champions Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu of India have been given the top billing in the men’s and women’s sections, respectively, as the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton returns after two-years hiatus. The tournament will start with main draw from January 11 and no spectators will be allowed at the venue, owing to […]

Hyderabad: Former Hyderabad Ranji captain P Akshath Reddy scored 146 in 110 deliveries to guide Income Tax to a 72-run win over Evergreen Cricket Club in the final of the HCA A1 3 day one-day knockout tournament on Sunday. K Vamshi Krishna scored 94 while G Vikram Naik hit 52 for Evergreen Cricket Club. Brief […]

Hyderabad: Abhishek Murugan scored 63 as Iqbal Cricket academy defeated Legala Cricket Academy by three wickets in the final of Jai Bhagwati Trophy at Gymkhana Grounds on Saturday. Batting first, Anish Reddy hit 55 to guide Legala Cricket Academy to 142. Iqbal CA reached the target in 28.3 overs. Brief Scores: Legala Cricket Academy 142/7 […]

Canberra: World No.1 Ash Barty had a perfect start to the new season ahead of the home Grand Slam — the Australian Open –, winning the Adelaide International in dominant fashion by crushing world No. 14 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday night’s final. This was Barty’s 14th career singles title and second […]

Sydney: England tail-ender Stuart Broad hung on for 35 deliveries on the fifth and final day of the fourth Ashes Test to miraculously draw the game along with Jimmy Anderson to deny Australia a 4-0 series lead at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Sunday. Staring at an almost certain defeat with Australian quicks […]

Hyderabad: The SK Sunderji-trained Own Voice, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the Golconda Oaks (Grade-II) 2400 metres, Terms for Fillies 4 year olds only the major attraction of the races to be held here on Monday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 1.15 […]

The Indian pair defeated Dodig and Melo in straight sets to win the tournament. Bopanna and Ramanathan defeated Dodig and Melo 7-6, 6-1 here at the Centre Court.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club are on a roll with an eight-match unbeaten streak going into their next clash against Kerala Blasters on Sunday. The team from the land of Nawabs will face a tough challenge as Kerala Blasters too are in a rich vein of form – also on an eight-match unbeaten run. When these […]

Adelaide: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan upstaged fourth seeds Tomislav Brkic and Santiago Gonzalez in straight sets to reach the final of the Adelaide International, here on Saturday. The unseeded Indian duo ousted the Bosnian-Mexican duo 6-2,6-4 in the doubles semifinals. The Indians will now lock horns with top seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia […]

New Delhi: The upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup is set to create history as Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used for the first time in India from the quarterfinals stage of the continental competition. The tournament will be played across three venues in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune from January 20 to February 6. […]

Sydney: Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov guided Canada to its maiden ATP Cup final, defeating world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin 4-6, 7-5, 10-7 to complete their country’s 2-1 win against Russia here on Saturday. Canada will meet two-time finalists Spain in Sunday’s final clash. The Canadians lost their first four matches of […]

Hyderabad: The State sailors had a good 2021 as they bagged 12 medals at the national events. Vaishnavi Veravamsham and Preethi Kongara had finished an impressive year with bronze medals from Mumbai Nationals and all set for another good year. The two impressive girls have moved into the senior category from Under-15. They have been […]

Sydney: Usman Khawaja’s stunning return to Test cricket continued Saturday with a blistering century in Australia’s second innings on day four which led the hosts to 265-6 declared and set England an unlikely 388 runs to win the fourth Ashes Test. Openers Zak Crawley and Haseeb Hameed then survived a nervous 11 overs in fading […]

Hyderabad: Osmania University women’s team defeated University of Madras 2-0 in the summit clash to emerge champions of the South Zone Inter-University women’s tennis tournament at the SRM University, Chennai on Saturday. In the final, Shrivalli Rashmikaa defeated Lavanya 6-0, 6-0 in the singles to give OU the lead. Later, she paired with Sama Satwika […]

Johannesburg: The win at Wanderers against India is a move in the right direction for the South Africa team, according to skipper Dean Elgar, who revealed that while there is room for improvement, the hosts won’t be tinkering with their game plan heading into the final Test. After slumping to a 113-run defeat in the […]

Hyderabad: Lightning Bolt, Ashwa Yashobali, City Of Blossom, NRI Gift and Corfe Castle impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Sea Of Class (RB) (From 1000/400) 46, eased up. Sopranos (Rohit Kumar) 48, moved freely. Sopranos (RB) 46.5, moved easy. Appenzelle (AA Vikrant) 47, handy. Battle […]

The Australian Open organisers granted a medical exemption to vaccine-sceptic Djokovic after which he jetted into Melbourne on Wednesday.

Hyderabad: Maplewood, Own Voice, Buckley, Dharasana, Market King and Menilly impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Jean Lafette (SS Tanwar) (From 1000/400) 46, handy. 800m: Soul Empress (K Aneel) 1-0, 600/45, handy. Space Walk (RB) 1-1, 600/47, moved easy. Aretha (Gourav Singh) 1-3, (From 800/400) […]

Johannesburg: Rahul Dravid never believed in “rocking the boat” and is certainly not going to change his template of giving the longest rope possible to Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane even if Hanuma Vihari’s wait for regular chances gets a tad longer. Vihari, Indian cricket’s ”Tough Runs Man” has never had it easy in terms […]

Adelaide: India’s Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan registered a resounding straight-set win to cruise into the semifinals but it was the end of the road for compatriot Sania Mirza in their respective ATP and WTA tournaments here on Friday. Bopanna and Ramkumar trounced the French-Monegasque duo of Benjamin Bonzi and Hugo Nys 6-1,6-3 in the […]

Dubai: Slow over-rates in T20 Internationals will invite stricter penalties now with the ICC on Friday announcing that teams which fail to keep up with the schedule will end up with one fielder less outside the 30-yard circle for the remainder of the innings, starting this month. The governing body also introduced an optional drinks […]

New Delhi: Former Commonwealth Games champion shuttler Parupalli Kashyap says he will have to “reassess his training” after being ruled out for six weeks due to a recent calf muscle injury. A former world no six, Kashyap sustained a grade 1 calf muscle pull during the All India Senior Ranking tournament in Hyderabad (December 24-30) […]

Melbourne: Top-ranked Ash Barty has advanced to the Adelaide International WTA womens singles semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin while Rafael Nadal advanced via a walkover in tune-up tournaments ahead of the year’s first Grand Slam event. Barty used her usual backhand slice and powerful forehand drive but […]

Sydney: An unbeaten century by Jonny Bairstow (103 off 140 balls) on another rain-interrupted day saw England post 258/7 on Day 3 of the fourth Ashes Test, even as Australia strengthened their advantage with the ball, with Pat Cummins and Scott Boland taking two wickets apiece at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Middle-order batter […]