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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 […]

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Johannesburg: Dean Elgar spearheaded a record chase of 240, helping South Africa clinch a series-levelling win over India in the second Test at the Wanderers here on Thursday. After rain washed out on-field action of the first two sessions, rain gods relented for 34 overs of play to happen. That was enough for Elgar, unbeaten on […]

Adelaide: India’s Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok entered the women’s doubles semifinals of the Adelaide International 1 WTA event after beating American Shelby Rogers and Heather Watson of Great Britain in a hard-fought contest here on Thursday. Sania and Nadiia got the better of their rivals 6-0 1-6 10-5 in a quarterfinal […]

Mumbai: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has assured State units that the Board “will do everything to restart the domestic season once the Covid-19 situation is under control” after some marquee tournaments, including the Ranji Trophy, were postponed due to a resurgence of cases across the country. The BCCI on Tuesday had to put on hold […]

Hyderabad: M Shashank scalped four wickets as Income Tax defeated Zinda Tilismath by six wickets to enter the final of the HCA A1 3 Day one-day knockout tournament, on Thursday. For Income Tax, Sarthak Bharadwaj top-scored with 47 runs. Brief Scores: Zinda Tilismath 167 in 41 overs (M Shashank 4/34) lost to Income Tax 170/4 […]

Sydney: Usman Khawaja’s ninth Test century lifted Australia to an imposing 416-8 declared before England’s openers survived a nervous five overs to be 13 without loss at the end of the second day of the fourth Ashes Test. Playing his first Test since 2019 and only in the team because of Travis Head’s positive test […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad table tennis players Akula Sreeja and S Fidel R Snehit won women’s and men’s singles bronze medals respectively at the UTT National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championship at Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Representing Reserve Bank of India, Sreeja, who was seeded top in the women’s category, […]

Chennai: The Donald Anthony Netto-trained Knotty Dancer, who has been well prepared, is expected to score in the South India 2000 Guineas (Grade II) 1600 metres, terms for horses 4 year old only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.00 pm. […]