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Malahide (Ireland): Deepak Hooda hit a master-class maiden century as India survived a mighty scare before defeating Ireland by four runs in a nail-bitting high-scoring second T20 International to sweep the two-match series here on Tuesday. Hooda scored 104 off 57 balls to become only the fourth Indian to hit a T20 International ton, while […]

Wimbledon: From the red clay of the French Open to the green grass of Wimbledon, the wins keep coming for Iga Swiatek. The top-seeded Pole won her opening match on Centre Court on Tuesday, beating Croatian qualifier Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3. The victory was Swiatek’s 36th in row and includes all seven matches she played […]

Hyderabad: Prathul Marreddy and Aadya Rupesh of Hyderabad bagged the top honours with five points from five rounds in boys and girls categories respectively at the Telangana State U-7 Boys and Girls Chess National Selection Tournament held in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Vutkuri Nihal and top seed Nidhish Shyamal settled for second and third places in […]

Hyderabad: Telangana paddler Akula Sreeja is elated to be part of the Indian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in Birmingham next month. The India No.1 paddler recently emerged champion in the nationals, making her the first Telugu player from both Andhra and Telangana to become the national champion. With her […]

Hyderabad: Ashok defeated Shekhar in the men’s singles of the Professional Tennis Academy’s Junior’s and Men’s Round Robin and Knockout Tennis Tournament held at the Professional Tennis Academy, Hyderabad on Monday. Meanwhile, Md Aslam Pasha and Shanmukha Raju downed Surya and Sowjanya Naidu in the doubles to emerge champions. Results: Mixed Singles: U-8: Winner: Riya […]

New Delhi: Olympic and World Cup medallist Varinder Singh, who was an integral part of some of India’s memorable victories in the 1970s, died in Jalandhar on Tuesday. He was 75. Singh was part of the gold-medal winning Indian team at the 1975 men’s Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. This remains India’s only gold […]

London: Eoin Morgan confirmed his retirement from international cricket and stepped down as England’s white-ball captain after more than seven years on Tuesday. After England’s dismal failure at the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Morgan spearheaded the team’s white-ball transformation to a bold, attacking approach and unprecedented heights. He led England’s to its first global 50-over […]

Kuala Lumpur: India’s HS Prannoy faced stiff resistance before prevailing against local hero Daren Liew as the Indian shuttler progressed to the men’s singles second round of the Malaysia Open, here on Tuesday. A former top-10 player, Prannoy, who had reached the semifinals of Indonesia Open Super 1000 earlier this month, emerged a 21-14,17-21,21-18 winner […]

London: Teenager Carlos Alcaraz won his Wimbledon opener in thrilling five sets on Monday evening. The 19-year-old survived scare to reach the second round at The Championships for the second time. In a tight battle on Court 1, the Spaniard rode out an attacking bombardment from Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff to advance 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3), […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Runners Society partnering with NMDC is going to conduct 11th edition of the Hyderabad Marathon on August 27 and 28. NMDC became the title sponsor for the Hyderabad Marathon. Sumit Deb, CMD of NMDC said, “NMDC is a patron of the idea that healthy lifestyle is the foundation of growth and we have […]

Mysuru: The Rakesh-trained Chashni, who is in fine trim, is expected to score in the Harangi Dam Plate 1400 metres Class-I, a handicap for horses rated 80 and above, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 1.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Airvelocity […]

Hyderabad: Kuwait’s Al-Kuwait crushed Mes Kerman 30-17 in the final league match of the Asian Handball Men’s Club League at the GMC Balayogi Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. With this victory Al-Kuwait confirmed their berth in the semifinals. In the other match, Al-Waqra (Qatar) and Al-Najma (Bahrain) played out a 24-all draw. Qatar’s Bakari […]

Wimbledon: These days, Novak Djokovic makes history just about every time he wins another match. On Monday, the top-ranked Serb did just that at Wimbledon. Djokovic, a six-time champion at the All England Club, beat Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court, his 80th victory at the grass-court major. With it, he became […]

Hyderabad: Archer Vennam Jyothi Surekha scripted history recently at the World Cup stage 3 event in Paris. She clinched India’s first-ever World Cup gold medal in the compound mixed team event with veteran Abhishek Verma. On the same day, she also became the first woman compound archer to win a medal for the country at […]

The Mumbai versus “Mumbaikar” contest at the Ranji Trophy 2022 finals played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru was a contest that showcased the strategic acumen of a coach who is a former Mumbai and India player and the forty two-time champion team that is considered an habitual favourite to win this coveted trophy. […]

Hyderabad: Sreenidhi Sports Academy (SNSA) was inaugurated at the Sreenidhi International School, Aziznagar, Hyderabad on Monday. The new facility is equipped with a football school, cricket school, golf school, integrated sports school which has squash, tennis and swimming with world-class sporting facilities. The facilities includes a half Olympic size pool with six lanes, two standard […]

Dambulla: Skipper Chamari Athapaththu struck a counter-attacking 48-ball 80 as Sri Lanka outplayed India by seven wickets in the third and final T20I to avoid a whitewash here on Monday. The 32-year-old Chamari smashed 14 boundaries and one six and in the process became the only cricketer from the island nation to get to the […]

Hyderabad: Riding on A Vinay’s unbeaten 54-run knock and a two-wicket haul, Hyderabad Bottling defeated Evergreen by seven wickets to clinch the second edition of the Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Monday. Asked to bat first, Rahul Budhi scored a fine 76 to guide Evergreen to […]

Dublin: India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar recorded the most wickets in the powerplay in the history of the T20I format. Bhuvneshwar achieved this feat during the first T20I against Ireland here at Malahide Cricket Club Ground on Sunday. He dismissed Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie on the fifth delivery of the innings and completed his 34th powerplay […]

Gros Islet: Legendary West Indian fast bowler, Michael Holding on Monday hailed Kemar Roach on reaching the milestone of 250 wickets in Test cricket, at the Daren Sammy Cricket Stadium against Bangladesh. Roach moved ahead of Holding on the all-time West Indies list, with the magic moment coming in the Bangladesh second inning when he had […]

Dublin: Opening the innings, Deepak Hooda struck an unbeaten 47 to help India hammer 111 runs in 9.2 overs and romp to a seven wickets win against Ireland in the rain-truncated first T20 International match here. Hardik Pandya had won the toss in Malahide on Sunday but persistent rain delayed the start of play and the […]

London: World No.1 Iga Swiatek, on a superb winning streak, will start as a favourite for the women’s singles title at Wimbledon 2022, which gets underway on Monday without defending champion Ashleigh Barty. But Swiatek has done a remarkable job stepping into Barty’s shoes after the former number one’s sudden retirement in April. The 21-year-old […]

Hyderabad: Telangana swimmer Shivani Karra clocked 1.15.87 seconds to clinch gold medal in the 100m backstroke event at the 38th sub-junior national aquatic championship at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Swimming Complex, Rajkot on Sunday. This is her second gold medal and fourth overall medal in the tournament. Earlier, she clinched the gold in the 50m […]

Hyderabad: Saudi Arabia’s Al-Noor Club thrashed India’s T-sports Club 40-33 in the Asian Handball Men’s Club League at the Gachibowli Stadium on Sunday. Saudi player Ghazvi scored the first goal of the match and opened the scoreboard and by the end of first half his team got a lead over T-Sports at 21-15. Al-Noor’s Mohammed […]