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Hyderabad: The appointment of Rohit Sharma as captain of India’s one-day international side and sacking Virat Kohli are significant and massive developments. There is more to it than meets the eye, since it appears that BCCI is undermining Kohli’s role in Indian cricket. When Kohli himself said a couple of months ago that he would […]

Goa: Hyderabad FC rode on Bartholomew Ogbeche’s first-half strike to down Bengaluru FC 1-0 in the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, Goa on Wednesday. Ogbeche found the back of the net in the 7th minute as his side dominated proceedings from the off to leave Bengaluru at ninth […]

Hyderabad: City’s Sreshta Reddy stormed into the girls singles semifinals of the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Junior International Series 2021 in Dhaka on Wednesday. The 15-year old Hyderabad shuttler scored an easy 21-5, 21-15 win over Ashwini Fernando to reach the last four. Sreshta trains at the Goverdhan Badminton Academy and SATS in LB Stadium. Now you […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad began their Vijay Hazare trophy campaign with a comfortable five-wicket victory over Haryana in their Elite Group C encounter in Mohali on Wednesday. Electing to field first, Hyderabad rode on Thakur Tilak Varma’s 4/23 and T Ravi Teja’s 3/23 bowling figures to skittle out Haryana for a paltry 162 in 39.2 overs. Later, […]

Hyderabad: Andhra took command in the Cooch Behar Elite Group D match against Hyderabad on the third day taking an overall lead of 188 runs, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday. After posting 403 in their first innings, Andhra skittled out Hyderabad to 263 runs in their first innings. In the […]

Mumbai: Opening batter Rohit Sharma was on Wednesday named India’s new ODI skipper and the star player will take over from Virat Kohli starting the South Africa series in January next year. Rohit was also named as India’s Test vice-captain as as the All-India Senior Selection Committee picked an 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match […]

Hyderabad: NRI Infinity, NRI Valley, NRI Vision, Wots Up Jay, Juramento, High Reward & Candy Girl impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m:Divine Destiny (Khurshad Alam) & 2y-(The Gurkha/Promissory Note) (Surya Prakash) 46.5, moved together. Ashoka (Ashhad Asbar) 47, moved easy. Cheltenham (RB) (From 1200/600) 45, handy. […]

Both sides staged well-positioned defences from the kick-off hence goal-scoring opportunities were at a premium in the opening period on Tuesday night.

Hyderabad: As the two-Test series ended against New Zealand on Monday, the Indian umpires were in the news but for wrong reasons because of some poor decisions made in Kanpur and Mumbai. Incidentally, the majority of the ridiculous blunders went against India. With the home team umpires formula being continued by the International Cricket Council […]

Hyderabad: The basketball fraternity in the city was in for a pleasant surprise on Tuesday. The long-standing court sharing dispute between the basketball fraternity and roller skating athletes at the ground at the LB Stadium is set to be a thing of the past. State Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud on Tuesday assured that the […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club have three different results in as many matches in the ongoing Indian Super League. Having lost their first clash against Chennaiyin FC 0-1, Hyderabad stunned defending champions Mumbai City FC 3-1 in their second game. They drew with Jamshedpur FC 1-all in their previous match. Facing another tough challenge against Bengluru […]

Vijaywada: All-rounder Pooja Vastrakar led from the front with a run-a-ball 96 to help India D beat India A by 22 runs and storm into the Women’s Challenger Trophy final with an unbeaten record here on Tuesday. The final of the four-team tournament, to be played on Thursday, will be a repeat match between India […]

Hyderabad: Buoyed by their semifinal appearance in the recently-concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, Hyderabad, under the leadership of Tanmay Agarwal, look to continue their good run in the Vijay Hazare ODI tournament when they take on Haryana in the Group C match at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur in Mohali on […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad were reeling against Andhra, trailing by a mammoth 305 runs with five wickets in hand, at the end of second day in the four-day Elite Group D Cooch Behar match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Andhra, resuming at the overnight score of 254/3, went on to make 403 […]

Mysuru: The Rakesh-trained Vachan should win the Bababudan Giri Plate 1200 metres, A handicap for horses rated 75 and above Class-I, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. First race starts at 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: Everly 1, Smart Cadillac 2, Gallery Queen 3 Astara 1, Monte […]

Hyderabad: Scramjet impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Tuesday morning. SAND:600m:Sun Dancer (RB) (From 1200/600) 46, moved easy. 800m:Georgia Peach (RB) 1-1, 600/47, moved well. Kingston (Bopanna) 59, 600/45, handy.Neglect Me Not (Ashhad Asbar) 1-0, 600/46, handy. Hashtag (B Nikhil) & 2y-(Sedgefield/Translation) (Gourav Singh) 1-2, 600/46, moved together, former […]

Hyderabad: Ravichandran Ashwin has evolved as a spinner. This is what new coach Rahul Dravid spoke glowingly about the Indian spinner.  With an incredible eight man-of-the series awards, Ashwin has stamped his class as World No.1 spinner  . The 35-year-old off-spinner went past Harbhajan Singh’s record of 417 wickets in the list of highest wicket-takers […]

New Delhi: Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo stated that he was very happy to have been associated with the legacy of Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He termed winning the trophy in IPL 2021 as a ‘special season’ as the team was motivated to do well after finishing seventh in the previous season. […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad shooter Esha Singh continued her impressive form by bagging two more bronze medals at the 64th National Shooting Championship Competitions at the Dr Karni Singh Range in New Delhi on Monday. Esha won the third place in the junior women’s 25m pistol event where Naamya Kapoor of Delhi took the gold while Olympian […]

Hyderabad: C Rahul clinched the Mr Telangana (late M Mukesh Goud Memorial Mr Telangana championship) title in the inter-district bodybuilding championship, organised by the Telangana Bodybuilding Association at the Hanuman Vyayam Shala on Sunday. The competition saw over 200 bodybuilders compete in 10 categories. Later, actor R Sarath Kumar presented the title and Rs 50,000 […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s decision to bowl first back-fired as Andhra opener S Venkata Rahul hit 111 while KS Raju scored an unbeaten 72 to guide their side to 254/3 at stumps on the first day of the Under-19 Elite Group D Cooch Behar match in New Delhi on Monday. After adding 70 runs for the opening […]

Hyderabad: Harsha Karthika Oruganti clinched twin titles in the TSTA-STATA ranking tennis tournament at the Theegala Tennis Academy, Meerpet, on Sunday. She defeated Zoha Qureshi 8-4 in under-10 final and then downed Sanidhya Karantoth 8-3 in under-12 final. Results:Boys U-10 final: Lemuel Sanheeth Alladi bt Sujai Pothula 8-2; Semis: Lemuel Sanheeth Alladi bt Satya Parthiv […]

New Delhi: The Rajinder-trained Zelbet appeals most for the Star Contender Plate 1000 metres, a handicap for horses rated 60 to 86, the feature event of the races to be held here on Tuesday. False rails will be announced on race day. First race starts at 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: Hukamori 1, Baisakhi 2, Bagi 3 […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Cricket Association chief Vijay Patil on Monday felicitated New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel, who became only the third bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings. The Mumbai-born Ajaz joined Jim Laker and Anil Kumble in the rare 10-wicket club after taking all 10 wickets of India’s first innings in the second […]