Sport

New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday formed a three-member inquiry committee, headed by Executive Director (Teams) Radhica Sreeman, to look into gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy’ allegations of being video-graphed without consent during a physical fitness test conducted in the month of March. Besides Sreeman, the committee also comprise coach Kamlesh Tiwana […]

Hyderabad: Telangana players Daivik Kalvakunta and Niesha Enja emerged champions in the under-12 boys and girls sections respectively at the AITA Championship Series Boys and Girls Under-12 tennis tournament at Seeds and Slammers Tennis Academy, Vanasthalipuram, on Friday. In the boys final, Daivik defeated Yona Manda 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 while in the girls section, Niesha […]

Hyderabad: Nikhat Zareen, the newly-crowned world champion in the 52kg category, returned to Hyderabad to a rousing reception with Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud, Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy and other association members receiving the boxer at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, on Friday. The officials also received other Telangana […]

Hyderabad: At a time when she is supposed to be busy training for next month’s Commonwealth Games, Telangana gymnast Budda Aruna Reddy is forced to fight a battle of the mat. The Hyderabad gymnast, who scripted history as the first Indian to win a World Cup medal with a bronze in Melbourne in 2018, alleged […]

Chennai: Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa went down fighting to world No.2 Ding Liren in the tie-break of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2022 online tournament final early on Friday. The 16-year-old from Chennai fought back to win the second set after having lost the opener. But then lost the two-game blitz tie-breaker. […]

Hyderabad: Telangana sailors Preethi Kongara and Jhansi priya bagged silver and bronze medals respectively at the Asian Games trials at Bombay Harbour in the Olympic 470 mixed and Asian Games Laser Class respectively. The 15-year-old Jhansi began with victory in the first race. However, unforced errors and bad starts in next races saw her slip […]

Hyderabad: Shivadeep defeated T Manish 6-3, 6-2 to win the men’s singles title at the ATIA Men’s 1 lakh prize money tennis tournament, sponsored by Eternals & Riwaaz at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy on Friday. Results: Singles: Shivadeep bt T Manish 6-3,6-2; Doubles: Shakthivel Bhoopathy/Rishi Krishna bt Guhan Rajan/Vimal Raj 4-6, 6-1, 11-9. Now […]

Bengaluru: The Pesi Shroff-trained Miracle looks outstanding in the Speaker’s Cup 1600 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-II rated 60 to 85, the feature event of the inaugural day’s races of the Bangalore summer meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. […]

Hyderabad: We’ve often heard from our elders about how life was peaceful and slow-paced during their younger days and how they had ample time on hand to indulge in hobbies, sporting activities, and much more. However, things began to change as the decades went by and the millennium set in. Today we have Gen Z […]

Pune: Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net runrate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament here on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in the summit clash on Saturday. Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Ridrigues smashed scintillating […]

Paris: Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep is out of the French Open in the second round. Chinese teenager Qinwen Zheng pulled off the 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 upset of the 2018 Roland Garros champion at Court Simonne-Mathieu. The 74th-ranked Zheng amassed 27 winners to Halep’s nine to earn a trip to the third round on […]

Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals will need to shake off an ordinary bowling performance in their last outing when they clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team which seems to be peaking at the right time, in the high-stakes IPL Qualifier-2 here on Friday. Having sneaked into the play-offs, RCB are on a roll and a tight […]

Jakarta: Rising to the occasion, a young India men’s hockey thrashed hosts Indonesia 16-0 to qualify for the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup here on Thursday. The massive win not only secured India’s passage into the knockout stage of the tournament but also shut the door on Pakistan. Both India and Pakistan finished […]

Ooty: The P Krishna-trained Super Girl, who maintains form, may repeat in the Madras Race Club Cup 1200 metres, a handicap for horses rated 80 and above the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 10.30 pm. SELECTIONS: […]

Paris: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Dutch partner Matwe Middelkoop marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the French Open men’s doubles event with a straight set win over Andrey Golubev and Fabrice Martin here on Thursday. Bopanna and Middelkoop won the second round with a 6-3 6-4 scoreline against their opponents in one hour and six […]

Hyderabad: Nithin and Vaishnavi will lead the Telangana State’s boys and girls throwball teams respectively in the upcoming 27th Sub-Junior National Throwball Championship scheduled to be held at the DAV Public School, Safilguda, Hyderabad from May 28 to 30. V Naveen Yadav, president of Telangana Throwball Association has announced the State teams on Thursday. Teams: […]

Hyderabad: Aashrith scored 58 to guide Sreedhar Cricket Academy (SCA) to a thumping 72-run victory over VS Sports in the semifinals of the VS Sports Under-14 Cricket Tournament on Thursday. Riding on Aashrith’s half-century, Sreedhar Cricket Academy posted 197/5 in 25 overs. Chaitanya picked up two wickets for VS Sports. In reply, VS Sports’s Vidya […]

Hyderabad: P Manish crushed Ananth Mani Muni 6-2, 6-0 in the singles semifinal match of the All India Tennis Association’s Men’s 1 Lakh Prize Money tournament held at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy on Thursday. Meanwhile in another semifinal, Shivadeep defeated Shakthivel Bhoopathy 6-4, 7-6, 8-6 to set-up summit clash with Manish. In the doubles […]

Paris: Rafael Nadal produced a stunning show on Wednesday as he secured his 300th Grand Slam match win, dismantling Frenchman Corentin Moutet to book his spot in the French Open 2022 third round. It marked the Spaniard’s 300th Grand Slam match win. World No. 5 Rafael Nadal demolished Frenchman Corentin Moutet 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 in […]

Tirana: AS Roma defeated Feyenoord 1-0 in the UEFA Europa Conference League final here at Tirana Air Albania stadium. Feyenoord started the match on Wednesday night with a strong attack as they pushed as high up the pitch as they could. Roma’s Portuguese midfielder Sergio Oliveira had an early appearance as he was substituted in for […]

Kolkata: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul became the first-ever player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) to score 600-plus runs in four IPL seasons. Rahul achieved this feat during the Eliminator clash of the ongoing IPL 2022 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday here at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He reached this […]

Kolkata: Rajat Patidar owned the big stage with a magnificent hundred as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat debutants Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the IPL Eliminator here on Wednesday. RCB will now take on Rajasthan Royals, losers of first qualifiers, in qualifier 2, while Lucknow’s journey ended following the defeat here. Invited to bat, […]

Hyderabad: Boulder Hills Tigers defeated Boulder Raiders 2-1 in the opening match of the ATUM T9 Challenge at the Boulder Hills Golf and Country Club, Hyderabad on Wednesday. In the first round robin matches Boulder Hills Tigers, Jaagruthi Jaguars and T Eagles emerged winners. In the first match, Boulder Hills Tigers’ Sashidhar Reddy dug in […]

Hyderabad: Playing his maiden Indian Premier League season with the five-time champions Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad batter N Thakur Tilak Varma carved a niche for himself. The southpaw emerged one of the top run-getters for the team with 397 runs with a healthy average of 36.09 and a strike rate of 131. He is only behind […]