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Lausanne: India swept the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) annual awards on Wednesday with five players and head coaches of both the men’s and women’s teams claiming the top honours across different categories. After a historic bronze medal-winning feat for the Indian men’s team as well as the outstanding performance of the women’s team, which reached […]

Gold Coast: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s return from an injury layoff will make for a heavyweight presence as a buoyant India challenge a multi-dimensional Australian women’s team in a three-match T20I series beginning here on Thursday. The 32-year-old seasoned campaigner missed the ODI leg and the day/night Test against the hosts owing to a thumb injury. […]

Sharjah: Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders would strive for a handsome win over struggling Rajasthan Royals in their last round-robin game to stay ahead in the IPL play-offs race here on Thursday. With 12 points from 13 matches, KKR are currently sitting at the fourth position in the pecking order, just ahead of defending champions […]

Dubai: Eyeing a top-two finish, Chennai Super Kings will be the firm favourites when they lock horns with Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League here on Thursday. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team, despite two straight defeats prior to the final round-robin match, will have its nose ahead against an inconsistent Punjab outfit that is […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association will organise selection trials for Senior women cricketers of Telangana at RGICS , Uppal on Oct 9 and 10 from 9.30 am onwards . The cricketers need to bring Age proof / Aadhar Card & RT PCR (Covid) Negative Certificate while reporting for the selections. Now you can get handpicked […]

Hyderabad: Venu (5/17) bowled Yadadri to a 26-run victory over Sangareddy in the Telangana Cricket Association-conducted under-19 inter-districts one-day tournament. Brief scores: Yadadri 178 in 34.3 overs (Naresh 52, M Janardhan 3/16) bt Sangareddy 152 in 37.4 overs (K Manoj Kumar 42, Venu 5/17); Siddipet 333/8 in 30 overs (Ashraf Ashu 94, K Mohan Sai […]

Hyderabad: Varuni Jaiswal and G Aravind Kumar topped the table after group matches in women and men categories respectively in the “Late Sri Loknath Samal 8th Telangana Stage Inter-district and State Table Tennis Championship” that got underway at Somnath Ghosh MLR-UTT Academy in Hyderabad on Monday. International Naina Jaiswal, who is on the comeback trail, […]

Hyderabad: Applauding the upcoming city paddler Balusuri Varun Shanker’s selection to the Indian team that will play in the WTT Youth contender Muscat, State IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan said it is good to see three young table tennis players from the state representing the country. Ranjan congratulated Shanker during the Day One proceedings of the […]

Hyderabad: V Jyothi Surekha, representing Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) won two gold medals in the women’s compound event in the ongoing 40th NTPC Senior National Archery Championship being held in Jamshedpur, Bihar. Surekha, who became the first Indian to win three silver medals in the World Archery recently, clinched the individual ranking round (704/720) […]

Chennai: The MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship 2021, boasting of over 100 entries, resumes after a month’s interval as the third round gets underway at the MMRT, here on Friday with promise of thrilling action as the front-runners seek to consolidate their respective positions in the points table. Much of the attention […]

Hyderabad: Former Ranji middle-order batsman Vanka Pratap is the new director of Hyderabad Cricket Academy of Excellence (HCAE). The post has been vacant since July 2017. Pratap will succeed former Test all-rounder MV Narasimha Rao. Pratap is a close confidante of HCA president Mohammed Azharuddin and he becoming the director was doing the rounds of […]

Hyderabad: With a clean slate, YMCA Secunderabad topped Group “D” in the Annual League Basketball Championship of the Hyderabad District Basketball Association. Loyola Academy, who posted second win in three games, are tied with Eagles but the former need to wait for the outcome of the match between G 9 and Sanathnagar Playground to decide […]

Hyderabad: Ashwa Pushkin, Strategist & Special Effort pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND:800m:Shelly Anne (Kiran Naidu) (From 1200/400) 1-2, eased up. Archangels (Deepak Singh) 1-3, 600/47, handy. Proud (RB) 1-4, 600/48, moved freely. Art In Motion (NB Kuldeep) 1-3, 600/47, moved easy. 1000m:Due Diligence (Jagdale) 1-15, […]

Sharjah: Jimmy Neesham and Nathan Coulter-Nile bowled exceptionally well to keep Mumbai Indians alive and kicking as they outclassed Rajasthan Royals by eight wickets in a low-scoring Indian Premier League match, here on Tuesday. New Zealander Neesham (3/12) and Aussie Coulter-Nile (4/14) snapped seven wickets for only 26 runs in eight overs between them to […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad chess player Y Abhigyan, who emerged champion in the under-10 category in the international chess tournament conducted by America Chess Club Academy on July 20 on the occasion of International Chess Day, received his trophy from the United States of America on Tuesday. The Telangana boy took the top place with impressive performances […]

Hyderabad: With the much-awaited ICC Men’s T20 World Cup just days away and India set to begin their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan, former Pak all-rounder Abdul Razzaq ruffled a few feathers. The former cricketer said that Pakistan is a much superior cricketing nation and has more talent than the Virat Kohli-led side. India and Pakistan […]

Hyderabad: Glendale Golfers along with Team Civet Rangers, Team MYSA and Apollo Cancer Crusaders cruised into the semifinals of the Sreenidhi University Telangana Premier Golf League at Hyderabad Golf Course on Tuesday. The quarterly knockout round was played in both single and doubles format with 4 singles matches and 2 doubles matches for a total […]

Abu Dhabi: Assured of a play-off berth, Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to inch closer to a top two finish in the league stage when they play Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL here on Wednesday. Eyeing their first IPL title triumph, RCB are currently placed third in the pecking order with 16 points from 12 […]

New Delhi: Delhi’s Naamya Kapoor, all of 14, stunned the field including compatriot Manu Bhaker who won bronze, to be crowned the Junior Women’s 25M Pistol world champion on Monday at Lima’s Las Palmas Shooting range. Making it a perfect day for India, Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar then clinched the Junior Men’s 50M Rifle […]

Mumbai: The Season 8 of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), to be organised by Mashal Sports, will begin from December 22. Keeping the health and safety of the players and all stakeholders in mind, this year the league will be held without spectators, at a single venue in Bengaluru, moving away from the traditional caravan […]

Hyderabad: Secunderabad YMCA and Eagles registered their second win in as many matches at the expense of KPHB Basketball Club and G 9 respectively in the Annual League Basketball Championship of the Hyderabad District Basketball Association. In other matches, Keystone Basketball Academy finished their engagements with 2 wins and a solitary loss and stay in […]

Hyderabad: Saffron Art, Ashwa Raudee, Amalfitana, Thanks, Ahead Of His Time, Yesterday and Titus impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND: 600m:Bravo (RB) 46, well in hand. Sheldon (Kiran Naidu) 47, handy. 800m:Unmatched (Md Ismail) 1-3, 600/46, moved easy. Queen Blossom (RB) 58, 600/44, moved well. Inception […]

Hyderabad: Even as the Indian team celebrated their first-ever podium finish with a silver medal in the Fide World chess championship in Sitges, Spain, far away in Vijayawada, India’s top player Grandmaster Koneru Humpy had to stay back for no fault of her. She became a victim of circumstances as she was denied a Spanish […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president Mohammed Azharuddin said the long-awaited five member selection committee will be in place in two days’ time.He said the three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) of SL Venkatapathy Raju, Purnima Rau and Sudeep Tyagi had been named in the last Annual General Meeting. “They were advised to nominate the […]