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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to former Indian batter Mithali Raj to congratulate her on a glorious career in international cricket spanning two decades. Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj, announced her retirement from international cricket on June 8. “Mithali Raj Ji, A few weeks ago, […]

Hyderabad: Nikhil scored 23 points as Sanathnagar Play Ground defeated Bulls 74-66 in the E John Wesley Memorial Basketball Tournament for men at the YMCA Secunderabad on Saturday. Bulls started well in the first quarter as Ganesh pierced through the Sanathnagar defence and scored 14 points to put his side in the lead 22-18. However, […]

Birmingham: History was created by Jasprit Bumrah on Saturday as the stand-in India captain took a world record 35 runs from Stuart Broad in an over in Test cricket. Bumrah displayed his prowess with the bat by taking 35 from Broad’s final over in the first innings as India’s tail wagged to help them amass […]

Amstelveen (Netherlands): No more considered as pushovers, a rejuvenated India would seek revenge against England when the two sides open their Pool B campaign in the Women’s Hockey World Cup here on Sunday. The Indian women’s hockey team would be eager to settle scores against a side which shattered their bronze medal hopes in last […]

Birmingham: A superb century by Ravindra Jadeja and late blitz by stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah took India to a total of 416 on Day 2 in the first innings of the fifth and final Test against England here at Birmingham on Saturday. At the time of lunch, England’s score read 16/1, with Zak Crawley (7) […]

Bengaluru: The RH Sequeira-trained Smashing Blue, who maintains good form, may repeat in the Chief Minister’s Cup (Grade III) 1200 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Lightning […]

Birmingham: Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja on Friday added a mammoth 222-run partnership stand for the sixth wicket against England on the first day of the fifth rescheduled Test at the Edgbaston cricket ground. The record partnership of 222 runs in 239 balls was shared between the two for the sixth wicket, which was the […]

Birmingham: India rode on a magnificent century from Rishabh Pant to end day one of the rescheduled fifth Test against England at 338 for 8 here on Friday. Pant (146 off 111 balls) and Ravindra Jadeja (83 batting off 163 balls) added 222 runs for the sixth wicket as the duo frustrated the England bowlers. […]

London: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic moved into the second round of the Wimbledon 2022 mixed doubles event, here on Friday. Sania and Pavic, seeded sixth, beat the unseeded pair of Georgia’s Natela Dzalamidze and Spain’s David Vega Hernández 6-4, 3-6, 6(10)-6(3) in one hour and 58 minutes. Six-time […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) student Chandhu Lavanya has been named in the Indian under-20 volleyball team that will compete in the upcoming Under-20 Asian Volleyball Championship in Kazakhstan from July 4. The 17-years-old attacker was selected after the Indian camp at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar. She is […]

Hyderabad: Indian Super League side Hyderabad FC and their custodian Laxmikant Kattimani signed a two-year contract extension on Friday. “I am very happy to sign a new contract here and I am really grateful to the club for their trust in me. We have an incredible group here. We are one big family and I’m […]

Kuala Lumpur: India’s campaign at the Malaysia Open BWF Super 750 badminton event came to an end after PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy lost their respective women’s and men’s singles quarterfinals at the Axiata Arena, here on Friday. Former world champion Sindhu was knocked out of the tournament after losing her women’s singles quarterfinals 21-13, […]

Bengaluru: The Padmanabhan-trained Amreli appeals most in a small field of six runners in the Juvenile Sprinters’ Million (Grade-III) 1200 metres, terms for horses 3 years old only, the feature event of the races to be held on Saturday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Don’s Den 1, […]

Birmingham: England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the rescheduled fifth Test, starting here on Friday. With skipper Rohit Sharma ruled out after testing positive for COVID-19, Jasprit Bumrah will be India’s 36th Test captain. Shubman Gill is the only specialist opener while Shardul Thakur as seamer all-rounder […]

Stockholm: Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra gave another sterling performance on Thursday as he clinched a silver medal at the prestigious Diamond League meet in Stockholm and broke his own previous record. In the Diamond League played in Stockholm, Neeraj threw 89.94 meters while doing so he broke his own national record, which was […]

Wimbledon: Former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep reached the third round at this year’s tournament, and ended Kirsten Flipkens singles career in the process. Halep came from a break down in both sets to win 7-5, 6-4 against the 36-year-old Belgian, who has said this will be her last singles tournament. Halep trailed 5-2 in the […]

Hyderabad: Al-Kuwait Club (Kuwait) bagged the top honours in the 24th Asian Handball Men’s Club League Championship held at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Gachibowli, Hyderabad on Thursday. Al-Kuwait defeated Al-Najma (Bahrain) 28-23 in the summit clash. In the first half of the match, Angel and Frankis delivered to put their side in a four-point […]

Birmingham: Never before has he navigated the choppy waters of leadership but Jasprit Bumrah will certainly like to showcase his captaincy acumen while leading a slightly under-prepared India against a vastly improved England in the rescheduled fifth Test, starting here on Friday. India were leading the five-match series 2-1 when multiple Covid-19 cases in their […]

Kuala Lumpur: Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and Thomas Cup star HS Prannoy secured contrasting wins to enter the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament here on Thursday. Unseeded Prannoy, who won all his matches during India’s historic Thomas Cup triumph this year, registered the biggest upset of the day when he […]

Hyderabad: Chris scored 17 while Vijay shot 15 as YMG thrashed HAL 73-64 in the E John Wesley Memorial Basketball Tournament held at the YMCA Secunderabad on Thursday. In the first half of the match, YMG took a 20 points lead over HAL at 45-25. Later in the second half Vignesh (11) and Raju (10) […]

Munich: India opener KL Rahul on Wednesday informed that he underwent successful surgery and is now “healing and recovering well”. Skipper for South Africa T20Is, Rahul was ruled out of the series owing to a right groin injury on June 8. Rahul thanked everyone for messages and prayers, saying his road to recovery has begun […]

London: Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray crashed out of the Wimbledon 2022 after losing 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), 4-6 to USA’s No.20 seed John Isner in the second-round here on Wednesday. In contrast to his third-round exit last year at his home Grand Slam, the Briton felt his game and his body were prepared […]

Hyderabad: Al-Kuwait (Kuwait) defeated Al-Qadsia (Kuwait) 25-20 in the semifinals of the Asian Handball Men’s Club League Championship held at the GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Riding on Mishaal’s six goals, Al-Kuwait made it to the final. Al-Kuwait maintained its lead from the start. By the end of the first half it took […]

Wimbledon: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic advanced to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia. The six-time Wimbledon champion has won the past three men’s singles titles at the All England Club. The 26-year-old Kokkinakis is ranked 79th.