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Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Tom Moody has insisted that his side is playing “pretty good cricket” in IPL 2022 despite facing a 21-run loss at the hands of Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium on Thursday. The loss also meant that Hyderabad’s losing streak in the tournament has been extended to three and are […]

Mumbai: Explosive Australia opening batter David Warner saved the best for his former franchise as his magnificent 92 not out off 58 balls powered Delhi Capitals to a 21-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. Warner made his highest score of the season with the help of 12 […]

Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Umran Malik bowled the fastest delivery of IPL 2022 when he clocked 157 kmph during his team’s match against Delhi Capitals at the Brabourne Stadium, here on Thursday. The 22-year-old achieved the feat on the fourth ball of the 20th over, which was hammered for four by Rovman Powell. Malik eventually […]

New Delhi: Stars such as Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya will not get direct entries into the final of their respective categories when the national federation holds selection trials for Commonwealth Games and Asian Games owing to the unrest among upcoming grapplers during the recent Asian Championship trials. During the trials for the Mongolia event, […]

Hyderabad: Pro-Taekwondo Corporation under the aegis of J R International Taekwondo Academy is going to conduct the inaugural season of the Pro-Taekwondo Championship at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda on May 28 and 29. Eight teams from across from the country will participate in the event. The winner of the tournament will […]

Hyderabad: Gautham Shetty of Hyderabad clocked 11.0 sec in the men’s 100 m to clinch the top honours in the Hyderabad District U-20, Senior Men and Women Athletics Championships held at the Artillery Centre Stadium, Golconda, Hyderabad on May 5. S P College’s L Motilal finished second with a timing of 11.3 sec while Akhilesh […]

London: England pacer Jofra Archer admitted that his elbow injury and lengthy rehabilitation post surgeries left him wondering whether he would lose his central contract. Archer has not played international cricket since featuring in a five-match T20I series against India in March 2021 and was last seen in competitive cricket for Sussex in July that […]

Chennai: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand will work in tandem to guide the Indian chess players during the team’s coaching camp, beginning May 7, for the 44th Chess Olympiad. The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has brought the two legends together for the home team’s first coaching camp ahead of the Chess […]

New Delhi: Rising Indian doubles player Gayatri Gopichand has pulled out of the upcoming Uber Cup Finals after being advised rest to recover from a strain in hip joints. The development was on Thursday confirmed by Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary Sanjay Mishra. The tournament is beginning in Bangkok on Sunday. Gayatri, who forms […]

New Delhi: Virat Kohli has not been able to score fluently in the IPL this season and it is a matter of concern that he is getting out to different types of bowlers, observed former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop. Kohli has managed just 175 runs with a top score of 58 at a strike […]

New Delhi: The Ajay Sharma-trained Bonita looks good among eight contenders in the My Pension Plate 1000 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-III, rated 40 to 66, 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 3.30 pm. […]

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene on Thursday said it has been great for the side to see young spinners like Hrithik Shokeen and Kumar Kartikeya Singh come through the ranks and do well in IPL 2022. Both Hrithik and Kartikeya, who made his IPL debut at DY Patil Stadium after coming in as […]

Pune: While Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings were jostling to win an Indian Premier League (IPL) match, a young couple were making promises to spend life together in the stands of the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune to commemorate one of the best moments of their lives. Girl proposes at CSK vs […]

Hyderabad: Promising young shooter from Hyderabad Dhanush Srikanth showcased his potential by shooting a gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle competitions in the ongoing 4th Deaflympics at Caxias do Sul, Brazil, on Thursday. The 19-year-old, competing in the Deaflympics for the first time, shot 247.5 in the final, which is also a finals world […]

Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday have signed Jharkhand left-arm pacer Sushant Mishra as replacement for medium-pacer Saurabh Dubey for the remainder of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The official release from IPL stated that Dubey has a back injury and subsequently, has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament. Mishra is a […]

Pune: Chennai Super Kings were pushed to the brink of elimination after losing their seventh match by 13 runs to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL here on Wednesday. Invited to bat, RCB rode on Mahipal Lomror’s 27-ball 42 and useful contributions from Virat Kohli (30), Faf de Plessis (38), Rajat Patidar (21 off 15 […]

Hyderabad: The inaugural edition of the Deccan Premier Carrom League, to be conducted by Vajra Sports Private Limited, will be held at the Siva Sivani High School, Visakhapatnam from May 13 to 15. Top 30 players from seven States, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, will be drafted into six teams and those teams will […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad FC put on a stellar performance crushing Mumbai City FC 5-0 in the Reliance Foundation Development League at the Nagoa Panchayat Ground in Goa on Wednesday. Joseph Sunny (12’), Koustav Dutta (14’, Pen), Abijith PA (19’), Crespo Vanlalhriatpuia (88’) and Bishnu Bordoloi (90’) were all on the scoresheet for Shameel Chembakath’s boys, who […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad cricketer N Thakur Tilak Varma has been performing well despite his side Mumbai Indians going through a tough phase. With the team already out of reckoning for playoffs for this season suffering eight losses, the five-time defending champions are playing to salvage some pride. However, the 19-year-old Hyderabadi left-hander has made a mark […]

Mumbai: All-rounder Lalit Yadav is running against time to repay the unshakeable faith that head coach Ricky Ponting has reposed in him as Delhi Capitals face a must-win situation to keep their shoddy IPL campaign alive against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Thursday. This is the third IPL season for the lanky DC all-rounder, who is […]

Mumbai: IPL’s all-time leading scorer, Virat Kohli, feels playing in the lucrative league for 14 years has made him realise that there is not just one template to succeed in the game in which he has attained superstar status. It also helped him add a different dimension to his “understanding of the game”, the former […]

Madrid: Novak Djokovic feels like the hard work is starting to pay off. Trying to regain his best form after a slow start to the season, Djokovic looked sharp in his opener at the Madrid Open on Tuesday, defeating Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-2 to advance to a third-round match against Andy Murray. “I would probably […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Kruti Kadakia clocked 6.39.0 seconds for top honours in the women’s 1500 m event of 45 category at the 42nd National Masters Athletics Championship at the J N Stadium, Chennai. She also won silver and bronze in 800 m and 400 m events respectively. Results: Women 45 Age Category: 1500 m: 1 Kruti […]

Hyderabad: CH Abhilash of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNRVJIET), who represented Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad (JNTUH), clinched silver in the 400 metres freestyle event at the Khelo India University Games at the Jain University, Bengaluru. Shubham Dhaygude of Savitribai Phule University clocked 4.17.67 sec for gold. Abhilash finished second with a […]