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Abu Dhabi: Pacers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje ran through the Bangladesh batting-line up to fashion South Africa’s comfortable six-wicket win, which took the Proteas closer to the T20 World Cup semifinals, here on Tuesday. South Africa skittled out a struggling Bangladesh for 84 in 18.2 overs and then knocked off their target in 13.3 […]

Dubai: A ruthless New Zealand will be eyeing to strengthen their semifinal chances with a solid knockout punch on an already struggling Scotland in a Group 2 Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Handed a defeat by Pakistan in their tournament opener, Kane Williamson and his troops made a […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad opener Gongadi Trisha hit a 158-ball 112 to star in India B’s 92-run win over India A in the women’s under-19 one-day Challenger Series in Jaipur on Tuesday. The 15-year-old, who started representing Hyderabad at an early age of eight years, struck as many as 17 fours. The free-stroking Trisha and Anushka Sharma […]

Hyderabad: India’s script has gone horribly wrong after a disastrous start to the World Cup losing to Pakistan and New Zealand in the first two matches. This was something not expected as they were firm favourites for the tournament. But it has now turned out to be a nightmare of sorts and as they face […]

Sharjah: A crucial unbeaten century from Jos Buttler set up England’s 26-run win over Sri Lanka in a Group 1 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Monday. With this win, England made it four out of four victories in the tournament and increased their chances of […]

New Delhi: Anju Bobby George, 2003 World Athletics Championships women’s Long Jump bronze medallist, was on Monday confirmed as the Athletes Commission representative in the Indian Olympic Association Executive Board. At a meeting of the IOA Executive Board at the Olympic Bhavan here on Monday, there was some confusion about who would represent the Athletes […]

Paris: Novak Djokovic is looking to set more records in his return to competition since his defeat in the U.S. Open final, while the 20-time Grand Slam champion again declined to confirm whether he would play at the Australian Open in January. Djokovic will play both singles and doubles at the Paris Masters, which got […]

Belgrade: Indian boxers Nishant Dev (71kg) and Sanjeet (92kg) made the quarterfinals following impressive victories but two others bowed out of the AIBA Men’s World Championships after losing their last-16 stage bouts here on Monday. Nishant defeated Mexico’s Marco Alvarez Verde 3-2 in a late night bout on Sunday to set up a clash with […]

New Delhi: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday physically handed over trophies to the winners of National Sports Awards 2020 after the award ceremony was held virtually last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All the winners of the National Sports Awards 2020 had already received their cash awards but were not able to collect […]

Milwaukee: Donovan Mitchell scored 28 points and the Utah Jazz beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 107-95 on Sunday to hand the defending NBA champions their third straight loss. Both teams were coming off losses Saturday night. Mike Conley added 20 points, Jordan Clarkson had 15 and Bojan Bogdanovic added 14 to help Utah rebound from […]

New Delhi: For the first time in the history of Indian chess, as many as seven players have made it into the Top 100 of world chess. K Sasikiran made this feat possible by beating Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) in the fifth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2021 on Sunday. It lifted his rating […]

Hyderabad: Even as the famed Indian batting has been a big letdown in the first two matches of the World Cup, the bowling too has come under scanner as they have taken only two wickets from two matches. The Indian pace attack of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Shardul Thakur has looked ordinary. The question […]

Hyderabad: Haas Sports Cricket defeated Great Spinner by seven runs in the final to emerge champions in the inaugural Dr MV Sridhar Trophy under-16 cricket tournament, conducted by Incredible Sports Association, at English Willow Grounds, Shamirpet. Haas put up a challenging 164 for 4 in 20 overs. Harsh and Rachit Rangari hit 39 apiece. Riding […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad succumbed to their second successive defeat as they lost to Rajasthan by seven wickets in the Elite Group C women’s National cricket one-day league match in Bengaluru on Monday. Batting, Hyderabad managed to put on 192/7 in 50 overs. Skipper C Ramya (64 off 124b, 9×4) top scored while Trisha Poojitha made 79-ball […]

New Delhi: The S. H. Abbas-trained Master Causeway looks good in the upper division of the Coxcomb Plate 1200 metres, rated 40 to 66 and the feature event of the races tobe held here on Tuesday. False rails will be announced on the day of the race. The first race starts at 1.15 p.m. SELECTIONS: […]

Abu Dhabi: Pakistan will aim to maintain their remarkable consistency against a spirited Namibia and seal a semifinal spot in the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday. After a chaotic build up to the World Cup with England and New Zealand pulling out of Pakistan tours, the Babar Azam-led side has defied the odds and […]

Abu Dhabi: High on confidence after two consecutive victories, a rejuvenated South Africa will now look to strengthen their semi-final hopes when they meet a struggling Bangladesh in a Group 1 Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday. South Africa have emerged as strong contenders to qualify for the semifinals after […]

Hyderabad: Third seed Harsha Karthika Oruganti shocked second seed E Nethrika Reddy (semifinals) and top seed Shrishti Allam (final) to clinch the girls under-12 title in the TSTA-State ranking tennis tournament that was held at V Sports Academy, Nagole. Results U-10 girls semifinals: Neisha Enja bt Y Sai Aashna Reddy 8-2; Zoha Qureshi (4) bt […]

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Hyderabad: Scramjet moved well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Monday morning. SAND:600m:Solar Eclipse (Gourav Singh) (From 1200/600) 46, handy. 1000m:Scramjet (Kiran Naidu) 1-16, 800/1-0, 600/43, good. NRI City (BR Kumar)1-16, 800/1-0, 600/46, moved well. Archangles (Deepak Singh) 1-15, 800/59, 600/45, maintains form. 1200m:Amalfitana (A Joshi) 1-31, 1000/1-15, 800/45, 600/46, […]

Dubai:Trent Boult (3/20) and Ish Sodhi (2/17) led a clinical show with the ball to set up New Zealand’s eight-wicket thrashing of India in an important Group 2 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Sunday. After restricting India to a paltry 110/7 in 20 overs, New […]

Abu Dhabi: Pacers Hamid Hassan and Naveen-ul-Haq shared six wickets between them in impressive bowling spells as Afghanistan crushed Namibia by 62 runs in their Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup here on Sunday. Opting to bat, Afghanistan posted 160 for five thanks to handy contributions from Hazratullah Zazai (33), Mohammad Shahzad (45), […]

Milwaukee: Dejounte Murray had 23 points and nine assists, and the San Antonio Spurs pulled away in the final minutes for a 102-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks that snapped a four-game losing streak. Derrick White added 17 points and Bryn Forbes scored 16 against his former team to help the Spurs (2-4) take down […]