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Hyderabad: M Varun Tej slammed 100 while leg-spinner D Manish returned with 6/26 as Gowtham Junior College, ECIL thrashed HPS, Begumpet by 147 runs in the HCA under-16 school/college knockout tournament, on Friday. Brief Scores: Gowtham Model School, West Marredpally, 455/3 in 50 overs (Kshitij Reddy 90, Tanush Reddy 172, Aaron George 101) bt Loyola […]

Hyderabad: Former cricketer and the current Telangana Badminton Association vice president V Chamundeswaranath flew to Bengaluru to greet the new head of the National Cricket Academy from Hyderabad VVS Laxman, on Friday. Chamundeswanath said it is a great honour for the Telugu States to have the stylish Hyderabad cricketer as the head of the NCA […]

Madrid: Kidambi Srikanth defeated Mark Caljouw to cruise into the semi-finals of the ongoing BWF World Championships on Friday in Huelva. Former world number one Indian thrashed the Dutch shuttler by 21-8, 21-7 in a contest that lasted for just 26 minutes. With this win, Kidambi Srikanth confirmed India’s first medal at the 2021 World […]

Kolkata: The SK Sunderji-trained Kamilah, who is in fine form, is poised to complete a hat-trick in the Grade III Calcutta Oaks 2400 metres, terms for Fillies 3 years old only the chief event of the races to be held here on Saturday. No false rails. The first race starts at 12.30 pm.SELECTIONS: 1. Discover […]

Hyderabad: Dharasana, Alba, In Contention, Count Of Savoy, Scramjet, One Wish, Buckley & Summer Night cought the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Milton Keynes (Afroz Khan) (From 1000/400) 46, eased up. Trump Star (AA Vikrant) (From 1000/400) 47.5, eased up. Skipton (Santhosh Raj) (From […]

Kolkata: A young national level shooter — Konica Layak who was supposed to get married in February this year committed suicide at her hostel in Bally in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday, adding the body has been sent for post-mortem. Earlier this year, Konica was gifted a German-manufactured […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad got valuable three points by virtue of the first innings lead after they drew with Uttarakhand in the Round III Elite Group D Cooch Behar Trophy match at the Airforce Complex Ground, Palam, New Delhi on Thursday. Hyderabad, who scored 292 in the first innings, restricted Uttarakhand to 276 which gave a 16-run […]

Huelva: Defending champion PV Sindhu stormed into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships with a straight-game win over Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand here on Thursday. The world number 7 Indian defeated her Thai opponent, ranked three places below her, 21-14 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 48 minutes. With the win, […]

Adelaide: Australia shrugged off the late withdrawal of new skipper Pat Cummins because of coronavirus concerns to dominate England on the opening day of the second Ashes test and reach 221-2 at stumps. Marnus Labuschagne was dropped twice but remained unbeaten on 95 at stumps Thursday after sharing partnerships of 172 with David Warner (95) […]

Kolkata: A day after India Test captain Virat Kohli triggered a storm by publicly contradicting him, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly refused to comment on the matter, saying the Board will deal with it. Kohli, during his pre-departure press conference ahead of the tour of South Africa, said that he was never asked to stay on […]

New Delhi: The former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar said that the Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli’s contradictory statement on the issue of captaincy, saying the BCCI president “surely should be asked” how the difference in perception arose. Days after Kohli quit T20I captaincy, Ganguly said that the […]

Chennai: The D Narredu-trained Storm Breaker appeals most for the K Srinivasan Memorial Cup 1000 metres, Class-II a handicap for horses rated 60 to 85 Class-II, 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 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: Star […]

Hyderabad: Xfinity, Monarchos, Own Voice, Philanthropist and Mirana impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Thursday morning.SAND:600m:Happy Go Lucky (Ashhad Asbar) (From 1000/400) 46, handy. Icicle (AA Vikrant) (From 1000/400) 46, maintains form. Lightning Fairy (P Ajeeth K) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Black Opal (G Naresh) & Exotic Dancer […]

Jimmy Anderson ando Stuart Broad returned to the England bowling attack and applied more pressure on the Australian batters in the first session of the day-night test

Adelaide: Former Australian skipper Steve Smith will lead Aussies after three and a half years on Thursday in the second Ashes Test against England. Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test against England after being deemed a close contact of a person who received a positive COVID-19 test […]

India and South Africa will lock horns in the Test series which gets underway from December 26.

Hyderabad: Our tenure has come to an end, said the Hyderabad Cricket Association group comprising R Vijayanand, K John Manoj, Surender Agarwal, Naresh Sharma and Anuradha, a day after the Supreme Court said it would reconstitute the committee to oversee the functioning of the cricket body. “With the Supreme Court clearly saying that a new […]

Hyderabad: Yuvraj Yadav returned with 7/15 bowling figures while Aditya Anand (169) and K Sai Jathin Manas (144) hit centuries as St Andrew’s defeated St Mary’s Junior College by massive 560 runs in the HCA U-16 School/College knockout tournament, on Wednesday. Top performers Centurions: Aditya Anand 169, K Sai Jathin Manas 114, Rajvardhan 114no, Ayush […]

Hyderabad: In another major embarrassment for the Hyderabad Cricket Association affairs, the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium turned dark on Wednesday with transmission corporation authorities disconnecting the power supply over pending bills. The HCA has to pay a whopping Rs 3.05 crore as power dues. With the association failing to clear the dues, the authorities […]

Hyderabad: M Rahat Ali picked up four wickets for 17 while K Satish and G Anjan Kumar slammed 52 runs each to guide Rajendra Nagar to a 86-run win over Tandur in the final of Telangana Cricket Association KV Ranga Reddy Memorial Cup in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Batting first, Satish and Anjan helped their side […]

Hyderabad: Sreenidhi Deccan Football Club’s impressive run came to an end in the final after going down to Real Kashmir FC 1-2 to emerged runners-up of the IFA Shield, at the East Bengal Ground on Wednesday. Playing the tournament for the first time, SDFC remained unbeaten to reach the final. David Munoz put the Hyderabad […]

Hyderabad: First innings centurion Aman Rao continued his good run with a 89-run knock while Sarthak Bharadwaj scored 67 to put Hyderabad ahead on the third day against Uttarakhand in the Cooch Behar trophy at the Airforce Complex Ground, New Delhi on Wednesday. This was after bowlers dismissed Uttarakhand, who resumed at the overnight score […]

Mumbai: India Test skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the BCCI never asked him to reconsider quitting T20 leadership as claimed by the Board and his removal from ODI captaincy happened 90 minutes before the team’s selection for the upcoming South Africa tour. At the pre-departure press meet before the South Africa tour, the Indian […]

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that it would reconstitute the committee to oversee the functioning of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and sought names of former players, judges for this purposes, saying the team will win if the panel “focuses on players” and does not indulge in politics. HCA president and former India […]