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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 […]

New Delhi: Australian opener David Warner has advised former India skipper and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli to “stick to the basics” amid the lean patch. Kohli has been struggling to score runs in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Kohli did hit a fifty in his last outing against Gujarat Titans […]

Madrid: Liverpool recovered from 2-0 down to win at Villarreal in their UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg and progress 5-2 on aggregate, reaching a third final in five years. Second-half goals from Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Mane sent Liverpool to the final after they had trailed 2-0 at the break in Spain. The […]

Navi Mumbai: Shikhar Dhawan struck a fine half-century as error-prone Punjab Kings finally produced a clinical performance to beat Gujarat Titans by eight wickets and end the IPL table leaders’ five-match winning streak here on Tuesday. Pacer Kagiso Rabada snared four wickets as Punjab Kings restricted formidable Gujarat Titans to a below-par 143 for eight […]

Hyderabad: It has been over a week since the much-awaited Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) summer camps began in twin cities after a two-year Covid-forced hiatus. While the GHMC centres in various parts are abuzz with kids honing their skills in various disciplines, the swimming pools are still sporting a deserted look. With the temperatures […]

Pune: Chennai Super Kings fragile bowling vis-a-vis Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s struggling batting line-up put the sides on an even keel as the two heavyweights face-off in an important mid-table clash of the IPL here on Wednesday. In cricket, when two strong and equally performing teams have a match-up, it promises a great contest but when […]

Melbourne: Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is the frontrunner to be appointed senior assistant to Australian head coach Andrew McDonald. The 43-year-old ex-Kiwi all-rounder, who has more than 4,500 Test runs and 362 wickets in the longest format, was in Pakistan during Australia’s white-ball leg in the sub-continent, and the reports said that, “it […]

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Rider’s Rinku Singh was determined to score big runs against Rajasthan Royals on Monday as the Player of the Match had written the score on his palm even before the start of the tie. Rinku Singh smashed an unbeaten 23-ball 42 laced with six boundaries and a maximum as he and Nitish […]

Mumbai: The Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs and final will be played from May 24 to May 29 in Kolkata and Ahmedabad. As per a BCCI release, Qualifier 1 will be held in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 24 followed by the Eliminator on May 25. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host Qualifier […]

Hyderabad: Hitesh Dolwani thrashed Vishwa Tambe 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 in the final of the Para Table Tennis National Championship held at the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium, Indore. Earlier in the semifinals, he defeated Mukherjee 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6 to enter into the final. At the age of 46, Hitesh represented Telangana State for the first […]

Madrid: Great Britain’s Andy Murray, who returned to clay for the first time in nearly two years, defeated Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-3, 6-4 to secure a Round-of-32 clash against Denis Shapovalov at the Madrid Open here. Murray was ranked world No. 1 in the ATP Rankings when he last took the court at the […]

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated in-form Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets to snap their five-match losing streak in the Indian Premier League here on Monday. KKR first restricted RR to 152 for five after opting to bowl and then chased down the target with five balls to spare to return to winning ways and heave […]