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Hyderabad: Pranav Rao Gandham and Rakshita Sree from Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy emerged champions in the men’s and women’s categories respectively at the Gaudium Annual Badminton Championship, on Tuesday. In the men’s final, Pranav defeated Jayant Rana 21-16, 13-21, 21-9. In the women’s singles final, Rakshita rallied from a game down to defeat LBS’ K […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Amateur Wrestling association announced State teams for the upcoming Under-23 National Wrestling Championship for men and women, scheduled to be held in Uttar Pradesh. Teams: Freestyle: Women: Balle Rajeshwari (50kg), Beena (53kg), Sunku Karunya (57kg), N Anusha (59 kg), Sher Ibrahim (62Kg), Bhusarapu Vinayni (65kg), Vallepu Singhuja (68 Kg), Sadhu Hima Bindu […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka pace veteran Lasith Malinga, who terrorised the world’s best batsmen with his toe-crushing yorkers delivered from a low and sling-arm action, on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 38-year-old, who was captain of Sri Lanka’s 2014 T20 World Cup winning team, posted a message on his social media […]

Mumbai: The Trauma and Rehab centre for stray animals was opened by the Virat Kohli Foundation and Vivaldis Animal Health at Madh, Malad in Mumbai. In April this year, Indian cricket captain, Kohli announced that he is setting up two animal care facilities in Mumbai. An avid animal lover, the Indian captain credits his wife […]

Hyderabad: Gusty Note, Days Of Reckoning, Lightning Power, Stark, Linewiler & Premier Action worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND: 600m:Sun Dancer (RB) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. 800m:Nearest (RB) 1-0, 600/46, well in hand. Muaser (Afroz Khan) 1-3, 600/46, handy.Salisbury (NB Kuldeep) (From 1200/400) 1-2, […]

Hyderabad: Dinesh Kumar scored 51 points, highest in the Annual League Championship history, as his side G9 thrashed Supervek 97-53 in the Level 3 round robin fixture, on Tuesday. G9 were comfortably leading at the half way stage with 44-22. Dinesh piled misery on opposition with his super show. For the losing outfit, Peter top […]

Hyderabad: Suresh Duvvala scored 9.5 points from 12 rounds to emerge champion in the open category of the 184th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament, on Monday. In the junior category, Gopalakrishna took the top honours with 11 points from 12 rounds. He was tied for the top spot with Yatharth Patel but Gopalakrishna from Meerut won […]

Hyderabad: Nikhil returned with 5/22 figures in Nagarkurnool’s five-wicket victory over Gadwal in the Telangana Cricket Association U-19 inter-district one-day league match at Achampet, on Monday. Brief Scores: Gajwel Dist 86 in 27.5 overs (B Charan 32; Rakesh 3/7) lost to Sangareddy Dist 87/2 in 16.3 overs (M Ashok Kumar 26, Divit Teckchandani 24); Gadwal […]

Hyderabad: Challengers (Rest of India) defeated Champions (Telangana) 2-0 in a three-match series to clinch the V S Jagannadham Baseball Trophy HBBC Grounds, Shamirpet Road, Yadaram Village. Results: First match: Champions 5 runs ( Sai Santosh, Sandeep, T.Sanjay, G.Sanjay, Manikantha-1 run each) drew with Challengers 5 runs ( Vinayak Yadav, Raju Ranjan, Chaitanya Pawar, Gunpreet […]

Hyderabad: Alberton Star moved well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Monday morning. SAND: 800m: Peaky Blinders (Koushik) 59, 600/45, handy. 1000m: Sea Wolf (B Nikhil) 1-16, 800/1-0, 600/46, moved well. 1200m: Alberton Star (Surya Prakash) 1-31, 1000/1-15, 800/59, 600/43, good. NOTED ON SUNDAY  SAND: 600m: Royal Girl (Gaurav Singh) […]

New York: Russian world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev made history, winning his first major title with a stunning 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 win against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the US Open final, which prevented the Serb from completing the calendar Grand Slam on Monday (IST). Djokovic, after winning the first three majors of the […]

Hyderabad: Although the England tour ended in a bizarre fashion as the fifth and final Test at Old Trafford was cancelled because of Covid-19 fears after the junior physio had tested positive and thereafter the Indians returning in batches to the UAE for the postponed IPL, skipper Virat Kohli had moments of glory as his […]

Hyderabad: Sudeep Sodani defeated Devarakonda Ravi Sankar 8-5 to capture the men’s singles tennis title at the NVK Junior and Corporate Men’s tennis tournament at the NVK Sports Arena, Kondapur on Sunday. In the Under-14 boys final, Chetan Siva Kumar got the better of PVSS Siddharth 7-2 for the title. Results: (Finals) U-8 Boys:Y Aarush […]

Hyderabad: Keystone Basketball Academy recorded their third straight victory defeating Don Bosco Good Training Academy 55-32 in the Annual League Basketball Championship, conducted by the Hyderabad District Basketball Association, on Sunday. The victory also promoted them to Level 3 in the league. Rohan was the star performer for the victorious team with 21 points. In […]

New York: Emma Raducanu defeated Canada’s Leylah Fernandez in the US Open women’s singles final on Saturday (local time) to become the first British woman to win the title in 53 years. She is also the first British woman in 44 years to win a Grand Slam singles title. The 18-year-old Emma Raducanu defeated her […]

Following the Indian team's assistant physiotherapist Yogesh Parmar testing positive a few days after head coach Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar had tested positive.

The 18-year-old British teenager had a perfect three weeks in New York. She made it through three rounds of qualifying without the loss of a set, was equally composed in her main-draw debut, where she also did not drop a set in seven matches.

Hyderabad: September holds a great significance as an important month in the calendar of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) for many years but not anymore. The prestigious Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup tournament was always held around this time and the city hosted a galaxy of Indian cricketers — junior and senior. Classified as a first class […]

Hyderabad: The Karthik Ganapathi-trained Juliette looks best as evidenced by her morning trials and should continue the winning streak in the Golden Jubilee President of India Gold Cup (Grade II) 2400 metres, terms for horses 4-year-olds and upward, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Sneha Singh continued to make impressive strides in women’s golf. Playing an played error-free golf for a 3-under 69, the 17-year-old cruised to a massive five-shot win in the 8th leg of the Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Golden Greens Golf Club in Gurugram on Friday. This was Sneha’s third win […]

Chennai: Veterans Rajini Krishnan (RACR) and Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing) posted brilliant but contrasting victories in their respective categories to light up the second round of the MRF MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship at the MMRT, here on Saturday. Rajini, 41, stamped his authority and class while winning the race in the premier […]

Hyderabad: Abhinav Mulagada became the first local player to sign for Hyderabad Football Club. The HFC signed 16-year-old goalkeeper to a long-term deal. With the aim of providing a platform for the development of talented local youngsters, HFC who scouted Abhinav during the local trials conducted in April, gave the big break for the custodian. […]

Hyderabad: Corfe Castle and Joy O Joy worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND:600m:Minnelli (RB) 47.5, handy. Full Volume (RB) 48, moved freely. Aibak (K Aneel) 47, handy. Four One Four (K Aneel) 47, well in hand. River Song (NB Kuldeep) 48, moved freely. Abingdon (P […]

The Olympic javelin throw gold medallist took his parents on their first flight on Saturday which he says was his “small dream”.