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Mysuru: The Rakesh-trained Vachan, who is in fine trim, is expected to score the Star Of Mysore Trophy 1400 metres, a handicap for horses rated 60 and above the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 1.30 p.m. SELECTIONS: Facets Of Life […]

Hyderabad: South Central Railway alongwith Customs & Central Tax, Sanathnagar Playground and Nizam Basketball Academy made it to the last four stage of the Legends Basketball Tournament conducted by CCOB Basketball Club.  While South Central Railway toyed with with KVBR 59-29, Sanathnagar Playground. Aided by a sterling performance from Nikhil Sai, had the measure of […]

Hyderabad: Fire Power impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND: 600m: Strategist (A Joshi) 46, handy. 1000m: Victory Parade (Deepak Singh) 1-19, 800/1-3, 600/49, moved freely. 1200m: Staridar (Rohit Kumar) 1-31, 1000/1-15, 800/59, 600/45, good. Fire Power (Surya Prakash) 1-30, 1000/1-14, 800/58, 600/44, pleased. Top Diamond (Rohit […]

Sharjah: The manner in which the Babar Azam-led Pakistan crushed India in their opening game of the ICC T20 World Cup ‘Super 12’ would have given the Kane Williamson-led New Zealand a fair idea about what to expect when the two sides meet at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium later on Tuesday. The animosity created by the […]

Austin: If there ever was a time for Max Verstappen to flinch in this riveting Formula One championship battle with Lewis Hamilton, it would have been in the closing laps of the US Grand Prix. The young Dutchman seeking his first world championship was being chased by the seven-time champion, and Hamilton was rapidly closing […]

Sharjah: Pakistan will have “revenge” on their mind for a recent off-field snub when they take on New Zealand in the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday, looking to build on the historic high of beating arch-rivals India in their tournament-opener. For a lot of Pakistani fans, the team may have already won the World […]

Dubai: Smarting from opening game losses, a good batting display will be high on the agenda for South Africa and defending champions West Indies when the two teams lock horns in a Super 12 match of the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday. While South Africa were handed a five-wicket defeat by Australia, West Indies […]

Sacramento: Stephen Curry scored 27 points and became the first player in Warriors franchise history to reach 5,000 assists, helping Golden State improve to 3-0 with a 119-107 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. Curry had 10 assists and seven rebounds. The two-time MVP had at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in […]

Hyderabad: A Sumanth of Hyderabad Heroes hit 92 while HASS Sports Cricket’s Sai Chandra scalped five wickets for 12 in their respective sides’ victories in the Dr MV Sridhar Trophy in Hyderabad Junior Cricket League, on Monday. Brief Scores: Great Spinner 158/2 in 20 overs (Verendra 40, Mithul Srivatsav 62 not out) bt God of […]

Hyderabad: Teegala Sai Prasad defeated Avi Basak 21-15, 21-5 to storm into the under-15 boys singles semifinals of the Transform Chetan Anand Badminton Academy under-15 and under-17 tournament. Results (all quarterfinals): Boys singles U-15: Teegala Sai Prasad (PGBA) bt Avi Basak (PGBA) 21-15 21-5; A R Rohan Kumar (BBBA) bt Uma Maheshwar Reddy (Asian) 21-18 […]

Hyderabad: Nikhath Zareen and Gonella Niharika of Telangana State made their way into the semifinals of the 5th Elite Women Boxing National Championship being held at Hisar, Haryana. Zareen, the 2019 Asian Championship bronze medallist, outperformed the reigning youth world champion Babyrojisana Naorem of Manipur 5-0 in 52kg category. On the other hand, Niharika continued […]

New Delhi: Finally the wait is over, two new teams have been added to the cash-awash Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. As per the initial reports, Lucknow and Ahmedabad teams, owned by the RP Sanjeev Goenka Group and CVC Capital respectively, will be the two new IPL franchises, to be part of the tournament […]

Hyderabad: Akshay Kumar (35 wins) was declared as the best jockey of the Hyderabad Monsoon season which concluded on Monday. Following are the winners: Champion trainer: R. H. Sequeira & D. Netto share honours with (19 wins) Champion jockey: Akshay Kumar (35 wins) Champion Apprentice jockey(Claiming Allownce): Gaurav Singh (7 wins) Leading owner(All horses that […]

Hyderabad: The Karthik Ganapathy-trained Juliette was ably guided by A. Sandesh to win the Golconda St. Leger (Grade II) 2800 metres the feature event of the concluding day’s Monsoon races at Malakpet Racecourse on Monday. RESULTS: Flying Jet (1), Beauty Flame (2), Ashwa Pushkin (3), Star Cruise (4), W-Rs.-18, SHP-Rs. 42, P-Rs. 11, 19, 12, […]

Dubai: The Indian football team beat Oman 2-1 in the qualifiers of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup here on Sunday night. Rahim Ali put India ahead as early as the seventh minute when he successfully converted from the spot. Vikram doubled the lead in the 38th minute when he received the ball from Rahim Ali […]

Dubai: Mohammad Rizwan (79 not out off 55 balls) and Babar Azam (68 not out off 52 balls) displayed wonderful batsmanship to help Pakistan crush India by ten wickets in a Group 2 match of Super 12 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Sunday. The win, set […]

Hyderabad: Playing their maiden international tournament, Telangana kickboxers Lahari M Girish and Ashish Chand made it a memorable outing by winning gold medals in the World Kickboxing Championship in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. The 12-year-old Lahari, who competed in the sub-junior 45+kg category while the 18-year-old Ashish took part in the junior -54kg category. Both […]

Hyderabad: Telangana boxer Niharika Gonella defeated Maharashtra’s Purohit to make it to the quarterfinals in the 63-66kg category at the 5th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship in the 81 kg category in dominant fashion on Sunday. Meanwhile, reigning Asian champion Pooja Rani of Haryana also advanced to the quarterfinals in the 81 kg category. She […]

Sharjah: Young left-hander Charith Asalanka smashed an unbeaten 80 off 49 balls while fellow southpaw Bhanuka Rajapaksa made a quickfire half-century as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by five wickets in their T20 World Cup Super 12 Group 1 match here on Sunday. Sri Lanka suffered a mid-innings mini batting collapse but recovered in time to […]

Sharjah: The Afghanistan cricket team will hope to provide some joy to its people going through tumultuous times back home as it begins its T20 World Cup campaign against a spirited Scotland here on Sunday. Afghanistan finds itself in turmoil again after the Taliban takeover of the country in August. The cricketers could not get […]

Hyderabad: Sudershan and Nikhil combined well as Loyola Academy ‘A’ rallied from behind to defeat YMCA Hyderabad 87-65 in the Legends Basketball tournament, on Sunday. The Loyola A team was trailing 31-35 at the half-time. However, they scored 42 points in the fourth quarter to cruise to a victory. Sumith was in superb form in […]

Hyderabad: TGTA’s Samridh and YGTA’s K Sathwik emerged champions in the kyorugi sub-junior boys under-27kgs category in the 1st Hyderabad District Taekwondo & Kyorugi and Poomsae Championship cum selections, at the GHMC Indoor Stadium at Victory Playground, on Sunday. Results:Kyorugi: Sub-Junior Boys U-21kg: N Nitesh (UVT) bt Hammed (OMG) 13-04; Narsing (LTA) bt Nitesh (YGTA) […]

Milan: Late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ismaël Bennacer spared AC Milan major embarrassment as it scraped a 4-2 win in Serie A at Bologna, which played for more than half an hour with nine men. Despite the numerical advantage, it appeared as if Milan was going to be held to a draw before Bennacer […]

Hyderabad: Arnav Pathange and Humera Baharmus emerged champions in men and women’s categories at the talent day event on Sunday. The winners and will join the likes of Vishnu Vardhan, Arjun Kadhe and Ankita Raina in Team Hyderabad Strikers for the third edition of the Tennis Premier League to be staged at the Celebration Club, […]