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Dubai: India fine-tuned their T20 World Cup preparations with a convincing nine-wicket win over Australia in their final warm-up game here on Wednesday but the sixth bowler’s slot remained a worry as even Virat Kohli rolled his arm over going into the tournament proper.Captaining the side with Kohli only taking the field to bowl, Rohit […]

Abu Dhabi: In a sensational display of power-hitting, David Wiese conjured up a 66-run knock to fashion Namibia’s six-wicket win over the Netherlands in a crucial first round Group A game of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Wiese’s maiden international half-century changed the pace of the game in matter of minutes as runs […]

Hyderabad: D Ramya will lead the Hyderabad team in the BCCI Senior Women’s One Day Tournament to be held from October 23 in Bengaluru. Pranav Chandra will be Ramya’s deputy. Team: D Ramya (captain), Pranavi Chandra  (vice-captain), Anuradha Nayak (wk), Keerthi Reddy, K Anitha, G Trisha, M Mamatha (wk), Yashasree, Trisha Poojitha, B Shravani, Anjali […]

Hyderabad: Ravali Parandi and Tanuja Kameshwar, both of the Telangana Sailing Association, sailed away to glory when they clinch gold and bronze medals respectively in the Youth Nationals conducted by the Yachting Association of India off the coast at Mumbai. Parandi also won the Maj Gen. Harry Kapoor Trophy for the best sailor without a […]

Hyderabad: Top seed Thanish Vapanapally and second seed Alyin Miriam Cornelip, both of Karnataka, annexed the boys and girls singles titles respectively in the AITA Championship Under-12 series that concluded at Ash Tennis Academy, Shamirpet. Results:Girls: Semifinals : Alyin Miriam Cornelip (Kar) bt Aditi Paturi (TN) 9-3; Yashitha Ereti (TS) bt Shrushi Suryavanshi (Mah) 9-4; […]

On Wednesday, cricketer Virat made his social media followers happy by sharing a glimpse of his breakfast date with Anushka and daughter Vamika.

Hyderabad: Ashwa Pushkin, Scramjet and Over Joy pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND:800m:Win The War (RB) 1-2, 600/47.5, moved easy. Flamingo Fame (G Naresh) 1-0, 600/45, handy. Royal Pal (RB) 1-3, 600/47, moved easy. City Of Blessing(K Aneel) 1-0, 600/46, moved well. Lifetime (Khurshad Alam) 1-0, […]

Badshah’s recently launched song ‘Bad Boy X Bad Girl’ featuring actress Mrunal Thakur, has caught the attention of none other than Indian Cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, popularly known as Yuzi Chahal.   The right-arm leg spinner took to his Instagram page and uploaded a reel on the song in his inimitable style, trying his best to impress […]

Hyderabad: If wishes are to be true, Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri would like to end this World Cup on a fairy tale note. As captain and coach they have dominated the world cricket but an ICC Trophy (be it in one day, Test championship and T20), continues to elude them. Is this could be […]

Hyderabad: England are one of the strongest teams coming into the T20 World Cup. Having won the 2019 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup, the Eoin Morgan-led side hopes to clinch back-to-back ICC trophies. Most of the core group players in the current T20 side are part of the ODI World Cup winning team against New […]

Muscat: Richie Berrington’s 70-run knock and a spirited bowling performance helped Scotland defeat Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 17 runs in Group B of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup here at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1) on Tuesday. Chasing 166, PNG got off to a horror start as the side […]

Odense: Returning to action after a break, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu saw off Turkey’s eslihan Yigit in straight games to join compatriots Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma in the second round of the Denmark Open here on Tuesday. Sindhu, the reigning world champion, took 30 minutes to get across Yigit, ranked 29th, 21-12,21-10 in […]

Hyderabad: Sai Pragnay hit 83 to steer Gemini Friends to a six-wicket victory over Evergreen in the semifinals of the inaugural Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup cricket tournament on Tuesday. The winners meet Deccan Chronicle in the final. Chronicle ousted Sporting XI by three wickets. Brief Scores: Semifinals: Sporting XI 130/7 in 20 overs […]

London: India’s Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath were on Tuesday among 18 cricketers who were awarded life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). The MCC, based at Lord’s, is the custodian of cricket laws. Harbhajan and Srinath both enjoyed fine international careers. Harbhajan is India’s third-highest wicket-taker in Tests, with 417 dismissals in 103 Tests […]

Hyderabad: Aryan scored an unbeaten 72 in God of Cricket’s 64-run victory over Greatest Opener in the Dr MV Sridhar trophy at the English Willow Grounds at Shamirpet, on Tuesday. Brief Scores: God of Cricket 177/4 in 20 overs (Aryan 72 no, Kaushal 30) bt Greatest Opener 113/4 in 20 overs (Snehit 55; Sampath 2/18, […]

Mysuru: The M Bobby-trained Castilian, who is in fine trim, is expected to score the S. M. Attaollahi Memorial Trophy 1200 metres, a handicap for horses rated 60 and above, the feature event of the opening day’s races of the Mysore Winter Meeting scheduled to be held on Wednesday. False rails are up.The first race […]

Hyderabad: Maximum Glamour impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND:800m:Trump Star (AA Vikrant) 1-0, 600/46, handy. Dillon (B Nikhil) 1-2, 600/47, moved easy. 1000m:Days Of Reckoning (Deepak Singh) 1-15, 800/59, 600/45, handy. NRI Valley (RB) 1-19, 800/1-3, 600/47, moved easy. City Of Passion (RB) 1-16, 800/1-0, 600/45, […]

Twitter is where all sports conversations are happening, and in India, cricket fans roar the loudest. With Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s nostalgia-stirring finisher and Virat Kohli’s adios to Royal Challengers Bangalore’s captaincy, #CricketTwitter has been riding high on adrenaline, and there’s no stopping in sight. From July 1 2020 to July 1 2021, there were over […]

Hyderabad: If any country that has best returns in the ICC conducted events in recent times then it should be the Kane Williamson-led New Zealand team. Though they had the misfortune of having a heartbreak in the 2019 one-day World Cup when they lost to England in one of the humdinger of the finals, two […]

Hyderabad: For a team that dominated the game of cricket for so long – both in ODIs and Tests – not having an ICC Trophy in the T20 format is a big void. It was always a case of so-close-yet-so-far for the team from Down Under. In the inaugural 2007 edition, Australia were ambushed by […]

Abu Dhabi: Johannesburg-born seamer Curtis Campher became only the third bowler to claim four wickets in four balls in T20Is as a superior Ireland beat Netherlands by seven wickets in their first round Group A T20 World Cup match here on Monday. Thanks to Campher’s exploits with the white ball, Ireland bundled out Netherlands for […]

Odense: Double Olympic medallist and reigning world champion PV Sindhu will look for a good outing as she returns to competitive action after a break, at the Denmark Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament beginning here on Tuesday. Sindhu, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, had taken a break due to the hectic schedule […]

Hyderabad: The Laxman Singh-trained Saffron Art was ably guided by Ajit Singh to win the G Sudhakar Reddy Memorial Cup 2000 metres, the feature event of the races at Malakpet Race course on Monday. RESULTS: Cosmico (1), Thanks (2), Hot Seat (3), Wild Card (4), W-Rs.-29, SHP-Rs. 32, P-Rs. 12, 12, 55, THP- Rs. 154, […]

Hyderabad: Riding on S Dharmik’s 71-run knock and 3/14 from SA Aziz, Emerging Cricketers Developmental Group (ECDG) defeated Nizam Cricket Club by six wickets to clinch the 5th edition of Bathukamma trophy junior cricket championship, organised by School Sports and Games Federation, at the GNR Cricket ground, Gurramguda, Hayatnagar, on Monday. Brief Scores: Nizam Cricket […]