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Hyderabad: Hyderabad XI defeated Andhra XI 3-0 in the inaugural Waheeb memorial all India invitation football tournament at Nizamabad on Wednesday. Solomalai struck two goals while Madhan scored the other one for the winners. In the second match, AGORC Chennai humbled Madhya Pradesh 6-0 with goals from Kali, Lijo, Sagi, Lijo and Regan. Kerala edged […]

Hyderabad: Promising city paddler Balusuri Varun Shanker finished third at “WTT Youth contender Muscat” held in Muscat. The India No.3 in Under-19 boys’ category topped the table in the group matches to enter the main draw. Varun defeated Andrevas Janandith Gunawardena of Sri Lanka 3-0 (11-7, 11-0, 11-4) in quarterfinals but lost to compatriot and […]

India’s squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja

Chasing 165 runs for a win, Hyderabad were cruising comfortably as they were 134 for 2 in 34 overs at one stage.

Hyderabad: Defender Sunil Bathala has been promoted to the first team of Sreenidhi Football Club (SDFC) that will compete in the upcoming Hero I-League. Born and raised in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, Sunil, who joined SDFC in December 2020, is the first player from the club to be signed to the senior team. He was part […]

Hyderabad: Francis Bacon, Special Effort, Astronaut, Thanks and Total Darcpleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND:600m:My Master (Bopanna) 47, moved easy. Lifes Song (Akshay Kumar) (From 1000/400) 47, moved freely. 800m:Special Effort (Khurshad Alam) 59, 600/44, strode out well. 1000m:Astronaut (Khurshad Alam) 1-14, 800/58, 600/45, worked well. […]

New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday unveiled the new jersey of the men’s team ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup. BCCI along with MPL Sports, the official kit sponsor of the Indian cricket team unveiled the jersey on their social media handles. BCCI stated that the jersey […]

Hyderabad: Who, according to Mohammed Azharuddin, one of the best fielders in his playing days, was? The former Indian captain named Australian Mark Waugh to a query on twitter on Tuesday. A series of questions flooded his twitter account when he put up: Ask me anything about my favourite topic – Fielding. Sitting idle for […]

Sharjah: Eyeing a maiden IPL title, the fancied Delhi Capitals will face another litmus test in the form of a Kolkata Knight Riders unit brimming with optimism when the two sides lock horns in the second qualifier here on Wednesday. Delhi Capitals failed in their first big test when they lost to Chennai Super Kings […]

Hyderabad: Sai Pragnay Reddy hit 103 in Gemini Friends’ 24-run victory over Khalsa CC while Patel Nikunj scalped six wickets but Jai Bhagwathi lost to EMCC in the inaugural Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Tuesday. Ankit Sharma took a hat-trick for the winners. Brief Scores:Mahmood CC 173/2 in 20 overs (Vigneshvar 88) bt […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s taekwondo players from CK Taekwondo Club India, Narayanguda impressed bagging 15 medals, including seven gold, four silver and four bronze medals, at the 1st Dadra and Nagar Haveli Open National Taekwondo Championship at the Lions English School, Silvassa. Medal Winners:Kyorugi Event:Seniors: 68kgs: Rapolu prudhvi Raj (Gold); 54kgs: Karan Tikaram (gold); 49kgs: Darshana Koli […]

Hyderabad: VAV Rajesh, the International Master from Indian Railways, scored 8.5 points to win the All India Open Rapid FIDE Rating Chess Championship, conducted by the Telangana State Chess Association, at the LB Stadium. He overcame the talented Telangana under-11 player Adireddy Arjun on the top board in his final round. International Master Muthaiah AL […]

Hyderabad: Virat Kohli has led the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the one final time on Monday in the Indian Premier League. Like an ardent RCB fan, Kohli also would have liked to end his captaincy stint on a high — with the trophy. However, as fate would have it, RCB crashed out once again in […]

The former Indian captain reeled off answers on his favourite topic fielding in Twitter

Hyderabad: Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN) continues to take women’s sports to a wider audience with the telecast of Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). For the first time ever, viewers in India will get to watch eight Indian cricketers participating in this premier women’s cricket league. Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Shafali […]

Hyderabad: Kingston, Visionary, Saffron Art, Skipton, Strategist, Maximum Glamour and Havelock Cruise impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND:600m:Angel Tesoro (RB) 46, handy. Blickfang (Afroz Khan) 47, moved easy. 800m:Sye Ra (RB) 1-1, (From 800/400) 27, handy. Call Of The Blue (RB) 1-0, 600/46, moved well. Cosmico […]

Sharjah: A match-defining all-round show from Sunil Narine helped Kolkata Knight Riders set up a Qualifier 2 clash with Delhi Capitals after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in a tight Eliminator match of IPL 2021 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here on Monday. Narine first took 4/21 in his four overs, breaking the […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association has named 35-member probables for the upcoming BCCI Senior Women’s One-day tournament, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru. Probables: D Ramya, Pranavi Chandra, Anuradha Nayak, B Shravani, G Trisha, K Anitha, Yasha Sree, Keerthi Reddy, Kranthi Reddy, Mamatha M, P Parvathi, Anjali B, Pranathi Reddy, Vanka Pooja, Theniyath Fathima, Ishitha […]

Dubai: Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that he had “nothing much in the mind” when he walked in to bat with 24 runs still required off 11 deliveries in the playoffs match against the Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals. While the task was enormous, the skipper added that the only thing relevant […]

Aarhus: The Indian men’s badminton team started its campaign in the Thomas Cup team competition with a commanding 5-0 win against the Netherlands in a Group C encounter. With the team returning to full strength with the return of the top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth back to form […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) President Mohammed Azharuddin appointed a new-look ad-hoc five-man senior selection committee of Ahmed Quadri (chairman), Zakir Hussain, Alfred Absolom, Faiz Ahmed and Amol Shinde. According to the Lodha Committee Reforms, the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) is required for the appointment of senior selectors and coaches. As Azharuddin, who is […]

Hyderabad: Pranav Sistla emerged champion with 10.5 points from 12 rounds in the junior category while Arul Anandh took the top honours in the open category with 10 points from 12 rounds at the 185th Brilliant Trophy chess Tournament, on Monday. Open category Top Ten Places:1.Arul Anandh, 2.Subhabrata Roy, 3.G Kesavan, 4.Abdallah M Nisthar, 5. LV Shivakumar, […]

Hyderabad: N Sandeep Goud hit an unbeaten 107 in Sportive’s narrow one-run victory over Income Tax in the inaugural Nawab MAK Pataudi T20 Tiger Cup, on Monday. Brief Scores:Gemini Friends 212/6 in 20 overs (Yash Gupta 50; Izaz Ali 3/34) bt Gouds XI 108/7 in 20 overs; Sportive 168/2 in 20 overs (N Sandeep Goud […]

LBS’ Trishul Mehra took the second place in the boys event while GSM’s Shreshtra emerged runners-up in the girls category.