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Sofia: Indian boxers were handed tricky draws at the Strandja Memorial tournament here even as Nikhat Zareen will begin her campaign in the quarterfinals. Sumit and Anjali Tushir are set to face tough opponents in their respective opening-round bouts. Zareen, who clinched a gold medal in the 2019 edition, has received a bye in the […]

New Delhi: With Rohit Sharma now Team India’s captain in all three formats with the announcement of his being test captain for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, former India cricketer and North zone selector Sarandeep Singh has said that “he is right and obvious choice” after Virat Kohli stepped down as skipper of the […]

Kolkata: The series in their bag, India will have the liberty to experiment in the third and final T20I against the West Indies here on Sunday. With Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant given a 10-day break, the home team is set to finally include the gifted Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad in the playing XI. […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad tennis players Shrivalli Rashmikaa and Humera Baharmus pair lifted the women’s doubles crown at the Haryana Women’s ITF $15k tennis tournament, in Gurugram on Saturday. The talented youngsters, who were unseeded in the tournament, defeated top seeds Kovapitukted Punin of Thailand and Anna Ureke of Russia 6-3, 1-6, 10-3. This is their maiden […]

New Delhi: Rohit Sharma was on Saturday appointed the new Test captain of the Indian team as selectors initiated the transition phase by dropping struggling veterans Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha and Ishant Sharma for the Sri Lanka series. The team management has decided to move on from Saha and 100-Test plus Ishant and […]

Dubai: Trailblazing Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka fritted away a great opportunity to lose the Dubai Tennis Championships doubles semifinal here. After dominating the first set, Sania and Hradecka lost 6-2,2-6,7-10 to Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko on Friday night. The Indo-Czech duo, which had received […]

Mumbai: The IA Sait-trained Caprisca looks good in the Madras Race Club Trophy 2,400 metres, a handicap for horses in Class I, rated 80 and upward (60 to 79 eligible), the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 pm. SELECTIONS 1. […]

Hyderabad: Riding on a first-innings five-wicket haul from debutant pacer Ctl Rakshann Readdi (5/61) and a century (106 off 149; 15×4) by Team India cricketer G Hanuma Vihari in the second innings, Hyderabad took control of the match against Chandigarh on the third day of the Group B Ranji Trophy match at the Vikash Cricket […]

Hyderabad: The S Narredu-trained Star Glory looks unbeatable in the N Nari Reddy Memorial Million 1200 metres, terms for horses 3 year olds only the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.15 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Blazing Jupiter 1, Indie 2, Archangels 3 2. […]

Hyderabad: Bugsy, Dillon & Pacific Command worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Saturday morning. SAND: 600m: Cheltenham (RB) (From 1200/600) 45, looks well. Bellagio (Md Ismail) 46, moved well. Keystone (Rohit Kumar) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. Arthur (Ashhad Asbar) 45, shaped well. Special Effort (Gaddam) (From 1000/400) […]

Beijing: India on Saturday won the right to host the 2023 International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) session in Mumbai in an unopposed race, during the 139th IOC Session in Beijing, China. The Indian delegation comprising the country’s first individual Olympic gold medallist (Beijing 2008, shooting) Abhinav Bindra, IOC Member Nita Ambani, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President […]

As reported by PTI, Kohli and also Pant will not be playing in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 24 in Lucknow, followed by two more games at Dharamsala on February 26 and 27.

Kolkata: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel produced superb bowling in slog overs as India survived some anxious moments before walking out with an eight-run win over West Indies in the second T20I that handed them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Friday. Chasing a stiff 187, wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran (62 off […]

The Manolo Marquez-coached side are at the top with 29 points from 16 games. After losing their match against ATK Mohun Bagan, Hyderabad returned to winning ways defeating Bengaluru FC 2-0 in their previous game. However, the three points from their match against Goa are crucial given the tough road ahead.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad amateur golfer Sneha Singh played one of the best nine hole stretches in history of the Hero Women’s Pro golf Tour to clinch the title at the East Point Golf Club in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Sneha, trailing Jahanvi Bakshi by two shots after the second round, fell back even more after a bogey-bogey […]

A total of 16 teams from across the country and also from Nepal, Malaysia will compete in the tournament, revealed V Hanumantha Rao, former MP, Rajya Sabha.

Kolkata: The Pesi Shroff-trained Parisian who maintains form, may repeat in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (Grade-III) 2800 metres, terms for horses 4 years old and over, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday. No false rails. The first race starts at 12.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Star Justice 1, Marazzo […]

Bengaluru: India pace bowler Mohammed Siraj has said that hardships were routine when he was in his formative years as a cricketer, adding that his father was an auto driver who could only afford to give him Rs 60 a day to go and train at the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. Siraj, who was retained […]

Hyderabad: One Wish, In Contention, Menilly, Market King, Bangor On Dee, Sandown Park, Everglades, Max, Startegist, Red Snaper, Ayr & Amyra impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Friday morning. SAND: 800m: Shah Of Iran (RB) 59, 600/45, moved well. Divine Destiny (Surya Prakash) 1-2, 600/48, moved freely. 1000m: My […]

Hyderabad: Ultra marathon runner Jaganmohan Reddy ran 68 km to mark the 68th birthday of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, on Thursday. Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman Allipuram Venkateswar Reddy flagged off the run from Chintamadaka. The run concluded at the Sports Hub Stadium Ground in Gajwel. Former national footballer Venkat Reddy, athletes […]

Hyderabad: Nizamabad boxer Nikhat Zareen and nine others have been cleared to compete in the 73rd International Boxing Tournament Strandja, scheduled to be held in Bulgaria from February 18 to 22. The 12-member Indian team left for Bulgaria on Thursday night. Nikhat Zareen, who competes in the 52kg category, has fond memories from the tournament […]

Kolkata: Clinical in most aspects of the game so far, India will now hope that star batter Virat Kohli also regains his form when they take on a struggling West Indies in the potentially series-deciding second T20 International here on Friday. The touring West Indies side has been far from being at its best and […]

Queenstown: Staring at another series defeat, a struggling India will welcome the return of star opener Smriti Mandhana for the third women’s ODI against New Zealand here on Friday. Mandhana, the ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year, had exited mandatory quarantine in Christchurch to join the squad ahead of second ODI but needed a few […]

Christchurch: Seldom-used Matt Henry took a career-best 7-23 on his home ground at Hagley Oval as New Zealand bowled out South Africa for 95 Thursday on the first day of the first cricket test. Called into the New Zealand team in the absence of Trent Boult who is on paternity leave, Henry took the new […]