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Chennai: The J. E. Mckeown-trained Mezcal holds an edge over others to win the Ooty Juveniles Trophy 1200 metres, Terms for 3-year-old and the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2 pm. (Note: The Udhagamandalam Races 2021 is being conducted by […]

Hyderabad: Cosmic Run, Scramjet, Colachel Battle, Corfe Castle, Premier Action, Top In Class, Different, Xfinity, Max & Castlerock impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Wednesday morning. SAND:600m:Sopranos (Apprentice) 47, moved easy. Be Crimson (Rafique Sk) &Dead Centre (RB) 45, pair handy. 800m:Cabello (RB) 1-3, 600/47, moved easy. NRI Touch […]

Abu Dhabi: Hardik Pandya finally showed glimpses of his destructive self as he brought Mumbai Indians back in play-off contention with the defending champions beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in an IPL encounter on Tuesday. Hardik smashed two fours and a six in the penultimate over bowled by Mohammed Shami as his 40 not […]

Sitges: The Indian team posted a second straight win in Pool A of the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship by beating Armenia 2.5-1.5 in the third round here on Tuesday. The Indians had defeated Spain 2.5-1.5 in the second round late on Monday to notch up the first win after being held to a […]

Dubai: A thumping win over defending champions Mumbai Indians boosting their confidence, Royal Challengers Bangalore would look to build on the momentum when they take on a struggling Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday. The Virat Kohli-led RCB are currently at third spot with 12 points from 10 matches and […]

Dubai: Sunrisers Hyderabad’s big-hitting opener David Warner, who has been dropped from the playing XI because of poor form, has said that he won’t be seen at the stadium “again”, hinting that his stint with the struggling franchise could be over. Warner was axed on Monday night from the game against Rajasthan Royals, which SRH […]

New Delhi: Women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal and goalkeeper Savita Punia, along with Paralympic medal-winners Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar were on Tuesday given out-of-turn promotions by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for their impressive performances in this year’s Tokyo Games. Besides, hockey coach Piyush Dubey, who was part of the men’s hockey […]

Hyderabad: There is good news for young tennis players as the Advantage Tennis Academy will conduct a High Performance tennis programme under-14 and under-18 categories from October 1 at St.Thomas High School, Vinayak Nagar, Neredmet, Secunderabad. This programme will include fitness and conditioning, biomechanical assessments, tennis psychology, players pathway towards graduating from juniors to men […]

Sharjah: Nitish Rana kept his calm in a tricky chase as Kolkata Knight Riders kept their play-off hopes alive with a three-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals in a low-scoring IPL contest, here on Tuesday. The KKR bowlers made optimum use of the slow Sharjah track to restrict Delhi Capitals to 127 for nine. T20 specialist […]

Hyderabad: The indomitable Sania Mirza is making every moment count. That she is still winning laurels, in the dusk of her career, proves she has more to offer and more to achieve. The 34-year-old “super mom” gifted her little son Izhaan, who was away with his aunt in the USA, her 43rd career women’s doubles […]

Sitges: The Indian team secured its first win in the FIDE World Women’s Team Chess Championship by beating Spain 2.5-1.5 in the second pool match here. After drawing 2-2 against Azerbaijan in the first round, the Indian women rode on R Vaishali’s win over Sabrina Vega Gutierrez to post a victory in the second Pool […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State’s Nitya Gandhe clinched bronze in the women’s 100 metres event in the inaugural under-23 athletics championship in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Nitya clocked 11.90 seconds. Delhi’s Taranjeet Kaur sprinted in 11.54 seconds while Karnataka’s T Dhaneswari came second with 11.66 seconds. Now you can get handpicked stories from […]

Hyderabad: Ashwa Bravo, Lombardy, Good Connection, Ashwa Yashobali & Lightning Bolt caught the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Tuesday morning. SAND:600m:Beauty On Parade (Md Ismail) (From 1000/400) 45, eased up. Galwan (RB) (From 1000/400) 46, handy. 800m:Muaser (Afroz Khan) 58, 600/44, good. Appenzelle (Deepak Singh) 59, 600/45, handy. […]

Chennai: The D. K. Futnani-trained Angelino looks good in the upper division of the Set To Fly Handicap 1600 metres, a handicap for horses rated 60 to 85 Claas-II and the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2 pm. (Note: The […]

Dubai: Opener Jason Roy and skipper Kane Williamson struck confident half-centuries to shape Sunrisers Hyderbad’s comfortable seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals as IPL Play-offs calculations got a bit more complicated, here on Monday. Opting to bat, the Royals scored 164 for six on the back of a well-calculated 82-run knock by skipper Sanju Samson on […]

Sharjah: A dominant Delhi Capitals will fancy their chances of securing a play-off berth when they face Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.A cloud of uncertainty over KKR’s injured all-rounder Andre Russell’s participation gives Delhi more reasons to feel optimistic ahead of their afternoon match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. […]

Abu Dhabi: On a slippery slope after a hat-trick of losses, defending champions Mumbai Indians will need their famed top-order batting to fire and turn things around when they take on Punjab Kings in the IPL here on Tuesday. Time is running out for Mumbai after they lost all the three games post the resumption […]

Vantaa: Competing without its star players, the Indian badminton team’s chances to qualify for the knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup ended after suffering a heavy 0-5 defeat against formidable China here on Monday. It was India’s second consecutive defeat after losing the Group A opener to Thailand and now the final match against Finland […]

Boston: John McEnroe wishes the Laver Cup could get more attention and thinks it’s a mistake that the ATP Tour schedules regular tournaments that conflict with the three-day exhibition event. Captain Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe clinched its fourth consecutive Laver Cup on Sunday by taking an insurmountable 14-1 lead over McEnroe’s Team World. “This is […]

Sydney: Sydney Sixers on Monday confirmed the signing of Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav for the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). At just 17, Verma, who in 2019 became India’s youngest ever women’s T20 international, is widely considered the best batting talent in the world and currently sits atop the ICC Women’s T20I Player […]

Hyderabad: In a confidence-booster meeting, State Sports Authority Chairman Allipuram Venkateswara Reddy met Japan-bound Telangana gymnast Kumari Buddha Aruna Reddy at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium in Ambala, Haryana on Monday. Aruna Reddy, who is leaving for Japan on October 12, is part of the six-member Indian team that will compete in the Artistic Gymnastics […]

London: England’s spin bowling all-rounder Moeen Ali on Monday announced retirement from Test cricket to prolong his career in white-ball formats, saying he is “content” despite the widespread belief that he could have achieved a lot more. The 34-year-old leaves the Test arena with 2,914 runs in 64 matches at an average of 28.29. Besides […]

New Delhi: The Ajay Sharma-trained Warrior Thrive, who is in fine fettle, is expected to score in the K. P. Mohan Kumar Memorial Trophy 1200 metres Class II, rated 60 to 86. the feature event of the opening day’s Delhi monsoon races to be held here on Tuesday. False rails will be announced on the […]

Hyderabad: Fire Power, Keystone, Painted Apache, City Of Blossom & City Of Blessing impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Monday morning. SAND: 600m:California Beauty (RB) 47, moved easy. 800m:Colachel Battle (Surya Prakash) (From 1200/400) 1-0, eased up. New Look(K Mukesh) & Fashion Universe (Gourav Singh) 1-1, 600/47, moved together. […]