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Dubai: Virat Kohli will step down as captain of his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore at the end of the ongoing season, the Indian batting maestro announced on Sunday, two days after deciding to quit national T20 captaincy following next month’s World Cup. The 32-year-old Kohli, one of the most decorated players of the franchise, […]

Hyderabad: Assam’s Amlan Borgohain took the final day’s honours by racing to victory in the 200m men’s sprint with a meet record timing of 20.75 seconds, at the 60th National Open Athletics Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Hanamkonda (Warangal), on Sunday. Amlan’s timing was the second fastest time on Indian soil. Muhammed Anas […]

Hyderabad: Syed Aqdaam Ahmed scored an unbeaten 121 and picked up seven wickets for 40 in Karimnagar’s 23-run victory over Mancherial in the TCA U-19 inter-district one day league on Sunday. Brief Scores: Warangal Dist 141 in 32.4 overs (Shiva Rama Krishna 51) lost to Suryapet Dist 147/9 in 29.3 overs (Prabhu 42, Chakravarthi 32, […]

Hyderabad: Prantik scored 15 points as G9 defeated PSA Lakers 18-10 to emerge champions in the boys under-18 category of the FIBA 3×3 Basketball Tournament for boys and girls conducted at the Apollo Health Centre, Jubilee Hills, on Sunday. In the girls U-18 category, YMCA downed Shooting Stars 15-8 for the title. Results: U-18: Boys: […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s table tennis player S Fidel R Snehit had an impressive outing as he clinched silver in the men’s singles and then partnered with Sudhanshu Grover to clinch a bronze medal in the men’s doubles at the 2021 ITTF Kazakhstan International Open, on Sunday. Snehit, who is world no 405, defeated higher ranked players […]

Hyderabad: The Prasad Raju-trained Mystery, who maintains form, may repeat in the S Rangarajan Memorial Cup 1200 metres Category-II, a handicap for horses 40 to 65, the feature event of the races to be held here on Monday.False trails are up. First race starts at 1-00 p.m. SELECTIONS: Able Love 1, Thanks 2, Spectacular Cruise […]

Hyderabad: Continuing her good run, Harmilan Kaur Bains (Punjab) completed the women’s middle-distance double, adding the 800m crown to the 1500m title she won a couple of days earlier in the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Hanamkonda (Warangal) on Saturday. Railways’ B Aishwarya also bagged a horizontal jumps double by […]

Hyderabad: Telangana boxer from Nizamabad Mohammad Hussamuddin (57kg) eased into the quarterfinals with a thumping 5-0 win over Chhattisgarh’s Sahil at the National Boxing Championships in Bellary on Saturday. The defending champion and the Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Hussamuddin, who is representing Services Sports Control Board (SSCB), displayed smart and mature boxing and landed plenty […]

Hyderabad: Sunil scored 13 points as Aparna Aces defeated Istana 21-12 in the FIBA 3×3 basketball tournament for boys and girls, at the Apollo Health Centre, Jubilee Hills, on Saturday. Results: U-14: Boys: DPS 10 (Vinnit 5) bt Kobe 7 (Roshan 3); PSA Rowdies 15 (Amogh 5) bt FIBA 5 (Prateek 4); Aparna Aces 21 […]

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore will don the Blue Jersey to pay tribute to the frontline warriors who have spent the majority of the last 18 months in PPE kits, in our opening match of the second leg of the VIVO IPL 2021 against Kolkata Knight Riders on 20th September 2021, at Abu Dhabi. RCB had […]

The tournament will have 16 teams and 200 golfers taking part

Hyderabad: Telangana Rifle Association (TRA) president Amit Sanghi was elected as the vice-president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) for 2021-2025 term with highest votes in the elections. TRA Senior Vice President Gusti J. Noria was also elected as the governing body member of NRAI. Sanghi expressed happiness and congratulated Noria for getting […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s promising R Raja Rithvik became chess Grandmaster after he crossed the ELO Rating of 2500. The 17-year-old achieved this GM title in Vezerkepzo Grandmaster Chess Tournament at Budapest, Hungary. He thus became the 70th Grandmaster from the country. Going into the tournament with 2496 points and needing just four points for the GM […]

Hyderabad: Supervek and CCOB Basketball Club scored contrasting wins in the Annual League Championship, conducted by the Hyderabad District Basketball Association.  CCOB rolled past Amruth Basketball Academy 83-53 while Supervek, who led by nine points at the end of the third quarter, squeezed through by a solitary point with a 65-64 win over a fighting […]

Chennai: The Pesi Shroff-trained Alicia, who is in fine condition as evidenced by her track movements, may score in the Coromandel Gromor Nilgiris Derby Stakes (Grade-I) 1600 metres, terms for 3-year-old, the major attraction of the races to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first race starts at 2 pm. (Note: The […]

Shastri, who was squarely criticised for launching his new book in London and spreading the Covid-19 virus among the support staff two days before the fourth Test at The Oval, said on Saturday, "I believe so because I've achieved all I wanted," when asked whether the ICC T20 World Cup would be his last outing with Team India as chief coach.

Hyderabad: Titus, Corfe Castle, Maximum Glamour & Days Of Reckoningimpressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Saturday morning. SAND:600m:Classic Knock (G Naresh) & Briar Ridge (Kiran Naidu) 47, moved together.3y-(Royal Gladiator/One Eyed Bandit) (B Nikhil) 47, moved easy. Dunkirk(B Nikhil) 48, moved easy. Sally (Md Ismail) 46, moved well. Horse […]

Hyderabad: Handball Federation of India (HFI) president A Jagan Mohan Rao chalked out big plans for the game and said that his ultimate goal is to see the Indian team competing in the Olympics. The official from Telangana State disclosed that HFI has devised a few plans to popularise the game in the country. “That […]

Hyderabad: The fall out was inevitable. The selections of the Hyderabad under-19 squad had raised quite a few eyebrows and criticism ran high, with many being unhappy with the way the team for the Vinoo Mankad under-19 cricket tournament was picked. The resignation of junior selector Indrasekhar Reddy has caused a rumble in the HCA. […]

Hyderabad: For Parul Chaudhary (Railways), it was a golden double as she beat the challenge of Maharashtra’s Komal Chandrakant Jagdale to win the women’s 3000m Steeplechase final in the 60th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nerhu Stadium in Hanamkonda on Thursday. Parul had won the 5000m gold on the first day of the […]

Hyderabad: Edunuri Ganesh scalped seven wickets for seven runs in Mancherial’s 31-run victory over Asifabad in the TCA under-19 inter-district one league, on Friday. Brief Scores: Adilabad Dist 180 in 43 overs (Babbu 3/20) lost to Bellampalli 181/8 in 45.5 overs (Raghuveer 49, Saddam Khan 4/35); Bhupalapally Dist 154 in 27.1 overs (Abhinash Reddy 70, […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s Savio Dominic Michael stormed into the last eight stage of the 54kg category in the 5th Elite Men’s National Boxing Championships as he defeated World Championships bronze medalist Gaurav Bidhuri at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary (Karnataka) on Friday. Savio defeated Jharkhand’s Krishna Jora. Goa’s Ashok Patil (67kg) too progressed into […]

Hyderabad: VA Lakshan returned with 5/36 bowling figures in his side Bharat CC’s 145-run victory over Noble CC in the A2 division two-day league match, on Friday. Top Performers Centurions: B Venkata Sai Chandra 126, Five or more wickets: Yash Dubey 5/17, VA Lakshan 5/36 A2 division two-day league: Group-1B: Team Speed 140 in 46.3 […]

Brisbane: Star Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry, who is set to lead the home side’s depleted bowling attack in the upcoming ODI series against India, sees this as an “opportunity” with the new ball in the absence of regular pacer Megan Schutt. India’s tour of Australia begins with the opening ODI at the Great Barrier Reef […]