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New Delhi: Former champion Saina Nehwal, world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen and comeback man HS Prannoy registered contrasting wins to progress to the second round of the India Open here on Wednesday. Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made winning starts to their men’s doubles campaign.Former world no 1. Saina, […]

New Delhi: Experienced goalkeeper Savita will lead India at the upcoming women’s Asia Cup in Muscat as Hockey India on Wednesday named a strong 18-member squad for the event, including 16 players that featured at the Tokyo Olympics. Since regular skipper Rani Rampal is recovering from an injury in Bengaluru, Savita will lead the side […]

Hyderabad: Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud congratulated city’s shooter Esha Singh at his camp office, Hyderabad on Wednesday. Esha Singh won six medals in the junior, senior, mixed doubles 25 meters pistol and air pistol events at the 64th National Shooting Championships held in New Delhi recently. Minister also hoped Esha will win more laurels […]

Hyderabad: In Contention, Philanthropist, Kesariya Balam & Ashwa Yashobali impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Wednesday morning. SAND: 600m: 3y-(Bated Breath/Blush’s Gift) (Rupal Singh) (From 1000/400) 47, moved easy. Beauty Flame (B Nikhil) (From 1000/400) 45, handy. Angel Tesoro (RB) (From 1000/400) 46, eased up. 800m: Majestic Show (RB) […]

Chennai: The Robert Foley-trained Empress Eternal looks set to win the Tease Me Handicap 1000 metres, a handicap for horses rated 40 to 65 Class-III, the feature event of the races to be held here on Thursday. False rails will be announced on race day. The first race starts at 2.00 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Driftwood […]

Actor Siddharth had apologized to Nehwal on Tuesday night, after receiving criticism for his "rude joke" directed towards the badminton player.

Melbourne: World No. 1 tennis player Novak Djokovic has issued an exhaustive clarification on social media after reports emerged that he was part of a children’s event on December 17 and also gave an interview to L’Equipe on December 18, knowing that he was infected with COVID-19. Even since reports of Djokovic taking part in […]

The actor had, in a Twitter post on January 6, retweeted a post by Nehwal in which she had expressed her concern over the security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Punjab visit on January 5.

Cape Town: South Africa were 17 for one at stumps in reply to India’s first innings total of 223 all out on the opening day of the series-deciding third Test here on Tuesday. Opener Aiden Markram and night-watchman Keshav Maharaj were batting on 8 and 6, respectively, at the close of play. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed […]

Hyderabad: Osmania University men’s tennis team reached the quarterfinals defeating Bangalore University 3-0 in the South Zone Inter-University Tennis Championship, at the SRM University in Chennai on Tuesday. Captain Sai Karteek Reddy led the team from the front recording twin victories. He first defeated Nishith Naveen 9-3 in the singles. He then partnered with Suhith […]

New Delhi: Young Indian shuttler Ashmita Chaliha recorded the first upset of the India Open when she stunned fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya while top seed PV Sindhu sailed into the women’s singles second round of the tournament here on Tuesday. Reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew was stretched to three games while home favourite Kidambi […]

New Delhi: One of India’s largest business conglomerates, the Tata Group, will replace Chinese mobile manufacturer Vivo as the Indian Premier League’s title sponsor from this year, the event’s governing council decided in a meeting on Tuesday. “Yes, Tata group is coming in as IPL title sponsor,” IPL chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed the development. The […]

Christchurch: A courageous century by wicketkeeper Liton Das made Bangladesh a hard nut to crack but New Zealand finally broke through on Tuesday to win the second cricket Test by an innings and 117 runs to tie the two-match series. Das batted almost one-handed for much of his innings after being struck on the glove. […]

Melbourne: Comeback man Yuki Bhambri impressed with his attacking net play in a straight sets win but Ramkumar Ramanathan’s 23rd attempt at cracking the singles main draw of a Grand Slam ended with a first round defeat at the Australian Open qualifiers here on Tuesday. Bhambri, who returned to the Grand Slam stage after the […]

Hyderabad: In a bid to devise the best sports policy in the country, the Cabinet Sub-committee, under IT Minister K T Rama Rao and Sports Minister V Srinivas Goud, met at the Tourism Plaza and deliberated over various issues. KTR said the upcoming Sports Policy will be the best in the country and he suggested […]

New Delhi: Host nation India on Tuesday named its 23-member squad for the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup, including four youngsters from the team that finished runners-up in the U-19 SAFF Championships in Dhaka last month. While the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has not named a captain yet, the experienced Ashalata Devi is likely […]

Hyderabad: Soorya Vahan, Rhythm Selection and Wandring Warrior, Corfe Castle and Premier Action impressed when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Tuesday morning. SAND: 600m: Victory Parade (AA Vikrant) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. Star Babe (RB) (From 1000/400) 46, moved easy. Air Salute (RB) & Berkeley (NB Kuldeep) (From 1000/400) […]

Bengaluru: The Irfan Ghatala-trained Garamond, who is in good form, is expected to score in the Byerley Turk Stakes 1,600 metres, a handicap for horses rated 40 to 65, 5 years old and over Class-III, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts […]

Cape Town: India were 75/2 at lunch against South Africa on Day 1 of the third and final Test of the three-match series, here on Tuesday. Cheteshwar Pujara (26) and Virat Kohli (15 not out) were at the crease when lunch was taken on the opening day in Newlands. After winning the toss and opting to […]

Melbourne: The ATP on Monday termed the saga surrounding World number one men’s singles player Novak Djokovic as “damaging on all fronts”. Djokovic won his legal appeal on procedural grounds, quashing the border officer’s initial decision to cancel his visa ahead of the Australian Open. The ATP said the series of events leading to Monday’s […]

Cape Town: India Test captain Virat Kohli believes that he doesn’t need to prove himself to anyone and is happy at following his processes. Kohli, who didn’t feature in the second Test due to an upper back spasm, has been in a lean patch of form and hasn’t scored a century in international cricket since […]

Cape Town: Virat Kohli’s talismanic presence will be the shot in the arm that India would need in their bid to win the historic first-ever away Test series against South Africa but the hosts will also walk in with a spring in their step in the final Test starting here Tuesday. Kohli missed the last […]

Hyderabad: Jackson from Chennai won chess title in the juniors category by scoring 10.5 points out of 12 rounds at the 188th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament conducted online on Monday. Nidhish Syamal and Rounak Jakhotia got second and third places respectively with 10 points each. Kartavya Anadkat from Gujarat bagged top honours in the open […]

New Delhi: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday said it has decided to close its 67 training centres across the country due to rising Covid-19 cases but national camps for elite athletes will continue in bio-bubbles. The decision will not impact the National Centres of Excellence (NCOE) like the ones in Patiala and […]