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Kolkata: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul became the first-ever player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) to score 600-plus runs in four IPL seasons. Rahul achieved this feat during the Eliminator clash of the ongoing IPL 2022 against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday here at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He reached this […]

Kolkata: Rajat Patidar owned the big stage with a magnificent hundred as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat debutants Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the IPL Eliminator here on Wednesday. RCB will now take on Rajasthan Royals, losers of first qualifiers, in qualifier 2, while Lucknow’s journey ended following the defeat here. Invited to bat, […]

Hyderabad: Boulder Hills Tigers defeated Boulder Raiders 2-1 in the opening match of the ATUM T9 Challenge at the Boulder Hills Golf and Country Club, Hyderabad on Wednesday. In the first round robin matches Boulder Hills Tigers, Jaagruthi Jaguars and T Eagles emerged winners. In the first match, Boulder Hills Tigers’ Sashidhar Reddy dug in […]

Hyderabad: Playing his maiden Indian Premier League season with the five-time champions Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad batter N Thakur Tilak Varma carved a niche for himself. The southpaw emerged one of the top run-getters for the team with 397 runs with a healthy average of 36.09 and a strike rate of 131. He is only behind […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana Football Association (TFA) is going to conduct training camp for the State U-17 women’s football team at the Football Stadium, Siddipet from May 28. All the selected players are requested to carry original Aadhar card, birth certificate, SSC memo, vaccination certificate and two passport size photos to report at the venue on […]

Hyderabad: The Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy revealed that the worn-out athletics track at the GMC Balayogi Stadium in Gachibowli will be replaced with a new one soon. The SATS chief, who was in New Delhi to receive State boxer Nikhat Zareen, met with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) […]

Chennai: Young Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian player to reach the final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters tournament after he held his nerve to outwit Dutch GM Anish Giri 3.5-2.5 on Wednesday. The Indian chess star defeated the highly-rated Giri, pipping the Dutchman in the tiebreak after the four-game rapid […]

Udhagamandalam: The J Sebastian-trained Remediesofspring, who is in fine fettle, may score in the Nilgiris Derby Stakes (Grade-I) 1600 metres, a terms for horses 3 years old only, the highlight of the pre-Derby day’s races scheduled to be held here on Thursday. No false rails. The first race starts at 10.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Swiss […]

Paris: Naomi Osaka’s 2022 French Open is over following a first-round loss. The players remaining in the tournament see and hear products of her frank discussion about anxiety and depression a year ago — from new “quiet rooms” and three on-call psychiatrists at Roland Garros to a broader sense that mental health is a far-less-taboo […]

Kolkata: Gujarat Titans entered the final of Indian Premier League with a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the first qualifier here on Tuesday. Rajasthan Royals scored 188 for six after being asked to bat first. GT completed the chase with three balls to spare with David Miller scoring unbeaten 68 off 38 balls. Gujarat […]

Hyderabad: The road to team for Chandhu Lavanya’s is not a rosy one. Struggling against odds, she made it to the Indian team for the upcoming Under-20 Asian Volleyball Championship to be held in Kazakhstan in July. The 17-years-old attacker proved herself in the 47th SGFI Junior National Championship held in Burdwan, West Bengal where […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State Sports School (TSSS), Hakimpet students Ganesh (81kg), B Gangothri (55kg) and V Mounika (64kg) have been selected to represent Telangana State in weightlifting for the upcoming Khelo India Youth Games scheduled to be held in Panchkula, Haryana from June 4 to 13. P Manikyala Rao was appointed as the team coach.   […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) secretary Ronald Rose felicitated athletes Ravi Kiran, N Mayavathi and Pranay who did well at the ISF World School Sport Games in Normandy in France, recently. Ravi Kumar bagged gold in javelin throw while Mayavathi clinched bronze in 200 meters event. Pranay settled for fourth place. […]

Kolkata: Virat Kohli’s return to form and a rather dramatic entry into the IPL play-offs will make Royal Challengers Bangalore a more confident unit when they meet a top-heavy Lucknow Super Giants in the Eliminator here on Wednesday. After a string of low scores, Kohli found his rhythm en route to a scintillating 54-ball 73 […]

New Delhi: After winning a gold medal in the Women’s World Boxing Championship in Turkey, Indian pugilist Nikhat Zareen has urged the parents to change their mentality towards a girl child and support them in whatever they want to do in their lives. “There are still some people in the society who feel sad when […]

Paris: World No.2 Daniil Medvedev breezed past Argentine Facundo Bagnis 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 for a hassle-free opening round at the French Open here on Tuesday. Medvedev has a shot at returning to the top of the men’s singles rankings, replacing Novak Djokovic, if results go his way at Roland Garros this fortnight. However, he does […]

Pune: The swashbuckling Shafali Verma blazed away at the top before Laura Wolvaardt’s unbeaten half century as Velocity overhauled a stiff target to get the better of Supernovas by seven wickets in the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Tuesday. Set a target of 151 after opting to field, Velocity completed the chase with 10 balls […]

Mysuru: The S Narredu-trained Eternal Princess looks unbeatable in the Mysore Juvenile Million 1200 metres, terms for maiden horses 3 years old only, the feature event of the opening day’s races of the Mysore summer meeting scheduled to be held on Wednesday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.30 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Country’s […]

Kolkata: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma’s abysmal form in the IPL is not a matter of concern as he will be back among the runs soon, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said on Tuesday. The record five-time IPL winning Mumbai Indians skipper had a woeful season finishing with 268 runs from 14 innings at an average of […]

Johannesburg: The legendary AB de Villiers said he will “definitely” return to the IPL next year as part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad, but he is not sure in what capacity. De Villiers had been a big part of RCB family before he retired from all forms of cricket last year. De Villiers’ former […]

Pune: Pooja Vastrakar picked up four wickets for just 12 runs in a brilliant pace-bowling display as Supernovas notched up an easy 49-run win over Trailblazers in a record-breaking opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge here on Monday. The 22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of Trailblazers’ captain Smriti Mandhana (34), her opening partner Hayley […]

Paris: Rafael Nadal and all of his aches and pains reached the second round of the French Open. The 13-time champion at Roland Garros beat Jordan Thompson 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round on Court Philippe Chatrier. Nadal won his men’s-record 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open but he has only recently […]

Kolkata: Equipped with a lethal bowling attack and boasting a number of quality finishers, debutants Gujarat Titans will start as favourites against spin-heavy former champions Rajasthan Royals when the two teams face-off in the first IPL Qualifier, here on Tuesday. Captaining a team in the IPL for the first time ever, a fit-again Hardik Pandya […]

Townsville (Queensland): The family of late Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds, who died in a single car crash on May 14 at the age of 46, has said that a memorial service for the legendary cricketer will take place at the Riverway Stadium here on May 27. A report in cricket.com.au said on Monday that Australian […]