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Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s M Sai Nikhil took top honours in the senior boys’ foil event while G Ambika from Hyderabad won in the girls’ section at the 5th junior and 5th senior inter-district fencing championship, at the Victory Playground, on Sunday. Results: Senior: Boys: Foil: 1. M Sai Nikhil (Hyd), 2. Mandeep (Hyd), 3. R Rohith […]

Dubai: Namibia coach Pierre de Bruyn wants his players to give a “last little push” against India on Monday to make sure the team finishes the T20 World Cup on a high. India and Namibia will lock horns with each other in their last match of the ongoing tournament. Bruyn knows if Namibia don’t execute […]

Abu Dhabi: The Indian cricket team is in a “much better place” compared to the time he came on board and there is enough talent to handle transition of pacers and have different bowlers across three formats, feels outgoing bowling coach Bharat Arun. Arun, head coach Ravi Shastri and fielding coach R Sridhar will end […]

Abu Dhabi: India were sent packing from the T20 World Cup after a clinical New Zealand clinched a facile eight-wicket triumph over Afghanistan in their final Super 12 game to claim the last available semifinal spot here on Sunday. India’s slim hopes hinged on Afghanistan upstaging the Black Caps as that would have brought the […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s CM Kushagra Mohan defeated Soni Deepak to be in joint lead with three points after third round in the 3rd Hyderabad All India Open FIDE rating tournament at the Joy International School, Bachupally on Sunday. Results: Round 3: RR Laxman (3) bt SVC Chakravarthy (2), Niwas MS (2) lost to IM Gusain Himal, […]

Hyderabad: Rishabh Baslas scalped 5/37 in Jai Bhagawathi’s six-wicket victory over Deccan Chronicle in the Group B match of the HCA one-day knockout (A1 Division three-day), on Sunday. Brief Scores: Group A: Union Bank of India 159 in 37.1 overs (Shiek Aaquib 3/28, Aryan Cariappa 3/39) bt Sportive 159/9 in 45 overs (M Nikhil 39, […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s G Trisha ended the women’s Under-19 One Day Challenger Trophy in a blaze of glory as she hit 78 not out (116b, 10×4, 1×6) to steer India B to title triumph at RCA Academy Ground, Jaipur, on Sunday. Chasing 141 for victory, the 15-year-old Trisha, who amassed 260 runs from three matches, had […]

Dubai: Bangladesh and Afghanistan were assured of a direct entry into the Super 12s in next year’s T20 World Cup in Australia but two-time champions West Indies and former winners Sri Lanka will have to play the additional qualifying round. The automatic qualifiers for the Super 12 stage next year were determined to be the […]

Hyderabad: Kesariya Balam, Super Angel and High Priestess pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Sunday morning. SAND:600m:Titus (G Naresh) (From 1000/400) 47, eased up. 1000m:3y-(Royal Gladiator/One Eyed Bandit) (Koushik) 1-18, 800/1-2, 600/46, moved well. Zamazenta (NB Kuldeep) 1-17, 800/59, 600/45, good. Wits Up Jay (B Nikhil) 1-15, 800/1-0, 600/46, […]

Hyderabad: The SK Sunderji trained Makhtoob looks head and shoulders above the others runners in the fray for the Telangana Cup 1400 metres, A handicap for horses rated 40 to 65 the feature event of the opening day of the Hyderabad Winter season here on Monday. False rails are up. First race starts at 12.50 […]

Gayle was applauded onto the field by teammates when he went out to open the batting against Australia on Saturday and he had saluted the ground after his dismissal, proceeding to throw gloves into the crowd.

Djokovic rallied from a set down, and a shock final-set fadeout, to defeat Hurkacz 3-6, 6-0, 7-6(5) to power into his seventh Paris Masters final. The Serb will meet Medvedev in the final here after the reigning champion powered into his second consecutive Paris Masters final, snapping Germany's Alexander Zverev's eight-match winning streak with a 6-2, 6-2 win.

Hyderabad: Kesariya Balam, Super Angel and High Priestess pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Sunday morning. SAND:600m:Titus (G Naresh) (From 1000/400) 47, eased up. 1000m:3y-(Royal Gladiator/One Eyed Bandit) (Koushik) 1-18, 800/1-2,600/46, moved well. Zamazenta (NB Kuldeep) 1-17, 800/59, 600/45, good.Wits Up Jay (B Nikhil) 1-15, 800/1-0, 600/46, shaped well. […]

Sharjah: England suffered their first defeat in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup but still qualified for the semifinals on the basis of a better net run rate, knocking out victors South Africa from the tournament here on Saturday. South Africa pacer Kagiso Rabada (3/48) produced a sensational final over to become the first from […]

Abu Dhabi: Veteran opener David Warner produced a feisty unbeaten 89 as Australia recorded a facile eight-wicket win over the West Indies to stay alive in the semifinal race at the T20 World Cup, here on Saturday. The left-hander was at his vintage best as he smashed four sixes and nine fours to anchor the […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad women team suffered a humiliating 175-run loss at the hands of Bengal to crash out of the tournament with five losses in as many matches, in the Women’s Senior One Day Trophy, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, on Saturday. Electing to bat, Bengal rode on centuries from VR VAnitha (107) and […]

Pune: The Pesi Shroff-trained Alicia looks good among contenders and may win the S. A. Poonawalla Million (Grade 3) 1600 metres, Terms for horses 3-years-old only, the feature event of the races to be held here on Sunday. False rails will be announced on the of the races. The first race starts at 1.30 p.m. […]

Hyderabad: Test cricketer G Hanuma Vihari (57, 53b, 5×4, 1×6) and young Tilak Varma (61 not out, 29b, 3×4, 6×6) powered Hyderabad to their third successive win when they humbled Chandigarh by eight wickets in the Elite Group E fixture of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament at Sultanpur (Haryana) on Saturday. Asked to chase […]

Hyderabad: National champion Nikhat Zareen, who is all set to take part in the Women’s World Boxing Championship, got a major financial boost when KV Rao, chairman of Kakinada Seaports, presented her Rs 5 lakhs as part of her preparations to the meet. The Nizamabad girl also received Rs 2 lakhs from V Chamundeswarinath. Now […]

Hyderabad: Abhirath Reddy slammed an unbeaten 103 (98b, 16×4, 1×6) to steer Hyderabad Bottling to an eight-wicket victory over R Dayanand in the HCA one-day knock out (A1 3-day Division) on Saturday. Brief scores: Group A: Evergreen 253/7 in 45 overs (Vignesh Agarwal 49, Sai Vikas Reddy 42, G Vikram Naik 50, G Aniketh Reddy […]

Sharjah: Former champions Pakistan will look to continue their invincible run when they play minnows Scotland in their inconsequential last Super 12 Group 2 match of the T20 World Cup here on Sunday. Pakistan, who had claimed the title in 2009, have been simply sensational in the tournament so far and have bossed around other […]

Abu Dhabi: The Indian team will watch with bated breath as New Zealand face Afghanistan in a T20 World Cup match, the result of which will decide the semifinal line-up from Group 2, here on Sunday. Joining Team India in praying for an Afghan victory will be its billion-plus fans. A win for the Kiwis […]

Hyderabad: Grandmaster R.R Laxman (Tamil Nadu), International Master Gusain Himal (Chattisgarh), CM Kushagra Mohan, IM Ratnakaran (Kerala), IM Saravanakrishnan (Tamil Nadu) won their first round matches comfortably in 3rd Hyderabad All India FIDE rating chess tournament here in Joy International School, Bachupally on Saturday. Earlier this event was inaugurated by Siraj Ur Rehman, Vice president- […]

Sourav and Jay both would love to have Laxman take up the NCA role. But yes, the final call obviously lies with the former India cricketer as he has a young family also.