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Hyderabad: Nikhath Zareen and Gonella Niharika of Telangana State made their way into the semifinals of the 5th Elite Women Boxing National Championship being held at Hisar, Haryana. Zareen, the 2019 Asian Championship bronze medallist, outperformed the reigning youth world champion Babyrojisana Naorem of Manipur 5-0 in 52kg category. On the other hand, Niharika continued […]

New Delhi: Finally the wait is over, two new teams have been added to the cash-awash Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. As per the initial reports, Lucknow and Ahmedabad teams, owned by the RP Sanjeev Goenka Group and CVC Capital respectively, will be the two new IPL franchises, to be part of the tournament […]

Hyderabad: Akshay Kumar (35 wins) was declared as the best jockey of the Hyderabad Monsoon season which concluded on Monday. Following are the winners: Champion trainer: R. H. Sequeira & D. Netto share honours with (19 wins) Champion jockey: Akshay Kumar (35 wins) Champion Apprentice jockey(Claiming Allownce): Gaurav Singh (7 wins) Leading owner(All horses that […]

Hyderabad: The Karthik Ganapathy-trained Juliette was ably guided by A. Sandesh to win the Golconda St. Leger (Grade II) 2800 metres the feature event of the concluding day’s Monsoon races at Malakpet Racecourse on Monday. RESULTS: Flying Jet (1), Beauty Flame (2), Ashwa Pushkin (3), Star Cruise (4), W-Rs.-18, SHP-Rs. 42, P-Rs. 11, 19, 12, […]

Dubai: The Indian football team beat Oman 2-1 in the qualifiers of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup here on Sunday night. Rahim Ali put India ahead as early as the seventh minute when he successfully converted from the spot. Vikram doubled the lead in the 38th minute when he received the ball from Rahim Ali […]

Dubai: Mohammad Rizwan (79 not out off 55 balls) and Babar Azam (68 not out off 52 balls) displayed wonderful batsmanship to help Pakistan crush India by ten wickets in a Group 2 match of Super 12 of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Sunday. The win, set […]

Hyderabad: Playing their maiden international tournament, Telangana kickboxers Lahari M Girish and Ashish Chand made it a memorable outing by winning gold medals in the World Kickboxing Championship in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday. The 12-year-old Lahari, who competed in the sub-junior 45+kg category while the 18-year-old Ashish took part in the junior -54kg category. Both […]

Hyderabad: Telangana boxer Niharika Gonella defeated Maharashtra’s Purohit to make it to the quarterfinals in the 63-66kg category at the 5th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship in the 81 kg category in dominant fashion on Sunday. Meanwhile, reigning Asian champion Pooja Rani of Haryana also advanced to the quarterfinals in the 81 kg category. She […]

Sharjah: Young left-hander Charith Asalanka smashed an unbeaten 80 off 49 balls while fellow southpaw Bhanuka Rajapaksa made a quickfire half-century as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by five wickets in their T20 World Cup Super 12 Group 1 match here on Sunday. Sri Lanka suffered a mid-innings mini batting collapse but recovered in time to […]

Sharjah: The Afghanistan cricket team will hope to provide some joy to its people going through tumultuous times back home as it begins its T20 World Cup campaign against a spirited Scotland here on Sunday. Afghanistan finds itself in turmoil again after the Taliban takeover of the country in August. The cricketers could not get […]

Hyderabad: Sudershan and Nikhil combined well as Loyola Academy ‘A’ rallied from behind to defeat YMCA Hyderabad 87-65 in the Legends Basketball tournament, on Sunday. The Loyola A team was trailing 31-35 at the half-time. However, they scored 42 points in the fourth quarter to cruise to a victory. Sumith was in superb form in […]

Hyderabad: TGTA’s Samridh and YGTA’s K Sathwik emerged champions in the kyorugi sub-junior boys under-27kgs category in the 1st Hyderabad District Taekwondo & Kyorugi and Poomsae Championship cum selections, at the GHMC Indoor Stadium at Victory Playground, on Sunday. Results:Kyorugi: Sub-Junior Boys U-21kg: N Nitesh (UVT) bt Hammed (OMG) 13-04; Narsing (LTA) bt Nitesh (YGTA) […]

Milan: Late goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ismaël Bennacer spared AC Milan major embarrassment as it scraped a 4-2 win in Serie A at Bologna, which played for more than half an hour with nine men. Despite the numerical advantage, it appeared as if Milan was going to be held to a draw before Bennacer […]

Hyderabad: Arnav Pathange and Humera Baharmus emerged champions in men and women’s categories at the talent day event on Sunday. The winners and will join the likes of Vishnu Vardhan, Arjun Kadhe and Ankita Raina in Team Hyderabad Strikers for the third edition of the Tennis Premier League to be staged at the Celebration Club, […]

Hyderabad: The Karthik Ganapathy-trained Juliette looks head and shoulders above the others runners in the fray for the Golconda St Leger (Grade-II) 2800 metres, for horses 4-year-olds and upward, the chief attraction on the concluding day of the Hyderabad monsoon races held here on Monday.No false rails. First race starts at 1.30 pm. SELECTIONS: Ashwa […]

Hyderabad: Indian captain Virat Kohli continues to break records both on and off the field. The 34-year-old Kohli on Sunday added another feather in his ever-glowing cap. He equalled football star Neymar Junior to become third joint most followed athlete on social networking site Instagram with 163 million followers. However, Portugal footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is […]

Dubai: Spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid demolished the West Indies batting line up to shape England’s comfortable six-wicket win over the defending champions in a Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday. It was expected to be an exciting battle between the West Indies’ flair and a capable […]

Austin: The red-hot rivalry between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton returned to the race track with a flip of the finger and an insult. It was only practice but the exchange Friday between the Formula One title contenders made for a spirited opening day of the U.S. Grand Prix and showed this championship duel between […]

Los Angeles: Chris Paul scored his 20,000th career point on the way to 23 points and 14 assists, and Devin Booker added 14 points in the Phoenix Suns’ 115-105 victory over the winless Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. Paul became the first player in NBA history to pair 20,000 points with 10,000 career assists […]

Dubai: Captain Virat Kohli on Saturday said outside noise in an India-Pakistan match does not bother him one bit. “No, it does not as it is a very situational thing,” Kohli said on eve of India’s opening match against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday. “We are in a situation where we are in charge of what […]

Sharjah: Sri Lanka will rely heavily on its bowling unit to make up for its relatively weak batting department, while Bangladesh would look for consistency when the two teams clash in a Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup here on Sunday. Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had to go through the […]

Abu Dhabi: Australia endured some anxious moments before edging out South Africa by five wickets after their bowlers set it up with a clinical display in an ICC T20 World Cup match here on Saturday. Needing eight runs in the final over, Marcus Stoinis (24 not out) hit Dwaine Pretorius for two vital fours and […]

Hyderabad: There is no let-up in the one-upmanship. The strong rebuke from the Supreme Court Chief Justice NV Ramana on the dirty affairs of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), notwithstanding, the feud between President Mohammed Azharuddin and R Vijayanand-led Apex Council continues nonchalantly, as the two groups named two teams for the forthcoming T20 Syed […]

Hyderabad: The Mohammed Azharuddin appointed ad-hoc selection committee of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) named 25 players for the T20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to be held in Haryana from November 4. The Ahmed Quadri-led committee named Tanmay Agarwal as captain overlooking the claims of International and India `A’ skipper Hanuma Vihari, who took transfer from […]