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Hyderabad: Pushpan Sports Academy (PSA) clinched gold in both U-16 boys and girls categories at the Malka Lakshmi Memorial Tournament at the Pallavi International School, Gandipet recently. In the final, Pushpan Sports Academy boys team thrashed Kotla Vijay Bashar Reddy (KVBR) 23-14 while the girls team crushed Tighten Academy 30-10 to clinch the top honours. […]

Navi Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis has lavished praise on teammate Dinesh Karthik, saying his calm demeanour is close to what Mahendra Singh Dhoni displays in the final overs of the game. Karthik clobbered a six and a four in the first two deliveries of the last over to take RCB home […]

Mumbai: Having recovered from his finger injury, star India batter Suryakumar Yadav has joined the Mumbai Indians ahead of their second IPL game against Rajasthan Royals, the five-time champions said on Thursday. Surya, who was undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy after suffering a finger injury during the home series against West Indies last […]

Navi Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in their Indian Premier League match here on Wednesday. RCB chased down the target of 129 with four balls to spare with Sherfane Rutherford top-scoring with 28 while Shahbaz Ahmed made 27. For KKR, Tim Southee took three wickets for 20 runs while […]

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings will welcome the return of star all-rounder Moeen Ali as they eye a much improved batting performance in the IPL clash against Lucknow Super Giants here on Thursday. Both the teams come into the game after a loss in their respective opening matches. A common factor in their defeats was the […]

Orleans (France): Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth advanced to the men’s singles round of 16 at the Orleans Masters 2022 Super 100 badminton tournament after beating Czech Republic’s Jan Louda, here on Wednesday. Praneeth, world No.19 in the badminton world rankings, registered a comfortable 21-19, 21-12 win over Louda. Playing against Louda, ranked 122nd in […]

Doha: India”s Manika Batra and Archana Kamath signed off with a bronze medal after losing the women”s doubles semifinals to Li Yu-Jhun and Cheng I-Ching at the WTT Star Contender Doha 2022 here on Wednesday. The higher-ranked Indian duo failed to reproduce the form they showed on Tuesday and lost to Li and Cheng 8-11, […]

Melbourne: Former Australian teammates, world cricket greats, noted musicians and tens of thousands of people paid tribute to legendary Shane Warne at his emotional state memorial service at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, here on Wednesday. Warne, who is considered as one of the greatest cricketers of all-time, died aged 52 earlier this month from […]

Miami: India”s Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza were knocked out of the Miami Open from their respective doubles events after contrasting quarterfinal defeats here. Frequent partners since 2019, the Indo-Canadian pair of Bopanna and Denis Shapovalov went down 2-6,1-6 to sixth seeds Wesley Koolhof of Netherlands and Great Britain”s Neal Skupski on Tuesday. The unseeded […]

Wellington: Australia wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy on Wednesday expressed her elation over the possibility of a full-fledged Women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) happening next year and added that the league will make India an unbeatable side in 10 years’ time. In the previous week, at the IPL Governing Council meeting, the Board of Control for Cricket […]

Hyderabad: Telangana’s promising wrestler Purnima got a big boost to her career on Wednesday as Delhi Public School and Pallavi Group of Institutions announced a financial support of Rs 10,000 every month till April, 2023. The youngster Purnima has been selected for the Khelo India Youth Games scheduled to be held in Haryana next month. […]

Pune: Indian Premier League (IPL) side Sunrisers Hyderabad have been fined Rs 12 lakh after they maintained a slow over rate during their match against Rajasthan Royals at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Tuesday night. As it was the team’s first offence of the season under the IPL’s Code of Conduct relating to […]

Pune: Rajasthan Royals made a winning start to IPL 2022 beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 61 runs at MCA stadium here. Chasing a massive 211-run target, Sunrisers team got off to the worst possible start losing skipper Kane Williamson in the second over of the innings as Prasidh Krishna dismissed him caught in the first slip […]

Navi Mumbai: Seeking to consolidate their position after a winning start, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have their task cut out as they take on a determined Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Wednesday. The two outfits head into the game on the back of contrasting results. While the […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad kickboxing athletes won as many as five medals, including two gold, in the Amar Shahid General Bipin Rawat Memorial National Kickboxing Championship at the Raja Virbhadra Singh Stadium, Kumarhatti, Solan Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday. K Pavan won the gold medal in the -63 kg category in the full contact event while Krish Kumar […]

Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Arjun Erigaisi continued his good run of form and clinched the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament on Tuesday. The youngster from Warangal crashed through the defences of Karthik Venkataraman to win the 19th Delhi International open chess tournament here on Tuesday. Starting the day in a five-way lead and having […]

Hyderabad: Canara Bank’s Ahmed Nagar branch donated a hydraulic walk behind roller as part of its CSR activities to the Sports Coaching Foundation (SCF) at Masab Tank on Tuesday. Bhaskar Chakravarthy, DGM (Region II) of Canara Bank said, “It feels great to be associated with SCF, especially to its founder-secretary K Saibaba for the service […]

Karimnagar: A B.Tech student, Kanukuntla Anvitha has been selected to participate in South India Universities level chess competitions scheduled to be held in SRM University, Chennai, from April 1 to 3. Anvitha got selected for South India universities level competitions by securing the first place in the state level Inter-University level competitions held in JNTU […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad based football club Abbas Union Football FC celebrated the victory of Hyderabad Football Club which won the Indian Super League title recently. The Abbas Union FC club members and players of all age categories gathered to celebrate the victory with the ISL trophy. Later, Telangana Football Association (TFA) coach and former international […]

Hyderabad: Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT) students clinched several medals in the various tournaments held in Hyderabad. The women’s basketball team bagged top honours in the Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNRVJIT) college tournament and also clinched silver in the NIFT tournament conducted in the city. Meanwhile, the […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State chess player FIDE Master Kandi Ramu achieved his first International Master (IM) norm at the IM ASK-7 International open IM tournament at Arandjelovac in Serbia on Tuesday. The chess player from Domakonda, Nizamabad district defeated three Grandmasters and three International Masters to win the maiden IM norm. He scored eight points from […]

New Delhi: The upcoming FIH Pro League double-header between the women hockey teams of India and England was postponed on Tuesday due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the British camp. The matches were scheduled to be played on April 2 and 3 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Game’s governing body FIH said the matches […]

Kolkata: The Vijay Singh-trained Silver Flames appeals most for the Romantic Dancer Cup 1400 metres Class-I, a handicap for horses rated 81 and above rated 61-86 eligible, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday. False rails are up. The first race starts at 1.45 pm. SELECTIONS: 1. Amazing Dream 1, […]

Mumbai: Former Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli has said that he would be “very emotional” thinking about AB de Villiers if the team wins its maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title this season. Kohli and De Villiers shared an 11-year-long bond at RCB before the South African decided to call it a day, […]