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New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly on Saturday spoke honestly regarding what he felt about Virat Kohli’s attitude, saying he likes the Indian Test skipper’s “attitude but he fights a lot”.There have been talks on the T20I captaincy issues wherein Kohli had stated that he wasn’t told by […]

Hyderabad: Telugu Titans, who are part of the Pro Kabaddi League since its inception, never managed to win a title. Despite having star players in their ranks, they failed to reach the summit clash in the history of the league. However, with the new season set to commence in a few days, the team from […]

Hyderabad: Hartnell and Castlerock pleased when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Saturday morning. SAND:600m:The Thunder (RB) (From 1200/600) 46, moved easy. 800m:Able Love (B Nikhil) 1-0, 600/46, handy. Sally (AA Vikrant) 1-2, 600/46, handy. Agni (Deepak Singh) 1-1, 600/45, more on hand. Akido (RS Jodha) 1-3, 600/47, handy. Aibak (RB) […]

Mumbai: The Karthik Ganapathy-trained Juliette looks head and shoulders above the other runners in the fray for the Zavaray S. Poonawalla Indian Turf Invitation Cup (Grade-I) 2400 metres, in the biggest race of the Indian racing calendar to be held here on Sunday. No false rails. The first race starts at 1.15 pm. SELECTIONS Mehr […]

Hyderabad: M Varun Tej hit 122 while Anudeep Javvaji scored 121 to guide Gowtham Junior College, ECIL to a thumping 172-run win over Sri Chaitanya Techno School in HCA U-16 Schools/College knockout tournament on Saturday. Brief Scores: Warangal District 107 in 36 overs (Avinash 4/25) lost to Vignan Vidyalaya, Nizampet, 108/1 in 12.2 overs (K […]

Adelaide: Mitchell Starc’s milestone in day-night Test matches has left Australia in command of the second Ashes Test, with the home side taking a 282-run lead to stumps on day three with nine wickets in hand. England capitulated from 150-2 to be all out for 236 in reply to Australia’s first-innings total of 473-9 declared. […]

New Delhi: BCCI’s chief medical officer Abhijit Salvi has resigned due to personal reasons. Salvi told PTI on Saturday that his notice period ended on November 30 but he carried on till the end of the second Test between India and New Zealand on December 7.His role had gained significance in COVID times with regular […]

New Delhi: Former India opener Gautam Gambhir was on Saturday appointed mentor of the new Lucknow franchise ahead of IPL 2022. The southpaw, who is also a member of parliament, had captained KKR to two IPL titles during his playing days. “Thanks a lot to Dr Goenka and the RPSG Group for presenting me this […]

New Delhi: KL Rahul will don the vice-captaincy hat for the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. Rohit Sharma would have been the vice-captain, but a hamstring injury ruled him out of the series and hence Rahul would act as deputy to Virat Kohli. Sources in the know of developments confirmed to ANI that […]

London: Former India captain Sachin Tendulkar has become the third most admired sportsperson in the world. Current India Test captain Virat Kohli is the fourth most admired sportsperson in the world, reported Goal.com. The top two spots are taken by football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. As per a survey conducted by YouGov, a […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Football Club are on a roll recording three victories in their last four matches to jump to the third place in the Indian Super League points table. Having lost their first encounter against Chennaiyin FC, the Manolo Marquez led side found their mojo to record impressive results. The side from the city of […]

Hyderabad: G Yeswanth defeated Trishant Reddy 6-4, 6-4 while Harshini Viswanadh downed Omna Yadav 6-3, 6-4 to clinch boys and girls titles respectively in the under-18 category at the AITA Championship for Under-16 and Under-18 at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy, on Friday. Results: (Finals): U-18: Boys: Yeswanth G (Mt Litera School, Hyderabad) bt Trishant […]

Dhaka: Vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as Olympic bronze-medallists India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 3-1 to register their second consecutive win and virtually qualify for the semifinals of the Asian Champions Trophy men’s hockey tournament here on Friday. Harmanpreet (8th, 53rd minutes) converted two penalty corners, while comeback-man Akashdeep Singh, who couldn’t make the Tokyo […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Sneha finished runner-up at the All India Junior Girls Championship at the Kolhar Blues Golf and Country Club in Ahmedabad, on Friday. The BA first year student of St. Anne’s College for Women had earlier won three pro titles playing as amateur. She also represented India in the Women’s Asia Pacific in Abu […]

Adelaide: Marnus Labuschagne became the first player to hit three centuries in day-night test matches while captain Steve Smith missed out on a ton as Australia strangled England with a powerful total of 473-9 declared in the second Ashes test on Friday. Labuschagne made 103 and Smith scored 93 before Australia’s tailenders knocked off some […]

Hyderabad: Telangana State men and women’s basketball teams qualified for the National Championship, scheduled to be held in Chennai from December 23 to January 30, after their impressive performance in the 71st National South Zone Basketball Championship in Chennai. Telangana women remained unbeaten in the ongoing South Zone tournament to clinch the title and make […]

Hyderabad: M Varun Tej slammed 100 while leg-spinner D Manish returned with 6/26 as Gowtham Junior College, ECIL thrashed HPS, Begumpet by 147 runs in the HCA under-16 school/college knockout tournament, on Friday. Brief Scores: Gowtham Model School, West Marredpally, 455/3 in 50 overs (Kshitij Reddy 90, Tanush Reddy 172, Aaron George 101) bt Loyola […]

Hyderabad: Former cricketer and the current Telangana Badminton Association vice president V Chamundeswaranath flew to Bengaluru to greet the new head of the National Cricket Academy from Hyderabad VVS Laxman, on Friday. Chamundeswanath said it is a great honour for the Telugu States to have the stylish Hyderabad cricketer as the head of the NCA […]

Madrid: Kidambi Srikanth defeated Mark Caljouw to cruise into the semi-finals of the ongoing BWF World Championships on Friday in Huelva. Former world number one Indian thrashed the Dutch shuttler by 21-8, 21-7 in a contest that lasted for just 26 minutes. With this win, Kidambi Srikanth confirmed India’s first medal at the 2021 World […]

Kolkata: The SK Sunderji-trained Kamilah, who is in fine form, is poised to complete a hat-trick in the Grade III Calcutta Oaks 2400 metres, terms for Fillies 3 years old only the chief event of the races to be held here on Saturday. No false rails. The first race starts at 12.30 pm.SELECTIONS: 1. Discover […]

Hyderabad: Dharasana, Alba, In Contention, Count Of Savoy, Scramjet, One Wish, Buckley & Summer Night cought the eye when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race course on Friday morning. SAND: 600m: Milton Keynes (Afroz Khan) (From 1000/400) 46, eased up. Trump Star (AA Vikrant) (From 1000/400) 47.5, eased up. Skipton (Santhosh Raj) (From […]

Kolkata: A young national level shooter — Konica Layak who was supposed to get married in February this year committed suicide at her hostel in Bally in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Wednesday night, the police said on Thursday, adding the body has been sent for post-mortem. Earlier this year, Konica was gifted a German-manufactured […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad got valuable three points by virtue of the first innings lead after they drew with Uttarakhand in the Round III Elite Group D Cooch Behar Trophy match at the Airforce Complex Ground, Palam, New Delhi on Thursday. Hyderabad, who scored 292 in the first innings, restricted Uttarakhand to 276 which gave a 16-run […]

Huelva: Defending champion PV Sindhu stormed into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships with a straight-game win over Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand here on Thursday. The world number 7 Indian defeated her Thai opponent, ranked three places below her, 21-14 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 48 minutes. With the win, […]