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Hyderabad: Chandan Shivraj is in line for a double in the AITA under-16 Champion Tennis Series at Sania Mirza Tennis Academy, Murtuzaguda. On Thursday, Shivraj teamed up Soma Suhas to clinch the boys doubles title before entering the singles final beating Trishant Reddy. He will meet G Chaitra Reddy, who upset top seed Naishik Reddy. […]

Chennai: The Sebastian-trained Torbert to be ridden by Akshay Kumar, who has been systematically prepared, should win the upper division of the Tamilnadsu Race Horse Owners Association Cup 1400 metres, a handicap for horses in Class-III, rated 40 to 65 and the feature event of the races to be held here on Friday. No false […]

Washington Sundar was the other spinner to bag a wicket to make it eight for the three slow bowlers. Pacer Mohammed Siraj, who was preferred to Umesh Yadav for this Test, took the other two wickets.

Hyderabad: Nazeeruddin was in full flow as he outclassed Clinton on his way to the snooker quarterfinals of the Sreemitra Telangana State Ranking Snooker & Billiards Championship. Results: Senior Snooker pre-quarters: Himanshu bt John Bosco 4-1(23-76,80-8,69-0,52-26,64-46); Nazeeruddin bt Clinton 4-0(88-12,59-20,59-47,87-1); Ajay Bhushan bt Faizan Khan 4-1(50-26,69-31,50-60,59-48,81-7); Brandon bt D Aravind 4-1(74-68,62-35,42-65,59-14,65-60); Mushtaq bt Nabil 4-1(49-25,60-49,54-35,30-64,55-48); […]

Hyderabad: Victory Parade and Ashwa Arjun worked well when the following horses were exercised at Malakpet Race Course on Thursday morning. SAND 600m: 3y-(Planetaire/La Cienega) (Afroz Khan) 46.5, moved easy. Secret Idea (Santhosh Raj) (From 1200/600) 47, moved easy. Sun Dancer (RB) 48, moved freely. Golden Forza (RB) 47.5, moved easy. Furious Fun (N Rawal) […]

Pedri was a surprise starter for Barca just days after being diagnosed with a calf injury, while Tomas Vaclik returned in goal for Sevilla on Wednesday, Xinhua news reports.

England had chosen to bat after winning the toss, with Root hoping that they could put as many runs on the board before the pitch would start assisting spin.

On the other hand, Indian cricketers, including the likes of captain Virat Kohli, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, said there is nothing wrong with the wicket

“I was not expecting to get picked up at all. It wasn’t until I woke up to go to the bathroom that I saw a couple of messages saying congrats on the pick-up, and I thought, ‘That’s nice,’ and tried to go back to sleep as soon as possible," said Henriques.

Pollard is also only the third player overall to hit six sixes in an over. South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs was the first ever batsman to hit 6 sixes in an international cricket when he went after Netherlands' Daan Van Bunge

CSK skipper MS Dhoni and batsman Ambati Rayudu have already reached Chennai and the other Tamil Nadu players will soon be joining the camp.

Sindhu secured a 21-16, 21-19 win over Yigit in the match to progress to the second round. She started off brilliantly in the first game, taking a 10-5 lead but her opponent managed to end the lead, with scores reading 11-11.

Young prodigies Sai Praneeth, Sourabh Verma and Ajay Jayaram advanced to the second round of the tournament after winning their respective games in the opening round.

This was approved by the association president Mohammed Azharuddin and the Apex Council which met on Wednesday.

Hyderabad: Sumeet Joshi (6/27) bowled New Blues to a big win over Visaka in A2 two-day Group-1 PA league match on Wednesday. Brief scores: Group-1 PA: Sayi Satya 232 lost to Postal 238/2 in 42.1 overs (V Bhargav Anand Goud 92, Shakeer Ahmed 76, S Nishanth Yadav 54 no); Galaxy CC 200 lost to Balaji […]

Hyderabad: Left-hander Paras Raj (197) and HK Simha (250), who were involved in a big stand of 367 runs, guided Balaaji Cricket Club to their eighth successive win in A-1 three-day Group C league match on Wednesday. Baalaji won all their eight matches. Brief scores Group-C: Apex CC 199/8 & 128/8 in 30.2 overs (S […]

India annihilated England inside two days in the Pink-ball Test at Motera, days after the visitors crumbled on another spin-assisting pitch in Chennai in the second Test.

Hyderabad: Sixth seed Chandan Shiva upset second seed B Venkat Rishi 6-4, 7-5 in the boys singles quarterfinals of the AITA under-16 championship series at Sania Mirza Tennis Academy, Murtuzaguda, on Wednesday. In girls section Hansika Reddy ousted second seed Sama Chevika 6-2, 7-5. Results: Girls singles (quarterfinals): Laxmi Siri Dandu bt Siya Prasade 6-3,6-2; […]

Mixed doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy stunned Indonesian second seeded pair Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja on Tuesday.

Hyderabad: Parth Mathpal and Dharani Sai clinched the boys and girls under-14 singles titles in the Twin-Cities tennis tournament at Sree Datta Tennis Academy, Siddharth Nagar, Yousufguda. Results (all finals) U-10 mixed singles: Ch Satya Parthvi bt Aditya Sahoo 6-0; Boys u-10: S Sai Jayanth Chowdary bt Jeswin Reddy 6-3; Boys u-14: Parth Mathpal bt […]

Hyderabad: R H Sequeira (30 wins) and Akshay Kumar (39 wins) were declared as the best trainer and best jockeys on the concluding day of Hyderabad Winter races in Malakpet on Wednesday. Awards: Champion trainer: R. H. Sequeira (30 wins); Champion jockey: Akshay Kumar (39 wins); Champion Apprentice jockey: (Claiming Allowance): Abhay Singh (7 wins); […]

Hyderabad: Akshay Kumar rode the R. H. Sequeira-trained Peaky Blinders to victory in the Astonish Plate 2000 metres, the feature event of the races at Malakpet on Wednesday. RESULTS: 1. Proud (1), Miss Little Angel (2), Hard To Toss (3), Siyavash (4), W-Rs.-7, SHP-Rs. 20, THP- Rs. 16, P-Rs. 7, 8, 8, F-Rs. 35, Q-Rs. […]

Kohli's men aim to realise their World Test championship dreams of meeting Kiwis in Lord's

New Delhi: The S. Ali Khan-trained Miss Arts, who is in fine form, is poised to complete a hat-trick in the Palampet Plate 1000 metres, a handicap for horses in Class III, rated 40 to 66, (Lower class eligible) the feature of Thursday’s Delhi races. False rails are up. The first race starts at 2.30 […]