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Avik Pal wins half-marathon (21.1 km) in the men’s category, while Vishwa emerged winner in the women’s category

Challa Shaahanth and Gajji Rushikesh got second and third places with five points each out of six rounds of the tournament

In tennis, Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty of Telangana and Ankita Raina won ITF Womens doubles title

Anand defeated Neelkant Dambre, a very popular tennis player from Goa, 6-2, 6-3 in the final

Swarnendu of AVSE and Varuni Jaiswal of Gujarati Seva Mandal clinched the men’s and women’s singles titles in the Telangana State Table Tennis League Championship in Hyderabad. Both finals were closely fought, showcasing competitive spirit and skill among state players

Chief national badminton coach P Gopichand unveiled the Allen World Junior 10K Run jersey in Hyderabad. The run, for children under-18, will start at Gachibowli Stadium. Free entry is offered to Hakimpet Government Sports School students, with Rs 3 lakh prize money

In the doubles final, second-seeded Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan and Ishaque Eqbal of India defeated fourth-seeded Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg of Switzerland and Vanshelboim Eric of Ukraine 6-2, 6-3 to clinch the honours

K Kiran and Mallika won the men’s and women’s 10 km races in the Osmania University inter-college cross country championship in Hyderabad. Government Degree College Medak and St Ann’s College for Women claimed the team titles in their respective categories

Representing the Indian Audit and Accounts Department (IA&AD), Snehit produced one of the standout performances of the tournament by stunning two of India’s leading stars—Manav Thakkar and Ankur Bhattacharjee—on his way to the men’s singles final

Torch Relay (Kreeda Jyothi) programmes will be conducted at district headquarters on January 8, 9, 10, and 11

Both win titles in the 70m singles recurve event of the Senior National archery championship at Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet

Diya is the daughter of former international badminton player B Chetan Anand

Dorai Swamy, a qualified coach from the National Institute of Sports who worked in the then united Andhra Pradesh as the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh coach is one of those who mentored the likes of former internationals N. Mukesh Kumar, Edwards Alloysius to name a few

Anirudh's all-round performance of 112 and 4/18 and Divesh Raghunandan's 101 for Pallavi Model School-Alwal helps in their victory

Harshith along with Adhyayan Banerjee tied for first place with 10.5 points each from 12 rounds, but the former was declared winner by virtue of tie-break rule

A total of 43 units — including all States and Union Territories — are participating in this Senior National Championship

In the women’s final, former World Cup champion S. Appoorwa scored a 25-19, 25-7 win against K. Nandini of AWASA

Defending champions Calicut Heroes, aiming to be the first team to defend the title, takes on Hyderabad Hawks

Both win in the under-15 boys and girls finals, respectively

Naidu was an integral part of any chess tournament in the then united Andhra Pradesh and was also a former secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Chess Association