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Milan: AC Milan secured its first Serie A title in 11 years on Sunday with a 3-0 win at Sassuolo. The city of Milan is already swarming with a sea of celebrating red-and-black fans. Thousands of fans had started gathering in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo, in front of the iconic cathedral, even before the Rossoneri […]

Mumbai: Punjab Kings signed off from IPL 2022 on a high by registering a five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday. After left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar and pacer Nathan Ellis took three wickets each to restrict Hyderabad to 157/8, Punjab hunted down the total with 29 balls to spare, thanks […]

Manchester: Manchester City clinched a sixth Premier League title in 11 seasons on Sunday by scoring three times in five minutes to come from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in the finale to avoid being toppled by challenger Liverpool. City was trailing 2-0 to Villa until Ilkay Gündogan began the comeback in the 76th. […]

Mumbai: India’s teenage rising table tennis star Diya Chitale won the gold medal in the U-19 Girls’ singles event of the WTT Youth Contender Lima 2022, beating Colombia’s Juhana Lozada 3-0 in the final. The Mumbai-based Diya scored an authoritative win against Juliana Lozada 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 in 31 minutes at the Villa Deportiva Nacional, […]

Paris: Two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem crashed out of the tournament in the first round at Roland Garros after losing to Bolivian world number 87 Hugo Dellien here on Sunday. Dellien broke Thiem four times to register an impressive 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory in a two-hour and one-minute clash at Court Simonne Mathieu, capitalising […]

New Delhi: This is not a small feat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while hosting the victorious Thomas Cup team, players of which were chuffed to get the backing of the country’s premier. Few days after congratulating the players over telephone for their historic triumph at the prestigious tournament in Bangkok, PM Modi met in […]

Hyderabad: YMCA Secunderabad recorded an upset win over Ice Ice Baby 14-9 in the quarterfinals of the BFI INBL 3×3 Season 1 Quest Hyderabad Open basketball tournament held at the Don Bosco High School, Motinagar, Hyderabad on Saturday. Earlier in the Round 16 match YMCA downed Big Time Ballers 17-10 while Ice Ice Baby thrashed […]

Jakarta: Defending champions India will open their campaign in Asia Cup hockey in a high-octane clash against arch-rivals Pakistan on Monday at the GBK Arena, the same venue as the Asian Games Jakarta in 2018. The opening day will also witness Malaysia take on Oman, who are riding on the success of their Asian Games […]

Mumbai: The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Sunday named India’s 17-member Test squad for the fifth rescheduled Test against England. The match will be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from July 1-5. India currently leads the Test series 2-1. The fifth Test match, which was supposed to be held in Old Trafford, Manchester last year, was […]

Mumbai: KL Rahul is named India’s captain and wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant for the five-match T20I series against South Africa starting June 9. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are rested for the T20I series. Dinesh Karthik, Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya make a comeback after their stupendous show in this season of IPL. Umran Malik […]

Hyderabad: After Rahul Dravid’s ‘Indira Nagar ka gunda hu mai’ Cred advertisement, the fintech company has put Ravi Shastri in a party-crazy alcoholic’s shoes. With the video going viral on social media platforms, the cricket fans are left in splits. In the latest commercial, the former head coach of the India national cricket team is […]

Mumbai: “Thank you, Mumbai, we will remember this one,” said Virat Kohli after Royal Challengers Bangalore sneeked into the playoffs following Mumbai Indians’ thrilling five-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in their last game of the IPL here. On Saturday, MI chased down a victory target of 160 in 19.1 overs to knockout Delhi from the […]

Berlin: Leipzig came from behind despite a numerical disadvantage, shocking passive Freiburg 4-2 (1-1) on penalties to clinch their first-ever title in the club history following the 79th German Cup final at Berlin Olympia stadium. Both teams started highly motivated in the encounter on Saturday night, yet the spectators had to wait until the 14th […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth for successfully leading Team India to their historic Thomas Cup victory. The Indian team scripted history on May 15 by winning the first-ever Thomas Cup crown since its inception in 1949. PM Modi held an interaction with the Indian contingent of Thomas […]

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals exited from the Indian Premier League after losing by five wickets against Mumbai Indians in their must-win last league match here on Saturday. DC first made 159 for 7, a target which MI chased down with five balls to spare. Earlier sent into bat, DC were in a spot of bother at […]

Hyderabad: Telangana para athlete A Ravi Kiran, who clinched gold medal in javelin in the T35 event at the ISF World School Sport Games in Normandy in France on Friday, dreams of seeing the Indian flag fly high in Paralympics. The student of Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) is over the moon […]

Hyderabad: Samhita Pungavanam of Telangana clinched a bronze medal with nine points from 11 rounds at the 34th U-8 Girls Chess Championship held at the K L University, Vijayawada recently. The eight-year-old stunned Aaradhya Upadhyay of Rajasthan in the bronze medal match. Earlier, she lost in the fourth and sixth round before bouncing back with […]

Mumbai: Their play-off hopes dashed, both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will be keen to end their IPL season on a winning note when the two teams clash in a dead rubber here on Sunday. Both teams were knocked out of the play-off race when RCB defeated table-toppers Gujarat Titans on Thursday. The Sunrisers will […]

Mumbai: Having helped Rajasthan Royals to a five-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings in Match 68 of IPL 2022 with superb all-round performance, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was elated to get the chance to bat and make a ‘double’ contribution in the team’s victory. Ashwin claimed 1/28 with the ball as he helped Rajsthan Royals claw […]

Bangkok: A profligate PV Sindhu faltered in the semifinals of the Thailand Open, going down in straight games to Olympic champion and world number four Chen Yu Fei of China here on Saturday. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, lost 17-21,16-21 to third seeded Chen in 43 minutes to end an impressive run in the Super […]

Hyderabad: Sony Sports Network gears up to broadcast the year’s second Grand Slam event, the Roland-Garros 2022, starting May 22, from 1.30 pm onwards. This is the first year that the Sports Network will be showing the prestigious Grand Slam and the broadcaster is going all out with ‘live’ coverage of the event in four […]

Mumbai: Ravichandran Ashwin, once again, proved his utility with the bat when his team needed it the most as Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets to finish the IPL league phase in Top-2 here on Friday. Ashwin remained unbeaten on 40 off 23 balls as RR completed the chase of 151 with […]

Mumbai: Delhi Capitals will have their fortune in their own hands as they aim to pull all stops against season’s favourite whipping boys Mumbai Indians in what will be a virtual IPL “quarter-final” clash for Rishabh Pant’s men. While DC have everything to play for, MI will like to cap off the season on a […]

Hyderabad: The Indian Super League champions Hyderabad Football Club is going to conduct open trials for Hyderabad players to select their youth teams which will compete in the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Youth League in the upcoming season 2022-23. The trials will be held at The Gaudim School in Kollur from June 4 to […]