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Prithvi Shaw travels to Goa for vacation; stopped for not having pass
Mumbai: India batsman Prithvi Shaw was stopped while on his way to Goa in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra for travelling without an E-Pass, a police official said on Friday. The incident took…
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ICC considering expanding T20 World Cup to 20 teams: Report
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is reportedly considering expanding the T20 World Cup to 20 teams from its current number of 16. While the 2021 tournament, which is currently scheduled…
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Sometimes miss Dhoni’s guidance: Kuldeep Yadav
New Delhi: Spinner Kuldeep Yadav has admitted that he misses the guidance he used to get from MS Dhoni when the latter kept wickets. Kuldeep has seen his international appearances nosedive since the…
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MS Dhoni to head home only after all CSK teammates leave: Report
New Delhi: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni will reportedly be the last person from the team to leave for home from Delhi after the indefinite postponement of the 2021 Indian Premier…
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BCCI decided suspension of IPL 2021 on a 10-min call
New Delhi: The decision to indefinitely suspend the 2021’s edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after COVID-19 cases were detected in different teams’ bio bubbles was taken on a ten-minute call…
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Bio bubble shattered, the BCCI concedes defeat, suspends IPL
Abhijit Sen Gupta The IPL cricket tournament has finally been suspended indefinitely. After a slew of positive cases yesterday and today shattered the supposition that the IPL’s bio bubble was impregnable, the BCCI…
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Tribute: Two doyens of Hyderabad lose their lives to COVID-19
By A. Joseph Antony Sports and journalism suffered two deadly blows in three days. Ahmed Mohiuddin, popularly known as ‘Saleembhai,’ passed away on Sunday morning while Asad Shameem breathed his last on Friday…
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COVID hits IPL: KKR-RCB match postponed; ‘false positives’ in CSK non-playing staff
New Delhi: A COVID-19 outbreak left the Indian Premier League on tenterhooks as Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier tested positive for the dreaded virus, forcing the postponement of the…
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Plans ruined, dreams shattered by COVID surge, say iconic coaches Shabbir and Sai Baba
Abhijit Sen Gupta Hyderabad: For several decades, summer holidays meant a buzz of activity at the different sports coaching centres in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Playgrounds echoed with the joyful…
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What has happened to basic cricket intelligence?
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has commenced with a flourish. Cricket has become the entertainment in this scary, dreary and home-bound alternative that one is facing due to Covid-19. The cricketers, especially…
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Anjum banks on low heart rate for Tokyo glory
New Delhi: Anjum Moudgil, the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games silver-medallist is banking on her low heart rate, an indicator of high fitness level to tackle the gruelling women’s 50 metres rifle…
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‘Great achievement’, says Lanning after Australia scripts world record
Mount Maunganui: After creating the world record for most consecutive ODI wins, Australia skipper Meg Lanning on Sunday said that it is a great achievement and it shows how consistent her side…
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My name is Bond, James Bond—Great actor Sean Connery also excelled in sports
Films and sports have a close connection especially in the Hollywood. There have been several actors who were good sportsmen before they became actors. One example was Sean Connery who acted as…
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Hyderabad to conduct trials to tap local football talent
New Delhi: To scout local talent for its youth development programme, the Hyderabad Football Club, one of the Indian Super League teams, will conduct open trials from April 8 to 11 at Hyderabad’s…
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Disunity mars HCA functioning; AGM fails to sort out differences
Hyderabad: There was a need to pull out corruption by the roots. There was a dire need to take the bull by the horns and bury the malady for good. Instead what was…
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One year since disruption: How Indian sports adapted to COVID conundrum
New Delhi: The fans have largely gone missing, the training protocols have undergone a sea change and bio-bubbles have become the new normal despite the growing concerns over the mental toll they…
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Sports stadiums should be named after players, not politicians
Recently from Brazil came welcome news. The iconic Maracana stadium is to be renamed in honour of the country’s legendary footballer Pele. The move follows a vote by the Rio de Janeiro…
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Nizam College had a brilliant name in sports at all India level; will it rise again?
Hyderabad: Students of Nizam College have achieved name and fame in many different fields. The hallowed portals of the institution have inspired and encouraged the budding careers of some of the best known…
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Ahmedabad will emerge as India’s sports city: Amit Shah
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that Ahmedabad in Gujarat would emerge as the country’s “sports city” as world-class facilities for all kinds of games are being put in place…
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My focus is on booking Olympic berth, says long jumper Sreeshankar
New Delhi: Murali Sreeshankar, India’s national men’s long jump record holder, is geared up to compete in the second leg of the one-day Indian Grand Prix Meet scheduled for Thursday at Patiala’s…
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Secunderabad: The EME Sailing Association’s crown jewel
By A. Joseph Antony If the sixties laid the foundations and the eighties consolidated EMESA’s endeavours to place inland sailing on a firm footing, the new millennium saw it scale new heights…
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City MMA fighters all set to represent Hyderabad at National level
Hyderabad: The 11-member team of mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters from Telangana, led by team coach Mohd. Faqruddin is all set to represent and participate in the fourth National MMA Championship being held…
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Sports policy soon in police wing: Srinivas Goud
Hyderabad: Sports and tourism.ninisrer V Srinivas Goud today disclosed soon they will introduce a sports policy in the police department. He attended a concluding program of police sports in the city here.On the…
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At 555mn euros, Messi’s deal biggest in sports history: Report
Barcelona:Lionel Messi’s contract with Barcelona is worth up to 555 million euros ($673 million) over four seasons, thus making his deal as the biggest signed by any athlete in sports history, says…
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How Jaisimha almost helped India pull-off its first ever win abroad
By A. Joseph Antony Hyderabad: Until recently, the Covid-19 clouds of uncertainty had hung heavy over the last cricket test match at Brisbane (Australia), now okayed to start on Friday. Over half a century…
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Roundup 2020: When sport went out of life and life went out of sport
New Delhi: A hopeful escape and a metaphor for life before a virus came along to cause the kind of disruption that even terror attacks could not. This was sport for most of…
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ACE: Cricket Academy where boys enter to emerge as talented cricketer
Hyderabad: In a quaint corner in Yousuf Tekri Colony, off the bustling Toli Chowki, one can hear soft knock and hard thuds. Take a closer look and one will find young students,…
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Indian hockey is moving in the right direction: Khel Ratna Rani
Bengaluru: Indian women’s hockey captain Rani Rampal, who was on Saturday conferred with the prestigious Khel Ratna Award, has said that she feels overwhelmed that women’s hockey in the country is getting equal…
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Khel Ratna will motivate me to strive for bigger feats: Rani
New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani on Friday said winning the Khel Ratna, the country’s highest sporting honour, will motivate her to bring home more laurels. The Sports Ministry on Friday…
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‘MS Dhoni should have announced retirement from the ground’: Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Mumbai: Former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni should have announced his retirement from the ground said Ex-Pakistan cricket Great Inzamam-Ul-Haq. In a video that is posted on his Youtube channel, Inzamam…
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