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Y. Gopi Rao presenting the winner’s trophy to Buddy’s owners Prabhakar Chowdary Tripuraneni, right, and M. Subodh Kumar Ananthula as HRC chairman R. Surender Reddy and others look on. | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA The 30-to-1 rank outsider Buddy, ridden by Mukesh Kumar, pulled off a major upset by winning the Race2win Foundation Hyderabad Deccan Derby (Gr….
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Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep have multiple threads tying them together. Both pacers hail from mofussil towns in Bihar. Both relocated to West Bengal to pursue cricket. Both have donned the whites for India. Their bonhomie with the ball in hand has given Bengal many victories in the Ranji Trophy. At the picturesque Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium…
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Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals of the Japan Open. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Carlos Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals of the Japan Open on Sunday (October 4, 2026) after an ailing Denis Shapovalov retired to hand the world number three a 7-6 (7/3), 2-1 victory. His Canadian opponent was forced to withdraw after…
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Sushanthi Nilaya, at Mercara Hill in the city, was constructed in the late 19th century under the Basel Mission. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A 139-year-old historical building, Sushanthi Nilaya, at Mercara Hill in the city, has been restored and converted into a public community hall. Originally constructed in the late 19th century under the…
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Indian players pose for a photo after winnig the ODI Series against West Indies at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh on October 03, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap With just about a year to go for the 2027 ODI World Cup, India’s preparation for the quadrennial event got…
India and Brazil during the friendly football match in Kolkata on October 3, 2026 | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak The match against five-time World Cup winner Brazil appeared to have left the Indian camp with a sense of perspective, as head coach Khalid Jamil emphasised the importance of regular exposure to top-class opponents. His comments…
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TTFI secretary-general Kamlesh Mehta. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The National-ranking table tennis tournament at Panchkula starting on Tuesday has been retained as an official National-ranking event by the ad hoc committee constituted to administer the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), even as the committee stripped the ranking status of the…
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Rest of India pacers Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep and Mukesh Choudhary celebrate with the trophy after winning the Irani Cup against Jammu and Kashmir, at the Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium, in Srinagar, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR When did Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep meet for the first time? Neither seems to…
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Kumkum Mohod won a historic gold in individual recurve event. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The Asian Games are over. The quadrennial spectacle that determines continental sporting excellence and bragging rights, ended the way most expected them to — China at the top, a million miles ahead of anyone else. Host Japan and South Korea completing…
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Y. Rajesh, State general secretary of the Human Rights Forum, speaks at the HRF’s tenth Visakha district conference in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. | Photo Credit: V. Raju The Human Rights Forum (HRF) held its tenth Visakha district conference, themed “Remembering Balagopal”, at Alluri Vignana Kendram in Daba Gardens in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (October 4, 2026)….