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German players are an ecstatic lot as they celebrate their second straight World Cup triumph. | Photo Credit: AP Winning once was good, Germany had to do it one more time. An efficient German side edged Spain 1-0 in a cagey final to claim a second successive men’s World Cup title on Sunday. It was…
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Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP World number two Elena Rybakina said she is on track to play at the U.S. Open as she recovers from a leg injury suffered at the Cincinnati Open earlier this month. The twice Grand Slam winner retired in the first set of her…
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South Zone player Vidwath Kaverappa in action against North during the Duleep Trophy match at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru on August 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: J. ALLEN EGENUSE In the eight months from July 2023 to February 2024, Vidwath Kaverappa’s career was on an upward trajectory. The Karnataka pacer was the…
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Kaverappa picked all of his wickets in his second spell. | Photo Credit: Allen Egenuse J. Vidwath Kaverappa (four for 66) helped South Zone take the honours on day one of its Duleep Trophy semifinal against North Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence here on Sunday. After opting to bat, North was shot…
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A representative of Blazing Saddles, left, co-owner of Moonveil, receiving the winner’s trophy from Madhab Adhikari of Coromandel International in the presence of HRC chairman R. Surender Reddy, third from left, and steward V. Krishna Das. | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA Trainer S.S. Attaollahi’s filly Moonveil, ridden by P. Trevor, won the Coromandel Gromor Deccan Fillies Championship the main attraction of Sunday’s (Aug….
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The Indian men’s hockey players before the last match of the FIH Hockey World Cup against Belgium, for 7th and 8th place, in Wavre, Belgium, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI With the Indian men’s hockey team returning a disappointing performance at the recent World Cup, questions have already been raised over coach…
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Emmanuel is set for his maiden ISL season and is confident that Chennaiyin FC will do well. | Photo Credit: Chennaiyin FC For 120-odd football-mad kids at Kigali in Rwanda, Chennaiyin FC’s new signing Emmanuel Imanishimwe is the “president”. Wonder why? The Rwanda international is a co-founder of the football school where the children are having a ball. In a bid…
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The four-year-old filly N R I Triple Power, who won very well in her last start, should score an encore in the Mahabubabad Plate, the chief event of Monday’s (Aug. 31) races. 1. A. KRISHNASWAMY MEMORIAL TROPHY (Div. III), (1,200m), 3-y-o and upward, rated 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 1.00 p.m.: 1. Dyanoosh (1) Afroz…
Yourmanorborne, Satyavan and Coffee At Eleven excelled when the horses were exercised here on Sunday (Aug. 30) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Yinsiruk (A. Gaikwad) 38. Moved freely. Phantom Strike (Gore) 41. Easy. 800m: Dancing Cloud (app), Mysteriousstranger (rb) 56, 600/41. Pair level. Dashing Cheri (rb) 56, 600/43. Urged. Scaramouche (T.S. Jodha) 53, 600/39. Worked freely….
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Tyche and Maana excelled when the horses were exercised here on Sunday morning (August 30). Inner sand: 600m: Hidden Dreams (Rajesh K) 40.5. Moved well. Queen Maxima (Laxman S) 40.5. Worked well. Badshaah (rb), Darrington (Anish) 39.5. They strode out well. 1000m: Yukan (Shreyas) 1-8, 600/39.5. Strode out well. Outer sand: 600m: Dasadyu (Reza) 43.5….