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Hyderabad captain Mohammed Siraj said to win the first match of the season and his first as a captain was an amazing feeling | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Ten years ago, Mohammed Siraj was a Ranji Trophy breakout star. In his first full season (2016-17), he finished as the third-highest wicket-taker (41 wickets in nine…
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To be installed the overwhelming favourite ahead of any major sporting extravaganza is a double-edged sword. The moniker is suggestive of a formidable individual (or team) clearly more skilled, more temperamentally adjusted, and the most likely to go all the way, but it also comes with a rider. You are marked; the rest will be…
By now, the two gold medals she has snapped up at the 2026 Asian Games have catapulted the extremely shy compound archer Chikitha Taniparthi into the national headlines. The 221-year-old – who comes from a modest farming family in Peddapalli, Telangana – is a stranger to stardom and the sprinkling of opulence that sporting achievements…
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Samarkand is ready: FIDE interim president Viswanathan Anand and AICF president Nitin Narang hand over the Chess Olympiad flame to Sindarov. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Time flies. It has been two years since those beautiful images from Budapest caught India’s imagination — the country’s young chess players, men and women, posing for photographs after their twin success at the Chess Olympiad. It was…
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The Indian hockey teams’ experiment with a change in jersey colour has been partially rolled back and the players will now don the traditional blue at the upcoming Asian Games. The saffron kit, which led to allegations of politicisation and internal tussle within Hockey India, will be the second option. “The Indian Olympic Association (IOA)…
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Sealing it: Vishesh secured his place in the DP World India Championship. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Vishesh Sharma held his nerve through a dramatic final round to secure his maiden professional title at the Telangana Golconda Masters at the Hyderabad Golf Club here on Friday. He closed with a one-under 69 to finish at…
Gopi Chand played his part in the rise of stars such as Kashyap, Srikanth and Sindhu. | Photo Credit: File photo: Getty Images P. Gopi Chand is one of those rare athletes whose coaching legacy has eclipsed their playing career. A former All England champion, he has been instrumental in establishing a system that produced…
Resilient bunch: U Mumba showed its strength after a shaky start. | Photo Credit: BUTTERFLY UTT Winning an Ultimate Table Tennis title is special. Defending it, Lilian Bardet believes, is even more satisfying. The Frenchman, one of only two surviving players from U Mumba TT’s maiden triumph in 2025 alongside reserve paddler Akash Pal, felt…
Neeraj Chopra would strive to get back to the winning ways and regain the Commonwealth Games crown. | Photo Credit: Getty Images As a truncated 2026 Commonwealth Games kicks off on Thursday, most of the stakeholders admit the medal rush may not be as prolific but insist there is no lack of incentive for those…
Leaving no stone unturned: Sreeshankar has been training in Spała, Poland, for the past three weeks to acclimatise to the weather conditions expected in Glasgow. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR In his “best physical condition ever”, long jumper M. Sreeshankar, who missed the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham on countback, cannot…
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