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    Hyderabad Blackbirds’ Aqil bags trophy

    South African teenager Aqil Alibhai of Hyderabad Blackbirds clinched the Formula 4 Indian Championship title in Coimbatore on Sunday. Hyderabad: South African teenager Aqil Alibhai of Hyderabad Blackbirds clinched the Formula 4 Indian Championship title in Coimbatore on Sunday, capping a stellar season with six wins. Despite Bengaluru-based Ruhaan Alva of Shrachi Rarh Royal Bengal Tigers securing a grand double on the final day, Alibhai’s two podium finishes (P2 and P3) earned him enough points to seal the crown. Ruhaan finished second in the championship standings after a strong performance. Following the triumph, Alibhai said, “I wanted to finish the season with a win, but it was not to be. But I have had a good season, and I am very happy to win the championship. Going forward, let’s see where this success takes me.”
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    India-Malaysia football rivalry heats up: Gachibowli stadium set for thrilling showdown

    India and Malaysia have clashed 32 times, making it the most frequent matchup for the Blue Tigers in international football, ahead of rivalries with Pakistan (29 matches) and Bangladesh (28 matches). Monday’s game at the GMC Balayogi Gachibowli Stadium adds another chapter to this storied rivalry, where even friendly encounters are fiercely contested. Hyderabad: The India-Malaysia football rivalry goes a long way back. From their first meeting in 1957 friendly in Kuala Lumpur, where India emerged 3-0 winners thanks to PK Banerjee’s brace and a Tulsidas Balaram strike, until last year’s Merdeka Tournament clash in which Malaysia ran out 4-2 winners. The two sides have faced each other 32 times. That’s the most number of times India have played against any opponent in international football, followed by Pakistan (29 matches) and Bangladesh (28 matches). The game on Monday at the GMC Balayogi Gachibowli Stadium will be yet another addition to this historic rivalry, where even…
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    Pakistan’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi reclaims top spot in ODI bowlers rankings

    Afridi’s recent performance in Pakistan’s victorious series against Australia, where he claimed eight wickets across three games at an impressive average of 12.62, helped propel him to the top spot once more Dubai: Pakistan’s premier fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has reclaimed the No.1 position in the ICC Men’s ODI Bowler Rankings, a spot he initially held during last year’s Cricket World Cup in India. Afridi’s recent performance in Pakistan’s victorious series against Australia, where he claimed eight wickets across three games at an impressive average of 12.62, helped propel him to the top spot once more. Afridi’s rise comes as part of a reshuffling in the rankings, with South Africa’s spinner Keshav Maharaj slipping to third and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan maintaining his position at second. Afridi’s dominance on the field, combined with Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s leading spot in the ODI batting rankings, makes Pakistan the only team with the No.1-ranked player in…
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    ‘Wasn’t the nicest thing,’ says KL Rahul on animated chat with LSG owner Sanjiv Goenk during IPL 2024 

    LSG owner appeared visibly displeased after a match’s outcome and was seen engaged in an intense discussion with skipper Rahul along the boundary line at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium New Delhi:  India wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul has opened up on the animated chat between Lucknow Super Giants’ owner Sanjiv Goenka during the 2024 IPL when LSG were hammered by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). LSG were in a need of big win over SRH to qualfiy for the playoffs, but the team suffered a humiliating 10-wicket loss. Afterwards, LSG owner appeared visibly displeased after the match’s outcome and was seen engaged in an intense discussion with skipper Rahul along the boundary line at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. “As a team, we were all in shock because we were at the stage in that tournament where every game was very important. We had to win, I think, three out of five games or two out of the last…
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    Neeraj Chopra partners with Javelin legend Jan Zelezny as new coach

    “Growing up, I admired Jan’s technique and precision, often watching his videos. He dominated the sport for years, and I believe working with him will be invaluable. Our throwing styles are similar, and his expertise is unparalleled. It’s an honor to have Jan by my side as I aim for the next level in my career, and I can’t wait to begin,” said Chopra after the announcement. New Delhi: Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra, on Saturday, announced the start of an exciting new chapter in his career, partnering with Javelin legend Jan Zelezny, who comes on board as his new coach. Jan Zelezny, a three-time Olympic and World champion and the current world record holder, has long been an idol to Chopra. “Growing up, I admired Jan’s technique and precision and spent a lot of time watching videos of him. He was the best in the sport for so many years,…
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    Impressive run: Samson looking to make hay while the sun shines

    I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say,” says the wicketkeeper after collecting his player of the match award following India’s 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I Durban: In his last six competitive games, Sanju Samson has scored three hundreds, including one in the Duleep Trophy, and the inform India wicketkeeper batter is looking to make hay while the sun shines. Samson’s 107 off 50 balls against South Africa, his second T20I hundred in as many matches after his 111 against Bangladesh last month, has helped him to partially brush off the tag of an underperformer. “Really enjoyed my time out there in the middle. I made maximum utilisation of my current form you can say,” Samson said after collecting his player of the match award following India’s 61-run win over South Africa in the first T20I. Asked about the team’s gameplan, the Rajasthan Royals skipper spoke about intent. “The…
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    England-New Zealand Test series to be named after Graham Thorpe and Martin Crowe

    The trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Test series between England and New Zealand, a contest that dates back to the two nations’ first Test encounter in 1930 New Delhi: England is set to honour legendary batter Graham Thorpe by naming a new trophy for the Test series with New Zealand. It will be named after Thorpe and New Zealand batter Martin Crowe, a tribute to two of the most iconic batter from their respective nations. The trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Test series between England and New Zealand, a contest that dates back to the two nations’ first Test encounter in 1930. This initiative, expected to take effect in the upcoming series starting on November 28, aims to honour Crowe and Thorpe’s legacies, reported The Telegraph. Crowe, often considered New Zealand’s finest batter represented his country in 77 Tests from 1982 to 1995,…
    Cricket

    Harmanpreet makes it to 50-player shortlist for WBBL Team of the Decade

    The shortlist comprises cricketers who have played a minimum of 60 WBBL matches prior to this season Melbourne: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur is the lone entry from India in the 50-player shortlist for the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) Team of the Decade, which was released on Thursday. The shortlist comprises cricketers who have played a minimum of 60 WBBL matches prior to this season. The list will be pruned to 12 by a selection panel of experts after taking into account public voting. The public voting will be open between November 11-24 on the Big Bash App. The Team of the Decade will honour the greatest players from across the 10-year history of the WBBL. The selection panel is being chaired by Cricket Australia Director Clea Smith, and also includes Mel Jones, Lisa Sthalekar, Matthew Mott, Quentin Hull, Laura Jolly and Alistair Dobson. Public voting will be given equal importance and the panel will then review and…
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    Real Madrid’s knockout hopes dented in 3-1 loss to AC Milan

    The loss leaves Real Madrid with six points from its first four matches in the tournament. Up next is an away game against Liverpool at Anfield. Beyond the result, coach Carlo Ancelotti may be more concerned with his team’s poor performance, especially given they had the advantage of a rest over the weekend. Madrid: Real Madrid’s qualification for the knockout stage of the Champions League suffered a major setback as they were beaten 3-1 at home to AC Milan. The defeat leaves Real Madrid with six points from its first four matches in the tournament, with a visit to play Liverpool at Anfield next on the agenda, and more than the result, coach Carlo Ancelotti will be worried by a poor performance from his side, who had a rest at the weekend. The game was just 12 minutes old when Malick Thiaw put Milan ahead with a near-post finish from a…
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    Champions League: Luis Diaz hat-trick powers Liverpool to 4-0 win over Leverkusen

    A second-half goal surge on Tuesday night led the Reds to victory over Xabi Alonso’s Bundesliga champions, securing 12 points from their first four league-phase matches. Diaz opened the scoring in the 61st minute and wrapped it up in stoppage time, while Cody Gakpo added to the tally with a header for the hosts’ second goal of the night. Liverpool: Luis Diaz fired in a hat-trick to help Liverpool beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 at Anfield and maintain their perfect start in the Champions League. A second-half flurry of goals on Tuesday night saw the Reds overcome Xabi Alonso’s Bundesliga champions to take 12 points from their opening four matches in the league phase. Diaz opened the game’s scoring in the 61st minute and completed it in stoppage time, with Cody Gakpo also on the scoresheet by heading in the hosts’ second of the evening. Xabi Alonso’s Anfield return saw his Leverkusen side…

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      FIFA WC 2022: Saka, Rashford help England rout Iran 6-2

      Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford put last year’s European Championship loss behind them, combining to score three goals in England’s 6-2 rout of Iran on Monday at the World Cup. Both players missed penalties in the shootout loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final and were then subjected to racist abuse. A year later, Saka scored twice at Khalifa International Stadium and Rashford came off the bench to add another with his first move of the match. It has been a difficult buildup for England, but this was a performance that will provide encouragement to coach Gareth Southgate, who has recently endured the most troubled period of his England tenure. He was booed after a 4-0 loss to Hungary in…

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      Telangana’s Shiva impresses at National Para Swimming Championships

      Hyderabad: Telangana’s Shiva clinched two gold and a bronze medal in the S-9 category of the recently concluded XXII National Para Swimming Championships held at the Dr Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex, Guwahati, Assam. He bagged top honours in the 50m and 100m butterfly events and the bronze medal in 400m freestyle event. Another swimmer Ria settled for fourth spot in the 50m backstroke event in the S-8 category. Source.

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      FIFA WC 2022: Valencia’s brace help Ecuador beat Qatar 2-0 in opener

      Qatar’s first ever World Cup match ended in dismay for an overmatched team and with a place in unwanted soccer history. The controversy-laced tournament opened Sunday with Qatar getting outplayed and embarrassed in a 2-0 loss to Ecuador in front of 67,372 fans at Al Bayt Stadium. In 92 years of soccer’s biggest event, a host team had never lost its opening game. The first World Cup in the Middle East is a chance for Qatar, a tiny Arab country jutting out into the Persian Gulf, to showcase itself to the wider world. Its soccer team, playing at this level for the first time by virtue of hosting the tournament, couldn’t live up to the moment as Ecuador captain Enner Valencia scored…

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      IND v NZ, 2nd T20I: India storm to 65-run victory over New Zealand

       The forecast for Mount Maunganui for Sunday’s match seemed bleak: oscillating between scattered and isolated thunderstorms. But when the match happened, barring 26 minutes of rain in India’s innings, nothing came as per the predicted weather forecast. Though thunderstorms stayed away, Suryakumar Yadav whipped up a storm of his own under the night sky at a sell-out Bay Oval. Against a New Zealand bowling attack who were far from their consistent best, Suryakumar put out yet another 360-degree astonishing masterclass in T20I batting with an unbeaten 49-ball century to propel India in thrashing the Blackcaps by 65 runs. On a sluggish pitch where almost all Indian as well as New Zealand batters found it tough to time the ball, Suryakumar, the top-ranked…

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      FIFA World Cup 2022: When and where to watch the opening ceremony and first match of the tournament?

      The FIFA World Cup 2022 will take place from November 20 to December 18 in Qatar, with 32 teams from five confederations competing for the coveted trophy. Qatar will become the first Middle East country to host the tournament and it will be the first edition of the World Cup being held outside the June-July window.  With eight stadiums across Qatar to host 64 matches, Qatar will meet Ecuador in the curtain raiser on November 20. Ahead of the Group A match at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, the opening ceremony will be held.  Here is what you need to know about the opening ceremony and the first match: The #FIFAWorldCup party is about to get started! 🙌…

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      ‘Just Incredible’- Fans In Awe of Suryakumar Yadav After His Spectacular Century

      Suryakumar Yadav starred against New Zealand in the second T20I of the three match series at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. His blistering unbeaten knock of 111 off 51 took India to 191/6 in 20 overs. SKY was in the best of his forms as he bagged last 50 runs in just 17 balls. He studded his knock with 11 fours and seven sixes. It was a remarkable batting show as Yadav didn’t miss any part of the ground while hitting big shots. In the penultimate over, Yadav brought in disappointment for Lockie Ferguson  as Indian ace batter hammered four boundaries and a phenomenal six over deep point. The fast bowler had clearly run out of ideas as Surya was just unstoppable. After…

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      Indian Racing League gives people of Hyderabad a taste of race cars in their backyard

      HYDERABAD: The keenly awaited Indian Racing League (IRL) came rumbling to the city on Saturday for the first time and the atmosphere on the Hyderabad Street Circuit was nothing short of electric as racers driving Wolf Racing’s GB08 Thunder cars gave the locals their first taste of a major motorsport event. A racing event organised on NTR Marg, turned into a city circuit, where most people on a normal day would go for an evening walk, made the event all the more special for Hyderabadis. The event demonstrated the city’s readiness to host major sports events as the arrangements made by HMDA along with Indian Racing League (IRL) and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) appeared impeccable. The event, which…

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      2022 FIFA World Cup: Know about positions, football field and different types of kicks 

      Hyderabad:Football is a sport played between two teams of eleven players each on a rectangular-shaped playing field or pitch that is marked by lines. The surface of the pitch could be either grass or artificial turf. If it is an artificial turf, the colour of the surface must be only green and it should also meet the FIFA Quality Concept for Football Turf standards. While the two longer boundary lines are called touchlines, the shorter boundary lines are called goal lines. The playing field is divided into two halves by a halfway line. Dimensions of the playing field  The Length (touch line) of the pitch must be a minimum of 100 metres (110 yards) and a maximum of 110 metres (120 yards). The…

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      Hyderabad witnesses first taste of formula cars

      Hyderabad: The city of Hyderabad witnessed the first taste of the Formula cars when the Wolf Racing’s GB08 Thunder race cars vroomed on India’s first street circuit – Hyderabad Street Circuit on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake, on Saturday. The first day of the inaugural edition of the Indian Racing League saw only the drivers taking out the car for practice races unlike scheduled qualifying races. This being the newly-laid track, the drivers were skeptical initially that forced the qualifying races to the morning of Sunday. However, the cars enthralled the crowd who gathered to witness the mean machines speed past them. The drivers were cautious in their approach and they didn’t hit the full throttle. While the cars have the capacity to touch…

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      FIFA World Cup 2022: How much prize money will winners, runners-up take home from Qatar?

      The 2022 FIFA World Cup is finally upon us with the marquee tournament set to begin from Sunday (November 20) in Qatar. The 32-team tournament will take place for almost a month with the final scheduled to take place on December 18 in Lusail. The competition is the biggest prize in football and all 32 teams will be aiming to lift the trophy and crown themselves as world champions. Ever player will have the desire to produce eye-catching performances which will put their name in the history books. While the honour of playing and winning the tournament is second to none, the financial benefits the tournament brings cannot be ignored either. All 32 participating teams will take home a massive…

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