In the men’s final, SATS defeated Amberpet Play Ground 25-23, 25-23. In the women’s section, Sujatha and Nandini helped Sports School defeat Audiah Nagar Play Ground 26-28, 25-20, 15-08.
Published Date – 5 February 2024, 10:15 PM
SATS team that won the mens volleyball trophy.
Hyderabad: SATS team and Sports School emerged champions in the men and women’s section of the D Dhananjaya Goud Cash Award Volleyball tournament at the Amberpet Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
In the men’s final, SATS defeated Amberpet Play Ground 25-23, 25-23. For the winners, M Jeshwanth Reddy and Tillu impressed.
In the women’s section, Sujatha and Nandini helped Sports School defeat Audiah Nagar Play Ground 26-28, 25-20, 15-08.
The winners were award a cash prize of Rs 20,000 while runner-ups were richer by Rs 15,000.
Results: Finals: Men: SATS bt Amberpet Play Ground 25-23, 25-23;
Women: Sports School bt Audiah Nagar Play Ground 26-28, 25-20, 15-08.
Team Novartis overcame a touch challenge of Team JP Morgan Chase in the Challengers Cup final
Published Date – 5 February 2024, 10:00 PM
Winners of the Corporate Badminton Tournament, pose with their trophies.
Hyderabad: Team Infosys defeated Team Optum to emerge champions in the fifth edition of the Corporate Badminton Championship at the Gamepoint in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Team Novartis overcame a touch challenge of Team JP Morgan Chase in the Challengers Cup final.
Meanwhile, in the individual events, Rutwika Das of TCS defeated Geetha (JPMC) 30-23 to win the women’s singles trophy, while Pranava Jain clinched the men’s singles title with a walkover. Avvaru Sathish Babu and Donthu Sai Ram (FINMKT) overcame Bharath & Manoj of Infosys 30-22 to claim the men’s doubles event.
The women’s doubles title went to Pooja and Ritwika Das (TCS), who beat Geetha and Nikitha (JPMC) 30-26. Infosys’ Bharath and Mousam claimed the mixed doubles event with a 30-25 win over Pranava Jain and Riya Kumari of Microsoft. Wipro’s Raghu Vamshi P clinched the title in 35 men’s singles category after defeating Satya R (Service Now) 30-18, while Abdul Zabbar and Deepak Dixit of Novartis won 35 men’s doubles event with 30-21 victory against Jagadeesh and Nandikolla Srinadh (Optum).
The chairman of Kankanala Sports Group Abhishek Reddy presented the trophies to the winners. The tournament saw over 150 teams compete for the top honours.
Batting first, Gajwel XI CC posted 183/7 in 20 overs with the help of Kishore Kumar’s 67-run knock. Later, they restricted Meenajipet CC to 107/9 in 20 overs
Published Date – 5 February 2024, 09:00 PM
Batting first, Gajwel XI CC posted 183/7 in 20 overs with the help of Kishore Kumar’s 67-run knock. Later, they restricted Meenajipet CC to 107/9 in 20 overs
Hyderabad: Gajwel XI CC defeated Meenajipet CC by 76 runs to enter the quarterfinals of the Telangana Cricket Association’s Gajwel Cup, on Monday.
Batting first, Gajwel XI CC posted 183/7 in 20 overs with the help of Kishore Kumar’s 67-run knock. Later, they restricted Meenajipet CC to 107/9 in 20 overs.
Brief Scores: Lingareddypally CC 154/9 in 20 overs (Raju Goud 33, Narsimulu Nani 29) lost to Thunki CC 156/0 in 16.1 overs (G Devi 77no, Chary K 55no); Gajwel XI CC 183/7 in 20 overs (Kishore Kumar 67, L Nani 38) bt Meenajipet CC 107/9 in 20 overs (Sravan Goud 32; Sokkam Naveen 2/7, Harichandra Prasad M 2/13)
Quarterfinalists: Danger Boys CC, Jagdevpur CC, Thanedarpalli CC, Sunday Blaster CC, Gajwel XI CC, Pragnapur XI CC, Sanguoalli CC, Doultabad CC.
Samuel will lead Telangana men’s throwball team while Sreelakha will spearhead women’s team in the upcoming 45th Senior National Throwball Championship
Published Date – 5 February 2024, 07:00 PM
Samuel will lead Telangana men’s throwball team while Sreelakha will spearhead women’s team in the upcoming 45th Senior National Throwball Championship
Hyderabad: Samuel will lead Telangana men’s throwball team while Sreelakha will spearhead women’s team in the upcoming 45th Senior National Throwball Championship, scheduled to be held from February 8 to 11 at Rohini Sector, Delhi.
In the final round, Yohan defeated Srivardhan Reddy to clinch title with five points
Published Date – 5 February 2024, 07:00 PM
Winners of the 1st PICA Classical Prize Money Chess Tournament.
Hyderabad: FIDE rated player Yohan Yadav Tarala clinched the 1st PICA Classical Prize Money Chess Tournament organised by Pratyusha International Chess Academy in Hyderabad on Monday.
In the final round, Yohan defeated Srivardhan Reddy to clinch title with five points. Meanwhile, Bharat Kumar Reddy defeated Duvvala Suresh and got runner up prize with 4.5 points. While the winner got richer by Rs 7,000, the runner-up received Rs 4,500.
Top 10: 1. Yoyan Yadav T (5), 2. Bharat Kumar Reddy P (4.5), 3.Afreed T Khan (4.5), 4.Hari Charan Sai K (4.5), 5. Sibi Srinivas (4), 6. Srivardhan Reddy (4), 7.Nithik Reddy Bhavanam (4), 8. Shanmukha Pulli(4), 9.Vedant A Agarwal(4), 10.Divith Reddy Adulla(4).
Best Veteran: PVV Satyanarayana Muthy;
Special Prizes: U-7 Boys: 1. R Srirama Skanda Suhruth; U-9 Boys: 1. Nidhish Shyamal 2. Vivaan Srivastava 3. T Venkata Sathvik 4. Gupta Darsh 5. Samiksha V; U-11 Boys: 1.Advik Reddy M, 2. P Samita, 3.Ishaan Kandi, 4.Kartikeya C 5.D Hamsini; U-13 Boys: 1.Rohana Kumaar, 2.Pavan Karthikeya Varma, 3.Sundar Divij, 4.Saidugarai Sai Tej, 5. G Saii Srihann.
India had scored 396 and 255 in their two innings, while England were dismissed for 253 in their first essay.
Updated On – 5 February 2024, 11:54 AM
Visakhapatnam: England were 194 for six at lunch in their second innings in pursuit of a record chase of 399 on the fourth day of the second Test against India here on Monday.
Ben Stokes (0) was at the crease during the break with England still needing 205 to win.
R Ashwin dismissed Ollie Pope (23) and Joe Root (16) in the morning session to take his Test wicket tally to 499. He had removed Ben Duckett (28) in the final session on day 3.
At the stroke of lunch, Kuldeep Yadav trapped Zak Crawley (73), while Jasprit Bumrah had Jonny Bairstow plumb in the 43rd over.
England were 67 for one at stumps on day 3.
India had scored 396 and 255 in their two innings, while England were dismissed for 253 in their first essay.
Brief scores: India 1st innings: 396 England 1st innings: 253 India 2nd innings: 255. England 2nd innings: 194 for six in 42.4 overs (Zak Crawley 73; R Ashwin 3/42).
FIFA awarded the July 19 championship to the $1.6 billion venue, which opened in 2010, the culminating match of an expanded 48-nation, 104-game tournament that will be spread across three nations for the first time.
Updated On – 5 February 2024, 09:27 AM
2026 FIFA World Cup Final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
New York: The 2026 FIFA World Cup final will be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, beating out Texas and California for soccer’s showcase game.
FIFA awarded the July 19 championship to the $1.6 billion venue, which opened in 2010, the culminating match of an expanded 48-nation, 104-game tournament that will be spread across three nations for the first time.
Located about 10 miles from Manhattan, MetLife was promoted by both New York and New Jersey, where the stadium was built in the Meadowlands marshes. The land of Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Frank Sinatra will be the focal point of the globe on that Sunday, when either Lionel Messi’s Argentina will try to win its second straight title or a successor will emerge.
“It will be a celebration of our diversity and our values,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a telephone interview. “The bigger picture is what leads up to it and what we leave behind for the decades to come.” FIFA made the announcement Sunday at a Miami television studio, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca on June 11 and the finale to the home of the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had lobbied for the final to be at his AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
“The competition was dealing with the perception of the coastal, of a New York, or a Los Angeles,” he said. “If this were totally being played to just America and the United States, that wouldn’t have been such a formidable thing to overcome. But internationally, that’s formidable to overcome.” All games from the quarterfinals on are being played in the United States. Semifinals are on July 14 at AT&T and the following day at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Quarterfinals are at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on July 9, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, the following day, and at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, on July 11. The third-place game will be at Hard Rock on July 18.
The U.S. team will train in suburban Atlanta ahead of the tournament and open at SoFi on June 12. The Americans play seven days later at Seattle’s Lumen Field and finish the group stage at SoFi on June 25.
Since reaching the semifinals of the first World Cup in 1930, the U.S. has advanced to the quarterfinals just once, in 2002.
“It’s about making our nation proud,” American coach Gregg Berhalter said. “One way to really grow the game and to change soccer in America forever is to perform well and do something that no U.S. team has ever done before.” Seventy-eight of 104 matches will be played in the U.S., with 13 games each in Mexico and Canada, and there as many as six matches a day.
AT&T will host a tournament-high nine matches. There will be eight each at MetLife, SoFi and Mercedes Benz; seven apiece at Hard Rock, Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and NRG Stadium in Houston; and six apiece at Lumen, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
FIFA officials did not publicly explain their site-decision process.
Philadelphia’s final match will be a round-of-16 meeting on July 4, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park hosts baseball’s All-Star Game, likely on July 14.
Santa Clara is the only U.S. site that will not host a game after the new round of 32. AT&T will host two round-of-32 matches.
FIFA expanded the World Cup from 32 to 48 nations, increased matches from 64 and announced the 16 sites in 2022.
Murphy learned of the decision while at a watch party in a MetLife Stadium suite. He was not discouraged by a British tabloid report on Jan. 17 that said the final would be at AT&T.
“We did everything we could to put our head downs, focus on the job at hand, kind of push out the noise, and that turned out to be a winning formula,” Murphy said.
Mexico will play its second match at Guadalajara’s Estadio Akron on June 18 and return to Azteca on June 24. Mexico City will host five matches, with four each at Monterrey’s Estadio BBVA and Guadalajara.
Canada will play its opening first-round match in Toronto on June 12, then at B.C. Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, on June 18 and 24. Each Canada venue will host 13 games.
A nation will need to play eight matches to win the title, up from seven since 1982. All 11 of the U.S. stadiums are home to NFL teams. Hard Rock will host this year’s Copa América final on July 14, while MetLife was the site of the 2016 Copa América final. Both the 1970 and 1986 World Cup finals were at Azteca.
When the U.S. hosted the 24-nation, 52-game tournament in 1994, the final was at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, the opener at Chicago’s Soldier Field and the semifinals at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford and the Rose Bowl.
With the additional teams, the length of the tournament will grow from 29 days in the shortened 2022 schedule in Qatar and 32 days for the 2018 tournament in Russia.
Only one match will involve a team that has not had at least three off days. FIFA divided the group stage into East, Central and West regions and intended to make travel shorter for group winners.
The stadiums in Arlington, Atlanta and Houston have retractable roofs that are expected to be closed because of summer heat, and Inglewood and Vancouver have fixed roofs.
Telangana swimmers Ranjitha Rao and Yashasvi Nune clinched top honours in the above 60 years and Under-19 events respectively in the 1.25 km All Age group 24th Krishna river swimming competition
Published Date – 4 February 2024, 11:03 PM
Telanagan Swimmers make a Big Splash at Krishna River Competation.
Hyderabad: Telangana swimmers Ranjitha Rao and Yashasvi Nune clinched top honours in the above 60 years and Under-19 events respectively in the 1.25 km All Age group 24th Krishna river swimming competition at Durga Ghat to Foot City, Vijayawada on Sunday.
In the other categories, Sheik Sajida and Jeevika Sriveni bagged bronze medals in Under-40 and Under-19 category events.
Globe XI outclassed Hyderabad Sporting as Narender, Khader, Shubam and Miraj scored a goal each in an one-sided final
Published Date – 4 February 2024, 10:00 PM
Victorious Globe XI team members with the trophy on Sunday.
Hyderabad: Globe XI thrashed Hyderabad Sporting 4-0 in the final to clinch the First CM Cup football tournament held at Trimulgherry ground on Sunday.
Globe XI outclassed Hyderabad Sporting as Narender, Khader, Shubam and Miraj scored a goal each in an one-sided final. The winners received a trophy and cash prize of Rs 50,000 and runners-up were awarded Rs 25,000.
