Bopanna-Ebden duo advances to Australian Open Men’s Doubles quarterfinals

The second seed Indo-Australian duo defeated 14th-seeded Dutch-Croatian pair of Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-4) to enter the last eight stage.

Published Date – 22 January 2024, 02:45 PM


Bopanna-Ebden duo advances to Australian Open Men’s Doubles quarterfinals


Melbourne: Indian veteran Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden entered the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Monday.

The second seed Indo-Australian duo defeated 14th-seeded Dutch-Croatian pair of Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-4) to enter the last eight stage.


After reaching the quarterfinals, Bopanna assured of the world no .2 ranking in men’s doubles and a win in the quarters will take him to the ranking summit.

Bopanna and Ebden now set up a clash against sixth seeds Argentine pair Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.

The 43-year-old Bopanna remains the only Indian challenge alive at the Australian Open 2024.

Ilgiz Tantashev appointed to referee Iran-UAE match

The match will be held in Al Rayyan’s Education City Stadium in Group C of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup on Tuesday.

The 39-year-old official has been active as a professional referee since 2012.

Tantashev has officiated football matches in the Uzbekistan League, Asian Champions League, and AFC World Cup qualifiers.

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Iran learn fate at 2024 IWBF Repechage

Team Melli have been placed in Pool A along with hosts France, Canada, and the Netherlands.

Pool B consists of Colombia, Germany, Morocco, and Italy.

Iran finished as runners-up at the 2024 IWBF Asia Oceania Zone (AOZ) Championships, which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from Jan. 12 to 20.

Australia directly qualified for the Paris 2024 as the winner.

The 2024 IWBF Repechage Tournament for Men, will take place in Antibes, France, from April 12 to 15. The tournament is the final qualification event for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

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England Cricket team lands in Hyderabad for five-test series against India

The extended series between England and India is set to commence on January 25 in Hyderabad and will wrap up with the fifth and final Test in Dharamshala on March 11.




Updated On – 22 January 2024, 10:49 AM


England Cricket team lands in Hyderabad for five-test series against India


Hyderabad: The England Cricket Team arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad on Sunday evening ahead of their five-match Test series against India.

The long-format series between England and India will kickstart from January 25 onwards in Hyderabad and will conclude on March 11 in Dharamshala with the fifth and final Test.


Following the ODI World Cup 2023, this is the first Test series England will take part in. England played their last Test match against Australia in June 2023, where they tied the series by 2-2.

Just before the team travelled to India, England batter Dan Lawrence was roped in as a replacement for young batter Harry Brook, who has pulled out of the five-Test India series.

This time Ben Stokes will lead a new-look England Test team for the series.

Debutants Tom Hartley and Shoaib Bashir were both part of the England Lions squad that trained in the United Arab Emirates last month. They were joined in the UAE by vice-captain Ollie Pope and Jack Leach to step up their preparations as they returned to Test duty following injury.

The absence of Chris Woakes, Liam Dawson, and Will Jacks is significant. In India, James Anderson will lead the pace assault, with uncapped Gus Atkinson promoted from the limited-overs squad. The other pacers in the squad are Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson.

Meanwhile, wicketkeeper Ben Foakes was called up after being left out of the Ashes squad earlier this year. Jonny Bairstow is the team’s other wicketkeeper. Ollie Pope and Leach are also back from injury.
England Test squad for India series: Ben Stokes (C), James Anderson, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoib Bashir, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (Wk), Dan Lawrence, Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood.

Meenakshi Mavericks produce good show on opening day of World Hyderabad Premier Golf League

Meenakshi Mavericks took the honours on the opening day with four of their players scoring 36 points

Published Date – 21 January 2024, 10:37 PM


Meenakshi Mavericks produce good show on opening day of World Hyderabad Premier Golf League

Team members of Meenakshi Mavericks at the Vooty Golf County on Sunday.

Hyderabad: Meenakshi Mavericks produced a good show on the opening day of the World Hyderabad Premier Golf League Season IV at the Vooty Golf County, Vikarabad on Sunday.

The Mavericks took the honours on the opening day with four of their players scoring 36 points.


By the end of the day’s play, five players recorded high scores of 37 points – Ranganath M of Villagio Highlanders, Akhil Thanam of Rough Riders, Suresh Kumar of Kshema, Anvesh Manne of Agiles Dirty Dozen and Raghavendra Rao of StoneX.

A total of 16 teams from four groups will compete to make it to the quarterfinal stage of the competition.

Chaitanya’s hat-trick leads Care FA to win over Twin Cities in Khelo India Womens U-15 Football League

Chaitanya hit a hat-trick in Care Football Academy’s 3-0 win over Twin Cities in Telangana Football Association’s ongoing Khelo India Womens Under-15 Football League

Published Date – 21 January 2024, 10:30 PM


Chaitanya’s hat-trick leads Care FA to win over Twin Cities in Khelo India Womens U-15 Football League

Chaitanya hit a hat-trick in Care Football Academy’s 3-0 win over Twin Cities in Telangana Football Association’s ongoing Khelo India Womens Under-15 Football League

Hyderabad: Chaitanya hit a hat-trick in Care Football Academy’s 3-0 win over Twin Cities in Telangana Football Association’s ongoing Khelo India Womens Under-15 Football League at MJPBCWRSJDC College, Gajwel, Siddipet on Sunday.

In the other matches, Hyderabad Womens FC edged past Gajwel FC as Pranathi’s 13th minute strike was enough for the triumph. Shamitha’s 30th minute goal led Deccan Dynamos to a narrow 1-0 win over Telangana Sports School.


Results: Care Football Academy (Chaitanya 3) bt Twin Cities FC 0, Hyderabad Womens FC (Pranitha 1) bt Gajwel FC 0, Deccan Dynamos 1 (Shamitha 1) bt Telangana Sports School 0.

Tanush, Mallika grab top honours at OU Inter-College Cross Country Championships

Tanush with a timing of 31:30.3s clinched the title ahead of Loyola College’s Rohith Reddy and Nizam College’s T Rajesh

Published Date – 21 January 2024, 10:15 PM


Tanush, Mallika grab top honours at OU Inter-College Cross Country Championships

Team championships men’s winners University College of PE. Osmania University on Sunday.

Hyderabad: P Tanush of SP College and M Mallika of Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Degree College, Mahendra Hills sealed top spot in the men’s and women’s 10 km events of the OU Inter-College Cross Country Championships organised by University College of Physical Education, Osmania University held at UCPE, Osmania University on Sunday.

Tanush with a timing of 31:30.3s clinched the title ahead of Loyola College’s Rohith Reddy and Nizam College’s T Rajesh.


In the women’s event, Mallika with a timing of 39:11.7s finished ahead of T Nandini of Tribal Welfare College, Medak and N Anusha of TSWRDC, Mahendra Hills, who finished in second and third places respectively.

In the team championship, host University College of PE Osmania University with 55 points and Tribal Welfare College, Medak with 26 points emerged winners in men’s and women’s categories.

Results: Men’s: 10 km: 1. P Tanush (SP College) (31:30.3s), 2. Rohith Reddy (Loyola) (31:31.6s), 3. T Rajesh (Nizam College) (31:39.6); Womens: 1. M Mallika (TSWRDC, Mahendra Hills) (39:11.7s), 2. T Nandini (Tribal Welfare College, Medak) (43:24.5s), 3. N Anusha (TSWRDC, Mahendra Hills) (47:022.4); Team Championship: Mens: 1. University College of PE Osmania University (55), 2. Siddartha College of PE, Ibrahimpatnam (57), 3. AV College (88); Womens: 1. Tribal Welfare College, Medak (26), 2. GDC Begumpet (46), 3. St Anns College for Women, Mehdipatnam (69).

Telangana Governor invited for India-England Test match in Hyderabad

HCA chief explained Telangana Governor about the free entry for government school students, families of Army, Navy and Air Force employees to the match and other arrangement

Published Date – 21 January 2024, 09:00 PM


Telangana Governor invited for India-England Test match in Hyderabad


Hyderabad: Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president Arshanapally Jaganmohan Rao has invited Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to witness the India-England first Test match to be held at Uppal Stadium from January 25.

Jaganmohan Rao met her at Raj Bhavan on Sunday and introduced the new executive members of HCA to Tamilisai. The HCA chief also explained her about the free entry for government school students, families of Army, Navy and Air Force employees to the match and other arrangements.


The governor insisted on providing good arrangements for cricket players and spectators to ensure the success of the Test match.

Iran beats UAE at 2024 Asian Handball Championship

Team Melli had previously defeated New Zealand and China in the preliminary round but lost to South Korea 26-24, Japan 25-23 and Qatar 27-23.

Iran will play the third-place team of Group II for the fifth place on Monday.

The 2024 Asian Men’s Handball Championship is the 21st edition of the championship started on Jan. 11 in Bahrain, under the aegis of Asian Handball Federation (AHF), and will run until Jan. 25.

It’s the third time in history that the championship is organized by the Bahrain Handball Federation.

It also acts as a qualification tournament for the 2025 World Men’s Handball Championship, with top four teams from the championship directly qualifying for the event.

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Who is Sana Javed, with whom Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik tied the knot

Shoaib is entering his third marriage, following unions with Ayesha Siddiqui and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.

Updated On – 21 January 2024, 04:37 PM


Who is Sana Javed, with whom Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik tied the knot


Mumbai Ever since former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik tied the knot with the Pakistani actress Sana Javed, there has been a lot of curiosity around the actress.

This is Shoaib’s third marriage after he took the vows with Ayesha Siddiqui and Indian Tennis star Sania Mirza.


Sana Javed, who was born on March 25, 1993, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, too was earlier married to Pakistani actor, singer-songwriter, and music producer Umar Jaswal.

Sana and Umar got married in 2020 and were together until their divorce in 2023.

She did her school and college at the Pakistan International School in Jeddah, and later moved to Lahore with her family and later graduated from the University of Karachi.

Sana made her debut in 2012 with ‘Shehr-e-Zaat’. She rose to prominence with her role in the romantic drama ‘Khaani’ and has appeared in ‘Ruswai’, ‘Dunk’, ‘Behadd’, ‘Shareek-e-Hayat’, ‘Dino Ki Dulhaniya’, and ‘I Love You Zada’.

In 2017 Javed made her film debut with the socio-comedy film ‘Mehrunisa V Lub U’. She was cast opposite Danish Taimoor in the film. She garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of Sameera, a rape survivor in Ruswai.

After marrying Shoaib, Sana Javed changed her name in the bio on her Instagram account. It now reads “Sana Shoaib Malik”.

The rumours between Shoaib Malik and Sana Javed began in 2023, when the former shared a picture with the actress on her birthday. He wrote, “Happy Birthday Buddy”.