All five gold medals India earned from athletics at the Afro-Asian Games were from field events.
Anju George, Anil Kumar and J J Sobha won gold medals as India scooped up nine medals from athletics.
Surinder Kaur scored a brace in an 8-0 victory in the opening match of the women's hockey tournament at the Afro Asian Games.
They beat Bangalore Hi-Fliers in their last match of the Premier Hockey League to finish with 13 points.
Chandigarh Dynamos lifted the title in Tier II defeating Delhi Dazzlers 4-3 in sudden death in their last PHL match.
Hyderabad Sultans overcame a fighting Chennai Veerans 2-1 in the Tier I Premier Hockey League.
Ajit Pal Singh scored a brace as Delhi Dazzlers beat Lucknow Nawabs 3-0 in a Tier-II match of the Premier Hockey League.
The ace drag flicker scored a hat-trick as Hyderabad Sultans crushed Bangalore Hi-Fiers 5-2 in the Tier-I Premier Hockey League match.
Sri Lanka's sprint queen set a new meet record in the 100 metres at the second Asian Asian GP in Hyderabad.
JBS Vidyadhar Rao defeated top seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta to set up an All-India title clash with former All England Champion Pullela Gopichand in the USD 10,000 Asian Satellite Badminton championship.
India continued their impressive run in the Badminton Asia Team Championships, scoring a hard-earned 3-2 victory over former champions Malaysia, in Hyderabad, on Friday.
Gagan Ajit Singh's goal enabled India hold the Olympic champions 1-1 in the first match of the three-Test hockey series.
Egypt beat Ghana 1-0 while South Africa routed Nigeria in the men's hockey play-off matches at the Afro-Asian Games on Wednesday.
The teams will now play-off for 5th-6th positions in the women's hockey tournament at the Afro-Asian Games.
Pietie Coetzee scored a fine hat-trick as South Africa beat India 3-1 in the women's hockey tournament at the Afro-Asian Games.
A local court granted bail to 25 students and two faculty members of HCU who were arrested in connection with the violence on the campus last week.
The Indian men's team secured a place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Badminton Asia Team Championships after a hard-fought 3-2 win against Malaysia in the quarter-finals at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Pictures from the glittering IIFA Utsavam awards.
The final inspection will take place later this year following which the venue of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020 will be named.
The non-teaching staff of Hyderabad Central University, who had gone on a strike protesting vandalisation of VC's lodge on March 22 allegedly by a group of students, resumed their duties on Thursday as the situation on the campus remained peaceful.
Following the heavy downpour which crippled normal life, the state government has declared a holiday for educational institutions in Hyderabad on Friday and Saturday.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's son and Municipal Administration Minister K T Rama Rao said he would 'personally monitor the case'.
BAI has confirmed the services of Tan Kim, who will be joining the Indian team by the end of September to work with the top doubles players.
World No 2 Saina Nehwal suffered a crushing defeat in Awadhe Warriors' Trump match as Mumbai Rockets stormed into the finals with an emphatic 3-0 win in the second semifinals of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) at the Gachibowli indoor stadium, in Hyderabad, on Friday.
Saina Nehwal lost to reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin but her side Awadhe Warriors still beat Hyderabad Hunters in a Premier Badminton League encounter at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad on Monday.
The Awadhe Warriors virtually assured itself a berth in the semi-finals but it turned out to be a disappointing day for the Hyderabad Hunters in the ongoing Premier Badminton League (PBL) here today. The Warriors registered an emphatic 4-1 win over Chennai Smashers in the evening match but the Hunters were out of contention for a semi-final berth following their 1-4 loss against Mumbai Rockets early in the day at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad. Awadhe gained two points with a win in the Mixed Doubles clash, which was the Trump match for both sides, and bagged two more points by defeating Chennai in Men's Doubles and one of the two Men's Singles' matches.
'Prices are rock, bottom, developers are ready to negotiate and banks are keen to lend.'
China and Indonesia won the Badminton Asia Team Championships in the women and men's categories respectively at the Gachibowli indoor stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Agitating students demanded the immediate removal of Dattareya from the Union Cabinet.
The mass cycling event is all set to kick off on November 5, but looks like Indian roads, offices are not yet cycle-ready!
The new capital Amaravati has been divided into various zones.
Google will build its largest campus outside the Unites States in Hyderabad.
Mytrah generates a higher internal rate of return than most wind energy cos.
Kabaddi may now be behind only cricket in the popularity stakes.
The earlier ambiguity over bifurcation of the state had affected the real estate business.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
Prices in most areas have been stagnant but some regions are showing reasonable appreciation.
Hyderabad Hotshots stormed into the final of the inaugural Indian Badminton League after a convincing 3-0 victory over Pune Pistons in the first semi-final in Hyderabad, on Wednesday.
Behind sprinter Dutee Chand's rise is a hidden journey filled with pain and hardship.
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