Call it official apathy or lack of coordination between the officials connected to the development of sports in Hyderabad, but the victims are the best athletes of the state who are capable of making the city and the state proud.

Best athletes of the state

Hyderabadi badminton sensation Saina Nehwal has been selected for country\'s highest honour in sports - Rajiv Khel Ratna. National Sports Awards Selection Committee took the decision on Friday considering her superb performance in the last few weeks.

Selection committee

Hyderabad-based Deccan Chargers will get new owners this time around, as the IPL team is going to be acquired by Gujarat-based Adani Group

Gujarat-based Adani Group is planning to acquire IPL 2009 winner Deccan Chargers for $280-300 million. The Deccan Cha

The prestigious Rahim League Tourney, which dominated the football scene in Hyderabad in 1950-60s apart from serving as a platform to several renowned national players is in the headlines now all for wrong reasons.

While lack of referees has taken a toll on the scheduled

Nampally: AP Judo Association in collaboration with District Judo Association is organizing Judo Championship for Boys and Girls at SAAP Boxing Hall at LB Stadium from July 23 to 25.

Chief guest Mukesh Kumar Meena, Managing Director, SAAP will inaugurate the championship

Thirty out of around 60 shooters appearing for the national competition in October are from the AP Police team, whose future is left to the fate with the SAAP running out of ammunitions

Paucity of funds at Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh (SAAP) has the

The cricket stadium at Uppal has been given test cricket status. Disclosing this on Wednesday after the executive council meet, Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has said an official communication has been received to this effect from the ICC and BCCI.

However, the HCA

State level selections for admission into the Andhra Pradesh Sports School for the year 2010-11 have begun and will continue till July 22. The selections are underway at the Hakimpet campus of the sports school.

As many 69 candidates from six districts - Warangal, Karimn

About 50 slum kids are rigorously practicing football at the Sports Coaching Foundation with the hope to represent India in World Cup Soccer. Hyderabad Journal catches up with the wizkids

Give them a chance and they will prove that these slumdog football p

The EME team won the first match at Rahim League Foot Ball tournament commenced at Gymkhana grounds on Friday.

Greeshma and Hansika won the matches on Friday at the Hyderabad district badminton tourney being held at Ameerpet GHMC indoor stadium. In under-13 team, S Greeshma beat Jahnavi with 21-14 and Hansika beat G Bhavana with 21-12. In boys teams, C Rahul Yadav, Sai Sachin, Vijath Tej

The fastest go-carter in India Amba Mankar is participating in the national go-carting tournament being held at Samshabad from today. A 850-meter track has been constructed near the airport for the tourney in which 46 drivers in various divisions are participating.

Mansoon Regetta at Hussain Sagar is all set to host the national sailing championship from July 12 to 18. Defending champion Nitin Mongia, national champion Mahesh, world No. 33 Ashim Mongia will be participating in the tournament. In women\'s teams, defending champion Ayesha Lo

The super store chain HyperCity is conducting various indoor games matches at the Madhapur Inorbit Mall on July 10 and 11. The matches will be in tennis, chess and carroms and the winners will be given awards. For more details contact 040-44882030/31.

Hyderabad girl Saina Nehwal has brought yet another laurel to the city. Sports lovers are overjoyed as the badminton sensation is all set to snatch the world number one slot

Saina has made it to the top. The slender girl with grit and courage has made Hyde

Hyderabadi wrestler Thakur Kishan Singh has won the Gold Medal in the sub-junior national championships held last month in Nainital in the 42kg freestyle category.

The Ziaguda wrestler Kishan Singh who was attending the Indian wrestling camp for the past few months was ca

The much-celebrated native sport ‘kusti\' is slowly losing its glory, thaks to official apathy and popularity of other games

With oiled body, throbbing sinews and awe-inspiring looks, they used to tussle with peers while wonderstruck onlookers gazed with

Gymkhana Ground is one place where sports lovers and sportsmen often meet. If indications are right, plans are afoot to convert it into a cricket stadium

While Gymkhana Ground, the famous landmark for sports lovers and others in Secunderabad is expecting a

Bagging her third international victory at the Indonesian Open Series, the Hyderabadi shuttle player Saina Nehwal arrived home Tuesday morning. Score of fans and her family extended a grand welcome to Saina at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. She visited Pullela Gopichand

Hyderabadi girl Saina Nehwal continued her domination as she clinched Indonesian Open Super Series with a win over Japan\'s Sayaka Sato on Sunday. With her latest victory, she became a hat-trick winner.

Saina, unbeaten for the past three weeks, defeated Sayaka, unseeded b

Two budding tennis players lost the opportunity of playing an international game just because of official apathy at the passport office in Hyderabad.

The junior tennis players of Hyderabad - Anushka Bhargava and Rishabh Agarwal - were scheduled to take part in the Interna

In a barefaced display of official apathy, the sports authorities have closed their eyes to the pressing needs of AP junior wrestlers\' team

Paradoxical it sounds, but the Andhra Pradesh Amateur Wrestling Association (APAWA) team is all set to participate

Hyderabadi ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday took a giant stride towards realizing her goal of becoming the world number one player as she grabbed the third spot in world rankings.

She got 16200 points in ten days by winning two mega titles - India Open Grand Pre and

The three day handball tournament organised by the Gymkhana Rovers Handball Association to mark the ‘World Handball Day\' ended on Wednesday.

Artillery Centre won the World Handball Day trophy defeating AOC Secunderabad in the final by 19 – 17. In the women\'s catego

Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal clinched the Singapore Open series. The Hyderabadi girl won her final against Tzu Ying Tai of china in the straight sets 21-18, 21-15, and second Super Series title of her career. 

The in-form Saina has won the series on Sunday just

Top seed Saina Nehwal defeated Li Xuerui of China with score of 21-17, 21-14 and stormed into the semifinals of the women\'s singles event in the Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament here on Friday.

The World No. 6 Saina took just 32 minutes to beat her oppone

Badminton Association of India secretary (events and tournaments) Punnaiah Chowdary said here on Friday That Lucknow would host the Syed Modi memorial Grand Prix while Indian Satellite would be held at Gopichand\'s Academy at Hyderabad. \"For the first time in the history of Ind

Andhra Pradesh boxers won their bouts. M. Ramakrishna and Bhaskar making it to the last four after dominating their rivals in the 43rd Youth men National boxing championship at the Swarna Bharati indoor stadium here on Friday night. the

In the fly weight category Bhaskar

Army team defeated Amberpet \"A\" in the ongoing Rahul Gandhi Cash Award Volleyball tournament at Amberpet by 25-22, 31-29 and 25-23. Dinesh

Prakash gave an out-standing performance in the match.

The 24th AP State chess championship for boys and girls (under-13 years) will be held at Grandhi Varalakshmi Venkat Rao Institute of Technology (Bhimavaram, West Godavari) from June 18 to 20.

The meet is also a selection event to pick the State team for the sub-junior Nat

GVK Tennis Academy (Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad) will be conducting a sub-junior tennis tournament at its premises from June 16 to 23. Competitions will be held for boys in the eight to 14 years age group and for under-9 to 15 girls. Further details can be had from 040-6456 8036 or

The National Youth Boxing Championship will be held in Swarna Bharti Indoor Stadium in Vishakapatnam from June 21.

Ten boxers from AP will take part in the event. Trivikramdev and Rajbeer Singh are part of 91kg division while V Simhadri is in 64 kg and Pradeep Kumar is in

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation organized traditional Khusti free style wrestling tournament at Sultan Shahi ground in Sultan Shahi in old city. The tournament witnessed a number of competitors and huge crowd turned out to witness the traditional sport. Mubarak Bi

Hyderabad handball team won the District junior handball tournament which was held in Ongle Prakasham district recently.
In the rain-affected match, the Hyderabadi juniors gave their best to clinch the title 5-3 in the penalty shoot-out against west Godavari. The Hyderab

Nagarjuna’s Nag Kings are the Kings of T-20 Tollywood trophy. They defeated Venky’s Warriors in a thrilling final in a day-and-night cricket tournament held in L.B stadium in Hyderabad. The other two teams that took part in the tournament were headed by Balakrishna and C

The World no 6, Saina Nehwal, won the Women’s title of the Yonex-Sunrise Indian Open Grand Prix Gold 2010 badminton championship at the Nehru indoor stadium in Chennai on Sunday, in a nail-biting contest. The Hyderabadi star beat Choo Wong Mew of Malaysia, the second seed,