BRISBANE: Cracks in the Team India camp appeared to widen with the stand-in captain for Tuesday's match, Virender Sehwag, taking a jibe at regular skipper MS Dhoni for suggesting that senior batsmen were being rotated because they were slow movers on the field.
BRISBANE: Cracks in the Team India camp appeared to widen with the stand-in captain for Tuesday's match, Virender Sehwag, taking a jibe at regular skipper MS Dhoni for suggesting that senior batsmen were being rotated because they were slow movers on the field.
NEW DELHI: It took India just four minutes into the second half to kill the match. When SV Sunil slammed home the hosts' fifth goal in the 39th minute, France knew they were staring down the barrel. India thus took a giant step towards making the final of the Olympic qualifiers with the emphatic 6-2 win at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium on Tuesday night.
NEW DELHI: It took India just four minutes into the second half to kill the match. When SV Sunil slammed home the hosts' fifth goal in the 39th minute, France knew they were staring down the barrel. India thus took a giant step towards making the final of the Olympic qualifiers with the emphatic 6-2 win at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium on Tuesday night.
BRISBANE: Sri Lanka exposed India's weakness in every department of the game, outplaying them by a convincing 51-run margin at the Gabba on Tuesday. India's second straight defeat in the tri-series has now pushed them to No. 3 in the points table, behind Sri Lanka, and their chances of making the finals seem to be going up in smoke with just two games left.
BRISBANE: Sri Lanka exposed India's weakness in every department of the game, outplaying them by a convincing 51-run margin at the Gabba on Tuesday. India's second straight defeat in the tri-series has now pushed them to No. 3 in the points table, behind Sri Lanka, and their chances of making the finals seem to be going up in smoke with just two games left.
NEW DELHI: Indian women scored a 3-0 win over Poland in the Olympic hockey qualifiers on Tuesday to surge ahead to the top of the league table. The hosts and favourites South Africa are equal on points - seven each from three games - but India are ahead on the basis of a better goal difference. India began on a cautious note, watching Poland keenly in the early minutes. Having assessed their rivals, they went into the attack.
NEW DELHI: Indian women scored a 3-0 win over Poland in the Olympic hockey qualifiers on Tuesday to surge ahead to the top of the league table. The hosts and favourites South Africa are equal on points - seven each from three games - but India are ahead on the basis of a better goal difference. India began on a cautious note, watching Poland keenly in the early minutes. Having assessed their rivals, they went into the attack.
NEW DELHI: Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene brought up the Sri Lankan fifty in the eighth over against India in the 8th ODI of the tri-series at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: Openers Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene brought up the Sri Lankan fifty in the eighth over against India in the 8th ODI of the tri-series at the Gabba in Brisbane on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: The fun days are over. It's now time for some serious business. Having won the first two games without breaking any sweat, the Indian hockey team will on Tuesday enter the critical phase in the Olympic qualifiers, a week which can make or mar their London dreams.
NEW DELHI: The fun days are over. It's now time for some serious business. Having won the first two games without breaking any sweat, the Indian hockey team will on Tuesday enter the critical phase in the Olympic qualifiers, a week which can make or mar their London dreams.
NEW DELHI: Past masters of the game, India could not have asked for a weaker opposition than Singapore to kick start their hockey Olympic Qualifiers campaign on Saturday as they look to avoid the ignominy of missing out on a berth for the quadrennial event for the second successive time.
NEW DELHI: Past masters of the game, India could not have asked for a weaker opposition than Singapore to kick start their hockey Olympic Qualifiers campaign on Saturday as they look to avoid the ignominy of missing out on a berth for the quadrennial event for the second successive time.
New Delhi : Preparing to host the Olympics in August, Britain is taking tips from India on security of venues based on its experience of Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in 2010.
New Delhi : Preparing to host the Olympics in August, Britain is taking tips from India on security of venues based on its experience of Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG) held in 2010.
New Delhi: The working committee of the BCCI is learnt to have unanimously rejected Sahara Group’s primary demand of allowing their franchise Pune Warriors to field six foreign players for the next edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).
New Delhi: The working committee of the BCCI is learnt to have unanimously rejected Sahara Group’s primary demand of allowing their franchise Pune Warriors to field six foreign players for the next edition of Indian Premier League (IPL).
NEW DELHI: After putting up a valuable 94-run stand, Sri Lanka batsmen Dinesh Chandimal (81) and Mahela Jayawardene (43) fall in quick succession against India in their do-or-die match of the ODI tri-series at Adelaide Oval.
NEW DELHI: After putting up a valuable 94-run stand, Sri Lanka batsmen Dinesh Chandimal (81) and Mahela Jayawardene (43) fall in quick succession against India in their do-or-die match of the ODI tri-series at Adelaide Oval.
