LAUSANNE: Top ranked India will open their campaign against Italy on the opening day of the first hockey Olympic qualifying tournament to be held in New Delhi from February 18-26, next year....

Embattled former Australia captain Ricky Ponting managed to retain his place in the 13-member squad for the first cricket Test against India, starting in Melbourne on Monday....

India’s football captain Sunil Chhetri has been declared the AIFF player of the year 2011. He was chosen the winner by I-League coaches who voted on a list of five players shortlisted.....

The pace duo of Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma got some vital bowling practice before the Indians' three-day warm-up match against Cricket Australia Chairman's XI ended in a drawtoday...

NEW DELHI: Apart from boasting a pathetic record when it comes to injury management, India's cricket board (BCCI) and team management have always revelled in rumour mongering.....

NEW DELHI: The ticker on the official 2012 London Olympics website is winding down to July 27 - the day the Games finally get under way. With just over 200 days to go, India has finally identified the sportspersons who are most likely to add to the country's medal tally at the 27th edition of the Games....

CANBERRA: Cricket Australia Chairman's XI were 58/1 in reply to India's 269 all out in their first innings on the second day of their three-day practice match until after lunch on Tuesday....

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore doesn’t want to dwell too much on the past. And rightly so. The 2004 Olympic silver medalist had spent the better part of the last two years in the wilderness after sparring with the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) officials over its selection policies. Now concentrating simply on winning a quota for the 2012 London Games, it is his Perazzi that is doing all the talking...

Drag-flick specialist Sandeep Singh and striker S.V. Sunil scored two goals each as India dished out some entertaining hockey to beat South Africa 7-4 in the Champions Challenge here on Sunday.

New Delhi: Orissa cricket officials expect a packed Barabati stadium for the opening ODI between India and West Indies on Tuesday, at Cuttack.

After half-empty stadiums during the Test series in major cities in India including New Delhi and Mumbai, Board of Control for Cricket in India expressed a desire to shift matches to smaller centers. The Barabati stadium in Cuttack has a capacity of 45,000 and officials are expecting a tickets to be sold-out.