Chennai, May 8 (IANS) India’s attempts to revive their sagging hockey fortunes, after failing to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, commence in Kuantan (Malaysia) Saturday when they take on Bangladesh in the eighth Asia Cup.
Hockey units unhappy at IOA’s merger initiative
Chennai, May 8 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) reported attempt to merge the two national hockey governing bodies - the Indian Hockey Federation (men) and the Indian Women’s Hockey Association (IWHF) - has raised hackles in some quarters.
Chennai, May 8 (IANS) India’s attempts to revive their sagging hockey fortunes, after failing to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, commence in Kuantan (Malaysia) Saturday when they take on Bangladesh in the eighth Asia Cup.
Dilip Tirkey is one of those rare gems that any country would be proud to have. Tirkey’s milestone of becoming the highest capped hockey player in the world during the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, last month went almost unnoticed. He equalled the world record of 401 internationals, held by former Dutch captain Joren Delmee.
Karachi, May 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s hockey experts believe that the team will have to revert to the old style of playing attacking hockey to win the Asia Cup title in Malaysia.
Pakistan is one of the seven teams competing in the 2009 Asia Cup which will get underway in Kuantan (Malaysia) Saturday.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Saina Nehwal is aware that she has a key role to play as India fight for a promotion to Group II in the Sudirman Cup badminton, that gets underway in Guangzhou, China, from Sunday.
As someone who always revels under pressure, World No. 10 Saina is undettered by the expectations and said she was confident that the team will break into Group II for the first time since the World mixed team badminton championship started in 1989.
Hamburg, May 6 (DPA) The value of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) financial investments has been reduced by $34 million, president Jacques Rogge revealed.
Rogge told in an interview to insidethegames.com website Tuesday that the drop in financial markets cut 8 percent off the IOC’s overall reserves of 400 million since the beginning of 2008.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Suresh Kalmadi ruled out any security threat to 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG).
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Leandro Negre Tuesday said he would like India’s ad-hoc committee to move ‘little faster’ with the process of putting up a unified federation before next year’s hockey World Cup here.
Negre, in his first visit to India last month had said that the World Cup would be moved out of India if the ad-hoc committee could not meet the guidelines of forming Hockey India before the event slated for March 7-20.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) will provide assistance to All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) in areas ranging from technical advice, exchange programmes and expertise in coaching and administrative issues.
USSF’s chairman Sunil Gulati, who was in the capital for a stop-over to Kuala Lumpur as an observer for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress, said Tuesday that India is facing the same issues that the US did 14 years back before hosting the World Cup in 1998.