New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) India’s new hockey coach Jose Manuel Brasa thinks that acting coach Harendra Singh has done a good job of managing the Indian team in the last couple of months and he should see it through the Asia Cup at Kuantan in Malaysia.
The Spaniard, who is leaving for the Malaysian city Tuesday to join the Indian squad after taking over as national coach, said he would only be observing the players at the tournament.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Newly-appointed national hockey coach Jose Manuel Brasa said his role would be to help the talented Indian players achieve their potential.
Brasa, who took over as coach of the team Monday, said his immediate goal will be a podium finish in the New Delhi World Cup and then gold in the 2010 Asian Games that will automatically give them a berth at the London Olympics.
Madrid, May 5 (DPA) Spain’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) representative Juan Antonio Samaranch jr. thinks US President Barack Obama has the chance to get the 2016 Olympics for his home city, Chicago, thereby eliminating rivals Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.
London, May 2 (IANS) Police arrested dozens of people as Europe Friday witnessed a string of recession-fuelled May Day labour rallies, including by workers of an ArcelorMittal steel plant in France.
Workers of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel plant that is owned by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, dressed in protective work suits in a march to denounce the French government’s economic policies in Marseille.
Melbourne, May 2 (ANI): Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice is the best known swimmer in the world without a personal swimwear sponsor, and would be in a winning position during the world championships in July.
Stuttgart, May 2 (DPA) Flavia Pennetta of Italy did it again to Jelena Jankovic with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win as the Serbian title holder crashed out of the Porsche Grand Prix quarter-finals.
The 14th-ranked Pennetta clinched the comeback upset win in 1 hour 58 minutes against a tiring and erratic third seed Jankovic Friday.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Spaniard Jose Brasa will take over the coaching reins of the Indian hockey team from this month’s Asia Cup.
Brasa has been appointed till the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou.
Rio de Janeiro, April 30 (DPA) Former FIFA president Joao Havelange, one of the most important personalities in the history of Brazilian sport, asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to chose Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympics.
“At my age, unfortunately, I no longer have ambitions in sport. But I do have one wish, which is to offer Brazil and South America the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” he said.
Stuttgart (Germany), April 29 (DPA) Dinara Safina clobbered Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 in her first match as world number one tennis player for a place in the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix.
Safina took just 51 minutes here Tuesday to win the lopsided contest, clinching victory with an ace against the 37th-ranked Errani. It was her first match on clay of the season.
London, Apr 29 (ANI): Olympic Games champion swimmer Rebecca Adlington has revealed how swimming can help one to stay slim.