Beijing, Aug 13 (DPA) Defending champions Australia, the Netherlands and Spain chalked up successive victories but world champions Germany were held to a draw in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament Wednesday.
Beijing, Aug 13 (DPA) South American giants Argentina and Brazil Wednesday qualified for the quarter-finals of the Olympic football tournament, where they will be joined by the African trio Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast.
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) India’s 24-year wait to qualify for the Asia Cup football tournament was finally over Wednesday as they outplayed defending champions Tajikistan 4-1 to lift the AFC Challenge Cup here.
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A compilation of writings of some of India best known authors like Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Vikram Seth, Shobhaa De and Sunil Ganguly - “AIDS sutra: Untold Stories from India” - was released here Wednesday to highlight the rarely heard stories of those affected with the fatal disease.
Colombo, Aug 13 (IANS) India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni rued the absence of star batsman Sachin Tendulkar for the five match ODI series against hosts Sri Lanka that begins next week.
Beijing, Aug 13 (IANS) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Wednesday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) in an effort to improve the sporting standard of the country.
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Young actor Darsheel Safary, football star Bhaichung Bhutia, social activist Anna Hazare and Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor are among those who will receive the 11th Rajiv Gandhi Award for their contribution to their respective fields, it was announced here Wednesday.
Beijing, Aug 13 (DPA) Defending champions Australia, the Netherlands and Spain chalked up successive victories but world champions Germany were held to a draw in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament Wednesday.
Karachi, Aug 13 (IANS) Reports of rifts within the national hockey team have emerged after Pakistan’s morale-shattering 2-4 defeat against Great Britain in their opening Olympic Games match in Beijing Monday.
Beijing, Aug 13 (DPA) The International Olympic Committee Wednesday reacted calmly to a threat from football’s governing body FIFA to make the Olympic tournament a pure under-23 event in the future. “There is an agreement dating back to 1994 on the football men’s Olympic tournament. This agreement ensures a qualitative strong football tournament with three players above 23. The IOC is unaware of any official request by FIFA to change this agreement,” Emmanuelle Moreau, an IOC spokeswoman, said.