Coach
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Will Shane Warne rescue England cricket team?
Cricket | Feb 03, 2014, 02:11 PM ISTMelbourne: After disastrous tour of Australia England Cricket board is desperately trying to find ways to put the derailed national team back on track and wants a coach with magic wand.Gary Kirsten wants big bucks
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Pakistan looks for 3 national coaches
Cricket | Jan 21, 2014, 02:32 PM ISTSharjah, United Arab Emirates: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday set Feb. 6 as the deadline for applicants for the positions of national team head coach, batting coach and fielding coach. Australia's Dav Whatmore and
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Djokovic, Federer bring in the big guns for help
Tennis | Jan 10, 2014, 01:24 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer witnessed Andy Murray's drought-breaking successes after he hired Ivan Lendl as coach, and decided they were due for an overhaul of a major kind. Both took on past
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Serena Williams spotted romancing in Mauritius with coach
Tennis | Mar 05, 2014, 06:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: Top seeded tennis player, Serena Williams is in relationship with her coach Patrick Mouratoglou and was also spotted romancing with him on a Mauritius beach in late 2013. Earlier in the year, there were
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Barca coach sees 'killer look' in Messi's eyes
Football | Jan 05, 2014, 10:28 AM ISTMadrid: FC Barcelona coach Tata Martino welcomed Leo Messi back to full fitness.Messi has not played since picking up a hamstring injury in his side's win away to Betis Nov 10 last year, Xinhua reported
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Novak Djokovic hires Boris Becker as coach
Tennis | Dec 18, 2013, 11:28 PM ISTMonaco: Novak Djokovic is turning to Boris Becker for help in 2014. The second-ranked Serb said Wednesday that Becker will join his staff for next season as head coach. "He is a true legend, someone
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India should stop changing coaches: Leandro Negre
Hockey | Dec 16, 2013, 08:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: India should stop changing coaches if it wants to reclaim its position as one of the world's best teams, the president of the international field hockey federation said Monday."There has to be a
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No Sachin Tendulkar makes life easier for Proteas: SA coach Domingo
Cricket | Dec 10, 2013, 03:21 PM ISTJohannesburg: Rubbing salt into the wounds after inflicting two humiliating defeats, South Africa coach Russell Domingo declared that it will be easier for the home team to plan against India as visitors lack the "claming
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Coach John Buchanan took Aussie players to red-light areas in Kolkata
Cricket | Nov 22, 2013, 09:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an interview to The Sydney Herald, Former Australian coach John Buchanan admitted that he took Australian players to red-light areas in Kolkata, and albatross rookeries in New Zealand to broaden their horizon
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Australian coaches need to be flexible: India's chief hockey coach Terry Walsh
Hockey | Nov 22, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: India's chief hockey coach Terry Walsh feels that Australians need to be more flexible and patient in their approach when they come to the sub-continent.Walsh, an Australian Olympian and national team coach, doesn't
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Baskaran returns as India's hockey coach
Hockey | Nov 20, 2013, 03:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: Olympic gold medallist V. Baskaran will return as coach of the Indian men's hockey team and will work under recently appointed chief coach Terry Walsh.Baskaran last coached the team in 2007 but was
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Sandhu retained as India boxing coach
Other Sports | Nov 20, 2013, 03:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) Wednesday retained Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu as the chief national coach till the 2016 Rio Olympics.First appointed coach in 1993, Sandhu has ably served for almost two decades during
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Chile coach not taking friendlies lightly
Football | Nov 15, 2013, 04:29 PM ISTSantiago (Chile): Chile's national football team coach Jorge Sampaoli said that the upcoming friendly matches against England and Brazil will be played as if they were World Cup games.Chile play England Friday at Wembley Stadium
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Coach Gibson expects better show from West Indies in second Test
Cricket | Nov 10, 2013, 09:10 PM ISTMumbai: After having suffered an embarrassing innings defeat in the first cricket Test in Kolkata, West Indies coach Ottis Gibson Sunday said his batsmen are now determined to leave their stamp of authenticity on the
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Barca's coach happy with Messi's form
Football | Nov 07, 2013, 06:21 PM ISTMadrid: It seems as if the mini-crisis surrounding Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is over after the striker scored twice in his team's 3-1 win over AC Milan in the Champions League.Messi's goals and a further
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Austria coach Koller extends contract to 2015
Football | Oct 30, 2013, 07:44 PM ISTVienna: Marcel Koller will remain Austria coach for at least two more years, putting aside an offer from his native Switzerland to take over from Ottmar Hitzfeld after next year's World Cup.The Austrian football federation
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Former Lille and Senegal coach Bruno Metsu dies
Football | Oct 15, 2013, 05:47 PM ISTLille, France: Former Lille and Senegal coach Bruno Metsu has died. He was 59. Lille announced Metsu's death on its website, without giving a cause. Widespread reports said Metsu died early Tuesday following a long
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Italy coach Cesare defends Balotelli call up despite ban
Football | Oct 07, 2013, 07:16 PM ISTFlorence, Italy: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli is defending his code of ethics after being criticized for calling up Mario Balotelli following the temperamental striker's latest outburst.On Sunday, Balotelli finished serving a three-match ban with AC
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World Cup qualifier: Belgium coach counting on Benteke despite injury
Football | Oct 03, 2013, 10:41 PM ISTBrussels: Belgium coach Marc Wilmots is counting on Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke to be ready to play in the final World qualifier against Wales.Aston Villa announced only on Sept. 24 that Benteke would be
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UEFA bans Dortmund coach Klopp for 2 matches
Football | Oct 03, 2013, 04:07 PM ISTNyon, Switzerland: Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp must serve a two-match Champions League ban for his “irresponsible” rant at a match official.UEFA says the automatic one-match suspension after his sending off for “pestering a match