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  Chinappa, Pallikal reach World Championship pre-quarters

  Other Sports | December 16, 2014 7:15 IST

  Cairo: India's Joshana Chinappa dispatched 12th seed Madeline Perry of Ireland while 14th seed Dipika Pallikal survived a Mexican scare to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Women's World Squash Championship here Monday.World No. 22 Chinappa

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  Germany beat Pakistan 2-0, bag 10th Champions Trophy title

  Hockey | December 14, 2014 22:31 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Olympic champions Germany clinched the Hero Champions Trophy title with a convincing 2-0 win over Pakistan in the summit clash, snapping their five-year old jinx in the elite eight-nation event at the packed Kalinga

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  Loss against Pakistan was haunting us, says Oltmans

  Hockey | December 14, 2014 21:01 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Indian players lacked energy in the bronze medal match against Australia as the heart-breaking defeat against Pakistan kept haunting the side, High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans said here Sunday.India had a golden opportunity to

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  Champions Trophy: India lose to Australia 1-2, miss bronze medal

  Hockey | December 14, 2014 19:49 IST

  Bhubaneswar: India wasted a golden opportunity to break their 32-year-old medal jinx in the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament after going down to Australia 1-2 in a hard-fought bronze medal play-off match of the eight-nation

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  FIH suspends 2 Pakistani hockey players for indecent behaviour

  Hockey | December 14, 2014 19:20 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Sunday suspended two Pakistani players Amjad Ali and Mohammad Tousiq from playing in the Champions Trophy final after they were found guilty of making obscene gestures towards spectators

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  Security tightened for Champions Trophy final

  Hockey | December 14, 2014 16:25 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Security has been tightened for Hero Champions Trophy hockey final between Pakistan and Germany here today, particularly in view of unpleasant scenes witnessed after a high voltage India-Pak semi final last night."Elaborate security arrangements

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  Champions Trophy: Confident India eye Belgium scalp for a semi berth

  Hockey | December 10, 2014 15:19 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Their morale lifted by a stunning win over the Netherlands, India would now eye a semifinal berth when they take on an ever-improving Belgium in the quarterfinal of the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament,

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  State applies for leave to appeal Pistorius sentence

  Other Sports | December 10, 2014 5:19 IST

  Pretoria: The state presented its application for leave to appeal South African athlete Oscar Pistorius's sentence and conviction at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria Tuesday.Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through

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  Champions Trophy: Bruised and battered India face Dutch test

  Hockey | December 08, 2014 12:42 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Their morale low after two consecutive losses, Indian men's hockey team will have to plug the holes and produce a miracle performance to tame World Cup silver medallist the Netherlands in their third and

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  Coaches taking Champions Trophy to develop their teams for Rio

  Hockey | December 07, 2014 17:08 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: The Champions Trophy is regarded as the third most important hockey tournament after Olympics and the World Cup, but almost all the eight participating teams in the ongoing edition here have fielded relatively young

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  Champions Trophy: England maul Pakistan, register best-ever win

  Hockey | December 07, 2014 16:48 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: An impressive England demolished Pakistan 8-2 in their second Pool A match to register their best-ever win in the history of the FIH Champions Trophy at the Kalinga Stadium, here Sunday.England dished out a

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  Kerala play goalless draw against NorthEast United in ISL

  Football | December 04, 2014 22:06 IST

  Kochi:  Hosts Kerala Blasters did themselves no good after playing a goalless draw against a 10-man NorthEast United FC in a hard-fought Indian Super League (ISL) game at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, here today.Placed

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  India have a strong chance to win Champions Trophy: Australian skipper

  Hockey | December 01, 2014 20:02 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Australian hockey skipper Eddie Ockenden said that India can win the Champions Trophy starting Dec 6 here, if the Sardar Singh-led team continues to play like it did in the Asian Games and the

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  Happy to end season on a high: Sindhu

  Other Sports | November 30, 2014 19:18 IST

  New Delhi: After successfully defending her title at the Macau Open, India's teen sensation P V Sindhu today said she was happy to win her first title of the year and end the season on

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  Excited to play against India, says Dutch hockey skipper

  Hockey | November 30, 2014 18:33 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The Netherlands hockey team skipper Robert van der Horst Sunday said that his team is excited to play against India in the Champions Trophy starting Dec 6 at the Kalinga Stadium here."Initially, our focus

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  Sindhu successfully defends Macau Open title

  Other Sports | December 01, 2014 21:35 IST

  Macau: Two-time World Championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu lifted her first title of the season by successfully defending the USD 120,000 Macau Grand Prix Gold trophy after seeing off Kim Hyo Min of Korea

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  World Snooker: Chinese prodigy pots World title

  Other Sports | November 29, 2014 20:45 IST

  Bengaluru: Yan Bingtao, the 14-year-old prodigy from China, created history by becoming the youngest player to win the men's title in the IBSF World Snooker Championship after he overcame Pakistani's Muhammad Sajjad 8-7 in a

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  F1 great Stewart says Alonso's return to McLaren a 'good move'

  Other Sports | November 29, 2014 20:00 IST

  New Delhi: Formula 1 legend Jackie Stewart has described Fernando Alonso's return to McLaren for 2015 as a "good move" for both the driver and constructor despite their tumultuous relationship in the past.It is only

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  Germany will have a tough time against us: Lalit Upadhyay

  Hockey | November 29, 2014 23:29 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Indian hockey team striker Lalit Upadhyay said Saturday that they will make life difficult for Olympic champions Germany when they meet in the first match of the Champions Trophy starting Dec 6 at the

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  Vettel holds 1st test with Ferrari at Fiorano

  Other Sports | November 29, 2014 19:17 IST

  Maranello, Italy: Sebastian Vettel is testing with Ferrari for the first time since signing with the Formula One team.The Gazzetta dello Sport reports that the German driver is at the wheel of an F2012 from