Money flows for cash-strapped hockey players

Money suddenly started flowing for the cash-strapped Indian hockey with the state governments of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Assam collectively pledging Rs 2.5 crore for both the male and female players. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Chouhan and his Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda ...

Paes advances into next round in Mixed Doubles of Australian Open

Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black beat local wild card entrants Sophie Ferguson and Carsten Ball 7-5, 7-5 in the mixed doubles event. Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj suffered a crushing 1-6, 3-6 defeat at the hands of 11th seed Swede Simon Aspelin and Australia's Paul Hanley ...

Australian Open: Sania storms into pre-quarter-finals of Women's Doubles

In the Australian Open, Sania Mirza and Leander Paes kept up their momentum posting victories in their respective events, but Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj suffered a humiliating defeat to bow out of the tournament.Sania and her partner Virginia Ruano Pascual reached the pre-quarterfinals of...

States announce financial support for Women Hockey team

Money suddenly started flowing for the cash-strapped Indian hockey on Friday with the state governments of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Assam collectively pledging 2.5 crore rupees for both the male and female players. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan and his Haryana counterpart Bhupinde...

Ishant gains 9th place in latest ICC ranking

Indian women hockey team's silent protest their dues

The Indian women hockey team's silent protest over the non-payment of their dues seemed to have worked with Hockey India today deciding to immediately release cash reward of 50,000 rupees each for the players of the ongoing national camp in Bhopal. Hockey India interim president Vidya Stoke...

Chittagong: India clinches first test with emphatic victory

India clinched the first cricket Test against Bangladesh with an emphatic 113-run victory to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series at Chittagong today. The Indians, who needed to pick up eight wickets on the last day, took just about two sessions to wrap up the game and make amends for their disap...

Chittagong: India clinch first test with emphatic victory

India clinched the first cricket Test against Bangladesh with an emphatic 113-run victory to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series at Chittagong today. The Indians, who needed to pick up eight wickets on the last day, took just about two sessions to wrap up the game and make amends for their disap...

India wins Chittagong test

India clinched the first cricket Test against Bangladesh with an emphatic 113-run victory to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series at Chittagong today. The Indians, who needed to pick up eight wickets on the last day, took just about two sessions to wrap up the game and make amends for their disap...

Joint bank account for needy hockey players

All the members of the core group of the Indian hockey team have opened a joint bank account in Bhopal for financial help for the needy players. Skipper Surinder Kaur said, the decision is collective and all the players have endorsed the idea. The players have also decided to sport black badge from ...