Indian soccer team to train in Portugal
NEW DELHI: Set to return to elite company after 26 years, India will embark on its preparations for the 2011 Asian Cup with a two-month training tour of Portugal from Thursday and seven international friendlies lined up before the prestigious tournament in Qatar next January.
National coach Bob Houghton and 28 players will leave for Portugal [...]
World Cup: Last eight standing
It was an arduous route for some and easy for the others. The real slugfest begins on Friday when the final eight battle it out for a spot in the semis.
Brazil
Ranking 1
Road to quarters: 2-1 vs North Korea, 3-1 vs Ivory Coast, 0-0 vs Portugal; 3-0 vs Chile
Stars so far: Maicon, Luis Fabiano, Robinho
Next match: [...]
Two Major Referee Blunders show Sport Thirsty for Technology
Two extremely bad referee decisions in one night was too much. That it was equally divided between two football matches did not make it any easier. It did though raise queries once more whether popular sports such as football and cricket should embrace technology more and reduce player error.
The Mexico footballers were virtually up in [...]
HIGH – 5: WORLD CUP DAY 18
A look back at Day 18 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Here we highlight the best PLAY, PLAYER, STORY, PICTURE and VIDEO of the day.
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Play of the day: Wesley ‘Sniper’ Sneijder’s pin-point Hollywood pass to Robben from deep inside his own half set [...]
World Cup 2010: England inquest begins with Fabio Capello left in limbo
England’s record defeat to Germany on Sunday has raised questions about his future, but despite Capello’s emphatic insistence that he wishes to remain in post the FA said it wanted to “review” his position.
Capello met Sir Dave Richards, the chairman of the FA’s Club England division, on Monday morning and was told that the governing [...]
Hat-trick girl Saina eyes top spot, Olympic medal
Hyderabad:,Badminton player Saina Nehwal is a national sign following her good showing on the international scene in the past couple of years. Her rapid rise to the top of a sport that has been dominated by Chinese and South East Asian players is nothing short of a miracle.
But has she done enough [...]
Chile lacked punch to worry Brazil, admits Bielsa
JOHANNESBURG: Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa admitted his side lacked the necessary punch to trouble Brazil on Monday after they were beaten 3-0 in and exited the World Cup.Brazil have now set up a mouth-watering quarter-final against the Dutch in Port Elizabeth on Friday while Chile licked their wounds after a sixth successive [...]
Sharad Pawar to take over ICC top post on July 1
SINGAPORE: Former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar will take over as International Cricket Council president on July 1, becoming the second Indian, after Jagmohan Dalmiya, to occupy the top post.
The ICC annual conference week beginning on Sunday will culminate with Pawar taking over as the seventh ICC president, succeeding Englishman David Morgan, who concludes his two-year [...]
Dravid,Yuvraj return to India’s Test squad for Sri-Lanka series
middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh on Saturday returned to the 16-member Indian Test squad despite being Out of favour in ODIs due to slump in form and fitness.Veteran Rahul Dravid also joined for the three-match away series against Sri Lanka next month.
Both Yuvraj and Dravid had to miss India’s last Test assignment against South Africa at [...]
Germany washed England to reach World Cup quarter-final
Germany reached the World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday by beating England 4-1.This match will be remembered for the goal not awarded to Frank Lampard.
Thomas Mueller did two quick counter-attacks within four minutes in the second half which sink England’s hopes of beating Germany at the World Cup for the first time since the 1966 final.This [...]
