The coaching staff of the Champions League winners is in New Delhi to train young Indian footballers and coaches. ...
11:39 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Ipoh: India's chief coach Michael Nobbs was left fuming at his wards' lacklustre performance against New Zealand in their opening match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Thursday, saying the game was a "reality check" for the erstwhile giants of the game. The Australian said his wards were just not good enough to tackle the Black Sticks in the second half of the match. "I am more...
06:53 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Former Dutch international Wim Koevermans is all set to take over as the chief coach of the Indian football team for a two-year term, ending a more than a year's search for a full-fledged occupant for the top job. Following All India Football Federation's sacking of Englishman Bob Houghton early last year, Armando Colaco and Savio Medeira - whose contract expires on May 31 - were given short...
02:39 PM, May 22, 2012
Nagpur: Central Railway has implemented a new, Advance Coaching Refund System (ACRS) recently to reduce the time taken for e-Tickets refunds. According to this system, all the e-ticket data is uploaded directly from IRCTC server to ACRS directly and dealt by the refund section in Chief Commercial Manager's Office, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai. The cases, in which the refund amount is sanctioned, it is transferred to IRCTC through pay order...
04:57 AM, May 12, 2012
Malacca (Malaysia): India hockey team coach Michael Nobbs said that he plans to visit every nook and corner of India to spot talented youngsters, who can be groomed to play for the country. Stating that it was necessary to launch a nationwide campaign to look out for the talent pool, Nobbs said, "Since I took over, I have been busy with the national team preparation. Once the Olympics is over,...
08:25 PM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Onir, who is basking in the glory of national-award winner 'I Am', will now be producing a film revolving around a 17-year-old athlete and his sports coach who helps the boy realise his potential. Directed by Ashwini Malik, 'Coach Kameena' follows the journey of a youngster, who has a natural talent for running. 'Coach Kameena' is about a sports coach in Punjab and his struggle to help a...
05:47 PM, Apr 30, 2012
London: Roy Hodgson was unexpectedly approached about filling the England coaching vacancy on Sunday, with the well-travelled West Bromwich Albion manager opening talks about the job barely a month before Euro 2012 begins. The Football Association has overlooked Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, who had been considered the favourite by the bookmakers and fans for the job since Fabio Capello quit in February. Instead, a four-man FA committee has identified the...
04:25 AM, Apr 30, 2012
Madrid: Barcelona's new coach is about to become famous for a whole lot more than having his eye poked by Jose Mourinho. Tito Vilanova will step up from his role as assistant at the end of the season and replace Pep Guardiola, who announced on Friday that he was ending his four-year spell in charge. Until now, Vilanova has been renowned as the man who was poked in the eye...
03:32 AM, Apr 29, 2012
CHENNAI: If the Integral Coach Factory has its algorithm right, there will very soon be no smelly toilets on trains. This innovation should make train travel a more pleasant affair. But the absence of smell is only the by-product. The new bio toilets developed by Railways design engineers will do away with manual scavenging on trains and add to the life span of the tracks. The new toilet will have...
08:55 AM, Apr 12, 2012
HYDERABAD: When the four clay courts at the Sanjeevaiah Park and the Necklace Road of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) went for an annual auction this year, there was a surprise bid of Rs 9.2 lakh, up from Rs 2.9 lakh. It stunned the few coaches and the old tennis academy run by Nilkanteshwar, who had to distance himself from the courts, for the simple reason that he couldnt...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Fresh from Olympics qualification, Indian hockey's revelry has just about wrapped up. The players' coffers have witnessed unprecedented cash inflow. Coach Michael Nobbs has had a pay-rise. FIH and HI are happy. Fans are happy. IHF and Nimbus are partially happy. But while the 2008 nightmare has been pronounced dead, London Olympics will either produce a twinkle or well up more tears in the eyes of Indian hockey. India have...
12:00 AM, Mar 03, 2012
Palakkad (Kerala): Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Tuesday said he was awaiting a report from Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on public infrastructure, information and innovations, on steps for modernisation of the railways. He said this while laying the foundation stone of a coach factory in Kerala's Palakkad city. The factory, announced a couple of years ago, would come up near here over an area of 426 acres....
05:30 PM, Feb 21, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the 2012-13 Railway Budget is round the corner, the Railways is falling short of about 300 coaches to introduce 30 new trains promised in the last budget including double-decker AC trains between Delhi and Jaipur. Railways had announced introduction of 99 new trains including express and passenger services in the last budget, but till date 31 trains including seven Duronto trains, two double-decker AC trains and...
05:08 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Seville: Sevilla hired coach Jose Miguel "Michel" Gonzalez on Tuesday to take over from the fired Marcelino Garcia Toral. Michel agreed to a contract until the end of the season that will automatically be extended an extra year if he manages to guide the Andalusian club to a top-four finish and a place in next season's Champions League. "My message is clear, there are three months to go and I...
02:29 PM, Feb 09, 2012
Seville: Sevilla have fired coach Marcelino Garcia Toral after the Spanish club's seventh straight league game without a win. Marcelino's position appeared in doubt on Sunday following a 2-1 loss to Villarreal, which left the club in 11th place with 26 points from 21 matches after five defeats in the last seven games, six points away from a Champions League spot. Sevilla did not name a replacement for Marcelino, who...
11:35 PM, Feb 06, 2012
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