New Delhi: Former India hockey captain and India's chef-de-mission for London Olympics Ajitpal Singh feels that it won't be possible for the current team to win any medal at the quadrennial extravaganza. India have qualified for the London Olympics in February after a gap of eight years and the former players said a top-six finish will be a good performance for the current team. "I don't hope of any medal....
08:47 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Experienced goalkeeper Bharat Chetri will will lead an 18-member Indian team in the men's Four Nation Olympic test event to be held at London from May 2 to 6, Hockey India said Tuesday. Star midfielder Sardar Singh will be Chetri's deputy in the squad, which was announced by Hockey India (HI) after conducting selection trials at SAI Centre, Bangalore on April 8 and 9. There were a few...
07:14 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Vijender Singh (75kg) became the first Indian boxer to qualify for the Olympic Games for a third successive time after reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday. The first Indian to win an Olympic and World Championships medal - bronze in both events - Vijender outpunched Chuluuntumur Tumurkhuyag of Mongolia 27-17 to not just assure himself of an Olympic berth but also...
04:18 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: Two organisations that have been fighting for justice for Bhopal gas victims on day demanded that the International Olympic Committee terminate the "untenable" partnership with Dow Chemicals for the 2012 London Olympics. Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sanghathan and Bhopal Gas Peedith Sangharsh Sahayog Samiti said the IOC should "rescind" its decision of allowing Dow as partner to maintain the spirit of the Olympic Movement and to "uphold...
04:36 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan, who was seen in two back-to-back actioners, rues the 'demise of great movie plotlines' and also complains that his 'information highway' is not so good. "Saddened at the demise of great movie plot lines. Wotever happened to car chases...macho one liners & sharon stone crossing her legs," tweeted SRK who featured in last year's sci-fi superhero movie 'RA.One' as well as the sleek thriller 'Don 2:...
07:49 PM, Feb 26, 2012
Shah Rukh Khan, who still not gotten over his Don hangover, has recently made an appearance to give prizes to the winners. ...
07:32 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: In less than three days' time, India will begin their quest to return to the Olympics after facing the ignominy of missing the bus to Beijing four years ago. The qualification tournament for London 2012 begins here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, with both the men and women teams from India fighting for an Olympics berth. But while the men are almost certain to book themselves...
12:32 PM, Feb 16, 2012
Berlin: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan electrified his fans at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival last night by attending the international premiere of his last release 'Don - The King is Back', the first Bollywood production filmed to a large extent here. Braving freezing temperatures, hundreds of his fans waited for several hours outside the Friedrichstadt Palace theatre to catch a glimpse of their film idol and they gave him...
01:05 PM, Feb 13, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Shahrukh Khan, who was recently named as a role model for youth, has gone candid with netizens revealing how he was 'reprimanded' by his daughter for lighting up. "Big reprimand for smoking from my strict little atom bomb of a daughter!!!," Shahrukh wrote on twitter. The comments came in the backdrop of a newspaper survey naming him as the role model for youth. "Daughter just reprimanded me...how can...
03:44 PM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: Director-actor Farhan Akhtar, whose last film 'Don 2' was not only shot in Germany but was co-produced by a German company says such collborations can bring countries together. The 38-year-old filmmaker said that the film which has been co-produced by Mathias Schwerbrock, is the first actual co-production in Bollywood. "It is the first time that a foreign national has directly been associated with an Indian motion puicture. It...
08:19 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Berlin: You can relive the thrills of 'Don 2' by retracing the trail left by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan during the shooting of the sleek actioner here. And this new tour in Berlin, one of Europe's top destinations, has earned the actor the title of 'sexy ambassador' for the city. This is one of the surprises that await SRK fans when they flock here Feb 11 to watch 'Don...
01:27 PM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: After a newspaper campaign, actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be the likely face of Delhi Police for an audio-visual advertisement to educate people about crime against women. 38-year-old Akhtar, who directed the recently released Bollywood movie 'Don 2', has already appeared in a newspaper campaign in which he exhorted Delhiites to help end violence against women. "Now we are planning an audio-visual campaign with the actor on the issue....
01:55 PM, Jan 29, 2012
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