London: Former England defender Sol Campbell is warning fans against travelling to Poland and Ukraine to watch the European Championship, claiming authorities are failing to tackle entrenched racism and violence in the countries. "Stay at home, watch it on TV. Don't even risk it ... because you could end up coming back in a coffin," Campbell, who is black, told the BBC. The families of two of England's black players,...
02:54 PM, May 29, 2012
Oslo, Norway: Ashley Young gave Roy Hodgson a winning start as England coach on Saturday, clinching a 1-0 victory over Norway in the team's first European Championship warm-up match. Young combined with Andy Carroll after nine minutes, scoring in his fourth consecutive international to provide Hodgson with a potential striking partnership for the Euro 2012 opener against France on June 11 when Wayne Rooney is suspended. "I think he and...
09:09 AM, May 27, 2012
London: England's third choice goalkeeper John Ruddy was ruled out of Euro 2012 on Friday after breaking a finger in training, leaving little known Jack Butland to be promoted to the squad. Birmingham City's uncapped Butland, who was previously on the standby list, will join up with the squad next week despite never having played in the top two English divisions. "We've given a chance to the young Under-21 goalkeeper...
11:26 PM, May 25, 2012
London: Former captain John Terry was included in England's European Championship squad on Wednesday despite facing trial immediately after the tournament for racially abusing an opponent. The Football Association's decision to strip Terry of the England captaincy in February over the alleged racial abuse of Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand led to coach Fabio Capello quitting. But Capello's replacement, Roy Hodgson, has included the Chelsea defender in the 23-man...
06:48 PM, May 16, 2012
Kohima: Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, on Tuesday paid homage to the hundreds of soldiers of the Allied Forces who fell in the fierce battle of Kohima in 1944 in the Second World War, at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Kohima. Prince Andrew, who is visiting India to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, is the first person from the royal family to visit the war...
02:48 PM, May 01, 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
Birmingham: Lin Dan won his record fifth All England Open badminton title in anticlimactic fashion when defending champion Lee Chong Wei retired with a shoulder injury in the final on Sunday. Lin was leading 21-19, 6-2 after 31 minutes when Chong Wei summoned the medical trainer for a third time and quit, holding his right playing shoulder. Lin became the first man in the 33-year Open era to win five...
11:49 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Birmingham: Women's world number one Wang Yihan suffered a stunning loss on Sunday in the final of the All England badminton championships, beaten 21-13 21-19 by seventh-seeded Chinese compatriot Li Xuerui. It was by far the biggest win in the career of 21-year-old Li who was following up success in last week's German Open and is emerging swiftly as a major force in the game. She controlled the first set...
08:02 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Birmingham: Lin Dan blasted his way past old rival Taufik Hidayat 21-18, 21-8 on Friday to earn a place in the semi-finals of the All England badminton championships. The Chinese is the world and Olympic champion, titles held by Hidayat at his peak in the mid-2000s, but time has marched on and the Indonesian has not beaten Lin in seven years. Friday's defeat took their head-to-head record to 10-3 in...
05:13 PM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal suffered a straight-game defeat to Xuerui LI of China in the women's singles quarterfinals to crash out of the All England Championship at Birmingham on Friday. The world number four Indian lost 13-21 21-23 to the seventh seeded Chinese in a 40-minute match at the National Indoor Arena. Saina couldn't match Li in the first game as she failed to retrieve quite a...
09:00 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Birmingham: Saina Nehwal dispatched Pi Hongyan of France 21-10, 21-17 to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals at the All England Badminton Championships. Saina, world no. 4, beat Pi, number 23 in a little over half hour in the second round here on Thursday. The Indian will meet either Maria Febe Kusumastuti of Indonesia or China's Xuerui Li in the last eight stage. The doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and...
11:40 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Birmingham: India's Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out of the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships, losing to second seeded Qing Tian and Yunlei Zhao of China in the second round of the women's doubles event here today. The unseeded Indian combination lost in straight games 10-21 15-21 to their Chinese rivals in exactly half-an-hour. Jwala and Ashwini were slow to start of the blocks and struggled to match...
10:29 PM, Mar 08, 2012
Birmingham: Former world number one Peter Gade launched a furious attack on world badminton chiefs after making a first round exit at the All England championships in the early hours on Thursday. The 35-year-old Dane had hoped for a farewell climax at the world's oldest tournament but instead was made to wait for several hours before suffering a 17-21 21-16 21-14 defeat to England's Rajiv Ouseph. It was the first...
06:55 PM, Mar 08, 2012
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal survived a scare from lower-ranked Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand before reaching the second round of the All England Championship in Birmingham on Wednesday. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also made a positive start to their campaign, beating Indonesian pair of Anneke Feinya Agustin and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari 21-16, 21-16 in the women's doubles. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist will next take on second...
08:57 PM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: National champion PV Sindhu notched up convincing victories to make it to the main draw in women's singles of the All England Championship but Sourabh Verma lost a grim battle to crash out of the prestigious event in Birmingham on Tuesday. RMV Gurusaidutt also won his opening match in the qualifier to keep his hopes alive of reaching the main draw in the men's singles. Sindhu beat Malaysia's...
10:02 PM, Mar 06, 2012
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