
India have to do lots of homework before the London Olympics, said hockey expert and Olympian Jagbir Singh. ...

08:51 PM, May 31, 2012

Lahore: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided not to ban the eight players, including former captains Rehan Butt and Shakeel Abbasi, for playing in the rebel World Series Hockey (WSH) in India. Instead, heavy fines would be slapped on them so that they would be eligible for selection in Pakistan's squad for London Olympics. Butt and Abbasi have been fined $10,870 each, while Waseem Ahmed, Zeeshan Ashraf, Imran Warsi,...

02:25 PM, May 31, 2012

Pole dancers want the talent to be included in the Olympics. ...

10:21 AM, May 28, 2012

Hamburg, Germany: Hulk scored two goals in the first half to help Brazil beat Denmark 3-1 on Saturday at the start of a four-match tour ahead of the London Olympics. Hulk scored in the eighth and 40th minutes, either side of an own goal by Niki Zimling, as a young but polished Brazil side brushed off a team headed to next month's European Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Nicklas Bendtner...

10:16 AM, May 27, 2012

New Delhi: The Multi Disciplinary Steering Committee of the sports ministry has approved the preparatory tournaments for Hockey Olympic qualifiers ahead of the upcoming London Games. The committee met under the chairmanship of secretary (Sports) on May 18 and approved coaching camps and preparatory tournaments for Olympic qualifiers and the sparring partners on the basis of proposals submitted by the Hockey India. The team comprising of 22 Players, three coaches...

06:29 PM, May 26, 2012

The 'Kookaburras' are favourites to win the gold medal in London but Australia's men's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth said the schedule, released on Tuesday, was unfair and would be disruptive to his top-seeded team. "I don't expect special treatment, I expect not to be disadvantaged, out of five matches you may expect one 5am start for our athletes not three," said Charlesworth. While Australia face Spain, Argentina and Pakistan in...

01:27 PM, May 24, 2012

New Delhi: Eight-time champions India will start their campaign against The Netherlands on July 30 in the men's hockey competition of the 2012 London Olympics. The London Olympic Organising Committee (LOCOG), alongwith the International Hockey Federation (FIH), unveiled the 12-team hockey competition schedule on Tuesday, that will be held from July 30 to August 11. India, who have been clubbed with Germany (No.2), Korea (No.6), New Zealand (No.7), Belgium (No.11)...

05:52 PM, May 22, 2012

New Delhi: MC Mary Kom, India's sole woman boxer at the London Olympics, will train with her male counterparts in Patiala ahead of the summer extravaganza. The five-time world champion had lady luck to thank as she qualified for the Olympics after England's Nicola Adams advanced to the finals of the World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao, China. After Mary Kom lost in the quarterfinals to Nicola on Wednesday, the Indian's...

08:53 PM, May 21, 2012

London: Even the wind cooperated on Friday at this normally blustery naval station, remaining calm as David Beckham lit a celebratory cauldron and signaled the start of the 2012 London Olympics torch relay. There was a hushed "oooooh" as the former England national team captain and current star for the Los Angeles Galaxy took center stage as the flame arrived in the United Kingdom from Greece on the eve of...

01:09 PM, May 19, 2012

Boxer Mary Kom is happy to have secured her berth to London despite losing in the World Championships quarter-finals, and is now aiming for a medal in the 2012 Olympics. ...

08:45 PM, May 18, 2012

Qinhuangdao, China: Star Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom (51kg) has qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. The five-time world champion had failed to make it past the quarter-finals of the World Champions here on Wednesday when she lost to world No.2 Nicola Adams, but Adams' victory over Russia's world champion Yelena Savelyeva in the semis has ensured Mary Kom's progression to the prestigious event. However, Kavita (+81kg) was the...

04:59 PM, May 18, 2012

Kochi: Aiming to promote Indian spices, the Spices board will be taking part in a two-day Special India promotion campaign from August one during the London Olympics to showcase the rich variety of spices grown in the country. Around 40 stalls would be set up on the South Bank Centre in London. The Spices Board will have at least seven stalls where Indian spices exporting companies can take up space....

06:31 PM, May 17, 2012

Qinhuangdao, China: Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom's Olympic ticket will be decided by fate now after she lost in the quarter-finals of the World Championships to world number two Nicola Adams on Wednesday. The five-time world champion will return empty-handed on the medal front for the first time since the event's inception in 2001, but she still has a chance of getting a London berth if Adams goes on...

06:55 PM, May 16, 2012

New Delhi: Om Prakash Karhana on Sunday shattered Shakti Singh's 12-year-old national record in shot put on his way to achieving London Olympics qualification 'A' standard in a meet at Szombathely, Hungary. Om Prakash, who has already crossed the London Games 'B' standard, tossed the iron ball to 20.69m in the Su-Di-Ka Kupa meet. His effort eclipsed the previous national record of 20.42m held by Shakti Singh since 2000, one...

06:44 PM, May 13, 2012

New Delhi: Young Khushbir Kaur finished a disappointing 71st in women's 20km race walk after Irfan Kolothum Thodi qualified for London Olympics in men's 20km competition on the second and final day of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup at Saransk, Russia on Sunday. Khushbir, who had bettered the Olympics qualification 'B' standard of 1:38.00 last month in the Federation Cup which was not a London Games qualifying event, clocked...

06:18 PM, May 13, 2012