They are a part of it but renowned coaches Ric Charlesworth and Roelant Oltmans differ about Hockey India League's (HIL) benefits in the struggling host country which finished 12th at the London Olympic Games. ...
01:22 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Mumbai Magicians coach Richard Charlesworth is trying to stay positive and said his team is improving with each game. ...
10:34 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Mumbai Charlesworth said that it would be hard for his team to find replacements for the four Pakistani players who were sent back. ...
11:17 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Delhi won the inaugural match against Punjab, while Mumbai will open their campaign with an away game. ...
12:41 PM, Jan 16, 2013
Sandeep Singh said he is eyeing a return to the national team through the Hockey India League which begins on January 14. ...
10:06 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Ric feels that India are fast improving but to become superpower again in hockey, they need to be more organised. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 08, 2013
Former Australian player and coach Ric Charlesworth was roped in as coach of the Mumbai franchise of HIL. ...
12:10 PM, Dec 04, 2012
London: The newly-introduced blue turf in world hockey has once again come in for sharp criticism from India's chief coach Michael Nobbs, who said he doesn't understand why the London Olympic organizers decided to hold the competition on such "a slow and bouncy surface". Nobbs said the blue turf is no match to the traditional green pitch and all the teams will face difficulties in adjusting to the surface. "During...
06:18 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: The aura is long gone and recent performances have been inconsistent, but Indian hockey's former technical adviser Ric Charlesworth, who had a controversial stint with the team, still expects his former wards to qualify for the London Olympics during the qualifiers starting in New Delhi on Saturday. "India still have some very exciting players and can play some fabulous hockey, but perhaps they are not consistent enough and...
10:40 AM, Feb 14, 2012
India coach Jose Brasa says India are not yet ready to play the top teams. ...
06:58 PM, Mar 03, 2010
Panaji: Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa has been hired by the Goa cricket board as a coaching consultant for a short stint in the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. The 34-year-old who played 30 Tests and 95 one-day internationals will work with Goa’s bowlers for ten days, having already been in Panaji observing and meeting the squad. I have a motive in coaching the Goan team. Cricket has given ...
03:10 AM, Jul 12, 2008
Mumbai: All the players who were contracted with the Deccan Chargers, whose IPL contract has been terminated by the Cricket Board, will be available for picking by Sun TV Network which on Thursday won the Hyderabad franchise for Rs 85.05 crore per year, said BCCI president N Srinivasan. All the players of Deccan Chargers are available to the new franchise. I think they have signed agreements and the new franchise...
09:09 AM, Jul 11, 2008
Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bangalore are yet to decide on whether Daniel Vettori or Virat Kohli would lead the team on Wednesday against Mumbai Indians in their IPL match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, said Tillakaratne Dilshan. We will take a call on the captain tomorrow. It will be either (regular captain, Daniel) Vettori or (Virat) Kohli. We have not taken a decision yet, said the Sri Lanka batsman on...
10:53 PM, May 20, 2008
Kolkata: Rahul Dravid scored his 36th Test hundred on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies at Eden Gardens on Monday. Dravid also became the highest run-getter in Tests in 2011. After the day's play, Dravid admitted at a media interaction that a few things suggested by coach Duncan Fletcher helped him. Excerpts: On how it feels to get five centuries in six months: It obviously...
06:16 PM, Mar 19, 2008
New Delhi: The Karnail Singh Stadium had a surprise guest as star batsman Rahul Dravid dropped in to watch his state Karnataka play against Railways on the opening day of their second-round Ranji Trophy Elite Group match. Clad in a green T-shirt and blue denims, Rahul walked in at half-past 10, much to the delight of the Karnataka team. He enquired about the pitch and said, "I guess it's good...
02:48 AM, Mar 18, 2008
New Delhi: Putting aside talks of a mismatch, West Indies put up a brave fight in the first Test at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla but couldn't prevent India from registering a comfortable victory by five wickets on the fourth day to take a 1-0 lead. The hosts came from behind after conceding a 95-run lead in the first innings but then bowled out West Indies for a paltry 180 to...
06:44 PM, Mar 17, 2008
CNN-IBN talked to the cricket fraternity after a jail sentence was handed out to tainted Pakistan trio in spot-fixing case. ...
12:50 PM, Mar 15, 2008
London: Salman Butt's lawyer on Monday dismissed the case against the former Pakistan test captain, saying there simply isn't enough evidence to find him guilty in the spot-fixing trial in a London court. Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif face charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following a Lord's Test in August last year when they allegedly conspired with agent Mazhar Majeed, teenage...
05:44 PM, Mar 12, 2008
Adelaide: England coach Andy Flower on Tuesday gave his backing to the controversial TV referral system for adjudicating suspect catches in international cricket. Flower is at odds with Ricky Ponting, who was annoyed that England opener Alastair Cook refused to walk after the Australian skipper took what he claimed was a fair catch low to the ground on Monday's last day of the drawn Gabba Test. Ponting said the referral...
05:21 PM, Nov 10, 2007
