Rotterdam: India's hopes of securing a direct berth in next year's World Cup went up in smoke after they were handed a humiliating 1-5 defeat by Australia in the quarter-final of the men's competition of the FIH World League Round 3, here Wednesday.
Six top teams -- three each -- will qualify directly for the 2014 World Cup to be held in Hague, The Netherlands from the two editions of FIH World League Round 3 -- the ongoing event in Rotterdam and then the next one to be held in Malaysia from June 29 to July 7.
An error-prone India needed a miracle to topple Australia in what was the 100th international fixture between the two sides. But it was not be as the Kookaburras dished out a clinical performance to make short work of the Sardar Singh-led side.
The Australians took the stuffing out of India in the first 35 minutes by scoring as many four goals -- Glenn Simpson (2nd minute), Matt Gohdes (20th, Russell Ford (22nd) including an own goal by Indian defender Sandeep Singh while their fifth goal was scored by Matthew Swann in the 39th minute....
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10:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: England eased into the Champions Trophy final after finishing off South Africa in a semifinal at The Oval on Wednesday that had all the tension of a practice at a local park. Tasked with 176 for victory, England could afford to take their time before a subdued, near-capacity crowd to bag the runs in 37.3 overs with seven wickets to spare. Jonathan Trott and Joe Root combined for 105...
09:52 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Live updates from the first semi-final of ICC Champions trophy 2013 between England and South Africa being played at Kennington Oval, London. South Africa will look to shed their big tournament 'chokers' tag that has haunted them for long as they go into the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy against strong contenders England here on Wednesday in what promises to be a thrilling showdown. England topped Group A...
01:40 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Eastbourne: Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska slumped to a 7-6 (2), 6-2 defeat by American qualifier Jamie Hampton in the first round at Eastbourne on Tuesday. Radwanska, who won the title in 2008, struggled throughout the match at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament. Although the Polish player leveled at 5-5 when Hampton served for the first set at 5-4 and then held a set point at 6-5, she was overwhelmed in the tiebreaker...
09:03 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica's twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown was suspended by her national federation on Tuesday following a positive test for a banned diuretic at a meeting last month. "The Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) can now confirm that a case concerning Mrs Veronica Campbell-Brown is currently ongoing," the Jamaican governing body said in a statement. "She has been provisionally suspended from competition awaiting the outcome of a...
08:27 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Kingston: Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown could avoid a maximum two-year doping ban because she declared a cream containing a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters on Tuesday. Jamaica's most successful female athlete tested positive for a diuretic, which can be used to mask the use of performance-enhancing drugs, at the International Invitational World Challenge on May 4. The sources said the banned drug was...
11:24 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: England offspinner James Tredwell is bracing for time on the bench as the senior Graeme Swann looks set to return to fitness ahead of Wednesday's ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at The Oval. Neither offspinner has had notable success in the tournament - Tredwell has one wicket at an average of 78 from two matches and Swann a solitary wicket at 50 in his one appearance - but Tredwell has...
05:05 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: South Africa will look to shed their big tournament 'chokers' tag that has haunted them for long as they go into the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy against strong contenders England here on Wednesday in what promises to be a thrilling showdown. England topped Group A and will play South Africa in the last-four stage after Sri Lanka knocked holders Australia out of the tournament with a...
12:53 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Cardiff: England may be looking ahead to defending the Ashes but off-spinner James Tredwell reckons winning the Champions Trophy would be an "absolutely massive" achievement in itself. Despite nearly four decades of trying, England have still to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day international event. Graham Gooch, now the team's batting coach, appeared as a player in England's three losing World Cup finals -- in 1979, 1987 and 1992...
12:12 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Udhampur: Insisting that the revocation of AFSPA might put at stake the "fragile" peace existing in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army on Monday said it has given advice to the Centre on the issue and it was for the government to take a call. "It is a measured Act. AFSPA protects our officers and jawans who are faced with unusual situation," General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt General KT...
07:27 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Jammu: Three BSF jawans were injured when a grenade accidentally exploded at Ballad post along the international border in Ramgarh sector of Samba district on Sunday. "It was an accidental grenade blast," a BSF official said, adding three jawans were injured in the incident. While Head Constable Sant Kumar received injury on his ribs, constable KG Sharma was hit in the right hip, the official said. The third jawan, Khalil...
12:45 AM, Jun 17, 2013
London: Defending champions Australia will have to put David Warner's bar brawl controversy and questions surrounding their team culture behind them when they take on Sri Lanka in their final league fixture here on Monday to decide the last of the remaining ICC Champions Trophy semi-final places. It will be a virtual quarter-final clash between the two sides at Kennington Oval but a lot will depend on the outcome of...
12:24 PM, Jun 16, 2013
London: Two-time former champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals at Queen's Club after overcoming a solid challenge from Benjamin Becker of Germany to win 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Friday. The top-seeded Briton served eight aces without committing a double-fault, and broke twice in each set. He also dropped serve three times in the match, but dominated the tiebreaker by winning the first six points. Murray will play fourth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga...
01:24 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said it was highly regrettable that the Srinagar-Muzaffrabad bus service between divided parts of Jammu and Kashmir has been reduced to a mere tool for political propaganda. "Hurriyat had welcomed the bus service believing that it would provide relief to the divided families and people of Kashmir. It has proved to be otherwise and government has just used it for...
03:56 AM, Jun 15, 2013
New Delhi: The much-awaited railway section linking Kashmir valley with rest of the country will be launched on June 25 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi jointly flag off the first train. The 18-km-long section between Banihal in Jammu and Qazigund in Kashmir will provide an all-weather surface link to the valley which often gets snapped due to snowfall during winters. The section, which includes an...
02:57 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Jammu: With the chorus against inadequate water supply and power outage in the city growing louder by the day, Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Planning and Development Ajay Kumar Sadhotra on Friday asked the engineers to ensure "best possible service" to the people. "Ensure best possible service within given resources keeping in view the unprecedented climatic conditions," Sadhotra asked the officials during a high level meeting held in Jammu. The...
01:23 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Girls in Jammu and Kashmir take to football and hope to make it big. ...
06:28 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Sydney: Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland on Friday slammed the role of the Australian team in the damaging David Warner punch-up incident in England and demanded they crack down on bad behaviour. Warner was on Thursday fined Aus$11,500 ($11,000) and suspended until the start of the Ashes series next month for punching England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar during the ongoing Champions Trophy. The 26-year-old told a London...
10:04 AM, Jun 14, 2013
Oslo: Olympic champion Usain Bolt responded to last week's surprise sprint defeat in Rome by storming to a world-leading time of 19.79 seconds over 200 metres at the Bislett Diamond League meeting on Thursday. The Jamaican world record holder, surprisingly beaten over 100 metres by American Justin Gatlin in Italy, streaked away from the field to win comfortably on a chilly night in his first competitive race over the distance...
09:36 AM, Jun 14, 2013
