London: Indian hockey team coach Michael Nobbs is nonplussed as to why the senior players are not adhering to the game plan as he struggles to prepare the side for a tough match against reigning Olympic champions Germany. After suffering two successive defeats, Nobbs had a one to one session separately with his players and asked why the game plan was consigned to the dustbin by some players. Nobbs said...
06:44 PM, Aug 02, 2012
London: India badminton ace Saina Nehwal warmed up for the tough battle ahead with a comfortable straight-game victory over Dutch Jie Yao as she reached the women's singles quarter-finals of the London Olympics, here on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Saina brought some cheer to the Indian camp on an otherwise dismal day as she clinically dismantled her Netherlands opponent with a 21-14, 21-16 scoreline in a tussle which lasted 40 minutes....
01:37 AM, Aug 02, 2012
London: India's chief coach Micheal Nobbs said that his wards did not play their natural game, especially in the first half against the mighty Netherlands in their opening Group B match of the men's hockey competition in the Olympics on Monday. Returning back to the Olympics after a gap of eight years, erstwhile champions India fought hard before going down 2-3 against the Netherlands at the Riverbank Arena. The Indian...
12:12 AM, Jul 31, 2012
The Indian men's hockey team put up a spirited performance in their opening match of the London Olympics 2012 against Netherlands on Monday, but the Dutch proved to be the better team on the day, prevailing in a tense finish to win the match 3-2. India were clearly the second-best team on the park in the first 35 minutes after Robert van der Horst (20th min) and Roderick Weusthof (29th...
10:11 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Former captain Jagbir Singh backs India ahead of their hockey opener against the Netherlands at London 2012 on Monday. ...
10:34 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Kolkata: Legendary Dutch footballer Ruud Gullit will visit Kolkata on July 28 for two days to attend the final match of a 'para' (community) tournament. He will also be the chief guest at an awards function of football club Mohun Bagan the next day. July 29 is celebrated as the 'Mohun Bagan Day' to commemorate the club's victory against East York Regiment in the IFA Shield final in 1911. "Gullit...
08:56 AM, Jul 26, 2012
Berlin: Moody's has revised credit outlook of Germany to negative, raising the possibility of the economic major losing its coveted 'AAA' rating amid worsening European debt turmoil. Germany becomes the latest European economic power house this year after France to see its credit outlook being downgraded by the global credit rating agency. The credit rating outlook of Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have been lowered to negative, Moody's Investors Service...
05:42 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New York: Delta Air Lines Inc said it was working with federal authorities after what appeared to be sewing needles were found in food on four US-bound flights that left on Sunday from Amsterdam, injuring one passenger. The needles were found in sandwiches made by the airline's Amsterdam caterer, Gate Gourmet, Delta spokeswoman Chris Kelly said in an email on Monday. The FBI and Netherlands officials are investigating, as are...
08:05 AM, Jul 17, 2012
Rotterdam: Netherlands have re-appointed Louis van Gaal as coach in place of Bert van Marwijk who stepped down after the team lost all three group matches at Euro 2012 last month, the FA said on Friday. Van Gaal, sacked by Bayern Munich in 2011, will take charge of Netherlands for the second time having previously been coach from 2000-02. The Dutch FA (KNVB) said in a statement that the 60-year-old...
09:26 AM, Jul 07, 2012
The duo was named in a 15-man squad for the tour of Ireland and the Netherlands. ...
11:57 PM, Jul 02, 2012
Mumbai: Four-time Olympian and former national hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay has termed India's campaign opener against the formidable Netherlands in the upcoming London Olympics on July 30 as a very crucial encounter. "I have taken part in four Olympics and we had invariably lost the opening game [barring once]. It's crucial for the Indian team to win the first game," the one-time mercurial centre forward saud at the "Monnet Go...
05:30 PM, Jun 27, 2012
With the end of the group stage, Euro 2012 is more than two-thirds complete, with 24 matches played and just seven left, culminating with the July 1 final in Kiev. And, like a regular service on a car, this European Championship has provided a neat opportunity to lift up football's lid, inspect its innards and assess its health. So, in 12 days between co-host Poland's opening 1-1 draw on June...
11:05 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Donetsk: From the moment Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored the opening goal of the tournament with a brilliant header against Greece, Euro 2012 has served up one great moment after another during a thrilling group stage. Superb goals have followed, including Mario Balotelli's volley against Ireland, German Mario Gomez's first strike against the Netherlands and Jakub Blaszczykowski's stunning equaliser for Poland against Russia. The quality remained until the end with Zlatan...
10:12 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Kharkiv:The Netherlands midfielder opened the scoring against Portugal but admitted that his side were not good enough to progress after surrendering their lead to fall to a third defeat. The Oranje were seen as one of the pre-tournament favourites but failed spectacularly to live up to that billing and now return home on the back of three successive defeats. Van der Vaart looked to have set his side up for...
01:08 PM, Jun 18, 2012
Netherlands, touted as one of the pre-tournament favourites, have crashed out of the Euro 2012 with Denmark in a thrilling climax to the 'Group of Death'. Apart from a fine early strike from Rafael van der Vaart, Holland were poor, ensuring that they finished bottom of Group B without a point to their name. It was the first time in more than a decade that the Dutch failed to reach...
11:12 AM, Jun 18, 2012
If you had any doubts that something was wrong with the Netherlands football team, they were compounded after defeat to Denmark over the weekend. If you still thought it was just one bad loss and that one of the pre-tournament favourites would bounce back, then you missed Wesley Sneijder's strong comments before the game against Germany on Wednesday. "It is time we let these pathetic egos go. If somebody is...
01:33 PM, Jun 14, 2012
Gdansk: Germany's second group game defeats in the past two tournaments should act as a warning when they face the Netherlands in their Euro 2012 Group B match on Wednesday in Kharkiv, team manager Oliver Bierhoff said on Tuesday. The Germans, among the title favourites, go into the game on the back of a 1-0 win over Portugal with the Dutch having their backs to the wall following a surprise...
07:40 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Gdansk (Poland): Whether it's Robin van Persie or Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, one of the Dutch star strikers had better start scoring if the Netherlands is to live up to its billing as a European Championship favorite. With its back to the wall, the Netherlands has to beat Germany on Wednesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to have a chance of advancing from Group B. Neither Van Persie nor Huntelaar scored in the 1-0...
06:32 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Krakow (Poland): Both are ranked in FIFA's top four. They finished second and third at the last World Cup. If that were not enough " it's the Netherlands vs Germany, one of the biggest grudge matches in football, and of all sport for that matter. And to compound matters, the Netherlands needs to win Wednesday's Group B game to claw its way back into the European Championship. A loss would...
08:52 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Kharkiv (Ukraine): Netherlands striker Robin van Persie had a dreadful evening in Kharkiv, as chance after chance literally slipped away for him on the wet grass of Metalist Stadium. He was frustrated by poor aim, a weak first touch or by Denmark goalkeeper Stephan Andersen, who unlike the Dutchman had a flawless game on Saturday. Van Persie's performance was the complete opposite of his stellar season at Arsenal, where he...
01:33 PM, Jun 10, 2012
