Los Angeles: Superstar Brad Pitt has revealed that his 11-year-old son Maddox has made a cameo appearance in Marc Forster's apocalypse movie 'World War Z'. The actor reveals his son gets shot in the head multiple times in the movie. The father of six, who takes on the role as Gerry Lane in Marc Forster's upcoming film, said his son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, made a cameo appearance in it without telling...
12:30 PM, Jun 20, 2013
The star Indian footballer who is training the young kids at Ambedkar Stadium thinks that it's a massive opportunity for India to get a bid to host the under-17 football World Cup. ...
11:15 PM, Jun 19, 2013
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...
10:31 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Catch the live updates from the hockey encounter between India and New Zealand at Rotterdam An error-prone India need nothing short of a miracle to secure a direct berth in next year's hockey World Cup as they take on formidable Australia in the quarterfinals of the men's competition of the FIH World Round 3, here on Wednesday. Six top teams - three each - will qualify directly for the 2014...
03:19 PM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: China's Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the top tier of mobile technology. The company says the device, at 6.18 mm thick, is the world's slimmest. it weighs just about 120g. The phone has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, designed for taking "selfies", or pictures of the owner...
10:19 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Rotterdam: The Indian women's hockey team put up yet another disappointing show to crash out of the semi-final race with a 1-8 drubbing at the hands of top-ranked Netherlands in the FIH World League Round 3 here. The Indian eves started the match on a bright note and dominated the early exchanges before fizzling out against the Dutch girls late on Tuesday night. It took the hosts 21 minutes to...
09:55 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's business capital, Kochi will host the prestigious the World Economic Forum's India meet November 8-9, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Tuesday. Chandy told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram that this is a rare honour for the state. "India has hosted this event 28 times in the past, of which Mumbai hosted it once, while Delhi played the host on all other occasions," he noted. "More than 250 top notch...
05:25 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Tashkent: Uzbekistan narrowly missed out on direct qualification for the 2014 World Cup despite routing Qatar 5-1 on Tuesday. Uzbekistan finished level on points with South Korea for second spot in Group A of Asian qualifying - which yielded automatic qualification for Brazil - but were one behind on goal difference. Uzbekistan will go into a sudden-death playoff against either Oman or Jordan, who meet later Tuesday. Qatar took the...
08:42 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Sydney: Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured berths at the 2014 World Cup on a dramatic final day of Asian qualifying on Tuesday. Australia beat Iraq 1-0, waiting until the 83rd minute before Josh Kennedy headed home the winner that secured second spot in Group B. Iran booked their place with a disciplined counter-attacking game that produced a 1-0 win at South Korea. While Iran finished top of Group...
07:59 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Rotterdam: An error-prone India need nothing short of a miracle to secure a direct berth in next year's hockey World Cup as they take on formidable Australia in the quarterfinals of the men's competition of the FIH World Round 3, here on 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...
02:51 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Rotterdam: India paid the price of poor defending as they conceded a goal four minutes from time to play out a 3-3 draw in a thrilling match in their last pool fixture of the FIH World League Round 3 match here Monday. India, who dominated the match throughout, fought back in a remarkable fashion from a goal down in the first half and took the lead twice only to be...
10:18 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Johannesburg: FIFA is investigating Ethiopia and Togo for allegedly fielding ineligible players in World Cup qualifying. Possible sanctions against the pair would significantly affect Africa's qualifying competition for Brazil 2014 and give boosts to South Africa and Cameroon. Ethiopia qualified for the final playoffs Sunday with a 2-1 win over South Africa, but potentially faces being stripped of its 2-1 win in Botswana on June 8 for allegedly fielding an...
08:43 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Catch the live updates from the hockey encounter between India and New Zealand at Rotterdam A poor India will have to plug in the loopholes in defence as well as improve their finishing as they take on New Zealand in their last FIH World League Round 3 group match today. After missing out on a point against Ireland in their tournament opener, followed by Saturday's 0-2 reverse to the Netherlands,...
07:40 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Maputo: Ethiopia ended the hopes of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa from making next year's finals in Brazil after a dramatic round of African group stage qualifying matches on Sunday. The Ethiopians join Algeria, Egypt, the Ivory Coast and Tunisia through to the third and final phase of the African preliminaries. Five places are yet to be decided with the last cycle of Round 2 group matches remaining. The...
10:37 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Kolkata: Fancied recurve archers including world No. 3 Deepika Kumari returned empty-handed as India finished a poor ninth in the World Cup Stage II that concluded in Antalya, Turkey on Sunday. According to information received here, India with a solitary silver medal in the mixed team event of the compound section finished ninth along with Austria in the medal standings. Korea reigned supreme with seven medals including three gold and...
08:39 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Rotterdam: A mediocre India will have to plug in the loopholes in defence as well as improve their finishing as they take on New Zealand in their last FIH World League Round 3 group match here on Monday. After missing out on a point against Ireland in their tournament-opener, followed by Saturday's 0-2 reverse to the Netherlands, the Indians have already jeopardised their chance of sealing one of the three...
05:59 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Rotterdam: India suffered a humiliating 1-7 thrashing at the hands of Germany to end their pool engagements on a disappointing note in the women's competition of the FIH World League Round 3 here on Sunday. The fitter and faster Germans completely dominated the match with the Indians left to defend their citadel in their own half for most part of their last Pool B match. The Indian backline had a...
04:52 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Rotterdam: India showed urgency but it was too little, too late as they suffered a 0-2 defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in their FIH World League Round 3 match here on Saturday. Billy Baker and Joren Heretzberger scored for the Netherlands in the second and 17th minute respectively as India failed to post a win for the second time in a row. India were held to a draw...
11:22 PM, Jun 15, 2013
