Hockey India appoint Hawgood as women’s coach
July 23rd, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Australia's Neil Hawgood, who was part of the 1988 Olympic squad, Monday was appointed the chief coach of India's women's hockey team.The 50-year-old aims to ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
World Junior Squash: Anaka, Mahesh in last eight
July 10th, 2012 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Doha, July 10 (IANS) India's Mahesh Mangaonkar and Anaka Alankamony entered the quarterfinals of the World Junior Individual squash championship Tuesday in contrasting styles.Mangaonkar came through when his opponent Abdulla ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
World Junior Squash: Aparajitha rallies to win
July 9th, 2012 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
Doha, July 9 (IANS) Aparajitha Balamurukan came up with a special performance as she fought back to outsmart Colombian Laura Viviana Tovar Perez and enter the second round of the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India women finish with silver medal at junior Asia Cup hockey
July 7th, 2012 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, July 7 (IANS) India lost 2-5 to China and finished with a silver medal at the sixth Junior Women's Asia Cup hockey championship here Saturday.This was India's best showing ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
India eves in final of junior Asia Cup
July 6th, 2012 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Bangkok, July 5 (IANS) India set up a final clash with China in the final of the junior women Asia Cup Championship after they beat Japan 2-1 via a golden ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India eves in semis of Junior Asia Cup hockey
July 3rd, 2012 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, July 3 (IANS) India rallied from a goal down to beat Malaysia 2-1 in its final league match here Tuesday and booked a semi-final berth in the Junior Women's ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India eves go down to China in Junior Asia Cup
July 2nd, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, July 2 (IANS) India went down fighting 2-5 to China in their Group A league match of 6th Junior Women's Asia Cup Hockey Championship here Monday.The goal scorers for ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
32 junior women hockey players to get monthly stipend
June 6th, 2012 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) India's 32 junior women hockey players received a major boost Wednesday with Hockey India (HI) announcing a monthly stipend of Rs.10,000 each.HI in a statement ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Indian team announced for junior women’s Asia Cup
June 5th, 2012 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Ritu Rani will lead the 18-member Indian team for the junior women's Asia Cup in hockey to take place June 27-July 7 in Bangkok, Thailand.India ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Madhya Pradesh to set up museum after Dhyan Chand
January 24th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Jan 24 (IANS) A museum in the memory of hockey legend Dhyan Chand will come up in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced.Dhyan Chand, who ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Olympic dreams over for Rathore and Anjali (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Athen's Games silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and former world No.1 Anjali Bhagwat's dreams to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics ended Saturday despite winning ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Asian shooting: India win silver and two bronze in team events
January 14th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A day after Abhinav Bindra bagged the gold, India Saturday won one silver and two bronze medals in the team events at the Asian ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
MP wins sub-junior girls hockey
December 20th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh), Dec 20 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA) defeated Haryana 2-1 to lift the Sub-Junior Girls National Championship title here Tuesday.MPHA, who led 2-0 at half time, scored ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Poonam Rani to lead India’s challenge in U-21 hockey
November 2nd, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Poonam Rani will lead India's campaign in the four-nation junior women Lal Bahadur Shastri Tournament here Nov 8-12.The under-21 tournament will also feature Australia, Germany ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Deepika wins gold in world youth archery
August 28th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 28 (IANS) India's Deepika Kumari won the gold in the junior women's recurve event of the world youth championship at Legnica in Poland Sunday.Deepika, seeded third, defeated top ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Indian boxing team to participate in Youth and Junior World meets
April 21st, 2011 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A sixteen-member Indian team left for Turkey to participate in the 1st AIBA Women's Youth and Junior World Championships in Antalya starting Thursday.The event will ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Sixteen Indian boxers for junior Women’s World Championship
February 19th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Sixteen junior and youth boxers will represent India in the Women's World Championship scheduled in Turkey in April.The April 21-May 1 event is the first of its ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
GSK to decide on rural drink after test marketing results
October 6th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare will decide on its rural drink, Asha, after reviewing the results of the test marketing activities in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka."Asha is targeted at the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Wrestler Satywart Kadian wins bronze at Youth Olympics
August 17th, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Singapore, Aug 17 (IANS) India won their second medal in the inaugural Youth Olympics here Tuesday with wrestler Satywart Kadian bagging the bronze in the men's freestyle 100kg event.
Kadian defeated Geno Petriashvili ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Dipika, Anaka among last eight in squash quarterfinals
June 27th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Cologne, June 27 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony from India have joined four Egyptians and two others from the US in the quarterfinals of the World Junior Women's Individual Squash Championships ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Dipika, Anaka advance to round 16
June 26th, 2010 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Cologne, June 26 (IANS) Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony of India moved into round of 16 at the World Junior Women's Individual Squash Championships here.
Dipika disposed off Katie Tutrone from the US ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Chautala demands independent probe in police academy sex scandal
December 15th, 2009 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 15 (IANS) Former Haryana chief minister Om Parkash Chautala Tuesday met Governor Jagannath Pahadia and demanded an independent probe into an alleged sex scandal at the Haryana Police Academy (HPA) ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Haryana opposition wants CBI to probe police academy sex scandal
December 14th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Dec 14 (IANS) Opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Monday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an alleged sex scandal at the Haryana Police Academy (HPA) in Madhuban ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
World junior women’s squash: Hong Kong upset India
August 7th, 2009 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Top seeds Egypt and Hong Kong will contest the team championship final in the World junior women's squash tournament here Saturday.
Egypt were stretched by a fighting United States ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Indian women’s hockey team thump Belarus 6-0
August 5th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Boston, Aug 5 (IANS) Striker Rani Devi slammed a hat-trick to help India to a comprehensive 6-0 victory over Belarus in their Group D fixture at the junior women's hockey World Cup ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India qualify for world junior squash quarters
August 4th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) Second seeded India expectedly qualified for the quarter-finals with a comfortable 3-0 win over France, their second in a row, in the 13th World Junior women's team squash ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India off to good start in world team squash (Lead)
August 3rd, 2009 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 3 (IANS) India were off to a flying start in the preliminary league of the junior women's World team squash championship with a 3-0 win against Germany here Monday.
Pitted in ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
World Team Squash: Easy win for India
August 3rd, 2009 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 3 (IANS) India were off to a flying start in the preliminary league of the junior women's World team squash championship with a 3-0 win against Germany here Monday.
Pitted in ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Junior World Squash Championships underway in Chennai
July 31st, 2009 - 9:25 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, July 31(ANI): The 16th World Junior Men Squash Championship and 13th World Junior Women Squash Championship with participants from over 28 countries is being played at Chennai.Over 100 girls and ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Deepika given top billing in World junior squash
July 19th, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 19 (IANS) India's Deepika Pallikal, ranked 48 in the world rankings, has been given the top billing in the 13th World Junior Women's Squash Championships beginning July 28. Egypt's Heba ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Indian juniors brighten up a disappointing day
July 14th, 2009 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) Indian men's junior recurve team were the saving grace on day one of the 11th Youth World Archery Championship at Ogden, Utah (US), according to information received here.
Amid ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Pakistan deny permission to squash team’s visit to India
January 12th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Jan 12 (IANS) Pakistan have refused to clear squash team's tour to India for the Asian Junior Championship citing security concerns after its request to relocate the tournament was turned down ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Silver for Indian junior women’s recurve team in Turkey
October 13th, 2008 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) The Indian junior women's recurve team Sunday bagged a silver at the World Youth Archery Championship at Antalya in Turkey.The Indian trio of Belsri Narzary, Rimil Biruly and ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |