Olympic volleyball: Russia stun Brazil to win men’s gold
August 12th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia shocked Brazil by coming back from two sets down to win the Olympic gold in the men's volleyball event here Sunday.The result gave Russia ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Indian hockey’s worst performance ever: Olympic gold medallists
August 10th, 2012 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IANS) "The worst ever performance" is how former Olympic gold medallists described the Indian hockey team's disastrous campaign at the London Games."This is surely the worst ever ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Play Indian-style attacking hockey: Vasudevan Baskaran (Interview)
July 23rd, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Vasudevan Baskaran, who led India to its last Olympic hockey gold 32 years ago, feels the team needs to adopt the aggressive "Indian style of play" ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
1980 Olympics: India win gold as top teams stay out
July 17th, 2012 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
After a tumultuous period following the hockey debacle at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, India fielded a relatively young but talented side for the Moscow Games where barring skipper Vasudevan Baskaran and ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Coe, Bubka to be inducted into IAAF Hall of Fame
June 25th, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 25 (IANS) Sebastian Coe and Sergei Bubka are the latest two legends to be named among the 24 inaugural members of the Hall of Fame of International Association ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
No Bharat Ratna in sports, just eight Padma Shris (Roundup)
January 25th, 2012 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The names of Dhyan Chand, Sachin Tendukar, Abhinav Bindra and Vishwanathan Anand were banded about for the Bharat Ratna. But when this year's Republic ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Padma Shri is a recognition for Indian hockey: Zafar
January 25th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Former India hockey captain and coach Zafar Iqbal Wednesday reacted in his typical unassuming way to his getting Padma Shri in the Republic Day awards, ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Why India fails to win Olympic medals (Comment)
October 2nd, 2008 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
At the Olympics, India had been known as hockey champions, though the last hockey gold was a devalued one, coming in 1980 when the western bloc of nations boycotted the Moscow Games. ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Olympics hockey: Britain beat South Korea for fifth place
August 23rd, 2008 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 23 (DPA) Britain beat South Korea 5-2 to secure fifth place on the final day of the Olympic men's hockey tournament Saturday as Spain and Germany prepared for ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Don’t mix Olympics with China’s Tibet policy: Paes
April 9th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Indian tennis star Leander Paes Wednesday came out in support of the Olympic torch relay that faced strong protests worldwide from people opposed to China's crackdown in ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |