S2H Team It’s the adversary on the pitch in addition to the unseen one lurking everywhere. That’s the challenge athletes and teams are compelled to take in their stride when the action begins at the ...
SATISH SHARMA Birendra Lakra, heaved a sigh of relief on June 18, 2021, when he was named among 16 players bound for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A man who has been an unbreachable wall ...
MEN – Time as in Japan. (Reduce 3 hrs 30 min for IST) SATURDAY 24 JULY 2021 09.30 Japan Vs Australia 10.00 New Zealand Vs India 11.45 Netherlands Vs Belgium 12.15 Argentina Vs Spain 18.30 ...
It’s hard to imagine a Spanish team without Pau Quemada. Since making his international debut in 2003, the 37-year-old has been in the thick of the action as a forward and drag-flicker. Quemada underlined his longevity ...
The prodigious midfielder played for The Netherlands at just 17 years 111 days making him the second youngest Dutch international debutant. Now 31, Kemperman is a key player in a Dutch bid to win their ...
He remains steadfast in the heart of the Canadian defence. 35-year-old captain of the Canada squad to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Scott Tupper brings a wealth of experience to the fore as the North Americans ...
K ARUMUGAM Vasudevan Baskaran, captain of the 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medal winning team has waited in vain for decades for India to deliver another medal of any colour. But he hasn’t lost hope as ...
Francisco Cortes Juncosa’s imposing presence in the Spanish goal has been a familiar sight for years on end. As a matter of fact, he was a member of the 2004 team that won the Champions ...
1. INDIA VS AUSTRALIA, MONTREAL 1976 Play-off for semi-final place: India 1 Australia 1, a.e.t 1-1. Tiebreaker: 4-5 Battered and bruised by defeats at the hands of The Netherlands (1-3) and Australia (1-6) India were ...
Delfina Merino’s deadly striking skills in the opponents’ circle will be a huge factor if Argentina’s long-cherished dream of winning the Women’s Olympic gold medal is to be realized. Merino’s predatory instincts in the rival ...