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Luciana Aymar slumped to the turf in disappointment after Argentina were held 2-2 by Britain today, their second successive draw hitting her chances of capping an illustrious career with an elusive Olympic gold. But the ...

Pak hockey coach optimistic after poor start By: Khalid A-H Ansari Beijing: Pakistan hockey coach Naveed Alam was livid after his team’s first Olympics field hockey defeat to Britain in 56 years. Britain last beat ...

Viswanathan Anand (1991-92, chess), Geet Sethi (1992-93, billiards), Cdr Homi D Motivala and Lt Cdr P K Garg (1994-95, yachting), Karnam Malleswari (1995-96, weightlifting), Leander Paes (1996-97, tennis), Kunjarani Devi (1996-97, weightlifting), Sachin Tendulkar (1997-98, ...

WHAT’S YOUR SPORT? India’s first gold medal has upped interest in the Olympics. BT asks sportspersons what they’re following at the Beijing games EVEN as India celebrates shooter Abhinav Bindra’s success at the Beijing Olympics, ...

Red Eagle trounced United Club 8-1 in the district hockey league at Babu stadium. For the winners, who led 3-0 at halftime, Wilson and Ajay scored thrice each. The other scorers were Ejuis Lakra and ...

‘I don’t like people calling me Leander’s father’ Beijing, August 13: For a father, there cannot be a better feeling than seeing his son taking the family graph even higher and Vece Paes says he ...

LAHORE, Aug 12 (APP): The officials of Pak-India hockey Federations have showed inclination to resume bilateral series to revive the game in the sub-continent, once known as “powerhouse of hockey”. The proposal came under discussion ...

Beijing: Pakistan’s Saqlain Muhammad is desperate to shed his image as a spoilt brat as he makes his Olympic debut after missing the previous two editions due to bad behaviour. Charges of misconduct and violent ...

The Maharashtra Hockey Association (MHA) will conduct an umpires’ clinic at Metro Compound, next to Bishop’s Co-Ed school, Kalyani Nagar on August 17. The clinic will be held from 3.30 pm to 6 pm. For ...

Sandeep scored four goals (15th, 41st, 46th, 49th) to spur Rashtriya Military School to a thumping 8-1 win over Dream A Dream in the inter-school hockey tournament for GS Randhawa Memorial Trophy. Nagendra (2nd), Sambhav ...