Australia's quest for a record hat-trick of titles started with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Ireland in the opening Pool B match of the men's Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Friday.
Alexis Sanchez's miserable spell at Manchester United took another turn for the worse on Friday with manager Jose Mourinho announcing he faces several weeks out with a hamstring injury.
Cricket Australia (CA) XI scored 356/6, trailing by two runs at the end of the third day of the only warm-up game against India here on Friday.
Four-time champions Pakistan would look to shrug off years of disappointment and a chaotic build up when they take on higher-ranked Germany in their opening match of the men's hockey World Cup on Saturday.
Ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra added yet another feather to his illustrious cap. The 36 year old who is still India's only individual Olympic gold medallist was awarded the coveted ISSF Blue Cross on Friday.
Punjab pummelled Delhi by 10 wickets for their maiden win of the season here on Friday, while handing the hosts their first Ranji Trophy loss at home in five years.
Debutant opener Shadman Islam and skipper Shakib Al Hasan hit a fifty each to put Bangladesh into a comfortable position in the second Test against the West Indies in Dhaka on Friday.
There aren't too many coaches in the sports world who talk straight. Dutch coach Max Caldas though is one of those who is a straight shooter. With a demeanor that at times reminds one of Jamaican swagger accompanying his straight talk, Caldas can easily be mistaken for being intimidating.
The International Olympic Committee froze preparations for boxing at the 2020 Games on Friday and launched a probe into the sport's troubled governing body, warning that it could be stripped of the ability to organise the competition.
Former Australian batsman Dean Jones doesn't foresee the current team beating India in the upcoming Test series and feels the hosts will be better off without "provoking" opposition skipper Virat Kohli. Despite India having a poor overseas record, Jones has backed the visitors to win the four-Test series starting December 6 at Adelaide.The International Olympic Committee Friday halted preparations for the Tokyo 2020 boxing competition as it announced an inquiry into the sport's troubled governing body.
Afghanistan cricketer Rashid Khan did a Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday. The 20 year old whacked Mohammad Irfan for a six during a T10 league match, by employing Dhoni's signature helicopter shot.
Former Springbok hooker Naka Drotske was in critical condition in hospital on Friday after being shot during an armed robbery outside the South African capital Pretoria.
Star wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat were on Friday included in the top Rs 30-lakh Grade A along with Pooja Dhanda as the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Friday rolled out its revolutionary contracts system for the grapplers.
He can't really figure it out yet but Chappell believes India would be "missing" something in the Test series against Australia and will end up on the losing side despite things looking good for them on paper. "Certainly, on talent, they should beat this Australian side, but there might just be something missing. The other thing is the Australian attack."
Two-time World Cup-winning Australian forward Glenn Turner will work with the strikers of the Indian women's hockey team in a special eight-day camp starting Saturday in Bengaluru.
Bengaluru FC fans at the Kanteerava Stadium are known to be one of the most energetic in the Indian Super League. But their over enthusiasm has proved costly for the club.
Impressed with his maiden outing, the selectors have considered Vihari once again for the four-match series against Australia, starting December 6 at the Adelaide Oval and the 25-year-old is determined to score a hundred on Australian soil
The Indian cricket team suffered a major blow, days before the first Test vs Australia, as rising star Prithvi Shaw was ruled out of the opening Test at the Adelaide Oval starting December 6 with an ankle injury.
The Indian women’s team coach Ramesh Powar is unlikely to get an extension after his recent faceoff with Mithali Raj. Powar’s contract ends on Friday and Indian cricket board sources said the decision not to continue with him was taken in wake of the continuing blame game between Mithali and Powar, which is affecting the morale of the team.
Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas, Holland’s Bovelander and more recently India’s Sandeep Singh, Australia’s Chirs Ciriello and England’s Ashley Jackson are some of those who excelled in the art of dragflicking. But today the teams are finding it more and more difficult to score from penalty corners.
The inexorable rise of Twenty20 cricket has sparked fears that the Test format is in serious jeopardy -- but the longest form of the game has a powerful advocate in India captain Virat Kohli.
The International Boxing Association (AIBA) says it no longer faces the fear of going bankrupt after having restored a "healthy and sustainable financial situation", which was among the tasks mandated by the IOC to secure the sport's Olympic future.
Having started well, India’s real test will come in the game against Belgium on Sunday. The Belgians, the Olympic silver medallists, displayed fast-paced attacking hockey during their 2-1 win over Canada.
Liverpool face a derby clash against Everton as they lick their Champions League wounds while Tottenham travel to Arsenal with a spring in their step on a weekend of big-city derbies.
Rickie Fowler doesn’t ‘have anything bad to say about The Bahamas', who does, really? The American and his fiancé visit this divine archipelago, a true jewel of the Atlantic Ocean, ‘three to four times a year.'
Londoners Chelsea and Arsenal both enjoyed high-scoring Europa League wins on Thursday as Glasgow giants Celtic and Rangers were left with work to do on the final matchday to qualify for the next stage.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Usman Khawaja will outscore Virat Kohli and will also be the player of the series."As much of a threat Indian fast bowlers might pose, I think he's got a game that can cope with it here in Australia," said Ponting. He added, "Our batsmen will play better against their quick bowlers than their batters will play against ours."
Four-time World chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway accepted that playing rapid/blitz tiebreaks before the classical games will stir things but he refused to speak negatively about shorter time controls and existing tiebreak rule.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal said, "It is definitely a tough year. Throughout there were so many big tournaments and we did not even have time to rest and think about the next event." While she said that she was proud of winning medals at Asian and Commonwealth Games, she stressed that players needed a break in order to make corrections in their game.
Telangana's Esha Singh aced women's 10m air pistol event on the sixth medal round of the 62nd National Shooting Championships on Saturday. The 13-year-old bested former world champions with a score of 241.0 to pick her first ever individual gold medal. Esha was third after five shot with a score of 48.9 and maintained it with a score of 119.7 after 12 rounds.
Of the 34 provinces in China, Inner Mongolia is the hotbed of hockey. The tribe called 'Daur' have historically played the traditional form of hockey called 'Beikou'. All the players in China's World Cup team are from this province and from the same club. China is in Pool B alongside world No. 1 and defending champions Australia, England and Ireland.
Here are the big sports events lined up for Friday (November 30) that comprise the action from Men's Hockey World Cup and the second Test between Bangladesh and the West Indies.
India captain Virat Kohli was on Thursday slammed by fans for wearing shorts at the toss for the warm-up game against Cricket Australia XI. The photograph of Kohli in shorts attending the toss with CA XI captain Sam Whiteman was posted on BCCI's Twitter handle. Fans soon took to social media and criticised Kohli, calling it a "disrespectful act".
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said overseas players would, from Jan. 1, become eligible to play for England after living in the country for three years rather than a previous seven. It means that Barbados-born all-rounder Jofra Archer will be eligible to play for England at next year's Cricket World Cup.
Olympic champions Argentina were made to dig deep to eke out a 4-3 win over Spain in their Pool A match of the hockey World Cup on Thursday. Spain stunned the Argentines as early as in the third minute through young Enrique Gonzalez's fine field strike. Argentina will play New Zealand in their next pool match on December 3, while Spain will be up against France.
"He (Rahul) has been looking in good shape, including today. It is just that he is finding new ways to get out. Even today, the ball was quite afar when he played it away from his body and lost his wicket. But what we are reading he is playing the ball well and he is one hit away (from form)," Sanjay Bangar said after the day's play.
Seeking a hat-trick of titles, defending champions Australia begin their campaign against minnows Ireland in the Hockey World Cup here on Friday. The world number one Kookaburras would start as overwhelming favourites against 10th ranked Ireland in the Pool B match.
She is a German, living in India for seven years, now assisting a Canadian sports team. This connection involving three different continents and one person is unique. As you join the dots further to find out the story of Andrea Thumshirn, the common link becomes apparent: it's field hockey.