Hockey Coaching Camp for school students
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Hockey Club is organizing a two-week Hockey Coaching Camp for school students (boys) of AMU and Aligarh district. The camp will commence from June 19 and will conclude on July 2, 2013. Dr. Mohammad Shoaib Zaheer, President, Hockey Club said that the objective behind organizing this camp is to nurture young talent and [...]
Dental College teachers win friendly cricket match
Aligarh: Dr. ZA Dental College Teachers XI Cricket Team defeated Employees XI by 17 Runs in a cricket match being played at Willingdon Cricket Pavilion, Aligarh Muslim University. After winning the toss, the captain of the teachers XI Prof. RK Tewari decided to bat first and set the target 120 runs in 16 over, Dr. [...]
AMU wins All India Lawn Tennis Intervarsity
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University Lawn Tennis team won the finals of All India Inter University Tennis Tournament late yesterday night by defeating Madras University, Chennai 3-1. The finals were held at the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab. Secretary, AMU Games Committee Prof. Tariq Mansoor said that AMU has won [...]
Pakistan confident to win Kabaddi World Cup
Islamabad: Considering their current form, Asian champions Pakistan showed optimism and confidence to win the upcoming 2012 Kabaddi World Cup to be held in India from Dec 1. Pakistani team coach Tahir Wahid Jutt said Thursday that they had worked hard to train and prepare players for the World Cup and hoped to show some extraordinary [...]
India trounce Pakistan in Super Series hockey
Perth: India trounced Pakistan 5-2 in their third match of the nine-a-side Lanco International Super Series hockey event here Saturday. India dominated the play from the beginning to the end in the nine-a-side format match that is played with two halves of 20 minutes each. Raghu (7th minute), Akashdeep (9th), S.P. Sunil (15th, 33rd), Manpreet [...]
Inaugural T20 Blind Cricket World Cup from Dec 1
New Delhi: The inaugural Twenty20 Blind Cricket World Cup is set to be held in Bangalore Dec 1-13, the organisers announced here Wednesday. Nine countries – Australia, Bangladesh, England, Pakistan, South Africa, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Nepal and hosts India – will have visually impaired players participating in the tournament. New Zealand, who had earlier [...]
Junior women’s hockey probables pruned to 33
New Delhi: The Hockey India (HI) selection committee pruned the list of junior women’s probables to 33 players during the two-day selection trials which concluded at the Aish Bagh Hockey Stadium and Mayur Park Stadium in Bhopal. HI selectors B.P. Govinda, Savitry Purty and Surender Kaur along with government observer Harbinder Singh, chief coach Neil Hawgood [...]
I-League: ONGC and Mohun Bagan return goalless
New Delhi: A well-organised ONGC defence succeeded in policing Nigerian striker Odafa Onyeka Okolie excellently and Mohun Bagan had to settle for a goalless I-League game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here Friday. The draw, however, didn’t do ONGC any good as they still went to the bottom of the league standings with two points from [...]
Aditya in Round 2 of snooker championship
Chengdu (China): India’s ace cueist Aditya Mehta defeated Stuart Bingham of England in Round 1 at the International Snooker Championship here Wednesday. With a lead score of 6-4, Aditya booked his seat in the last 16 of the tournament Tuesday. Aditya led through the first half of the match with a 4-0 score but Bingham, [...]
Has F1 helped Indian motor sports?
New Delhi: After two successful editions of the Indian Grand Prix, it is probably the best time to raise the question: Has the arrival of Formula One helped the country?s motor sports? The glitz, glamour and the adrenaline rush associated with F1 has surely grabbed the attention of sports fans in this cricket-crazy nation. But has [...]