Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
India has huge expectations from these champions. Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi and Norma Godinho glance at their chances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Iran were banned from an Olympic football qualifying match against Jordan later that year after refusing to remove their hijabs before kick-off.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
The refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera is now renamed Narendra Modi Stadium.
The singer got engaged to longtime girlfriend Cherry Seaborn this weekend.
Some blamed it on over-dependence on Sohail Abbas, others felt they didn't look spirited enough as former players castigated Pakistan's hockey team for the crushing defeats to India and England in the World Cup.
A top official from the national federation of a prominent Olympic sport asked if Batra would deem the competition good enough if shooting is brought back into the CWG fold.
Suresh Raina, whose century in the second ODI helped India regain its confidence back after successive defeats in Tests against England, has extensively worked hard on tackling short pitch deliveries in the hockey turf.
The Women's Twenty20 World Cup gets underway when hosts and defending champions Australia meet India in Sydney on Friday and hopes are high that the seventh edition of the tournament will prove transformational for the game.
A resurgent Indian hockey team, with its penetrative attack and solid defence, can actually challenge for the top spot in the Champions Trophy.
India start their Olympic Qualifier hockey tournament in Santiago, Chile against Mexico on March 1.
Sporting world lost some of its favourite stars this year.
Shuttler N Sikki Reddy and physiotherapist Kiran C have tested positive for COVID-19 at the ongoing national camp, forcing the closure of the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad for sanitisation.
Pakistan captain Zeeshan Ashraf on Thursday demanded action against some English players who, he alleged, resorted to intentional foul play in the Pool B match of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
Desmond Abbott struck twice to lead Australia to a come from behind 2-1 win over Pakistan and into the semifinals of the hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
India had a golden on Day 8 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games
The Spaniards won the Pool A match in the men's hockey World Cup 3-1.
Asian champions India have never won the Champions Trophy in its last 36 editions but will be hoping to claim the feat in the tournament's last edition.
The Indian team are in Pool B along with Pakistan, Malaysia, Wales, England, and will begin their campaign on April 7 against Pakistan.
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India recovered from conceding an early self-goal to prevail 4-2 over New Zealand and move to the top of Pool A in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Melbourne on Sunday.
'I'm not in favour of the boycott. In sports, you never use the word boycott. My fundamental principle is either we withdraw permanently or go and compete'
Defender Gurinder Singh, midfielders Sumit and Manpreet who were part of the Junior World Cup-winning squad are slated to make their debut at the tournament.
Charlotte Hornets and owner and former NBA great Michael Jordan and golfer Tiger Woods, who rarely speak out on social issues, have also called for change.
The Netherlands will face underdogs New Zealand in the summit clash of the Hero Hockey World league Final on Saturday after the two teams eked out hard-fought wins over world champions Australia and England at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
The Indian hockey team will start their defense of the Junior World Cup against Egypt.
The Manipur girl will captain the women's hockey team for the Afro-Asian Games and Asia Cup.
Check out India's schedule on Day 3 of Commonwealth Games.
The Indian women's cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami, former men's hockey team captain Zafar Iqbal and archer Limba Ram are among the sportspersons chosen for the prestigious Padma Shri award.
England won the six-nation KT Cup women's hockey tournament, beating Korea 3-1.
Sachin Tendulkar was among the many who paid their last respects to the cricketer, coach-manager and administrator.
The bronze medal finish at the Champions Challenge hockey tournament helped India stay in eighth place in the latest FIH world rankings.
Stand together and overcome these challenging times: Chhetri
The ICC's decision to award six points to Pakistan after the Indian women's team was deemed to have forfeited each of the three matches of the ICC Women's Championship was a result of non-communication from the BCCI about the team's participation. A well-informed source told PTI that there were multiple e-mail communication from ICC, but there was no response to any of the e-mails to provide reasons for not playing the series against Pakistan, which was scheduled to be held between 1 August and 31 October.
India blew away a 4-0 lead but beat England in he play off match.
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Following the World Cup, companies queue up to sign Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Cricketers and fans around the world are paying tribute to Phillip Hughes via a social media campaign by leaving their cricket bats out and sharing a picture with the message #putoutyourbats on Twitter.
