The first phase begins on January 4 in Chennai while the Chandigarh leg is from February 11.
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.
From former team-mates to hockey players to leading television and film actors, the who's who of Pakistan are getting behind cricketer Shoaib Malik as he gears up for a legal battle with an Indian woman who claims to be his wife.
India hockey coach Paul van Ass said inability to handle fast-paced attack resulted in his side's capitulation against World champions Australia in the FIH World League semi-finals in Antwerp.
India thrashed China 9-0 to stay in the hunt for top spot in the round-robin league competition of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Kuantan, Malaysia on Tuesday.
Sandeep Michael's brace gave India a 4-3 victory in the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge.
The sheer diversity of medal winners was a heartwarming aspect of the Games for India. There were medals from squash, although not gold, there were nine medals from boxing, 12 from wrestling, 16 from shooting and nine from weightlifting.
India tasted its fourth defeat in five matches, losing to Korea 3-2 in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
The Indian Juniors drubbed Pakistan 5-0 to lift the Six-nation Junior Challenge Cup Hockey tournament in Poland.
Sukanya Verma celebrates Republic Day by looking at the tiranga's most striking moments on celluloid.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
The hosts take on Olympic champions Australia in their opening match of the December 10 to 18 hockey tournament.
Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar said that singing the national anthem in front of a packed Wankhede Stadium before the 2011 World Cup final is the 'proudest feeling' he has ever had in his life.
India's squash ace Dipika Pallikal will be in action against the formidable Nicol David in the semi-final round on Monday, the third day of the Asian Games.
'This World Cup is likely to be much more a clash of plans than of talent,' says Devangshu Datta.
The refurbished Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera is now renamed Narendra Modi Stadium.
The IHF president defended axing of top players from the hockey team.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
India have decided to send an "experimental" side that consists of mostly junior players for the four-nation hockey tournament.
Dilip Tirkey scored the solitary goal as India beat China 1-0 in their first match of the Asia Cup.
India conceded a surprise early goal but made a fine comeback by pumping in four quick goals to beat minnows Scotland 4-1 in their opening match of Hockey World League semi-finals in London.
Poland won the tournament while Pakistan finished second.
In another match in the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge, Australia routed Pakistan 3-0.\n\n
Stand-in captain Viren Rasquinha said the absence of the team's senior-most player stood in the way of and Indian victory over Pakistan in the sixth Test.
India prevailed over hosts Malaysia 2-1 with a 76th min golden goal to finish fifth at the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
The World champions beat Malaysia for their third win in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Malaysian coach Paul Lissek feels that India's decision to play agressively would help his side.
There was no stopping the Indian juggernaut at the 12th South Asian Games with the country's swimmers, wrestlers and weightlifters continuing their dominance in the competition to fetch a bulk of the gold medals, in Guwahati, on Sunday.
Rising Indian midfielder Manpreet Singh was named the 'Junior Player of the Year' by the Asian Hockey Federation in its Congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The two exchanged words after Pillay was reprimanded by the coach for talking to the media.
The Indian women's table tennis team won gold
'Insignias or not, Dhoni's will remain the deadliest pair of gloves behind the stumps,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
Top-ranked India were held to a 1-1 draw by the brisk-moving South Koreans in the round-robin league encounter of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey, in Kuantan, Malaysia, on Saturday.
India's schedule for Thursday, the sixth day of competition at the Asian Games, in Incheon.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Uproar over the killing of five Indian soldiers on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops on Tuesday led to adjournment of Parliament until noon.
