A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
'Insignias or not, Dhoni's will remain the deadliest pair of gloves behind the stumps,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
"I am not as talented as Dhanraj [Pillay] and Dilip [Tirkey] so I'll have to keep fighting to keep my place in the side," said the Indian mid-fielder.
A Sohail Abbas' hat-trick powered the Hyderabad Sultans to a 4-2 win.
India will have to show more purpose inside the circle when they take on Pakistan in the men's hockey final at the Afro-Asian Games.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
India's captain promised a fightback from his boys after the drubbing to Spain in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
India lost the first match of the hockey two-Test series 2-3 after leading 2-0.
The Indian Hockey Federation on Sunday retained the 18-member team for the remaining four matches of the Friendship Series.
The Aussies scored onc ineach half for their second victory in the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge.
The Queenslander is the only player out of the 24-man Australia squad for the twin series Down Under.
Malaysian coach Paul Lissek feels that India's decision to play agressively would help his side.
The draw gave India the fourth position in Group B in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
Two goals down, India won their Group B match 4-2 and stayed in the hunt for a semi-final berth in the men's hockey tournament.
The eight-time champions were beaten 1-3 by The Netherlands in their opening match in the men's hockey tournament.
The World champions beat Malaysia for their third win in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Len Aiyappa scored twice in a 5-3 victory that gave the Asia Cup champions their second straight win in the men's hockey competition at the Afro Asian Games.
Coach Rajinder Singh is hoping his forwards come good in the semi-final of the Asia Cup.
India are the defending junior world champions but haven't won the Asian title.
The Indian Juniors drubbed Pakistan 5-0 to lift the Six-nation Junior Challenge Cup Hockey tournament in Poland.
Germany captain Florian Kunz scored twice from penalty-corners in a 4-4 draw in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
Egypt beat Ghana 1-0 while South Africa routed Nigeria in the men's hockey play-off matches at the Afro-Asian Games on Wednesday.
Prabhjot Singh and Gagan Ajit Singh scored a brace each in a 5-1 victory in the men's hockey tournament at the Afro Asian Games.
The two exchanged words after Pillay was reprimanded by the coach for talking to the media.
Pakistan's penalty-corner ace, who equaled Paul Litjens's record as the leading goal scorer in hockey, says he is not in the same league as the former Dutch ace.
India trounced Korea 6-1 in their penultimate round-robin match to virtually seal a place in the final of the Sultan of Johor Cup Under-21 hockey tournament, at the Taman Daya Hockey stadium in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, on Thursday.
Jasjit Singh sent two rasping penalty corner drag flicks into the net as India edged past hosts Malaysia 3-2 to move to the semifinals of the Hockey World League semi-finals in Antwerp.
'This World Cup is likely to be much more a clash of plans than of talent,' says Devangshu Datta.
'This was our country, after all, our India, humara Hindustan -- why would we go anywhere else?'
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.
India opener Rohit Sharma also took to the micro-blogging site to offer his condolences.
