New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Australia defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the semi-final of the Hockey World Cup and set up their third consecutive title clash with Germany.
Australia’s penalty corner specialist Luke Doerner opened the scoring. Glenn Turner increased the lead to 2-0 in the second half before Taeke Taekama pulled one back for the [...]

New Delhi, Mar 11(ANI): Two-time defending champion Germany on Thursday defeated England 4-1 in the men’s Hockey World Cup semi-finals to stay in the hunt for a third straight title.
With the victory, Germany, the 2002 and 2006 World Cup winners, avenged its loss to England in last year’s European Cup final.
Germany took the [...]

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Defending the video referral introduced at this World Cup, International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Leandro Negre Thursday said it is the teams and the officials who need to know how to use the system judiciously.
The Spaniard said everyone on the field, including the coaching staff, used the the video-referral poorly.
“Everybody [...]

Melbourne, Mar 11 (ANI): A cop in Australia may have to face penalty for drink-driving in a police vehicle while on duty.
The territory police officer was spotted by a woman police officer in drunken state, reports the Northern Territory News.
She apparently saw the officer in question walk in to the Tennant Creek station to [...]

March 11, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Shaleen Bhanot and Daljit Kaur tied the knot last December, on the 9th of the month. And, immediately afterwards, Shaleen’s show was on air. The marriage may have proved lucky for the couple, but they have not yet managed to take time out for a honeymoon, especially Shaleen, who [...]

Karachi, March 10 (IANS) Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has done a volte-face on the life ban imposed on former captain Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, saying no such action has been taken.
Pakistan’s cricket authorities Wednesday morning banned Younis and Yousuf and took stern action against five other national cricketers on charges [...]

Karachi, March 10 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has banned two of its world-class batsmen, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, from playing international cricket for life and barred former captain Shoaib Malik and medium-pacer Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan for one year for “unbecoming behaviour” leading to Pakistan’s poor showing recently in Australia.
All-rounder Shahid Afridi was also [...]

Lahore, Mar.10 (ANI): The Pakistani boxing team’s participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is under doubt as the government is yet to give a green signal for their visit to India.
Pakistan has still not told the organisers regarding its participation in the event, The Daily Times reports.
Australia has already pulled out of [...]

Gandhinagar, March 10 (IANS) Eight people were arrested and Rs.8 lakh seized from them when the Gujarat Police busted a ring taking bets on an Australia-New Zealand cricket match.
The arrests took place late Tuesday when police raided a farm house in Kagrol village in Himmatnagar, 120 km from here. The police also seized 66 mobile [...]

New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Final Pool standings of the Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Tuesday.
Pool A

Teams P W D L F A PT

Germany 5 3 2 0 19 9 11
Netherlands 5 3 1 1 16 8 10
Korea [...]