Hockey World Cup Schedule 2010

Hockey World Cup Schedule 2010

Sunday February 28:

16:35 Pool B South Africa vs Spain

18:35 B Australia vs England

20:35 B India vs Pakistan

Monday March 1:

16:35 A New Zealand vs Canada

18:35 A Germany vs Korea

20:35 A Netherlands vs Argentina

Tuesday March 2:

16:35 B South Africa vs England

18:35 B Pakistan vs Spain

20:35 B India vs Australia

Wednesday March 3:

16:35 A Canada vs Germany

18:35 A Argentina vs Korea

20:35 A New Zealand vs Netherlands

Thursday March 4:

16:35 B South Africa vs Australia

18:35 B England vs Pakistan

20:35 B India vs Spain

Friday March 5:

16:35 A Korea vs New Zealand

18:35 A Netherlands vs Canada

20:35 A Germany vs Argentina

Saturday March 6:

16:35 B Australia vs Spain

18:35 B South Africa vs Pakistan

20:35 B India vs England

Sunday March 7:

16:35 A Korea vs Canada

18:35 A New Zealand vs Argentina

20:35 A Germany vs Netherlands

Monday March 8:

16:35 B Spain vs England

18:35 B Australia vs Pakistan

20:35 B India vs South Africa

Tuesday March 9:

16:35 A Germany vs New Zealand

18:35 A Netherlands vs Korea

20:35 A Canada vs Argentina

Wednesday March 10: Rest Day.

Thursday March 11:

15:35 Classification.11-12 6th Pool A vs 6th Pool B

18:05 Semi-final 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B

20:35 Semi-final 1st Pool B vs 2nd Pool A

Friday March 12:

15:35 Clas. 9-10 5th Pool A vs 5th Pool B

18:05 Clas. 7-8 4th Pool A vs 4th Pool B

20:35 Clas. 5-6 3rd Pool A vs 3rd Pool B.

Saturday March 13:

15:35 Bronze medal match

18:05 Final

U-21 ID soccer

U-21 ID soccer

Correspondent

CHABUA, Jan 22 – Karimganj trounced Golaghat 4-1, while Charaideo defeated Nagaon 2-0 on the opening day of the U-21 inter district football championship which got off here today. Local MLA Raju Sahu inaugurated the championship. ASSAM TRIBUNE

GCCC to play NFR in final

Sports reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 22 – The Guwahati Cricket Coaching Centre (GCCC) have made it to the title clash in the Ramesh Baruah Invitational Inter Club Cricket Tournament.

In the day/night first semifinal played at the Judges’ Field here last evening, GCCC posted a deserving 43-run victory against host Gauhati Town Club.

Put to bat first, GCCC riding on some good scores by Nishanta Bordoloi (59) Pallab Das (46), Hrishikesh Tamuly (29) and Sanzow Brahma (28) gathered a commendable total of 234 in the allotted 45 overs losing eight wickets. Studded with some leading medium pacers of the State like Sujay Tarafdar and Pritom Das, the GTC team hardly had any impact on the GCCC batsmen. ASSAM TRIBUNE

‘Indians harshly taunted me’

‘Indians harshly taunted me’

Chittagong, Jan 21: Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim today alleged that Indian bowlers sledged him by calling him a “school boy” during his century knock on the fifth day of the first cricket Test here.

“The Indian bowlers picked me for sledging when I was batting well. They called me school boy. But I was enjoying it and I had answered it with my bat,” Mushfiqur, who scored a 114-ball 101, said at the post-match press conference after his side lost to India by 113 runs to go down 0-1 in the two-Test series. Sehwag, however, refused to comment when asked about Mushfiqur’s charge.(PTI)

Referees irked by assaults; AFC matchessuspended

Correspondent

IMPHAL, Jan 20 – It is time out for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) initiated football tourneys in Manipur following current attacks on match referees.

The All Manipur Football Association (AMFA)’s 4th Manipur State League and the 24th Senior Men Inter-district Football Tournamentheld as part of AFC’s football development programme have been suspended since Monday after referees declined to conductmatches following assaults on their colleagues by a player during a match here on January 18.

On January 14, four North Imphal Sports Association (NISA) players were suspended from future matches for entering the field and challenging the referee’s decision.

“This is not the first time we’re being targeted frequently during thematches”, a senior national football referee said. “We decided not to conduct matches showing solidarity to our injured colleague. A memorandum has also been sent to AMFA for necessary action”.

More than 60 football referees, including FIFA and national referees, who want implementation of serious “disciplinary code”, so that such unwanted incident do not occur in the future, will be meeting tomorrow to chalk out their further course of action.

To stabilize the situation and to resume the tourneys, AMFA has put United Sports Association player N Rakesh, who physically assaulted a referee for giving a penalty in a match with NISA on January 18, under suspension for 5 years besides imposing a fine of Rs 10,000.

“A committee is all set to update our ‘Disciplinary Code 2004’ to avoid such unwanted incidents in future”, AMFA’s secretary Ranjoy Roy told The Assam Tribune on Wednesday. “We’ve also decided not to give certificates to those players who show dissent on the field”.

Manipur which is the home of more than a hundred footballers, presently playing for premier football clubs of the country and Delhi, are the only two States selected for AFC’s Vision Asia Project 2006 to nurture international class footballers. ASSAM TRIBUNE

Diphu’s Morning Star Academy in MUPC

Diphu’s Morning Star Academy in MUPC

By our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 18: Nike announced the kick off of its annual grass root initiative for football in India — the Manchester United Premier Cup (MUPC) India 2010 — which will be conducted across the country from January 19 to February 4. The tournament has attracted participation from teams across different parts of the country such as Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Orissa, Pondicherry, Kerala, Gujarat, Delhi, Chandigarh, Goa, Kolkata and Assam . This year over 65 teams from across the country are vying to be the Indian finalists.

The tournament is conducted under the aegis of the All India Football Federation. The secretary of the Assam Football Association Ankur Dutta, who also holds the post of vice president in the All India Football Federation, said, “This annual event has helped in popularizing the sport at the grassroots level.”

The participating teams include, Dempo, St Stephens Football Academy, Mahindra United FC, JCT, Pune FC, Viva Kerala, Salgaocar Sports Club, Sporting Club de Goa, Shillong Lajong FC, Sikkim Football Academy, Morning Star Football Academy of Diphu, Mumbai School Sports Association, Pondicherry Coaching Centre etc.

The matches of the North, North East & East Zone qualifiers will be held in Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon & Garhi from January 19 to 24. THE SENTINEL

Assam women in qtrs

Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 16 – Assam, participating for the first time, entered quarterfinals in the Senior National Baseball Championship. In the quarterfinal defeating Chandigarh yesterday at Cuttack. Now Assam will play against host Orissa in the quarterfinal tomorrow. Meanwhile the Assam women team has been qualified to take part in an prize-money event to be played in Goa early in February next.

HI presents Rs.2.5 lakhs to Baljit Singh

HI presents Rs.2.5 lakhs to Baljit Singh

2010-01-15 20:50:00

Hockey India (HI) Friday presented a cheque of Rs.2.5 lakhs to goalkeeper Baljit Sigh for his rehabilitation after his eye injury.

Baljit, who sustained the career threatening injury at the national camp in Pune last year, had Thursday appealed to Sports Minister M.S. Gill and HI for his continued treatment as promised by them.

Baljit was sent to the US for treatment and surgery but on Thursday claimed that he was called back mid-way.

The cheque was handed over to his relatives by the HI president Ashok Kumar Mattoo.

NFR humble Nagaon outfit

Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 10 – NF Railway Sports Association recorded a huge 234-run victory against Radial Club of Nagaon in today’s match of the Gauhati Town Club organised Ramesh Baruah Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Judges’ Field here.

Using the track first, the railwaymen piled up a mammoth 355 losing six wickets in the stipulated 40 overs and later bundled the opponent for 121 in 26.5 overs. The highlight of the match was a swashbuckling unbeaten 158 by Pritam Debnath. Tarjinder Singh (46), Kunal Saikia (42) and Chandan Rawat (31) were the other notable contributors for the Railway team. The Nagaon batsmen performed poorly as Krishanu Mazumdar was their top scorer with 17, while Sarupam Purkayastha (4/19) wrecked their innings.

Brief scores: NF Rly 355/6 (Pritam Debnath 158, Tarjinder Singh 46, Kunal Saikia 42, Chandan Rawat 31, Bichitra Baruah 5/62). Radial Club 121 (Krishanu Mazumder 17, Sarupam Purkayastha 4/19). Today’s match: GCCC vs Santipur AC. ASSAM TRIBUNE

Chetan, Trupti emerge champs

Sports reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 10 – B Chetan Anand of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) and his teammate Trupti Murgunde emerged proud winners in the men’s and women’s singles titles of the 74th Senior National Badminton Championship which concluded at the Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium, Sarusajai here today. Jwala Gutta of PSPB won double crown by clinching mixed doubles and the women’s doubles titles.

In the summit clashes, 14th seed Chetan rallied to beat 13th seed Anup Sridhar, also of PSPB, 16-21, 21-19, 21-10, while Trupti got the better of Sayali Gokhle 21-17, 21-7.

Chetan was not in perfect form in the first set and Anup, champion of 2004 and 2005, took advantage and clinched the set quite convincingly 21-16. But the experienced Chetan staged a fine fightback and took the next sets 21-19, 21-10 with some delightful strokes and drop shots. The second set was evenly fought but in the final set, Anup virtually gave up to his sturdy opponent.

Second seed Trupti Murgunde of PSPB upset defending champion and top seed Sayali Gokhale of Air India 21-17, 21-7 in straight sets. It was the maiden title for the PSPB girl who dominated the proceedings from the very beginning.

Trupti was so accurate in her drop shots that Sayali was forced to run from one corner to another. In the first set, the Air India girl tried to stage a fightback in the middle of the set when Trupti lost her composure. Sayali narrowed the gap at the later stage but finally Trupti managed to keep her cool and fetch the set after a tough fight. But the second set was quite a one-sided affair.

Earlier, third seed PSPB duo V Diju and Jwala Gutta won the mixed doubles title upsetting top seed pair Arun Vishnu (Kerala) and Aparna Balan (PSPB) 21-12, 21-7 in the one-sided final.

In men’s doubles final, Rupesh Kumar (PSPB)-Sanave Thomas (Kerala) beat AI duo Akshay Dewalkar-Jishnu Sanyal 21-15, 21-18, while in the women’s section, Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar)- Jwala Gutta beat Aparna Balan- Shruti Kurien, both PSPB players, 21-15, 22-20. ASSAM TRIBUNE

United XI thrashed Langsning by 128 runs

United XI win

From a Correspondent

SHILLONG, Jan 6: United XI thrashed Langsning by 128 runs in a Super Division Cricket match held at Shillong today. United XI, who batted first, scored 217-7 in 35 overs. Asa Warjri played a well composed knock of 75 runs that came in just 54 balls and Mark Ingty added 39 runs. In reply, Langsning bowled out for 89 runs. Jeff Sun contributed 22 runs on the board while Jobeth Chyne picked up 5 wickets.

Tomorrow’s game: NFU XI vs Malki CC. THE SENTINEL

Radiance win

By our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI, Jan 2: Radiance Club of Sivasagar registered 23 runs win against Bud Cricket Club in the Ramesh Barua Invitational Cricket Tournament held at the Judges’ Field here today. Batting first, Radiant scored 245 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 40 overs. Bharat Newar scored 65 runs. Gokul Sharma and Rishav Das captured two wickets win. In reply, Bud were bowled out for 222 runs in 39 overs. Bhaskar Kalita though played a good knock of 86 runs but it was not enough for the team to win the match. Rafiquddin claimed three wickets while Bhaskar (2-40), who was also successful with the ball, received the man of the match award. THE SENTINEL

T20 format has helped Test cricket: Afridi

KARACHI, Jan 1: Contrary to Mohammed Yousuf’s assumption that T20 cricket would eventually destroy Test cricket, Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi says it has actually made the five-day games more result-oriented.

Test skipper Yousuf feels that batsmen these days are paying more attention to adjust to the slam-bang format and hardly care to develop technique, which is essential to be successful in Test cricket.

However, T20 skipper Afridi differs with Yousuf. “I don’t think that will happen because Test and ODIs both have their own charm. Infact I would say T20 cricket has introduced a more positive attitude in players and led to Tests also being played more aggressively and being more result oriented,” Afridi said.

“What we need to do is strike the right balance in our teams for all three formats of the sport,” he added.

Afridi advocated the need to develop the national teams according to the abilities of the players.