Viswanathan Anand | PTI file photo

Psychological advantage for Anand

Having bounced back with an emphatic victory in the previous round, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand holds a huge psychological advantage in the crucial remaining four games of the World Championship match against Israeli Boris Gelfand here. With points levelled at 4-4 and with four games to go, the championship match is interestingly poised. The eighth game provided th ...more

India face Holland in Olympic hockey opener

India will open their campaign in the 2012 Olympics hockey competition in London with a game against the Netherlands July 30, according to the schedule released by the International Hockey Federation (IHF) Tuesday. India, rank ...more

London Olympic tickets unveiled

Greenwich Park will host the London 2012 Olympic equestrian events. | AP file photo The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) officially unveiled the design of the Olympic Games tickets. The tickets have been designed by Futurebrand, part of McCann Worldgroup. The design o ...more

Drogba to visit India in June

Didier Drogba | AP Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will make his maiden visit to India next month. Drogba, who was instrumental in Chelsea's maiden Champion League triumph last week, is coming to India for the Grand Finale of Pepsi T20 Football sc ...more

Mary Kom to train with male boxers for Olympics

M.C. Mary Kom | PTI file photo M.C. Mary Kom, India's sole woman boxer at the London Olympics, will train with her male counterparts in Patiala ahead of the summer extravaganza. The five-time world champion had lady luck to thank as she qualified for the Ol ...more

OLYMPICS

Taekwondo fighters use videos to scout rivals

Taekwondo fighters are spending hours perfecting their kicks and spying on opponents to prepare for the London Olympics.

FOOTBALL

FC Barcelona to open football school in India

FC Barcelona club announced that the first football school in India will come up in New Delhi by the end of the year.

PREMIER TACKLE

Most consistent team deserves to win

Yaya Toure | AP Yaya Toure is truly a big man for the big moment on the worlds’ biggest stage.

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