• Stuck At Home, Again

    Updated: 2012-01-30 23:38:53
    U.S.'s Sean Harris defends the ball against Mexico during the 2011 Pan Am Games, where the team finished fifth.

  • Olympic Games: Camden homes rent for up to 12 times usual price

    Updated: 2012-01-30 17:24:01
    Homeowners across Camden are using online property sites to rent their homes for up to 12 times the usual rates during the Olympic Games.

  • Malaysia 2 Australia 5

    Updated: 2012-01-30 11:33:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 30, 2012 Malaysia 2 Australia 5 Note : Australian goals scored by Matt Ghodes 2 Simon Orchard , Jamie Dwyer Liam De . Young AUSTRALIA beat Malaysia 5-2 in the second friendly in Perth yesterday , with Razie Rahim scoring a brace against a much stronger Aussie . line-up Malaysia , who lost the first match 3-1, faced the World No 1 side minus five regulars as the Australians are also trying out new . blood It was a much stronger Australian side as compared to the first match , and there was tremendous pressure in the first . half However , the players got used to it in the second half and played much better and it was an excellent work out against the best team in the world , 8221 said Malaysian team manager Stephen van . Huizen Yesterday the

  • Flying Sikh gives his 1960 Olympics shoes for charity

    Updated: 2012-01-30 08:57:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 30, 2012 Flying Sikh gives his 1960 Olympics shoes for charity Bose was introduced to Milkha by India's 1975 hockey World Cup-winning captain Ajit Pal . Singh MUMBAI : Indian athletics may not be on the global sporting map just yet , but there are rare moments in the country's track and field history nevertheless that are forever etched in time . None better than Milkha Singh falling painfully short of a medal at the 400m final of the 1960 Rome Olympics by a gut-wrenching fraction of a . second Milkha or Flying Sikh' as he later got christened , is known to have given away all his medals to government museums . However , there's one possession that he never wanted to part with were those Adidas shoes with which he missed the 400m Olympic

  • Funny way to run a tournament

    Updated: 2012-01-30 01:59:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 30, 2012 Funny way to run a tournament New Zealand surprised at the Argentina FIH Champions Trophy by drawing 2-2 with host . Argentina By Michael Burgess The 2012 Champions Trophy will have a different format to previous editions , one that has few fans among the Black Sticks . It resembles something that the Monty Python team might have come up with if asked to design a sporting . tournament Take eight teams . Play 12 group matches . Then put the same eight teams into . quarter-finals Only time will tell but Black Sticks coach Mark Hager certainly has reservations about the new format for the tournament , which starts today in . Rosario His main beef is that the three group games could essentially count for nothing under the structure

  • Thunderbolts stamp their class

    Updated: 2012-01-29 11:25:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 29, 2012 Thunderbolts stamp their class OVERALL champions SSTMI Thunderbolts stamped their class when they hammered Petaling Jaya Municipal Council MBPJ 6-1 in Division One of the Milo-Junior Hockey League . yesterday Thunderbolts top the standings after notching their fourth conservative win , and are followed closely by UniKL who have played one less match than the . leaders For the record , UniKL could only edge MBPJ 2-1. Yesterday , the Thunderbolts goals were scored by Sufi Ismat third , 41st Shahril Saabah 15th Shafiq Nordin 35th Amir Zulkarnain 37th Shahrushadan Basri 57th MBPJ got their consolation off G . Tamil Chelvam in the 62nd . minute In another Division One match , MBI Anderson beat Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors 4-2. The

  • Ireland 2 Britain 2

    Updated: 2012-01-29 08:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 29, 2012 Ireland 2 Britain 2 IRELAND’S men took on Great Britain today in the second of two training matches at Bisham Abbey coming out with a 2-2 . draw Great Britain opened the scoring in the second minute when Barry Middleton tapped in at the back post from a by-line ball but Ireland managed to level the sides just 7 minutes later with a Timothy Cockram drag flick . The game was evenly contested throughout the remainder of the first half and was fairly reflected in the 1-1 score at half . time In the 41st minute Great Britain took the lead again with a Simon Mantell goal from a penalty corner drag flick . Ireland piled on the pressure and were awarded a number of short corners but failed to take their opportunities and it was not until

  • Malaysia 1 Australia 3

    Updated: 2012-01-29 08:24:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 29, 2012 Malaysia 1 Australia 3 THE national senior hockey team lost narrowly 3-1 to Australia in the first friendly at the Perth Hockey Stadium . yesterday Malaysia are Down Under to play a four-series friendlies against the Australian side , and two more friendlies against the Netherlands to prepare for the Dublin Olympic Qualifier on March 10-18. Yesterday , Australia took the lead but Malaysia equalised off Izwan Firdaus and the score stood until the . breather However , Australia scored two more goals in the second half to claim full points . The second friendly will be played . today Malaysia had three penalty corners , while the Australians . seven In the Olympic Qualifier , Malaysia will be playing to claim the solitary Olympics

  • UniKL hit high note..

    Updated: 2012-01-28 11:37:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , January 28, 2012 UniKL hit high note . MILO-Junior Hockey League regulars Datuk Taha of Gemencheh , Negri Sembilan , picked up the dubious distinction of being awarded the first red card of the season at the Seremban II pitch . yeterday Datuk Taha's Khairul Izwan was flashed the red card in the sixth minute , but they still went on to beat Old La Sallians Association of Klang 1-0 with 10 players in Division Two , Group . B The Taha winner was scord by Amirul Roszainie in the 18th . minute In Division One , League champions UniKL Young Guns made short work of Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School SSTMI Juniors with an emphatic 8-0 . win It was UniKL's third win of the seson , and they look confident enough to retain the League title with only SSTMI

  • Singapore into Olympic Qualifier!

    Updated: 2012-01-28 08:57:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , January 28, 2012 Singapore into Olympic Qualifier Note : The new fixtures will see India playing Singapore in their opening match on Feb 18. Good luck neighbours . THE FIH today announced that Singapore will take the place of the United States at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in New Delhi , India from February 18-26. Singapore , ranked No 41 in the FIH World Ranking was contacted to join the six team men’s qualification group after the United States unexpectedly pulled out of the . event We were pleased that Singapore agreed on such short notice to take part in the Olympic Qualification event , 8221 said FIH CEO Kelly Fairweather . It will undoubtedly give its men’s national team valuable experience in a major international tournament . 8221

  • Waterloo native has huge goals for final months at Notre Dame

    Updated: 2012-01-28 02:25:01
    The Waterloo native is nearing the completion of her four-year run at the University of Notre Dame, a journey that feels like it only began yesterday.

  • Canadian Olympic School Program Inspires Learning Through Canada's Olympic Heroes

    Updated: 2012-01-27 23:25:25
    With the London 2012 Olympic Games coming up fast, the Canadian Olympic Committee will use stories from this years Olympians and Olympic hopefuls to inspire children and teach them about leadership, respect and healthy active living through the 2012 edition of the Canadian Olympic School Program.

  • Six months from London, Canada's top athletes focused on day-to-day work

    Updated: 2012-01-26 23:38:20
    As the countdown clock for the London Olympics prepared to hit six months Friday, Canada's top athletes weren't counting.

  • Irish in good shape..

    Updated: 2012-01-26 08:40:00
    : . skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 Irish in good shape . THE Netherlands edged Ireland 3-1 in their third and final Test in Alicante on . Tuesday Netherlands were also taken the extra mile before they won the first Test 4-1 and the second Test 2-1. Ireland will now travel to Great Britain for a double header against GB at Bisham Abbey on 26th 27th January times TBC Malaysia will be playing in the Dublin Olympics where the Irish and South Korea will be the toughest hurdles to claim the single ticket to the London . Olympics The Malaysian players will also play Netherlands in two Tests in Australia at the end of the . month Ireland Starting XI : John Jackson Ronan Gormley c Paul Gleghorne Conor Harte David Harte Eugene Magee David Ames Michael Watt Chris Cargo Mitch

  • First Egypt, now US out ..

    Updated: 2012-01-26 08:13:00
    : , skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 First Egypt , now US out COLORADO SPRINGS , CO USA Field Hockey announced today to withdraw the USA Men’s National Team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held in New Delhi , India , February 18-26. The decision to withdraw was primarily due to player unavailability and player retirements and . injuries The decision has been made strategically with the very best outcome for our program in mind , 8221 said Terry Walsh , Technical Director of High Performance . Unavailability of many of the senior players has left the Men’s program in a position where our best assembled team has a performance potential well below that required to be competitive in a tournament of this caliber . I have had significant discussions with

  • Olak-PKT dangle holiday package

    Updated: 2012-01-26 08:05:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 Olak-PKT dangle holiday package FORMER champions Old La Sallians Association of Klang OLAK-PKT have seen better times , and in a bid to get back into the top flight , they are dangling a holiday package for their players early in the . season Olak won the Division One title in 1997 and they were double champions in 1998 and 1999, and are now bent on clawing their way out of Division Two of the Milo-Junior Hockey . League After winning our opening two matches , our sponsors PKT Logistics Group Sdn Bhd , have said that if we win the Division Two title this season , they will sponsor the boys to a holiday overseas , 8221 said Olak team manager Joseph de , Silva Olak have not been impressive , but they did just enough to beat Malacca

  • Baker, Canadian field hockey team get one last shot at Olympic berth

    Updated: 2012-01-24 06:36:44
    It's the last chance for the Canadian national women's field hockey team to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, with the winner taking all.

  • Field hockey teams get last shot at 2012 Olympics

    Updated: 2012-01-22 14:10:38
    THREE North Vancouver athletes will suit up for the Canadian national field hockey teams in the final Olympic qualification tournament scheduled for Feb.

  • BJSS fighting a losing battle

    Updated: 2012-01-22 08:08:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 22, 2012 BJSS fighting a losing battle TUNKU Mahkota Ismail Sports School SSTMI rattled Bukit Jalil Sports School BJSS to the bone , when both their senior and juniors teams won by 5-1 margins in the first weekend of the Milo-Junior Hockey . League SSTMI , formerly known as Bandar Penawar Sports School BPSS proved that they are steadily improving while their counter-parts in the City have had their backs against the wall for the last three . years BJSS have the distinction of winning seven consecutive League titles from 2003 to 2009, after which BPSS Thun derbolts and UniKL took over for the last two . seasons They also have six Overall titles under the belt , but that too slipped out of their fingers and went to UniKL in 2010, and

  • Bukit Jalil seniors and juniors hammered

    Updated: 2012-01-21 11:53:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , January 21, 2012 Bukit Jalil seniors and juniors hammered BUKIT Jalil Sports School BJSS seniors and juniors hit a bad patch yesterday when they were both hammered 5-1 in Division One of the Milo-Junior Hockey . League Defending Overall champions Thunderbolts hit five goals past BJSS seniors , while Tengku Mahkota Ismail SSTMI also scored five goals against BJSS juniors and both the matches were played at the Taman Daya Stadium in Johor . Baru Thunderbolt , who had beaten SSTMI 7-1, have been the most impressive team thus far in the early stages of the . JHL In another Division One match , Petaling Jaya Municipal Council MBPJ whitewashed Tunku Besar Secondary School TBSS of Tampin 7-0. Although we have had impressive wins scored 12 goals in two

  • Duo aims for Olympics

    Updated: 2012-01-20 23:10:39
    Aiming for Olympics. Mississauga athletes, from left, Scott Sandison and Sukhwinder Singh will represent Canada when the men's national field hockey team competes in next month's International Hockey Federation Olympic Qualification Tournament.

  • UniKL beat TBSS 4-0

    Updated: 2012-01-20 11:40:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , January 20, 2012 UniKL beat TBSS 4-0 LEAGUE champions UniKL Young Guns beat Tunku Besar Secondary School TBSS of Tampin 4-0 for their second consecutive win in Division One of the Milo-Junior Hockey League at the Seremban II Stadium . yesterday UniKL had edged Petaling Jaya Municipal Council 2-1 on . Thursday However the double aspirants still played well below their standard yesterday , and it was defensive errors by TBSS defenders which gifted them the first two . goals They took the lead in the eighth minute off Taufik Hamid and ten minutes later doubled their advantage when Hafiz Zainol found the back of the net after the ball had struck umpire Rosdi Pilus and caught the TBSS defence . flatfooted The other goals were scored by Fahed Saifullah

  • Britain for Azlan Shah Cup

    Updated: 2012-01-20 09:12:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , January 20, 2012 Britain for Azlan Shah Cup Pic : Kelvinder Singh gets a break Down Under against Australia and . Netherlands THE AZLAN Shah Cup will see seven teams , with Olympic hosts Great Britain being the highest ranked , battling it out on the country’s first blue pitch from May 24 to June 3. And if Malaysia , ranked 13th , make the cut via the Olympic Qualifier in Dublin on March 10-18, the Azlan Shah Cup will be a fantastic tune-up as the Olympics will be held in . July Among the Azlan Shah Cup invitees , Britain fourth New Zealand seventh Pakistan eighth and Argentina ninth have already qualified for the Olympics , while India 10th Malaysia and South Korea sixth will be involved Qualifiers early this . year The Olympics will also be held on

  • UniKL start on a stutter

    Updated: 2012-01-19 11:13:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 19, 2012 UniKL start on a stutter LEAGUE champions UniKL Young Guns had a shaky start when they could only edge Petaling Jaya Municipal Council MBPJ 2-1 in the curtain raiser of the Milo-Junior Hockey League . yesterday Playing at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium , the UniKL goals were delivered by Nor Azrul Abdul Rahman in the sixth minute off their first penalty corner , and by Haziq Shamsul in the 53rd minute off a field . attempt MBPJ got their act together late in the match , and scored their moral booster off their only penalty corner of the match in the 64th minute courtesy of Ganeisha Tamil . Chelvam But UniKL's challengers Thunderbolt , the defending Overall champions , had a field day when they hammered Tengku Mahkota Ismail SSTMI 7-1

  • China skipper tips South Korea

    Updated: 2012-01-19 02:20:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 19, 2012 China skipper tips South Korea Tengku Ahmad Tajudin left vies with China’s Song Yi in their friendly on Tuesday . By Ajitpal Singh THE national hockey team are confident of qualifying for the London Olympics but China captain Song Yi brushed it off stating that South Korea will win the qualifiers in . Dublin China’s Song . Yi South Korea are better and besides , they have the experience playing in priority tournaments . They may have a new coach but I think they will be a well-oiled side in Dublin , 8221 said Song Yi after his team were beaten 3-1 by Malaysia in the fifth and final friendly at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil . yesterday Malaysia , who won the series 3-2, yesterday scored through Amin Rahim eight minute

  • SULTAN AZLAN SHAH TAKE II

    Updated: 2012-01-18 02:48:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 SULTAN AZLAN SHAH TAKE II Posted by Jugjet Singh at 10:48 AM Newer Post Older Post Home Home-Away-From-Home RESPECTABLE LINKS AJITPAL n TENNIS THE OFFICIAL MHF WEBSITE MHL the UNOFFICIAL STORY KELAB AMAN HARESH DEOL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE S.S Dhaliwal on Hockey HOCKEY ASIA ASIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION Sikh Hockey Olympians The Home of Hockey FIH Irish Hockey News Stephen Francis TV SMITH Sikhnet New Straits Times The Star CHESS Kuala Lumpur ESPECIALLY FOR U , MR RACIST . I PISS ON . Hockey News Loading . HORSING AROUND The Blogger ON A HIGH The Blogger at the top of the 4,095m Mount Kinabalu in Sabah on June 13, 2008. This was the second climb . The first was in 1993. About Me Jugjet Singh Sports Journalist with the New Straits Times

  • Azlan Shah speaks his mind

    Updated: 2012-01-18 02:48:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Azlan Shah speaks his mind Watch the two videos below , captured by yours truly http : www.malaysianhockey.blogspot.com where His Royal Highness Sultan Azlan Shah , the life president of the Malaysian Hockey Federation takes the national coaches to task on the performance of the team in the match against China , which incidentally Malaysia won 2-0. Rather then write about it , I leave it to the readers to make their own assumptions , from issues ranging to coaching methods , them declining help and also not having the winning . mentality I must add that it was indeed rare to get HRH to speak on the fortunes on the team but when he speaks his mind , its earth . shattering And talking about MHF , it was sad that no MHF official was

  • SULTAN AZLAN SHAH TAKES MALAYSIAN COACHES TO TASK

    Updated: 2012-01-18 02:46:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 SULTAN AZLAN SHAH TAKES MALAYSIAN COACHES TO TASK Posted by Jugjet Singh at 10:46 AM Newer Post Older Post Home Home-Away-From-Home RESPECTABLE LINKS AJITPAL n TENNIS THE OFFICIAL MHF WEBSITE MHL the UNOFFICIAL STORY KELAB AMAN HARESH DEOL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE S.S Dhaliwal on Hockey HOCKEY ASIA ASIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION Sikh Hockey Olympians The Home of Hockey FIH Irish Hockey News Stephen Francis TV SMITH Sikhnet New Straits Times The Star CHESS Kuala Lumpur ESPECIALLY FOR U , MR RACIST . I PISS ON . Hockey News Loading . HORSING AROUND The Blogger ON A HIGH The Blogger at the top of the 4,095m Mount Kinabalu in Sabah on June 13, 2008. This was the second climb . The first was in 1993. About Me Jugjet Singh Sports Journalist with

  • Azlan Shah takes coaches to task

    Updated: 2012-01-18 02:33:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Azlan Shah takes coaches to task PIC : Malaysia’s Kelvinder Singh right attempts to get past China’s Tianjun in their friendly yesterday . Malaysia won 2-0. Pic by Supian Ahmad By Ajitpal Singh FORMER Malaysian Hockey Federation president Sultan Azlan Shah took the national coaches to task and jokingly said he would hang them if the national team fail to qualify for the London . Olympics Hockey Sultan Azlan met national coach Tai Beng Hai , assistant coach Nur Saiful Zaini , team manager George Koshy and National Sports Council NSC director-general Datuk Zolkples Embong in a meeting which lasted about 20 minutes , after Malaysia's 2-0 victory over China in an international friendly at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil .

  • Azlan Shah slams coaches

    Updated: 2012-01-18 02:28:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Wednesday , January 18, 2012 Azlan Shah slams coaches By Aftar Singh KUALA LUMPUR : Former Malaysian Hockey Federation MHF president Sultan Azlan Shah took the national hockey team’s coaches to task after watching Malaysia’s fourth friendly against China at the National Hockey Stadium in Buklit Jalil . yesterday Sultan Azlan , who is also the Asian Hockey Federation AHF president , jokingly said : I will hang them coaches if the national team do not qualify for the London Olympics . The coaches need training more than the players . 8221 He also had a heart-to-heart talk with national coach Tai Beng Hai , assistant coach Nor Saiful Zaini and team manager George Koshy . Also present was National Sports Council NSC Director-General Datuk Zolkples . Embong Sultan

  • Former Negri hockey player jailed

    Updated: 2012-01-16 11:28:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 16, 2012 Former Negri hockey player jailed MALACCA , Jan 16 Bernama A former hockey player for the Negri Sembilan team and a friend were sentenced to four years' jail by the Sessions Court here today for robbing a senior citizen more than two years . ago Judge Abu Bakar Katar ordered the sentence on K.G Chandrasegaran and B.R Vinneshwaran , who pleaded guilty to the . charge They are to serve the sentence from . today Chandrasegaran , 23, and Vinneshwaran , 22, were jointly charged with robbing one Ang Kim Hua , 58, of a gold chain , RM8,500 and a Nokia 2630 handphone at a workers' quarters at Hutan Percha , Alor Gajah , about 1.50pm on Aug 6, 2009. They are charged under Section 394 of the Penal Code , read together with Section 34, which

  • Malaysia 4 China 2

    Updated: 2012-01-15 11:03:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 15, 2012 Malaysia 4 China 2 THE Malaysian seniors salvaged some pride when the beat China 4-2 in the third friendlies at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil . yesterday Two more friendlies are slated for Tuesday and Wednesday , and Malaysia need to win both to keep a psychological advantage over the China side in future . tournaments Coach Tai Beng Hai's men played much better game than the first two defeats , but still muffed sitters and went into the dressing room trailing the visiting China . side The seniors lost the first match 2-1, and the second 4-1, after which the China side were soundly beaten by the Project 2013 side 6-2 on . Saturday And while the Malaysian seniors enjoyed two rest days , China played back-to-back against

  • UNC Alum Lingo Retires From U.S. Team

    Updated: 2012-01-15 05:40:13
    After a career that spanned a decade, Tar Heel alum Carrie Lingo has retired from the U.S. National Team.

  • Canada seeking to overcome Summer Olympics medal drought

    Updated: 2012-01-12 23:51:12
    Jackson Payne of Canada performs on the pommel horse in the Men's Artistic Qualification during the International Gymnastics competition in east London January 10, 2012.

  • Sports stars wanted for roll of honour

    Updated: 2012-01-12 10:11:57
    Saffron Walden Museum is hosting an exhibition to highlight sporting achievements of local people from the present day and through the decades.

  • Dow not surprised by Games sponsorship uproar

    Updated: 2012-01-11 20:01:17
    Dow Chemical Co. struck back at critics of its involvement in the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday amid a simmering controversy over its links to the company accused in the 1984 Bhopal gas leak.

  • Brian Cazeneuve: Ward, Harrison among U.S. athletes who may share the limelight at 2012 Olympics

    Updated: 2012-01-06 18:11:09
    Though sports such as track and field, swimming and gymnastics will garner most of the attention at the London Olympics next summer, other U.S. athletes and teams will also enjoy a rare spot in the limelight.

  • Field hockey pro introcudces the sport to local students

    Updated: 2012-01-03 14:18:28
    Field hockey pro introcudces the sport to local students. Ken Pereira with students of St.

  • Season of titles, departures for books

    Updated: 2012-01-02 23:44:48
    It was a record-setting year in more ways than one on the Anne Arundel County sports scene in 2011.

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