KKR beat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs in their IPL clash at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday and kept their semifinal hopes alive.

Chasing a victory target of 182 runs, Delhi managed 167/8 in their 20 overs. Virender Sehwag made 64 and captain Gautam Gambhir 47. The match turned on its head when Sehwag edged a Ajit Agarkar delivery onto his stumps after hitting 3 sixes and 6 fours in his magnificent 64-run knock that came off 40 balls.

Earlier, Ganguly's 56, Mathews' 46 and Chris Gayle's 40 took Kolkata Knight Riders to 181/3 in their IPL clash against Delhi Daredevils.

Ganguly's 46-ball knock was studded with 8 fours and a six.

Ganguly hit his sixth IPL fifty soon after Rajat Bhatia clean bowled Chris Gayle (40).

Man of the match : Sourav Ganguly.

Standings (Top 4)

	Mumbai Indians	9	7	2	0	0	14	+1.118
	Delhi Daredevils	10	6	4	0	0	12	+0.287
	Rajasthan Royals	11	6	5	0	0	12	-0.139
	Royal Challengers Bangalore	9	5	4	0	0	10	+0.428

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CSK beat Mumbai Indians by 24 runs

Chasing a target of 166 runs set by Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians could score only 141 runs, losing by 24 runs, in an Indian Premier League match at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.

Mumbai Indians lost 6 wickets in 6 overs after Sachin Tendulkar retired ill due to dehydration.It was after the ninth over that Tendulkar retired ill with the Mumbai score at 62/1. In the tenth over, Suresh Raina had Ambati Rayudu (3) stumped by MS Dhoni.

Tendulkar came back in the field at this point but two overs later, Thushara had him caught by Vijay at long-on as Mumbai lost their captain with 105 runs on the board.

Brief Scores:

Chennai Super Kings: 165 for four in 20 overs (Mathew Hayden 35, Mahendra Singh Dhoni 31, S Badrtinath 30 not out; Kieron Pollard 2/26).

Mumbai Indians: 141 for nine in 20 overs (Sachin Tendulkar 45, Harbhajan Singh 33, Thilan Thushara 2/16, R Ashwin 2/22).

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KKR beat Deccan Chargers by 24 runs

Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 24 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.

Sourav Ganguly leading from the front with a 54-ball 88. He slammed a quick-fire fifty. Ganguly smashed seven fours and two sixes and race to fifty in just 39 balls. Kolkata Knight Riders made 181/6 against Deccan Chargers.

Earlier, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and decided to bat first.

Brief Score:

Kolkata Knight Riders

181/6 in 20.0 Overs

Run Rate: 9.05

Deccan Chargers

157/5 in 20.0 Overs

Run Rate: 7.85

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CSK win by 5 wickets against RCB

Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets off 19 overs and broke their jinx of four successive defeats, at the M A Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.

Chennai Super Kings scored 166 in just 19 overs against the target of 161 set by the Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Earlier, batting first on winning the toss, the Royal Challengers made 161 for 4 in 20 overs but failed to defend the score.

The Super Kings have now three wins in eight matches to take their points tally to six. The Challengers, who suffered their third loss in seven mataches, have four wins. Their point tally is eight.

The scores:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: M. Pandey c Dhoni b Thushara 5 (7b, 1x4), J. Kallis (run out) 52 (49b, 7x4), R. Uthappa c Gony b Jakati 21 (13b, 1x4, 2x6), V. Kohli c Vijay b Jakati 34 (24b, 3x4, 1x6), K. Pietersen (not out) 23 (14b, 2x4,1x6), C. White (not out) 21 (13b, 2x4, 1x6); Extras (lb-1, w-4): 5; Total (for four wkts. in 20 overs): 161.

Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-54, 3-117, 4-117.

Chennai Super Kings bowling: Thushara 4-0-30-1, Gony 3-0-39-0, Morkel 4-0-40-0, Jakati 4-1-17-2, Muralitharan 4-0-21-0, Ganapathy 1-0-13-0.

Chennai Super Kings: M. Vijay c Pandey b Pietersen 78 (39b, 4x4, 6x6), M. Hayden st. Uthappa b Kumble 12 (14b, 1x6), S. Raina (not out) 44 (35b, 4x4, 1x6), M.S. Dhoni c Dravid b Steyn 14 (19b, 1x4), A. Morkel b Kallis 1 (3b), S. Badrinath c Uthappa b Vinay 7 (6b, 1x4), C. Ganapathy (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (b-1, lb-5, w-2, nb-2): 10; Total (for five wkts. in 19 overs): 166.

Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-104, 3-138, 4-143, 5-152.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Praveen 3-0-42-0, Steyn 4-0-20-1, Kumble 4-0-16-1, Kallis 3-0-21-1, Pietersen 2-0-26-1, Vinay 3-0-35-1.

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DD vs RR : Delhi beat Rajasthan by 67 runs

Delhi Daredevils registered a comprehensive 67-run victory over the Rajasthan Royals at the Ferozeshah Kotla in Delhi on Wednesday to move to the second spot at the points table in IPL 2010.

Daredevils' fifth win and its third in a row ended Royals' four-match winning streak. The result raised Daredevils' tally to 10 points and kept Royals at eight.

Dinesh Karthik produced a priceless 69 and effected three dismissals to walk away with the Man-of-the-Match award. Leg-spinner Amit Mishra scalped three wickets, while David Warner took four catches and pulled off a run-out to make amends for his failure to fire with the bat.

Brief score:

Delhi Daredevils: 188 for 6 in 20 overs (Dinesh Karthik 69, Gautam Gambhir 43; Sumit Narwal 3/36).

Rajasthan Royals: 121 all out in 17.4 overs (Nama Ojha 27, Yusuf Pathan 24; Amit Mishra 3/25.

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DD crush KKR by 40 runs

David Warner's century help Delhi Daredevils to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 40 runs in the Indian Premier League contest at the Ferozeshah Kotla here on Monday night.

Knight Riders lost wickets in regular intervals thereby failing to establish any momentum in their run chase and scored 137/9 in their 20 overs after Daredevils set a challenging 178-run target.

Deciding to bat first, Delhi was blessed by Warner special as the left-hander hit nine fours and five sixes to score an unbeaten 69-ball 107.

The scores: Delhi Daredevils: D. Warner (not out) 107 (69b, 9x4, 5x6), V. Sehwag st. Saha b Gayle 8 (3b, 2x4), G. Gambhir lbw b Langeveldt 1 (2b), D. Karthik b Ishant 0 (1b), P. Collingwood c Hussey b Langeveldt 53 (45b, 3x4, 2x6), K. Jadhav (not out) 4 (1b); Extras (nb-1, w-3): 4; Total (for four wickets in 20 overs): 177.

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-21, 3-38, 4-166.

Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Gayle 4-0-38-1, Langeveldt 3-0-35-2, Ishant 1-0-17-1, Hussey 4-0-24-0, Mathews 2-0-11-0, Kartik 4-0-26-0, Agarkar 2-0-26-0.

Kolkata Knight Riders: C. Gayle c Mishra b Bhatia 30 (21b, 2x4, 2x6), S. Ganguly b Nannes 5 (10b, 1x4), Mandeep Singh st. Karthik c Mishra 0 (4b), M. Tiwary b McDonald 0 (3b), D. Hussey c Gambhir b Yadav 29 (32b, 2x4, 1x6), A. Mathews b Yadav 24 (32b, 2x4, 1x6), W. Saha (not out) 20 (17b, 2x4), A. Agarkar c and b Collingwood 17 (13b, 1x4), M. Kartik st. Karthik b McDonald 1 (2b), C. Langeveldt b McDonald 0 (1b); Extras (b-2, lb-3, nb-1, w-5): 11; Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs): 137.

Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-20, 3-21, 4-50, 5-85, 6-102, 7-134, 8-137, 9-137.

Delhi Daredevils bowling: Nannes 3.1-0-15-1, McDonald 4-0-37-3, Mishra 4-0-18-1, Bhatia 4-0-28-1, Yadav 4-0-27-2, Collingwood 0.5-0-7-1.

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Mumbai Indians beat Deccan by 41 runs

Mumbai Indians crushed Deccan Chargers by 41 runs in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Sunday.

Harbhajan Singh turned the game around for MI with a stunning 18-ball unbeaten 49 innings laced with eight fours and two sixes as he single handedly took them from 119 for seven to 172 for seven after the home side were sent into bat and captain Sachin Tendulkar (43-ball 55) had held the innings together with his fourth IPL III half century.

The fiesty off-spinner, who opened bowling for the home side, then took three wickets - including that of dangerous Adam Gilchrist for 31 runs from his four overs as Deccan Chargers were all out for 131 in 17.4 overs in chase of 173.

Standings (Top 4)

	Mumbai Indians	6	5	1	0	0	10	+1.313
	Royal Challengers Bangalore	6	4	2	0	0	8	+0.961
	Rajasthan Royals	7	4	3	0	0	8	+0.112
	Deccan Chargers	6	3	3	0	0	6	-0.369

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Rajasthan Royals beat CSK by 17 runs

Naman Ojha;s 49-ball 80 help Rajasthan Royals to a thumping 17-run victory over Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Electing to bat, Rajasthan Royals scored a challenging 177 for eight. Wicketkepeer-batsman Ojha's blistering 49-ball 80 which was laced with six fours and five sixes.

Rajasthan Royals bowlers disciplined performance restricted CSK to 159 for six.

Chasing 178 in front of a packed crowd at Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad, CSK lost wickets in regular intervals and none could come up with a big score. They also failed to take advantage of the largess given by butter-fingered Royals fielders who dropped three catches.

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Rajasthan Royals beat Deccan Chargers by eight wickets

Rajasthan Royals thrashed Deccan Chargers by eight wickets to register their third consecutive win in the Indian Premier League in Ahmadabad on Friday.

Chasing 149 runs, Pathan smashed the Chargers' bowlers ball to all parts of the ground during his 34-ball 73-run unbeaten innings, while Lumb produced the early damage with a brisk 45 off 32 balls to power Rajasthan to 151 in 15 overs.

Earlier, Rohit Sharma top-scored with a 35-ball 49 while Herschelle Gibbs (25 off 14) and Andrew Symonds (22 of 14) gave him good company with the bat to guide the Chargers to a modest 148 for nine.

Shaun Tait (3/22) and Sumit Narwal (2/35) drew the limelight for Rajasthan in the pace bowling department, while captain Shane Warne rediscovered his old magic, giving away just 15 runs off his fours overs during which he picked up the crucial wicket of Gibbs.

With this win, the Royals have moved up to the third spot in the points table with three consecutive wins after a hat-trick of defeats, while Deccan Chargers have dropped to the fourth position.

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Delhi Daredevils beat Royal Challengers Bangalor by 17 runs

Delhi Daredevils deat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 17 runs in the Indian Premier League match at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday.

Delhi Daredevils posted a challenging 183 for four against Royal Challengers. Walking out to defend the total, the Daredevils restricted the Bangalore team to 166 for nine in 20 overs.

It was a welcome victory for the Delhi side which had lost its last three matches on the trot.

Manish Pandey made a 29-ball 39 and Virat Kohli cracked an unbeaten 28-ball 33 but their efforts were not enough as the Delhi bowling order, led by Mishra (2/23), brought the visitors back in the match after RCB's flying start.

Chasing a challenging 184-run target, Royals Challengers went off to a solid start with openers Pandey and South African Jacques Kallis (27) producing a 71-run partnership.

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Australia beat Germany 2-1 to win WC Hockey crown

Australia beating the double defending champions 2-1 in the summit clash of the Hero Honda FIH World Cup in New Delhi on Saturday.

With this win, the Aussies have not only avenged their defeats in the last two editions of the tournament but also clinched their second world title.

For Australia, Edward Ockenden scored the first goal in the sixth minute while Luke Doerner converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute to become the top-scorer of the tournament along with Dutchman Taeke Taekema with eight goals apiece.

Moritz Furste scored the lone goal for the Germans in the 47th minute.

The Aussies had earlier won the title way back in 1986 in London but lost out in the finals against Germany in the last two World Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur (2002) and Monchengladbach, Germany (2006).

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PCB announce squad for T20 World Cup

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday announced a 15-member squad for the Twenty20 World Cup. PCB did not name the captain of the side.

The national selection committee recalled Muhammad Hafeez and Misbah-ul-Haq and picked under-19 all-rounder Hammad Azam in the side.

The squad also include the trio of Shahid Afridi, Kamran and Umar Akmal.

Speculation is high that all-rounder Abdul Razzaq or opener Salman Butt could be handed over the reins of the team.

The tournament will be held in West Indies from April 30.

Squad: Muhammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Yasir Arafat, Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Hammad Azam.

Reserves: Muhammad Sami, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naved Yasin, Raza Hasan, Shahzaib Hasan.

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India 8th in World Cup Hockey

India's hockey World Cup campaign ended with a 2-4 defeat against Argentina as the hosts finished a lowly eighth in the mega-event in New Delhi on Friday.

Argentina, meanwhile, registered their second seventh place finish in the tournament since 1994 when they defeated Korea on penalty strokes.

The Argentines started their campaign here with three straight defeats but bounced back strongly with three consecutive wins, including today's victory.

The eighth place finish can be seen as a marked improvement for the Indians who were 11th in the last edition of the tournament in Monchengladbach, Germany.

India could dig out only one victory against Pakistan in their first encounter and lost four and drew one out of the six matches they played in the tournament.

Incidentally, it was against the same opponents that India lost 2-3 in the ninth-12th classification match in Monchengladbach.

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Pakistan team quit after dismal World Cup Hockey

Pakistan's entire World Cup squad have announced their international retirement after finishing last at the 12-team tournament in India.

Pakistan lost 3-2 to Canada on Thursday which condemned them to 12th place, their worst ever showing at the tournament.

''All the players in the team accept their responsibility for the humiliating performance in the World Cup and have decided to retire,'' Ashraf told Geo News channel from New Delhi.

Earlier, the PHF said it had sacked coach Shahid Ali Khan as well as the team manager and selection committee.

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Yousuf, Younis barred for life; Malik banned for 1 year

Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday indefinitely barred its former captains Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf from playing for the country and imposed one-year bans on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia.

Pakistan were whitewashed in all three formats of the game in Australia and the PCB had set up an inquiry committee headed by Wasim Bari to probe the reasons for the debacle.

As recommended by the committee, former captain Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were handed one-year bans.

The inquiry committee had recommended that Yousuf and Younis should no longer be part of the national team in any format because of their bad influence on the team and that Malik and Rana be banned for 12 months and fined 2 million rupees each.

The Akmal brothers Kamran and Umar and Afridi have been put on probation for six months besides being fined between Rs 2-3 million for indiscipline on the tour, the PCB statement said.

The punishments are set to impact the composition of Pakistan's World Twenty20 Championship.

This is the first time in Pakistan cricket history that the Board has taken such strong disciplinary action against so many players at one time.

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Hockey World Cup 2010: Argentina register first win

Bottom placed Argentina scored their first win of the tournament, edging past New Zealand with a solitary goal in their penultimate Pool A match of the Hero Honda Hockey World Cup in New Delhi on Sunday.

Facundo Callioni scored the all-important goal in the 55th minute of the match for Argentina, who are already out of semifinal race after losing their first three matches.

New Zealand, who have six points from four matches, will have to beat defending champions Germany in their last match on 9th March for any hopes of qualifying for the semifinals.

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Hockey World Cup 2010: Korea beat Canada 9-2

Drag-flicker Jong Hyun Jang struck thrice as nimble-footed South Korea drubbed lowly Canada 9-2 in a high scoring match to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the hockey World Cup in New Delhi on Sunday.

Jang scored in the 35+3, 45th and 61st minutes while Hyun Woo Nam (23rd and 67th) and Hyo Sik You (41st and 63rd) struck twice each in the one-sided Pool A match.

Lee Nam Yong (38th) and Sung Hoon Yoon (40th) found the target once in the match, which saw second highest number of goals being scored in this World Cup, after Australia's 12-0 mauling of South Africa.

For Canada, who are already out of contention for a semifinal spot after losing all their earlier three matches, Philip Wright scored twice in the 42nd and 51st minutes at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

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England beat India by 3-2, qualify for Hockey World Cup semi-finals

European hockey champions England clinched a semi-final place in the men's World Cup by beating India 3-2 on Saturday, elsewhere, tournament favourites Australia defeated Spain 2-0 to close in on a semi-final spot.

European champions became the first team to reach the last four stage of the hockey World Cup.

Gurwinder Singh Chandi and skipper Rajpal Singh scored in the 54th and 58th minute respectively to cut down the lead to 2-3 for India after the European champions extended their lead over India to 3-0 within 11 minutes after halftime. England led the hosts 1-0 at halftime.

In-form Luke Doerner scored from a penalty corner to put world number two Australia 1-0 up in the 20th minute against Olympic silver medallists Spain.

Glenn Turner was also on target in the 60th as former champions Australia recorded their third victory in four matches in Pool B.

Australia, who won a record 10th Champions Trophy in December, thumped South Africa by a record 12-0 margin in their previous match.

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New Zealand keep alive semifinal hopes

New Zealand's 2-1 victory against South Korea keep alive their semifinal hopes in the hockey World Cup 2010 in New Delhi on Friday.

The Black Sticks, ranked three places below their opponents at eighth, scored through Andrew Hayward (fourth minute) and Dean Couzins (22nd) in their third Pool A match.

South Korea pulled one back with Lee Nam Yong scoring from a penalty stroke in the last minute.

With today's victory, New Zealand kept themselves in contention for a semifinal berth with two wins and a loss from three matches. They have two more matches to play -- against Argentina and Germany.

With a draw and a win from three matches, South Korea are not out of contention but they will find it difficult to make it to the semifinals as they play Canada and the Netherlands in their remaining matches.

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IPL to announce two new franchises

The two new franchises for the Indian Premier League's 2011 season will be announced in Mumbai on Sunday.

The base price for the two new franchises, which would take up the number of teams in the IPL to 10, has been fixed at USD 225 million.

The terms and conditions for the bidding process have been made stringent with each bidder having been asked to furnish a bank guarantee of USD 100 million along with their bid.

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IPL 2010 Schedule | IPL Live on free-to-air TV | IPL matches live in theatres

The third season of the Indian Premier League, to be held from March 12 to April 25, can be seen by cricket fans in the United Kingdom on ITV.

The UFO Movies will be showing the DLF IPL matches in 32 theatres across the state. The world's largest digital satellite cinema network has introduced a new platform to enjoy cricket live on large screens in multiplexes and single theatres across India in high definition format without advertisements.

Charuhas Satam, the strategic advisor of the UFO Movies India Ltd, said on Wednesday the company has bought the rights for 10 years from IPL.

Day	Date	Time	Match
Fri	12th Mar 2010	7 PM	Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Navi Mumbai)
Sat	13th Mar 2010	2 PM	Mumbai Indians vsRajasthan Royals (Mumbai)
Sat	13th Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils (Mohali)
Sun	14th Mar 2010	3 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Kolkata)
Sun	14th Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Deccan Chargers (Chennai)
Mon	15th Mar 2010	7 PM	Rajasthan Royals Vs Delhi Darevils (Ahmedabad)
Tue	16th Mar 2010	3 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab (Bangalore)
Tue	16th Mar 2010	7 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings (Kolkata)
Wed	17th Mar 2010	7 PM	Delhi Darevils vs Mumbai Indians (Delhi)
Thu	18th Mar 2010	7 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Rajasthan Royals (Bangalore)
Fri	19th Mar 2010	3 PM	Delhi Darevils vs Chennai Super Kings (Delhi)
Fri	19th Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Deccan Chargers vs Kings XI Punjab (Cuttack)
Sat	20th Mar 2010	3PM	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Ahmedabad)
Sat	20th Mar 2010	7 PM	Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Mumbai)
Sun	21st Mar 2010	3 PM	Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils (Cuttack)
Sun	21st Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Kings XI Punjab (Chennai)
Mon	22nd Mar 2010	7 PM	Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mumbai)
Tue	23rd Mar 2010	7 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings (Bangalore)
Wed	24th Mar 2010	7 PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Rajasthan Royals (Mohali)
Thu	25thMar 2010	7 PM	Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings (Mumbai)
Fri	26th Mar 2010	7 PM	Rajasthan Royals vs Deccan Chargers (Ahmedabad)
Sat	27th Mar 2010	3PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Mohali)
Sat	27th Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils (Bangalore)
Sun	28th Mar 2010	3 PM	Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings (Ahmedabad)
Sun	28th Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians (Navi Mumbai)
Mon	29th Mar 2010	7 PM	Delhi Daredevils vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Delhi)
Tue	30th Mar 2010	7 PM	Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab (Mumbai)
Wed	31st Mar 2010	3 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Chennai)
Wed	31st Mar 2010	7:30 PM	Delhi Daredevils vs Rajasthan Royals (Delhi)
Thu	1st Apr 2010	7 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers (Kolkata)
Fri	2nd Apr 2010	7 PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Mohali)
Sat	3rd Apr 2010	3 PM	Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers (Mumbai)
Sat	3rd Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals (Chennai)
Sun	4th Apr 2010	3 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab (Kolkata)
Sun	4th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Delhi Daredevils vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Delhi)
Mon	5th Apr 2010	7 PM	Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals (Nagpur)
Tue	6th Apr 2010	7 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians (Chennai)
Wed	7th Apr 2010	3 PM	Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab (Jaipur)
Wed	7th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Daredevils (Kolkata)
Thu	8th Apr 2010	7 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Deccan Chargers (Bangalore)
Fri	9th Apr 2010	7 PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians (Mohali)
Sat	10th Apr 2010	3 PM	Deccan Chargers vs Chennai Super Kings (Nagpur)
Sat	10th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Bangalore)
Sun	11thApr 2010	3 PM	Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab (Delhi)
Sun	11th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Rajasthan Royals vs Mumbai Indians (Jaipur)
Mon	12th Apr 2010	7 PM	Deccan Charger vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Nagpur)
Tue	13th Apr 2010	3 PM	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils (Mumbai)
Tue	13th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (Chennai)
Wed	14th Apr 2010	7 PM	Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Jaipur)
Thu	15th Apr 2010	7 PM	Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils (Chennai)
Fri	16th Apr 2010	7 PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers (Dharamsala)
Sat	17th Apr 2010	3 PM	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians (Bangalore)
Sat	17th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals (Kolkata)
Sun	18th Apr 2010	3 PM	Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings (Dharamsala)
Sun	18th Apr 2010	7:30 PM	Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers (Delhi)
Mon	19th Apr 2010	7 PM	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians (Kolkata)
Wed	21st Apr 2010	7 PM	Semi- Final 1 (Bangalore)
Thu	22nd Apr 2010	7 PM	Semi- Final 2 (Bangalore)
Sun	25th Apr 2010	7 PM	Final (Mumbai)
Note: Please note this is a tentative schedule and subject to change

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World Cup Hockey : India to take on Spain today

On Thursday, India will take on Spain in a crucial Pool B encounter of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi .

After drubbing Pakistan 4-1 in their tournament opener, Australia completely outplayed India on Wednesday night.

If pace and fitness was all about Australia, world number three Spain is known for its flair and one-touch hockey and the Indian defence cannot afford to relax at any moment and repeat the mistakes they committed against Australia.

A defeat on Thursday will severely dent India's semifinal chances.

The Indian forwardline, which missed the banned Shivendra Singh, completely looked off-colour on Tuesday with Prabhjot Singh and Deepak Thakur doing very little to prove their presence in the game.

But with the two-match suspension ruling Shivendra out of the next match, the trio of Deepak, Prabhjot and captain Rajpal Singh will have to rise to the occasion and come out with more innovative ideas to beat the Spanish defence.

The Indians will also have to do away with their perennial habit of holding on to the ball for longer, a mistake which proved costly against Australia.

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Australia beat India 5-2 in Hockey World Cup

India's poor record against the Australia continued. They had won only one of six World Cup encounters against the men from Down Under, drawing 1 and losing 4.

Their sole World Cup victory against the Aussies was 32 years ago, in 1978, in Buenos Aires, when they won 2-0. The last World Cup encounter between the teams in 2002 resulted in a 4-3 victory for Australia.

The hosts were down by a goal as early as the second minute when Liam De Young dispatched the ball home after it came off the crossbar.

Australia forced their first penalty-corner in the ninth minute as India got a referral wrong and Glenn Turner made no mistake with his flick to make it 2-0.

The Aussies maintained the pressure, repeatedly raiding the Indian citadel from the flanks, and struck again in the 26th minute after De Young and Robert Hammond worked their into the circle and found space for Desmond Abbot to tap the ball past Adrian D'Souza in the Indian goal. D'Souza had, a little earlier, brought off a good save.

India pulled a goal back at the stroke of half-time when Vikram Pillay trapped a long hit from the right and found the roof of the net.

But two goals within two minutes in at the start of the second session put the Aussies high in the saddle and India looked heading for a tennis scoreline defeat.

Luke Doerner made it 4-1 from a penalty-corner in the 42nd minute and Turner got his name again on the score sheet with a field goal a minute later.

Rajpal Singh reduced the margin with a field goal in the 53rd minute after being put in possession by Arjun Halappa.

Five minutes from time, the Aussies could have added to the tally but were denied by goalkeeper D'Souza who saved a penalty stroke from Jaime Dwyer. It was Dwyer's second miss from the spot in the tournament.

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Real Madrid, Barcelona top sport’s finances

The Spanish rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona took first and second place in Deloitte’s annual study of the sport’s finances, with English champion Manchester United slipping a place to third because of the weakness of the British pound rather than its 716.5 million pound ($1.07 billion) debt.

Madrid generated 401.4 million euros ($567.3 million) in the 12 months ending June 30, according to the report released Tuesday by British accountancy firm Deloitte.

European champion Barcelona was ranked second in the list of 20 biggest clubs according to revenue with 365.9 million euros ($517.2 million), moving up a place to return to the position it occupied two years ago.

Although the economic downturn meant that nine clubs showed a decrease in revenue in local currency, the combined income of the top 20 clubs was up about 26 million euros ($36.7 million) from the previous year at 3.9 billion euros ($5.5 billion).

Despite a disappointing season in which it finished runner-up in Spain to Barcelona and again failed to progress beyond the second round round of the Champions League, Madrid kept first place in Deloitte’s list for a fifth straight year.

Madrid’s contract with Mediapro helped push up income from broadcast 18 percent to 160.8 million euros ($227.3 million). Manchester United generated 43.7 million euros ($61.8 million) less from broadcasting than Madrid despite receiving 18.1 million euros ($25.6 million) more from Champions League distributions.

Manchester United generated 327 million euros ($462.2 million), including 127.7 million euros ($180.5 million) in match-day revenue.

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Hockey World Cup 2010 : New Zealand beat Canada

Canada's defeat against New Zealand came just hours after their men's ice hockey team had won Olympic gold with a 3-2 victory over the USA in Vancouver.

Canada opened the scoring in the Pool A match through Mark Pearson's second-minute strike but Priyesh Bhana equalized for New Zealand in the 11th minute.

Canada went into the interval 2-1 up after Philip Wright's opportunistic shot in the 20th.

New Zealand dominated in midfield in the second session and leveled through a penalty corner conversion by Nick Haig in the 46th.

Archibald put the Kiwis in front three minutes from fulltime with a strike from the top of the striking circle.

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Manchester United beat Aston Villa by 2 - 1

Wayne Rooney was the Carling Cup final head boy as Manchester United came from behind to retain a knockout competition for the first time with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa.

After starting as a substitute, Rooney was only on the pitch because of an injury to Michael Owen, who had levelled James Milner's fourth-minute penalty.

He was not going to let that inconvenience stop him becoming the Wembley match-winner against Villa though and 16 minutes from time, Rooney got on the end of Antonio Valencia's cross and looped home yet another headed goal - his fifth in a row - to take his goal tally for the season to 28 and allow United to retain the trophy after a thrilling Wembley encounter Sir Alex Ferguson feared was not possible.

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Hockey World Cup : India beat Pakistan 4-1

India beat Pakistan 4-1 in the Hero Honda Hockey World Cup at Major Dhayan Chand Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday night.

India took a 1-0 lead when Shivendra Singh converted one penalty corner to goal in the 27th minute.

Sandeep Singh gave India an upper hand as he scored the second goal for the hosts in the 35th minute.

In the early minutes of second-half of the match, Prabhjot Singh scored the third goal.

India has faced Pakistan 4 times in the World Cup and both have won twice each.

Earlier in the day formidable Spain started their hockey World Cup campaign on a perfect note, outclassing lowly South Africa 4-2 in the inaugural match of the quadrennial event at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.

In the second match of opening day England defeated Australia 3-2 at the Major Dhayan Stadium in New Delhi.

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Hockey World Cup 2010 Schedule and Fixtures

Hero Honda FIH World Cup Men 2010: The Hero Honda FIH World Cup
2010 start on Sunday with the top twelve teams in the world.
The 2010 Hockey World Cup will be held in India. It will be played from Feb 28 to March 13, 2010 at New Delhi’s Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
The teams have been divided into to two Pools which were announced by the FIH on December 15, 2009.
Pool A: Germany, Netherlands, Korea, New Zealand, Canada, Argentina.
Pool B: Australia, Spain, England, Pakistan, India, South Africa.

Schedule & Fixtures – Men
	Time	Pool	Teams			Score
Sunday 28 February
01	16:35	B	South Africa	:	Spain	0:0 (0:0)
02	18:35	B	Australia	:	England	0:0 (0:0)
03	20:35	B	Pakistan	:	India	0:0 (0:0)
Monday 1 March
04	16:35	A	New Zealand	:	Canada	0:0 (0:0)
05	18:35	A	Germany	:	Korea	0:0 (0:0)
06	20:35	A	Netherlands	:	Argentina	0:0 (0:0)
Tuesday 2 March
07	16:35	B	South Africa	:	England	0:0 (0:0)
08	18:35	B	Pakistan	:	Spain	0:0 (0:0)
09	20:35	B	India	:	Australia	0:0 (0:0)
Wednesday 3 March
10	16:35	A	Canada	:	Germany	0:0 (0:0)
11	18:35	A	Argentina	:	Korea	0:0 (0:0)
12	20:35	A	New Zealand	:	Netherlands	0:0 (0:0)
Thursday 4 March
13	16:35	B	South Africa	:	Australia	0:0 (0:0)
14	18:35	B	England	:	Pakistan	0:0 (0:0)
15	20:35	B	Spain	:	India	0:0 (0:0)
Friday 5 March
16	16:35	A	Korea	:	New Zealand	0:0 (0:0)
17	18:35	A	Netherlands	:	Canada	0:0 (0:0)
18	20:35	A	Germany	:	Argentina	0:0 (0:0)
Saturday 6 March
19	16:35	B	Australia	:	Spain	0:0 (0:0)
20	18:35	B	South Africa	:	Pakistan	0:0 (0:0)
21	20:35	B	England	:	India	0:0 (0:0)
Sunday 7 March
22	16:35	A	Korea	:	Canada	0:0 (0:0)
23	18:35	A	New Zealand	:	Argentina	0:0 (0:0)
24	20:35	A	Germany	:	Netherlands	0:0 (0:0)
Monday 8 March
25	16:35	B	Spain	:	England	0:0 (0:0)
26	18:35	B	Australia	:	Pakistan	0:0 (0:0)
27	20:35	B	South Africa	:	India	0:0 (0:0)
Tuesday 9 March
28	16:35	A	Germany	:	New Zealand	0:0 (0:0)
29	18:35	A	Netherlands	:	Korea	0:0 (0:0)
30	20:35	A	Canada	:	Argentina	0:0 (0:0)
Thursday 11 March
31	15:35	11-12	6A	:	6B	0:0 (0:0)
32	18:05	semi	1A	:	2B	0:0 (0:0)
33	20:35	semi	1B	:	2A	0:0 (0:0)
Friday 12 March
34	15:35	9-10	5A	:	5B	0:0 (0:0)
35	18:05	7-8	4A	:	4B	0:0 (0:0)
36	20:35	5-6	3A	:	3B	0:0 (0:0)
Saturday 13 March
37	15:35	Bronze		:		0:0 (0:0)
38	18:05	Gold		:		0:0 (0:0)

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