The leading scorers in the 12th Men's Hockey World Cup at the conclusion of the semi-finals.
The Football Association has rejected appeals by Chelsea left back Ashley Cole and Aston Villa defender Zat Knight for wrongful dismissal in the 4-4 draw between the teams in the Premier League on Wednesday.
Nancy Barry, president of NBA Enterprise Solutions to Poverty and former president of Women's World Banking, is set to have an Ahmedabad connection.
England internationals were the target of boos up and down the country on Saturday in a backlash to the national team's failure to qualify for Euro 2008.
Chocolate-lovers may soon find their chocolate dearer if the problems plaguing the industry continue. Raw material costs have risen by more than 20 per cent in the last 10 months.
David Beckham and goalkeeper Paul Robinson have been dropped for England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia.
They performed 'abhishek' of Shri Nilkanth Varni before being escorted to the Haveli foyer to have a view of the building's architecture.
Corbus India, RMSI and Hytech Professionals may be lesser known companies IT space compared to peer group but they rank as the top three firms in Nasscom's 'Exciting Emerging Companies to Work for' list.The other companies in the list of 15 are Nagarro Software, VCustomer, e4e Business Solutions, Synergy India, Ajuba Solutions, Mindlogicx, Nucleus Software, Infogain, ValueLabs, Barry-Wehmiller, GlobalLogic and AgreeYa.
Three Indian cricketing legends -- Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi -- figured among the 55 former players named on Friday in the ICC's inaugural Hall of Fame list as part of its centenary celebrations. Launching the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in Sydney, Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said the initiative, in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA), would provide the chance for the game to recognise its greatest achievers.
Rangers were indebted to goalkeeper Allan McGregor for keeping Barcelona at bay in a goalless draw at Ibrox in their Champions League Group E encounter on Tuesday.
Scotland flew out to Georgia on Monday boosted by the news that Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher may have recovered enough from injury to start in their Euro 2008 Group B qualifier.
Tottenham Hotspur rallied to hold Aston Villa 4-4 in a Premier League match after two dreadful errors from England goalkeeper Paul Robinson looked to have sunk them.
"While telecom operators may get a licence for spectrum and have the money to build networks, they may not necessarily have the management skills. We are in talks to explore possibilities of knowledge transfer and help operators build capacities by lowering entry barriers," said Barry West, CTO, Sprint, and president, Xohm. Globally, Sprint is not doing well. It is now banking on WiMax to boost its revenues.
United Way, an alliance of MNCs and social agents, works on a belief that philanthropy finds new ways of giving in times of economic distress, says Sreelatha Menon.
It said that it is seeking the partnership of individuals at all levels to give of their time, their talent or their treasure toward the goal of expansion of United Ways across India, and become involved in the United Way Friends of India program.
Steven Gerrard, John Terry, David Beckham, Michael Owen and Owen Hargreaves have been included in the 28-man squad for next Wednesday's friendly against Germany at Wembley.
Udinese inflicted more misery on hapless Tottenham Hotspur with a 2-0 UEFA Cup group stage victory.
The FBI has announced the arrest David Hans Schmidt in the stolen photographs case of Tom Cruise.
These 10 entrepreneurial stars could rule the celebrity-industrial complex for years to come.
Zed said he had not received a single hate mail "or any kind of nasty mail at all. I have not got any negative mail or correspondence."
Shane Warne was given six penalty points by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday for abusing an umpire after being given out LBW playing for Hampshire in a county match last week.
Manchester City are in danger of an early exit from Europe after a shock 1-0 home defeat by Danish side Midtjylland in their UEFA Cup second qualifying round first-leg match on Thursday.
England coach Steve McClaren is hoping defenders Micah Richards and Jonathan Woodgate will shrug off injuries in time for their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Israel and Andorra.
Jyoti Randhawa took a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Singapore Masters.
The Indian golfer produced a sizzling opening round seven-under 65 in the Singapore Masters.
Batsman Mike Hussey believes four teams will be the main threats to Australia when they defend their World Cup title in the West Indies.
Celtic scored two goals in the final two minutes to snatch a 2-1 win at Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Sunday in a Scottish FA Cup quarter-final clash.
How billionaires from India and Taiwan saw a need, followed through and hit the jackpot.
Sun Pharma on Thursday threatened legal action against Israel's $313 million Taro Pharmaceuticals, which unilaterally terminated a $454 million all-cash merger deal on Wednesday that would have catapulted the Rs 2404 crore Indian firm into the big league.
Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg won their first European silverware when they secured a 2-0 victory over Rangers in the UEFA Cup final.
The cleric, who is fighting a legal battle against his deportation, said that he does not remember the last conversation he had with his brother.
Both Goyal and Mallya had figured in Forbes' annual list of world's billionaires published earlier last month, where Mukesh and Anil Ambani were named as two richest in India. According to Forbes, Goyal's fortune is valued at $ 1.4 billion, while that of Mallya is $ 1.2 billion. Naresh Goyal and Vijay Mallya are both vying for dominance of Indian skies. The are the only Indian names on the list. It also includes the feud between Russia's Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov
U.S. prosecutors indicted a former professional American cyclist on Thursday for lying about past use of steroids before the BALCO grand jury investigating doping in professional sports.
Smart goalkeeping by Thomas Sorensen enabled Aston Villa hold Wigan Athletic 0-0 in the English Premier League.
Born in Hamilton, Canada, Bhargava spent most of his early years in Long Island, New York. He received his AB in mathematics summa cum laude (with highest honours) from Harvard in 1996 and his PhD from Princeton in 2001. After holding visiting positions at MSRI, the Institute for Advanced Study, and Harvard University, he joined the faculty at Princeton as professor of mathematics in 2003. He was also named the Clay Mathematics Institute's first Five-Year Long-Term Prize Fell
Great Britain held on to two first-half goals to beat India in the final of the Olympic hockey qualifier and deny the eight-time champions a berth in the Beijing Olympics. Eight-time gold medallists India failed to make it to the Olympics for the first time since their debut in 1928.
The 94-year-old economist was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University from 1977 to 2006.
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