It is time to think and do something drastically differently to boost tourism into India, writes Mahesh Vijapurkar.
The Indo-Czech pair clinched one of the three remaining berths for season-ending event from Nov 8 to 16.
Manchester United's lead in England was cut to three points when they could only play out a 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough while Chelsea won 2-0 at Manchester City. A round-up of weekend action in the main European leagues.
With a year to go before the World Cup, the big challenge left for organisers is to make the tournament a festival for fans from around the globe.
A survey conducted by Swiss banking giant UBS found Oslo to be the most expensive in the world.
AS Roma and Juventus lost on their domestic returns from midweek UEFA Champions League action as their miserable starts to the season continued. In England, frontrunners Liverpool and Chelsea fared better with wins while Valencia top the table on goal difference in Spain and Lazio, Udinese and champions Inter Milan share the lead in Italy.
India's coach says the team is looking to achieve some 'long-standing goals' at the champions Trophy.
Tim Henman and Juan Carlos Ferrero slumped to demoralising defeats in the second round.
Deedar Singh was the lone new face in place of an indisposed Sandeep Michael.
I really hope that Lennox will change his mind and that we will have the rematch before 2003 is over," says Vitali Klitschko.
Coria will play Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco came back from the brink of defeat to beat the top seed 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the last 16 of the Rome Masters.
Inter Milan went 10 points clear in Serie A, while French champions Olympique Lyon were knocked off the top of the Ligue 1 table by Olympique Marseille.
Members of the Indian hockey team relished the short break in the serene surroundings of Barog in Himachal Pradesh.
Coach Rajinder Singh said 'the aim is to unwind and train at the same time'.
Nadal will meet defending champion Guillermo Coria in the final of the Monte Carlo Masters.
The Indian hockey captain said it will only benefit the game in the country.
A summary of Tuesday night's matches in the Champions League.
A clearer picture of the likely qualifiers for the knockout phase of the Champions League should emerge as the group stage reaches its halfway point this week.
Rajinder Singh, however, said he is concerned about the team's field goal scoring abilities.
IHF chief KPS Gill expressed confidence of the team doing well in the upcoming Champions Trophy.
India scored twice in each half for a 4-1 win in the Hamburg Masters hockey tournament.
Jugraj Singh converted apenalty-corner in the last minute to earn India a 2-2 draw in the one-off hockey Test.
The Indian captain said he will sign off his international hockey career only after winning an Olympic medal.
Baljit Singh Dhillon and Mukesh Kumar were the notable absentees on the first day of the camp.
The second seed was shocked by seventh seeded Argentinian Guillermo Coria in the quarter-finals of the French Open.
The Indian ace won his men's doubles and mixed doubles matches at the french Open on Saturday.
Bayer Leverkusen will be without five regulars when they taken Liverpool in the Champions League knock-out tie.
His combination with Max Mirnyi, with whom he won the US Open doubles\n\ncrown last year, has brought him tremendous success.
Former world number one Carlos Moya confidently leads another Spanish assault on the red clay of Roland Garros next week.
Australian Davis Cup captain leapt to the defence Hewitt after he was involved in a heated exchange with an umpire.
The world No. 1 needed more than three-and-a-half hours to beat Arnaud Clement and reach the third round of the Hamburg Masters.\n
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