UAE allrounder Rohan Mustafa eyeing dream return to Australia
Rohan Mustafa is urging the UAE to remain on the attack as he eyes a dream return to Australia for a World Cup.
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FIH Women's World Cup: India grouped with England, New Zealand and China
Women's Hockey World Cup, the country's governing body for the sport said on Thursday. The tournament will be held in Spain and Netherlands from July 1. The Indian team recently secured its qualification for the World Cup after finishing third in the Asia Cup in Muscat.
Tour of Oman: British sprinter Mark Cavendish misses out on victory in points classification as Jan Hirt wins overall race
Mark Cavendish missed out on the green jersey at the Tour of Oman after being impeded in the final sprint finish by Maximiliano Richeze, who was later disqualified.
When Nepal lost a cricket match, but won everyone's hearts with a spirit of cricket gesture
Nepal lost a closely-fought Twenty20 International game against Ireland but they may have won the hearts of the entire cricket world. In a rare on-field instance that would perfectly embody the spirit of cricket, Nepal wicketkeeper refrained from running out an Ireland batsman who had the bowler obstructing him while taking a run. “Yesterday was a really special day. It was a magic moment in the game,” Andrew Leonard, the Irish cricket commentator, who was on air at that time, told TOI on Tuesday.
FIH Pro League will be about fine tuning our game play: Indian women coach Schopman
FIH Pro League will help the Indian women hockey team fine-tune its gameplan ahead of major tournaments this year, says chief coach Janneke Schopman, who also hinted at some experimentation during the event. The Indian team has a packed calendar ahead with several big-ticket tournaments like the World Cup, Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games scheduled. "I want our team to perform and to be able to be at our best in a tournament like the World Cup or Asian Games.
Mark Cavendish stripped of green jersey and fined at Tour of Oman after crash on Stage 5
Mark Cavendish has been stripped of the green jersey and fined at the Tour of Oman following his crash on Stage 5 on Monday. Having taken a hard fall ahead of the ascent up the Green Mountain, Cavendish has subsequently been docked nine green jersey points for “pushing off a vehicle” on three occasions.
Mark Cavendish says he was 'lucky' not to be badly hurt in crash on Stage 5 of Tour of Oman
Mark Cavendish said he considered himself «lucky» not to have sustained worse injuries in his crash on Stage 5 of the Tour of Oman. Cavendish came down together with Groupama-FDJ's Ignatas Konovalovas at 62km to go, with the two riders tumbling across the tarmac as the peloton broke up in the windy conditions.
Jan Hirt wins Stage 5 of Tour of Oman to take red jersey, Mark Cavendish remains in green jersey
Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux’s Jan Hirt won Stage 5 of the Tour of Oman, opening up a gap between himself and Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Fausto Masnada and taking the red leader’s jersey in the process. Having led solo during the final kilometre, the Czech rider won atop the Green Mountain comfortably, finishing 39 seconds ahead of Arkea-Samsic’s Kevin Vauquelin.