PM's boost for hockey Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday instructed India's top sports officials to immediately install floodlights at the venue where the hockey team will train for the 2008 Olympic qualifying tournament.
Match-fixing allegations
Samuels faces WICB probe West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels will face an investigation by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) over alleged links with a bookmaker during a one-day tour of India in January.
Hamza tops in men's category
Sinimol bags 1500M gold Sinimol Paulose and Chatholi Hamza produced a golden double for India, winning the women's and men's metric mile at the second Asian Indoor Games at the Macau Asian Games dome on Wednesday.
BOXING / World Championships
Lakra qualifies for Olympics Anthresh Lalit Lakra became the first Indian pugilist to qualify for next year's Beijing Olympics after he defeated European silver medallist Shahin Imranov to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Boxing Championships here.
Santoro ousts Djokovic Frenchman Fabrice Santoro thrilled the home crowd by crushing world number three Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, with wife Gursharan Kaur by his side, shows off the hockey stick presented by India’s captain Prabodh Tirkey during a felicitation function for the Asia Cup-winning team on Wednesday. PTI
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