Tag: Australia

The Indian women's hockey team made history on Monday as it stormed into the semifinals of the Olympic Games hockey tournament for the first time.

Bhubaneswar: Top four teams of the world Australia, Belgium, England and Netherlands will lock horns with each other to book a place in the finals of the on-going Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium here today. While Belgium will take on England in the first semi-final, Australia will face the Netherlands in […]

Bhubaneswar: After team Australia and support staff arrived at the Bhubaneswar airport amid tight security today, team coach, ‎Colin Batch in an interview to OTV, sounded confident of a superb show to defend the title in Bhubaneswar. “Preparations have been good and we have got a bunch of guys fully fit and we are looking […]

Bhubaneswar/Gold Coast (Australia): With 26 gold medals, India has finished at number three at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) which concludes today at Gold Coast in Australia. India managed to win just one gold medal and four silver medals on the final day after clinching eight golds yesterday. India has bagged 26 gold, 20 silver […]

Gold Coast (Australia): Indian athletes clinched as many as eight gold medals on the penultimate day of the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) being held in Gold Coast in Australia. India has 59 medals in total with 25 gold medals in the games so far. India has won 16 silver and 18 bronze medals till now […]

Canberra/New Delhi: Australian skipper Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner were suspended by Cricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday for 12 months each and Cameron Bancroft for nine months over a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. The decision by Cricket Australia came after four days of the expose. CA Chief Executive James Sutherland met the […]

Canberra/Bhubaneswar: From ‘Pipili Chandua’ to ‘Konark Chakra’, Australians have found a unique way to celebrate the rich cultural heritage and tradition of Odisha in their capital city Canberra. Odissi music and melodious ‘Jagannath Bhajans’ echoed in the Australian city during a special event -“Odisha on London.” “Odisha on London”, was organized by the local Odia […]

Sydney: Australian cricketers Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell will miss their first Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. They will be missing the  game between Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils on April 8 at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Finch, who was bought by the Kings XI Punjab will tie the knot with fiancee […]

Bhubaneswar/Tauranga (New Zealand) : Australia and India will lock horns in the final game of the ongoing ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand tomorrow. The Prithvi Shaw-led Indian team has been unbeaten so far in the tourney and has also defeated Australia earlier in this World Cup by an impressive margin of […]

Kolkata: Their tails up after overcoming initial jolts to pull off an emphatic victory in the series opener against Australia, India would look to retain the momentum in the second One-Day International on Thursday despite the leaden eyed skies threatening to play spoilsport here at the Eden Gardens. India were down in the dumps at […]

Melbourne: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Saturday said pacer Ishant Sharma and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja are not fit for the team’s opening game in the ODI tri-series against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here Sunday. Dhoni said the tri-nation series against Australia and England will be a preparation ground for India’s World Cup […]

New Delhi: Google on Friday dedicated a doodle celebrating wildlife conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin’s life and legacy, whom many grew up watching wrestling giant crocodiles in the Australian wilderness. A zookeeper by profession, Irwin achieved worldwide fame from his television series “The Crocodile Hunter”. A typical “Aussie” mate, who would have been 57 […]

Melbourne: Australia’s vulnerability to quality leg-spin was exposed by Yuzvendra Chahal, who returned with his second overseas fifer to help India restrict the hosts for a megre 230 in the series-deciding third ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Friday. Playing his first match of the series, Chahal wrecked havoc in the Australian […]

Sydney: Opener Rohit Sharma’s valiant century went in vain as India lost the opening One-day International to Australia by 34 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Saturday. Chasing a healthy 289, Rohit anchored India’s innings with a breezy 129-ball 133, laced with 10 fours and six sixes to overcome a sloppy start […]

Sydney: Some fantastic middle-order batting by Australia helped them post 288/5 against India in the first ODI of the three-match rubber at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on Saturday. After a poor beginning, the Australian middle-order stepped up when it was needed the most and four good knocks guided them to reach a good total. […]