Australia brings India crashing to earth

Australia brings India crashing to earth

NEW DELHI: With a display that was energetic and enterprising, not to mention the degree of all round efficiency, Australia smashed the euphoria born out of the win against Pakistan, by inflicting a heavy 5-2 defeat on India in a pool B encounter in the Hero Honda hockey World Cup on Tuesday.

Shane Warne

Warne mingles with Indian students to allay fears

MELBOURNE: Australian spin legend Shane Warne today stepped in to mend his country's fractured ties with India,

Tony Abott

Melbourne not safe for Indians: Oz opposition leader

MELBOURNE: Australia's Opposition Leader Tony Abott said on Tuesday that streets of Melbourne are not safe for Indians and the government should spend money on policing and preventing racial attacks to improve relationship.

Justin Vaughan

Australia, NZ on standby for 2011 WC: NZC chief

CHRISTCHURCH: Australia and New Zealand are on standby to host the 2011 cricket World Cup if the terror threat in the sub-continent is found to be too high, NZC CEO Justin Vaughan has claimed.

Virender Sehwag

Sehwag says India can save first Test

NAGPUR: India may be facing the prospect of an innings defeat inside four days but dashing opener Virender Sehwag on Monday sounded confident that the hosts would pull a rabbit out of the hat and save the opening Test against South Africa. "Against Australia (in 2001) we had followed on and won.

Australia asks

Australia asks India not to fuel ‘hysteria’ over student’s killing

Melbourne: Australia today asked India not to whip up “hysteria” over a young expatriate’s murder here saying such incidents occur everywhere including in Mumbai,

Nathan Hauritz

Hauritz fiver helps Oz win big

MELBOURNE: Chasing a mammoth total of 422 runs, Pakistan had a daunting task of surviving the penultimate day of the first Test match here,

Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf wants Younis Khan for ODIs

NEW DELHI: Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has said he had requested Younis Khan to make himself available for the one-day series in Australia in January, after the Tests.

MS Dhoni

India may lose No. 1 rank soon for lack of Test fixtures

NEW DELHI: India have become world No. 1 in Tests, but may not stay there for very long.

Manmohan Singh and Kevin Rudd

Singh-Rudd talks to focus on Australia’s climate change proposal

NEW DELHI: Australia’s proposal for a climate change agreement for Copenhagen is expected to come up for discussion between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.