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Asia Cup: Indian eves jubilant over win

Asia Cup: Indian eves jubilant over win The Indian women cricket team has returned after a successful tour from Pakistan, winning the Asia Cup for the second time. In the final, India put up a good score of 259 and skipper Maithili Raj hit her second century of the tournament. Speaking to reporters, the captain was all praise for her team, which convincingly won all the four league matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. "It was very nice to see all the bowlers and batsmen in form. The team played very well, hope it continues this way," she said. And with the men's team

Australia vow to go into Asia with all guns blazing

Australia vow to go into Asia with all guns blazing Australia have vowed to go on the attack in their opening Asian Cup qualifier in Bahrain next week. The Australians will be without most of their top European-based players, including forwards Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka, because of their Champions League and UEFA Cup commitments. But assistant coach Johan Neeskens said the absence of leading players would not change Australia's approach to their first Asian Cup qualifier since ditching the Oceania Football Confederation. "A lot of people overseas don't expect much from this team because all the big stars cannot come because of other

Japans soccer team loses to Saudi Arabia in Asia Cup qualifying

Japans soccer team loses to Saudi Arabia in Asia Cup qualifying Japans soccer team lost to Saudi Arabia 1-0 on Sunday in a qualifier for the 2007 Asia Cup. Japan looked to be getting on top in the first half when forward Tatsuya Tanaka and midfielder Yasuhito Endo launched shots on goal, but Saudi Arabias goalkeeper saved the day. Saudi Arabia scored its match-winning goal in the 73rd minute when Saleh Bashir collected a deflected ball inside the area before steering his shot past goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi. Even without any pressure, we often gave the ball to our opponents. We played like children, said

Bhutia named captain for Asia Cup

Bhutia named captain for Asia Cup Mercurial striker Baichung Bhutia, though struggling with injury, was on Monday named captain of the 24-member Indian team for the AFC Asia Cup qualifying round match against Japan to be played at Yokohama on February 22. The team will also travel to Hong Kong for a friendly with the hosts. The squad was picked from a pool of 28 players who sweated it out in a camp under chief coach Syed Naeemuddin. The team comprises three goalkeepers, seven defenders, six midfielders and four strikers, besides four standbys. Straddled with injury, the team was sans Climax Lawrence, Samir Naik

Googly point: Asia Cup put off for now

Googly point: Asia Cup put off for now MUMBAI: The Asia Cup limited overs tournament, slated to be held in Pakistan from February 14 to 28 next year, has been put off indefinitely, the Indian Cricket Board announced on Sunday. Making the announcement, BCCI president Sharad Pawar told reporters that it would now be rescheduled at a “later mutually convenient date”. “I had a meeting today with the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan and we took a few decisions. One of these was to postpone the Asia Cup to a future mutually convenient date,” Mr Pawar said. Consequent to this