NEW DELHI, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The inaugural edition of
India’s Premier League Soccer (PLS), featuring World Cup winner
Fabio Cannavaro and former France international Robert Pires,
has been postponed because of a lack of venues, organisers told
Reuters on Wednesday.

The six-team competition, modelled on the successful Indian
Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament, was slated for
a March 24 start in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal but
the organisers said they could not secure the stadiums owned by
the state government.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has rejected India’s calls to terminate Dow Chemicals’ sponsorship deal with the IOC and 2012 London Games and called on the country to recognise Dow’s contribution to the Olympic Movement.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has demanded London 2012 terminate its deal with the U.S. firm because of its links to India’s 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed thousands of people.

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (Reuters) – International Olympic
Committee President Jacques Rogge has rejected India’s calls to
terminate Dow Chemicals’ sponsorship deal with the IOC and 2012
London Games and called on the country to recognise Dow’s
contribution to the Olympic Movement.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has demanded London
2012 terminate its deal with the U.S. firm because of its links
to India’s 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed thousands of
people.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian hockey has fallen on hard times but captain Bharat Chetri believes it is his destiny to lead the team to the London Olympics and snatch a new generation of players away from cricket’s grasp.

India are the most successful hockey nation in Olympic history but collected the last of their eight gold medals in 1980. The game has been in steady decline in recent years and hit a nadir when India failed to qualify for the Beijing Games.

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (Reuters) – Indian hockey has fallen
on hard times but captain Bharat Chetri believes it is his
destiny to lead the team to the London Olympics and snatch a new
generation of players away from cricket’s grasp.

India are the most successful hockey nation in Olympic
history but collected the last of their eight gold medals in
1980. The game has been in steady decline in recent years and
hit a nadir when India failed to qualify for the Beijing Games.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Having modelled the aggressive style of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to claim an Olympic berth, Indian boxer L. Devendro Singh knows curbing those attacking instincts is the only way to achieve his dream of a medal at the London Games.

“I’m a naturally aggressive boxer but need to learn how to counter-attack better,” the shy Manipur boxer, who will turn 20 next month, told Reuters at a Delhi hotel.

NEW DELHI, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Having modelled the
aggressive style of former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson to
claim an Olympic berth, Indian boxer L. Devendro Singh knows
curbing those attacking instincts is the only way to achieve his
dream of a medal at the London Games.

“I’m a naturally aggressive boxer but need to learn how to
counter-attack better,” the shy Manipur boxer, who will turn 20
next month, told Reuters at a Delhi hotel.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – London’s Olympics offer the seemingly ageless Leander Paes the chance to outdo his father in the medals stakes and to crown his doubles tennis career.

Paes’s eyes still light up at the mention of the singles bronze he won at the Atlanta Games in 1996, ending India’s 44-year wait for an individual Olympic medal.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – London’s Olympics offer the seemingly ageless Leander Paes the chance to outdo his father in the medals stakes and to crown his doubles tennis career.

Paes’s eyes still light up at the mention of the singles bronze he won at the Atlanta Games in 1996, ending India’s 44-year wait for an individual Olympic medal.

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) – London’s Olympics offer
the seemingly ageless Leander Paes the chance to outdo his
father in the medals stakes and to crown his doubles tennis
career.

Paes’s eyes still light up at the mention of the singles
bronze he won at the Atlanta Games in 1996, ending India’s
44-year wait for an individual Olympic medal.