David Beckham’s dream of playing in a fourth World Cup shattered after he tore an Achilles tendon in AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday.
Beckham was unchallenged when he suffered the injury and hobbled off in pain before being stretchered away. The 34-year-old was hoping to be part of England’s World Cup squad in June, but instead will fly to Finland today for specialist surgery. ‘A rupture of the Achilles tendon is suspected’, said an AC Milan statement.
Beckham, who is in his second loan stint with Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, will now almost certainly not be fit for the World Cup in South Africa which starts on 11 June. AC Milan team-mate Ignazio Abate said the England star was inconsolable. “He’s not doing well. He was in tears in the dressing room, he wasn’t saying a lot. This has affected us all,” said Abate.
And with Tottenham’s Aaron Lennon still suffering from a groin problem, Capello may now turn to both Theo Walcott and Shaun Wright-Phillips to cover the right side of midfield, with James Milner, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing and Adam Johnson also in the reckoning. Beckham tearfully announced he was resigning the captaincy afterwards.

NEW DELHI INDIA: With their hopes of a semi-final place receding fast, Pakistan need to force a big win as they take on the weakest Pool B side South Africa in the Hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium today.

Like their sub-continental cousins India, Pakistan first have to win both their remaining games to keep alive their chances, which would also depend on the results of other games in the pool.

Having conceded 22 goals without earning a single point in their three games, South Africa have turned out to be the favourite whipping boys in the tournament and provide a good opportunity to Pakistan to find their bearings after the 2-5 defeat against England in an exciting game Thursday.

England now top the pool with nine points, having won all their matches, followed by while Australia and Spain with six each. Pakistan and India are on three points.

For Pakistan, the road ahead would be anything but smooth, as what looks like a relatively easy game against the African team would be followed by the match against strong title contenders, Australia, who have been on a song after the shock defeat by England in the opener.

For Pakistan, forward Shakeel Abbasi has sparkled in the Cup, and would have to take an extra load today to ensure an emphatic victory for the four-time winners. They lost to India 1-4 in the opener before getting past Spain 2-1, and then went down to the in-form England.

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England defeats Pakistan 5-2 in hockey World Cup and has virtually qualified to the semifinal stage of the tournament. Pakistan was in a deficit of 2-0 during the first half. India was defeated by Spain 5-2.
During the second half the Shakeel Abbasi and Rehan Butt scored in a four-minute span to level the game. English strikers attacked the Pakistani several times and in the process managed to score three more goals. Barry Middleton and Jonty Clarke scored twice while Ashley Jackson scored one goal for England.
Sohail Abbas yet again failed to gain advantage of penalty corners. Pakistan was awarded four penalty strokes but Sohail managed to score on none. The goal keeper Ali Akbar failed to exhibit impressive performance.
Earlier, Australia achieved the biggest win in World Cup history by hammering South Africa 12-0. It was Australia’s second win in three matches.

Spain beat India 5-2 in Hockey world cup 2010. India played Spain in the last game of the Day 5 of 2010 Men’s Hockey world Cup.Australia beat South Africa 12 – 0 in the pool B group match.England beat Pakistan5 – 2 in the pool B group match

In the past India have played Spain four times in World Cup competition with winning two and losing two games. India defeated Spain 3-0 in the last World Cup Match in 2002.

Hockey World cup 2010 fixtures updats :- Pool A: Germany, Netherlands, Korea, New Zealand, Canada, Argentina

Pool B: Australia, Spain, England, Pakistan, India, South Africa
Hockey World Cup Schedule 2010

All matches wll be played in Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi

Sunday February 28:

16:35 Pool B South Africa vs Spain

18:35 B Australia vs England

20:35 B India vs Pakistan

Monday March 1:

16:35 A New Zealand vs Canada

18:35 A Germany vs Korea

20:35 A Netherlands vs Argentina

Tuesday March 2:

16:35 B South Africa vs England

18:35 B Pakistan vs Spain

20:35 B India vs Australia

Wednesday March 3:

16:35 A Canada vs Germany

18:35 A Argentina vs Korea

20:35 A New Zealand vs Netherlands

Thursday March 4:

16:35 B South Africa vs Australia

18:35 B England vs Pakistan

20:35 B India vs Spain

Friday March 5:

16:35 A Korea vs New Zealand

18:35 A Netherlands vs Canada

20:35 A Germany vs Argentina

Saturday March 6:

16:35 B Australia vs Spain

18:35 B South Africa vs Pakistan

20:35 B India vs England

Sunday March 7:

16:35 A Korea vs Canada

18:35 A New Zealand vs Argentina

20:35 A Germany vs Netherlands

Monday March 8:

16:35 B Spain vs England

18:35 B Australia vs Pakistan

20:35 B India vs South Africa

Tuesday March 9:

16:35 A Germany vs New Zealand

18:35 A Netherlands vs Korea

20:35 A Canada vs Argentina

Wednesday March 10: Rest Day.

Thursday March 11:

15:35 Classification.11-12 6th Pool A vs 6th Pool B

18:05 Semi-final 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B

20:35 Semi-final 1st Pool B vs 2nd Pool A

Friday March 12:

15:35 Clas. 9-10 5th Pool A vs 5th Pool B

18:05 Clas. 7-8 4th Pool A vs 4th Pool B

20:35 Clas. 5-6 3rd Pool A vs 3rd Pool B.

Saturday March 13:

15:35 Bronze medal match

18:05 Final

Gwalior:Sachin Tendulkar Becomes First to Hit 200 in ODI History,  Sachin Tendulkar became the first man ever to score double hundred in one-dayers when he unlocked the game’s biggest and most awaited milestone versus South Africa at Gwalior on Wednesday.

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Tendulkar reached the historic landmark off just 147 deliveries, and having already treated the capacity crowd and millions of television viewers to 25 sublime hits to the fence and three mighty sixes, Tendulkar without taking the foot off the accelerator pedal throughout his saga.

This achievement came in the last over, and shortly after Tendulkar had achieved the highest ever score in one-dayers when, with a single to short-fine left, he overtook Saeed Anwar’s 13-year old record of 194 runs.

South Africa seemed to have got some respite when India lost the wicket of power-hitter Yusuf Pathan just when his partnership with Sachin Tendulkar was beginning to take threatening proportions for the visitors.

Pathan’s wicket in the 41st over came against the run of play to Roelf van der Merve and after India had already amassed 300 runs.

The run-fest for India at Gwalior continued as undeterred by Dinesh Karthik’s loss, Tendulkar continued his rich vein of form, after having raced away to 150 runs off just 118 balls.

Alongwith Pathan, Tendulkar compounded South Africa’s woes mercilessly with an 81 run-partnership for the third wicket off 47 balls.

Even after Pathan’s dismissal, Tendulkar maintained the pressure on South Africans and after 43 overs, India, at 322/3, looked on course for a massive total.

However, their hardly proved to be any relief for South Africa as Mahendra Singh Dhoni then continued from where Pathan had left and with a 29-ball half-century, knocked the stuffing out of the hapless visitors.

Karthik had earlier, missed out on a well-deserved hundred when he scooped out a tame catch to Gibbs at mid-wicket. Having played the perfect foil to an unstoppable Sachin Tendulkar during their second-wicket partnership that fetched 194 runs off just 177 balls, Karthik helped himself to a career best 79 runs, but fell just when his maiden one-day century seemed to be their for the taking.

Karthik lasted 85 balls during his stroke-filled stay that was punctuated with 4 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Gwalior was playing witness to a vintage Tendulkar, as the Master Blaster from Mumbai, continued to turn the heat on the South Africans in the second one-dayer of the three match series here on Wednesday.

Tendulkar, who is enduring a purple patch off late, in Tests as well as the ODIs, had smashed his 46th century of this format off just 90 balls, pulverizing the Proteas bowler ruthlessly into submission.

Despite losing his opening partner Virender Sehwag early, Tendulkar took it upon himself to provide the early momentum, plucking boundaries at will as India raced away to 176/1 after 28 overs.

While Karthik provided solidity to the partnership, Tendulkar was the plunderer.

Some of his shots, like a flick to a delivery from outside the off-stump, the ferocious pull s over mid-wicket, drives- lofted as well as grounded, were the stuff that gave ample proof of the genius Tendulkar was bestowed with, as he had raced away to his half-century off just 37 balls.

His ‘lofted on the up’ shot over mid-off was particularly reminiscent of the Tendulkar of yore.

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Karthik also helped himself to a solid half-century, his land-mark coming off 57 deliveries.

Earlier, after Dhoni had won the toss and elected to bat, India had not made the most auspicious of starts to the match losing Sehwag in just the fourth over with just 25 runs on the board.

Having hit 2 fours already, Sehwag, tried to slash over the point off Wayne Parnell, but failed to beat the third-man where Dale Steyn took a well-judged catch. Meanwhile, after Sehwag recovered from injury he sustained in the last match, India, lead 1-0 in the three-match series, retained the same side that played the last match at Jaipur where as South Africans made three changes in their squad.

J P Duminy, who has been out of form throughout the Test series, came into the side Bosman. Prolific scorer Hashim Amla and all-rounder Van der Merwe were also named in the final XI.

Teams

South Africa (Playing XI): Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis(c), AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Alviro Petersen, Mark Boucher(w), Roelof van der Merwe, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt

India (Playing XI): Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth

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Gwalior: Sachin Tendulkar became the first man ever to score double hundred in one-dayers when he unlocked the game’s biggest and most awaited milestone versus South Africa at Gwalior on Wednesday.

Tendulkar reached the historic landmark off just 147 deliveries, and having already treated the capacity crowd and millions of television viewers to 25 sublime hits to the fence and three mighty sixes, Tendulkar without taking the foot off the accelerator pedal throughout his saga.

This achievement came in the last over, and shortly after Tendulkar had achieved the highest ever score in one-dayers when, with a single to short-fine left, he overtook Saeed Anwar’s 13-year old record of 194 runs.

South Africa seemed to have got some respite when India lost the wicket of power-hitter Yusuf Pathan just when his partnership with Sachin Tendulkar was beginning to take threatening proportions for the visitors.

Pathan’s wicket in the 41st over came against the run of play to Roelf van der Merve and after India had already amassed 300 runs.

The run-fest for India at Gwalior continued as undeterred by Dinesh Karthik’s loss, Tendulkar continued his rich vein of form, after having raced away to 150 runs off just 118 balls.

Alongwith Pathan, Tendulkar compounded South Africa’s woes mercilessly with an 81 run-partnership for the third wicket off 47 balls.

Even after Pathan’s dismissal, Tendulkar maintained the pressure on South Africans and after 43 overs, India, at 322/3, looked on course for a massive total.

However, their hardly proved to be any relief for South Africa as Mahendra Singh Dhoni then continued from where Pathan had left and with a 29-ball half-century, knocked the stuffing out of the hapless visitors.

Karthik had earlier, missed out on a well-deserved hundred when he scooped out a tame catch to Gibbs at mid-wicket. Having played the perfect foil to an unstoppable Sachin Tendulkar during their second-wicket partnership that fetched 194 runs off just 177 balls, Karthik helped himself to a career best 79 runs, but fell just when his maiden one-day century seemed to be their for the taking.

Karthik lasted 85 balls during his stroke-filled stay that was punctuated with 4 boundaries and 3 sixes.

Gwalior was playing witness to a vintage Tendulkar, as the Master Blaster from Mumbai, continued to turn the heat on the South Africans in the second one-dayer of the three match series here on Wednesday.

Tendulkar, who is enduring a purple patch off late, in Tests as well as the ODIs, had smashed his 46th century of this format off just 90 balls, pulverizing the Proteas bowler ruthlessly into submission.

Despite losing his opening partner Virender Sehwag early, Tendulkar took it upon himself to provide the early momentum, plucking boundaries at will as India raced away to 176/1 after 28 overs.

While Karthik provided solidity to the partnership, Tendulkar was the plunderer.

Some of his shots, like a flick to a delivery from outside the off-stump, the ferocious pull s over mid-wicket, drives- lofted as well as grounded, were the stuff that gave ample proof of the genius Tendulkar was bestowed with, as he had raced away to his half-century off just 37 balls.

His ‘lofted on the up’ shot over mid-off was particularly reminiscent of the Tendulkar of yore.

Karthik also helped himself to a solid half-century, his land-mark coming off 57 deliveries.

Earlier, after Dhoni had won the toss and elected to bat, India had not made the most auspicious of starts to the match losing Sehwag in just the fourth over with just 25 runs on the board.

Having hit 2 fours already, Sehwag, tried to slash over the point off Wayne Parnell, but failed to beat the third-man where Dale Steyn took a well-judged catch. Meanwhile, after Sehwag recovered from injury he sustained in the last match, India, lead 1-0 in the three-match series, retained the same side that played the last match at Jaipur where as South Africans made three changes in their squad.

J P Duminy, who has been out of form throughout the Test series, came into the side Bosman. Prolific scorer Hashim Amla and all-rounder Van der Merwe were also named in the final XI.

Teams

South Africa (Playing XI): Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis(c), AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Alviro Petersen, Mark Boucher(w), Roelof van der Merwe, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt

India (Playing XI): Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth

South Africa not ready yet to host World Cup

SUN CITY, South Africa: FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke says South Africa isn’t ready yet to host the World Cup, and he still doesn’t know where all 32 teams will be based during the tournament.

FIFA wanted the list of training camps completed on Tuesday, but those plans have been derailed by teams still changing their plans ahead of the June 11-July 11 event.

FIFA still hasn’t had confirmation from England that it will be based at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Campus near Rustenburg amid concern about the state of its training pitches.

FIFA is also frustrated that England’s Group C rival Algeria told it on Tuesday that it has decided to move to a new hotel complex.

Ovechkin Hit on Jagr Video, Ovechkin hit on Jagr during the Olympic hockey game between Russia and the Czech last night. Alexander Ovechkin hit on Jaromir Jagr early in the third period, which led to a goal. Czech Republic lost to Russia, 2-4. Watch the video:  As Jaromir Jagr was carrying the puck through the neutral zone, Russia’s Alex Ovechkin lit him up with a booming, open-ice hit, forcing a turnover that resulted in Evgeni Malkin’s game-winning goal just two minutes into the third period  Ovechkin is a hard hitting, goal scoring barbarian and I love him. This hit led to a game changing Russian goal 5 seconds later. – Sports Video Clip.

World Cup 2011, Security concern in India are raising higher and higher as with several cricketers in line to pull-out from the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to terror threats. With the prevailing concerns reports are also floating for the contingency plans to shift the next year’s World Cup from the Indian subcontinent to Australia and New Zealand.

New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan has indicated that there were plans to move the World Cup from India to Australia or New Zealand if the security situation deteriorated. “You cannot move the timing of the tournament, in March-April, so really there’s only Australia, New Zealand and South Africa who could host it,” Vaughan was quoted as saying in The Australian.

“By tightening the security measures around the teams, we somehow have to make it safe. Otherwise the sport will struggle to survive if we cannot find a solution.”

But International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive officer Haroon Lorgat said they will do everything to keep the World Cup in India and world cricket would not let the sport be derailed by terrorism, as has happened in Pakistan. “The World Cup is the big piece of work that we have to deliver and we intend to do so,” Lorgat said.

“The whole issue of security is dynamic, but we will assess it very carefully and implement whatever measures are necessary to ensure safety and security. I do not share the same concerns for India as Pakistan.”