RubaiSport TV Sunday 11/5/08

The following matches/races can be seen on RubaiSport TV today. All times and date are Australian Eastern Standard Time. Links will be posted at the earliest 5 hours before kickoff and at the top of the hour. Please report any problems here

Cricket:
IPL: Deccan v Kolkata 11-05-2008 from 20:30 until 00:00 (AEST)
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils 12-05-2008 from 00:30 until 04:00(AEST)

Cycling: Giro d'Italia 11-05-2008 from 23:30 until 01:30(AEST)

Football:
Coca Cola Championship Playoffs: Watford v Hull City 11-05-2008 from 21:00 until 23:00(AEST)
SPL: Celtic v Hibernian 11-05-2008 from 21:30 until 23:30
Serie A: Inter Milan v Siena 11-05-2008 from 23:00 until 01:00
Juventus v Catania 11-05-2008 from 23:00 until 01:00

Hockey:
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Canada v India 11-05-2008 from 18:00 until 19:30

Motorsport:
GP2 Asia: CGP Turkey
F1: GP Turkey

Super Aguri Withdraws From World Championship

Following weeks of speculation, the Super Aguri F1 team has this morning announced its withdrawal from the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship.In a brief statement, team boss Aguri Suzuki said: "With the help of Honda, we have somehow managed to keep the team going, but we find it difficult to establish a way to continue the activities in the future within the environment surrounding F1 and as a result, I have concluded to withdraw from the Championship." more

Laos withdraw from AFC Challenge Cup 2008 qualifying

Laos have withdrawn from the AFC Challenge Cup 2008 qualifying competition. Following the ASEAN country’s pull-out, Group C will now feature only hosts Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

There is no change in the kick-off date and Bangladesh play Afghanistan in the opening match on May 5 at the Bishkek Central Stadium.

AFC will announce shortly the revised match schedule for Group C.

Source: AFC

Bangladesh squad for AFC Challenge Cup

Bangladesh coach Abu Yusuf on Tuesday announced an 18-member national squad for the AFC Challenge Cup Group C qualifiers to begin in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from May 5.

Bangladesh, hosts of the inaugural edition of the tournament, are pitted against Afghanistan, Laos and hosts Kyrgyzstan in the qualifying rounds.

The newly elected executive committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation is expected to name the captain before the team's departure on May 2.

"Our aim is to prepare ourselves through the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers for the SAFF Championship, but we will desperately want to qualify for the finals,” said Yusuf.

“I have picked those players who are capable of playing throughout the 90 minutes in line with my strategy. That is to go for attack and come down to defend all together,” the former national defender added.

In 2006, Bangladesh qualified for the last eight from a group comprising Palestine, Cambodia and Guam, before being ousted by Tajikistan 6-1.

THE SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Aminul Haq, Biplab Bhattacharya

Defenders: Hassan Al Mamun, Ariful Islam, Wali Faisal, Rajani Kanta Barman, Atiqur Rahman Mishu, Mofazzel Hossain Saikat, Arup Kumar Baidya

Midfielders: Arman Aziz, Enamul Haq Sharif, Zahed Parvez, Faisal Mahmud, Maruf Ahmed, Mamunul Islam Mamun

Forwards: Mehdi Hasan Ujjal, Mohammad Robin and Zahid Hasan Emily
Source: AFC

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Torch Relay Fireworks

Here are some photos of the Canberra leg of the 2008 Olympic torch relay



More to follow

FIFA releases pools for Olympic Football Tournament

The drawing for the women's competition assigned China, Sweden, Argentina and Canada to Group E; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Germany and Brazil to Group F; and Norway, the United States, Japan and New Zealand to Group G.

In the men's competition, Cote D'Ivoire, Argentina, Australia and Serbia will compete in Group A; the Netherlands, Nigeria, Japan and the United States will contend in Group B; China, New Zealand, Brazil and Belgium will compete in Group C; and the Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Honduras and Italy will clash in Group D.

The draw format was made official by the bureau of the organizing committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, chaired by FIFA Vice-President Dr. Mong Joon Chung.

The football competitions of the Games of the 29th Olympiad will be held from August 6 to 23, 2008, in five cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao. The finals for the men's and women's tournaments will be held in Beijing, where three football venues are located: the Workers' Stadium, the Olympic Sports Center Stadium and the National Stadium. The venues outside Beijing are: Shanghai Stadium, Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Shenyang Olympic Sport Center Stadium and Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium.

FIH releases pools for Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament

After the completion of the final Men's WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier, the International Hockey Federation announces the pools for the Men's Hockey Tournament of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Based upon the current ABN AMRO World Rankings, the 12 participating nations have been allocated to the following Pools (current world ranking shown in brackets):

Pool A: Germany (1), Spain (4), Korea (5), New Zealand (10), Belgium (12), China (17)
Pool B: Australia (2), Netherlands (3), Pakistan (6), Great Britain (8), South Africa (13), Canada (15)

The pools for the Women's Hockey Tournament of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be released shortly after the last Women's WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier, to be played in Victoria, Canada from 26 April until 4 May 2008.

The match schedule for both the Men's and Women's Hockey Tournament of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will be released mid May 2008.