city, Raggi wrote.The latest rejection is another signal that the IOC still has a lot of work to do to convince cities that hosting the games is a boon an

RIO: A 4-4 draw between Argentina and Germany has meant that India will be seen in the knockout stages of the Olympics for the first time since 1980, when they won the last of their eight gold medals in Moscow.?This will also be the first time that the Olympics will have a quarterfinal round in the hockey event.Although we lost to the Netberlands (2-1) we definitely qualified for the quarter Finals. First target archieved. Chak de India- Roelant Oltmans (@OltmansOltmans) 11 August 2016India got as many as five consecutive penalty corners -- four of them after the hooter had gone off with reigning silver medalists Netherlands 2-1 up -- but were denied by some resolute Dutch defending, to face their second defeat in four matches in the mens hockey competition of Rio Olympics here today.?Netherlands scored both their goals from penalty corners through Rogier Hoffman (32nd minute) and Mink van der Weerden (54th), while Indias lone goal came from the stick of VR Raghunath (38th).Trailing 1-2 with four minutes left, India withdrew goalkeeper PR Sreejesh for an additional forward and pressed hard for the equaliser.Their efforts bore fruit as India earned their fourth penalty corner six seconds from the hooter after appealing for a video referral.That penalty corner resulted in four more back-to-back short corners but the Indian dragflick battery of Rupinder Pal Singh, who took four tries, and Raghunath failed to break the Dutch defence led by goalkeeper Jaap Stockmann.This was Indias second defeat after the late loss to reigning Olympic champions Germany in their second Pool B game.It was a quiet first two quarters from India as well as Netherlands as both the teams preferred to play it safe, concentrating more on holding possession of the ball.The Dutch had the first real scoring opportunity when Jeroen Hertzbergers diagonal ball from the right created twin chances but Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, rooted on his line, was up to the task on both occasions.SV Sunil and SK Uthappa, who was playing his 100th international match, then combined well from the right flank to get into the Netherlands circle but the Dutch defence were able to thwart the danger.After a barren first two quarters, Netherlands drew first blood in the 32nd minute when Hofman scored from a rebound after Sreejesh made a fine save to deny van der Weerden from their first penalty corner.It took India just six minutes to draw level through Raghunath, who converted the second of two back-to-back penalty corners.With little more than three minutes left for the third quarter to end, SV Sunil and Raghunath had to sit out for five minutes and ten minutes, respectively, after getting yellow cards from separate incidents.But India defended in numbers to hold back the Dutch side, who went all out sensing a great opportunity to take the lead.Sreejesh then once again rescued India by saving Seve van Asss effort from Netherlands second short corner.Netherlands then put immense pressure on the Indian defence and secured three more penalty corners in quick succession.While Sreejesh saved two efforts, van der Weerden finally managed to beat the Indian custodian with a low, powerful flick to the bottom right corner to hand Netherlands what proved to be a decisive 2-1 lead.Speaking after the match, India chief coach Roelant Oltmans said two yellow cards hurt the team badly.We were on the attacking side until we got two yellow cards, which was a gamechanger. 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The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger. Wholesale Jerseys . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. ROME -- As far as city leaders are concerned, Romes bid for the 2024 Olympics is finished.The city council voted in favor of scrapping the bid on Thursday, a week after Mayor Virginia Raggi rejected the candidacy, citing concerns over costs.It was irresponsible to say yes to the candidacy, Raggi wrote on Facebook. We wanted to say no to more debts for Rome and for Italy.The anti-bid motion passed easily, as expected, by 30-12 since Raggis anti-establishment 5-Star Movement holds a majority on the city council.The 5-Star Movement holds 29 of the 48 council places, and all 29 voted in support of the mayors rejection. There was also one supporting vote from an opposition party. Six council members were absent.The rejection leaves only Los Angeles, Paris and Budapest, Hungary, in the running for the 2024 Games. The International Olympic Committee will decide on the host city in September 2017.However, Rome bid leaders and the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) are hanging onto hope that the bid can somehow be revived -- perhaps if Raggi is ousted from office.IOC President Thomas Bach will be in Rome next Tuesday for a sports and faith conference at the Vatican.Well decide what to do after meeting Bach on Tuesday, CONI president Giovanni Malago said.The IOC told Italian media that it was following the events in Rome and was in contact with the bid committee and CONI to make sense of these political circumstances.Its the second time in four years that a Rome Olympic bid has been rejected. In 2012, then-premier Mario Monti scrapped the citys bid for the 2020 Olympics because of financial concerns.Under previous mayor Ignazio Marino, Romes 2024 bid was approved by the city assembly last year with 38 votes iin favor and only six against.dddddddddddd Italian Premier Matteo Renzi was a strong supporter of the bid.Today came the definitive `No on the Olympics, Renzi said. Its legitimate but weve certainly made a bad impression internationally.But whats shocking isnt the decision but rather its saying that you cant have the Olympics because its bad business. Thousands of jobs will be lost for giving up.Raggi, a lawyer who was elected in June as Romes first female mayor, cited worries over costs and budget overruns as reasons for rejecting the bid in a city that can barely collect its trash, and keep up other basic public services.At the same session, another motion was passed by the city council asking the government to provide 4 billion euros ($4.5 billion) for refurbishing sports venues in the city and for general urban improvements.Were continuing to work for the city, Raggi wrote.The latest rejection is another signal that the IOC still has a lot of work to do to convince cities that hosting the games is a boon and not a burden. Earlier Thursday, a city government panel in Tokyo warned that the cost of the 2020 Olympics could exceed $30 billion, more than four times the initial estimates.Voters in Hamburg rejected the German citys 2024 bid in a referendum, and Boston dropped out last year amid a lack of public and political support and was replaced as the U.S. candidate by Los Angeles.Four cities withdrew during the bidding for the 2022 Winter Games, leaving only two candidates in the field. Beijing, hardly known as a winter sports destination, defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan. ' ' '