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Aymar, Amat win world hockey awards (12/1/2008)	-
Aymar, Amat win world hockey awards CHENNAI: Argentina's Luciana Aymar and Spain's Pol Amat w...

Ludhiana: Chd academy, WR in title clash (12/1/2008)

MPS Grewal Hockey

Chd academy, WR in title clash

Anil Datt Ludhiana, November 30

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Hockey has finished in the country: Gill (12/1/2008)

Hockey has finished in the country: Gill

Akash Ghai

Tribune News Service

Chandiga...

Bangalore: Easy win for SAI (12/1/2008)	-
Easy win for SAI: SAI ‘D’, Bangalore continued their winning form, trouncing SHBHC, Gadag 9...

Air India blank CRPF to stay in contention (12/1/2008)	-
Air India blank CRPF to stay in contention IT WAS a goal feast in the 19th Lal Bahadur hockey...

Negre elected FIH President (12/1/2008)	-
Negre elected FIH President Los Angeles: Leandro Negre is the new President of the Internatio...

Gurgaon: BPCL beats Namdhari XI (12/1/2008)	-
BPCL beats Namdhari XI GURGAON: Amar Aiyamma and Gurpreet Singh found the target twice each t...

Pune: Hockey tourney in memory of Joe Philips (12/1/2008)	-
Hockey tourney in memory of Joe Philips The newly formed Pune district Hockey association ...

Air India blank CRPF to stay in contention (12/1/2008)	-
Air India blank CRPF to stay in contention IT WAS a goal feast in the 19th Lal Bahadur Shastr...

HJS Chimni Column: Capital starved of hockey (12/1/2008)	-HJS Chimni
Normally if a city is to host a mega multi-discipline sporting event, it is expected to bu...

Sacred Heart seeks hockey's glory back (12/1/2008)	-Press Release
Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Majitha Road, Amritsar is a unit of the Institution of Sisters...

Junior hockey team to leave for Argentina for ‘tes (12/2/2008)	-
Junior hockey team to leave for Argentina for ‘test’ series New Delhi:After its tour to Pakis...

Chandigarh wins MPS Grewal women hockey tournament (12/2/2008)

Chandigarh wins MPS Grewal women hockey tournament

LUDHIANA

CHANDIGARH Hockey Aca...

Gurgaon: PNB qualifies for semifinals (12/2/2008)	-
PNB qualifies for semifinals GURGAON: Punjab National Bank came from behind to hold Indian Oi...

Delhi: Bal Bharati scores win (12/2/2008)	-
Bal Bharati scores win NEW DELHI: A goal each by Divij Sahni and Rohit Sharma helped Bal Bhar...

Punjab athletes corner glory in school games (12/2/2008)

Punjab athletes corner glory in school games

Patiala

PUNJAB DEFEATED Haryana 3-2 to...

Amritsar: Spring Dale wins boys title (12/2/2008)

Spring Dale wins boys title

Amritsar

HOSTS SPRING Dale Senior School, Amritsar won t...

Monica’s brace help Chandigarh clinch title (12/2/2008)

Monica’s brace help Chandigarh clinch title

Anmol Rattan

Ludhiana

SKIPPER MON...

Delhi: Indian Oil draw with PNB, BPCL beat ONGC (12/2/2008)

Indian Oil draw with PNB, BPCL beat ONGC

Sahil Sharma

New Delhi

THE semifinal...

Bangalore: Big win for SBMJC (12/2/2008)	-
Sri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College had a big 8-0 win against St Joseph’s PU College, in the Dr I...

Vidya Stokes loses FIH election (12/2/2008)

Vidya Stokes loses FIH election

Prabhjot Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, D...

jaipur: From gloom to glory (12/2/2008)	-
From gloom to glory The Indian under-21 hockey squad were a depressed lot when they were forc...

Mumbai: Green Meadows win opener (12/2/2008)

Green Meadows win opener

Beat Goodwill, an outfit from Khadki by a slender margin

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Pune: VPA, a new team on the horizon (12/2/2008)

VPA, a new team on the horizon

4 years of existence have send shivers in the rival camps

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New Delhi: India juniors ready to play rough (12/3/2008)

TOUR TO ARGENTINA

India juniors ready to play rough

New Delhi: When in Rome, do as t...

Lucknow: Shadab memorial hockey from today (12/3/2008)	-
Shadab memorial hockey from today The first Kunwar SM Shadab memorial hockey tournament...

Chandigarh: Police call off hockey meet (12/3/2008)	-
Police call off hockey meet Chandigarh: Terrorists docked at the Gateway of India with the ...

Vidya loses out (12/3/2008)	-
Vidya loses out Hockey Correspondent Chennai: Vidya Stokes, the official candidate of the A...

Delhi: Mandeep takes S.S. Mota to thrilling win (12/3/2008)	-
Mandeep takes S.S. Mota to thrilling win NEW DELHI: A fine hat-trick by Mandeep Singh helped ...

Bangalore: DYSS fails to advance despite big win (12/3/2008)	-
DYSS fails to advance despite big win BANGALORE: DYSS thumped Rainbow HC 7-1 but still fell s...

Gurgaon: Indian Oil outplays ONGC (12/3/2008)

Indian Oil outplays ONGC

Special Correspondent

GURGAON: Indian Oil outclassed Oil and ...

‘Hockey in India is still of very high quality’ (12/3/2008)	-
‘Hockey in India is still of very high quality’ BHARAT SUNDARESAN It’s only the adminis...

Pune: Three cheers for Manpreet (12/3/2008)

Three cheers for Manpreet

Scores thrice in the teams overwhelming 7-1 win over PSC

DNA C...

Mysore: HOCKEY GROUNDS IN CHAMUNDI VIHAR STADIUM D (12/3/2008)	-
HOCKEY GROUNDS IN CHAMUNDI VIHAR STADIUM DAMAGED Mysore, Dec. 3-The hockey grounds at the Cha...

IOA gets two more months to run hockey affairs (12/4/2008)	-K.Arumugam
IOA gets two more months to run hockey affairs According to sources, the Delhi High Court, hea...

Hockey at Holy Heart Presidency School, Amritsar (12/4/2008)	-Press Release
Holy Heart Presidency School, Loharka Road, Amritsar, set up in 2000, has its own campus with a buil...

India commits sin by not supporting its benefactor (12/6/2008)	-K.Arumugam
India commits a sin of sorts by not supporting its own benefactor Els in the recent FIH election. ...

The Rise and Fall of Els van Breda Vriesman (12/6/2008)	-
Chennai: It is difficult to fathom the factors that facilitated the exit of Els van Breda Vriesman f...

St. Francis says, ‘Chak De Hockey’ (12/6/2008)	-Press Release
“ Education is the root of all the progress that human race can boast of today.” No doubt...

Hockey and terrorism Part - I (12/7/2008)	-K.Arumugam
Terrorism. This is what India, if not the world, is talking about nowadays. About ten misguide...

Member Cries Foul; KSHA AGM To Decide On Elections (12/7/2008)	-
Bangalore: The Karnataka State Hockey Association (KSHA) witnessed the first streaks of defiance ahe...

A forgettable experience (12/7/2008)	-
Gurgaon: Organisers overlook Dhyanchand’s death anniversary as BPCL dish out ordinary fare to defe...

Hindustan Times Impact - HC steps in for wronged h (12/7/2008)

Hindustan Times Impact - HC steps in for wronged hockey player

Saurabh Duggal

Chandig...

Apollo School win (12/7/2008)	-
Apollo School win ¦ Apollo International School, Sonepat beat JKG Public School, Ghaziabad 1-0...

Pak rope in Dutch expert (12/7/2008)	-
Pak rope in Dutch expert Karachi: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has roped in Dutch...

No plan to move WC from India: FIH chief (12/7/2008)	-
No plan to move WC from India: FIH chief New Delhi: A change in guard at the highest level ...

No plans to shift 2010 World Cup from India (12/7/2008)	-
No plans to shift 2010 World Cup from India Spaniard Leandro Negre replaced Els van Breda Vrie...

Sports College lose but enter hockey semi-finals (12/7/2008)	-
Sports College lose but enter hockey semi-finals Despite going down to Sports Hostel by ...

SAI ‘D’ assured of title (12/7/2008)	-
SAI ‘D’ assured of title: SAI ‘D’, Bangalore continued their unbeaten run in the State ‘B’ ...

Select goalkeeeper afresh: Court (12/7/2008)

HOCKEY TEAM

Select goalkeeeper afresh: Court

Chandigarh: Seriously considering the...

Pakistan ropes in Dutch expert to rebuild hockey (12/7/2008)	-
Pakistan ropes in Dutch expert to rebuild hockey Karachi: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PH...

Leh: Ladakh Winter Sports Club finalise activities (12/7/2008)

Ladakh Winter Sports Club finalise activities

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

LEH, Dec ...

Pune: Pillay academy in final (12/7/2008)	-Arumugam.K
Pune: Rajesh Pillay Academy edged out Central Railway, Pune, 3-1 via the tiebreaker and entered ...

Hostel, Society to clash in final (12/7/2008)	-
Sports Hostel and KD Singh Babu Society will clash in the final of the 1st Kunwar SM Shadab ...

Stickwork - Patience, care are need of the hour (12/7/2008)

Stickwork - Patience, care are need of the hour

Gurbux Singh

A development of great si...

Delhi: Shatrughan scores thrice (12/7/2008)	-
Shatrughan scores thrice NEW DELHI: Mota Singh School defeated Guru Harkrishan Public School ...

Bangalore: SAI ‘D’ is champion (12/7/2008)	-
SAI ‘D’ is champion BANGALORE: Sports Authority of India ‘D’ with an all-win record emerged c...

Bangalore: SAI ‘D’ remain unbeaten (12/7/2008)

HOCKEY ‘B’ DIVISION LEAGUE

SAI ‘D’ remain unbeaten

Bangalore: Champions Sports Autho...

Bangalore: Al Ameen triumph (12/7/2008)

Al Ameen triumph

Al Ameen College edged past Sree Bhagawan Mahavir Jain College 3-2 to w...

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... (12/7/2008)	-
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE... A lot has happened since they were knocked out of the Olympic qual...

Education system has to be changed to encourage sp (12/7/2008)	-
Former Indian hockey captain and coach, V Bhaskaran today advocated a change in the education syst...

Waiting for the final stroke (12/7/2008)	-
Waiting for the final stroke Finalists RPA still await their competitors, as the semi-final ma...

Looking for a revival (12/7/2008)	-
Looking for a revival DNA to sponsor the PSSA hockey, which was dropped from the sporting cale...

PHF threatens to pull out of quadrangular (12/7/2008)

PHF threatens to pull out of quadrangular

Sunday, December 07, 2008

By By Khalid Hus...

Education system has to be changed to encourage sp (12/7/2008)	-
Education system has to be changed to encourage sports Coimbatore (PTI): Former Indian hockey...

Tiruchi: Govt. HSS, Membalam takes honours (12/8/2008)	-
Government HSS (Membalam) blanked Blake HSS 3-0 to win the boys’ title at the District-level inter-s...

Bangalore: Al Ameen is champion (12/8/2008)	-
Al Ameen College emerged champion in the Dr. Isacc Memorial inter-collegiate hockey tournament in...

India colts play Argentina (12/8/2008)	-
India colts play Argentina Buenos Aires, Dec 7 INDIA WILL look to counter the robust t...

Physical education essential for children, student (12/8/2008)	-
Physical education essential for children, students: Baskaran COIMBATORE, Dec 7 (UNI): Former ...

RPA lift trophy, defeat BEG in the final (12/8/2008)	-
RPA lift trophy, defeat BEG in the final Central Railway stand third after defeating VPA in su...

Bangalore: Shetty retains hold over KSHA (12/8/2008)	-
Shetty retains hold over KSHA AGM Backs Election Process; Krishnamurthy Re-Elected Secretary ...

Hockey and Terrorism Part II (12/8/2008)	-K.Arumugam
When I got a job opportunity in Delhi in the early 90s, I grabbed it. One of the attractions of Delh...

Pak hockey legend Atif passes away (12/9/2008)	-
Pakistan’s hockey legend M H Atif — a member of the team that won the country’s first Olympic gold i...

Krishnamurthy, Shetty to continue (12/9/2008)	-
Krishnamurthy, Shetty to continue BANGALORE: Sitting president R.K. Shetty and secretary K. K...

Delhi: Hat-trick by Dalip Singh (12/9/2008)	-
Hat-trick by Dalip Singh NEW DELHI: A hat-trick by Dalip Singh Virk powered Apollo Internatio...

Big win for AIS (12/9/2008)	-
Appollo International School, Sonepat blanked GHPS Vasant Vihar 5-0 in the ongoing 26th SS Mota Si...

Mumbai: AI run riot over Navy 5-1 (12/9/2008)

AI run riot over Navy 5-1

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

AIR-INDIA continued on their destruct...

Bangalore: South Zone hockey tournament (12/9/2008)	-
The Indian Audit and Accounts Department South Zone Hockey Tournament will be conducted from Dec...

Floodlight Six a side Cup from today (12/9/2008)	-s2h team
Six teams from the state of Orissa will vie for honours from today onwards in Bhubnewar. The Six a s...

Diwakar's hat-trick gifts India winning start (12/9/2008)	-
Printed Article: Times of India Birthday boy and captain Diwakar Ram struck a hat-trick to gif...

India drew second test 1-1 in Argentina (12/10/2008)	-s2h
India drew Argentina 1-1 in the second test at Buenos Aires. Earlier on 8th, India defeated the host...

Pramod Kumar Rescues India at Bueonas Aires (12/12/2008)	-s2h
Young ONCG player Pramod Kumar thwarts a sure victory for the hosts in the third test of the ongoing...

Bangalore: Kaushik relents, trials in Jan (12/14/2008)	-
Kaushik relents, trials in Jan Bangalore: National coach MK Kaushik fell in line with the gov...

Buenos Aires: Ram’s brace helps India sneak past H (12/14/2008)

Ram’s brace helps India sneak past Holland

Buenos Aires (Argentina):

Captain Diwakar R...

IN A SORRY STATE (12/14/2008)	-
IN A SORRY STATE As world no. 10 shuttler Saina Nehwal stands to miss a major internationa...

Lucknow: Jaman Lal Sharma memorial hockey (12/14/2008)	-
Jaman Lal Sharma memorial hockey The second Jaman Lal Sharma subjunior hockey tournament ...

Delhi: Kamal stars for Apollo Intl. (12/14/2008)	-
Kamal stars for Apollo Intl. NEW DELHI: Kamal Sharma scored both the goals as Apollo Internat...

India will host 2010 Hockey World Cup, says FIH Ch (12/14/2008)

India will host 2010 Hockey World Cup, says FIH Chief

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Recent...

Imphal: HU beat UYAC in Hockey league (12/14/2008)	-
HU beat UYAC in Hockey league IMPHAL, Dec 13: Hockey Union, Lairikyengbam Leikai outlasted UYA...

Pakistan eye tough game ahead of Junior World Cup (12/14/2008)

Pakistan eye tough game ahead of Junior World Cup

Sunday, December 14, 2008

KARACHI: Pak...

SAIL’s Hockey Shock to Orissa Icons (12/17/2008)	-Satish Sharma (Rourkela)
Bhubaneswar: SAIL Hockey Academy, Rourkela stunned the star studded Orissa Icons, Bhubaneswar, i...

Foreign Coach Candidates list (12/19/2008)	-s2h
According to a leading newspaper in India, the following candidates are in contention for the top jo...

Modern High School high on Amritsar hockey (12/21/2008)	-Press Release
S.S.S.S. Modern High School, Amritsar is the off shoot of f Sant Singh Sukha Singh Khalsa...

Indian girls qualify for the World Cup (12/21/2008)	-IWHF
The Junior Indian Women’s Hockey Team has won the Bronze Medal in the 5th U-21 Women Junior Asia Cu...

Diwakar Gets Asian Award, more questions raised (12/22/2008)	-K.Arumugam
New Delhi: 22nd Dec: Diwakar Ram of India has been declared ‘Best Upcoming Asian Player’ by the Asi...

Will hockey bloom at Mayflower School? It seems so (12/23/2008)	-Press Release
MAYFLOWER SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, S.J.S. AVENUE, AJNALA ROAD, AMRITSAR ...

Trials underway, will go on even on Christmas. (12/24/2008)	-s2h
Selection trials for senior team is underway at Bhopal. Indian team for Argentina Test Series is lik...

Hockey Girls Return Home to a rousing welcome (12/24/2008)	-
Printed Article Lucknow: Dec. 23: Tuesday brought in some good news for hockey aficionados. Af...

Sportstar: IHF’s gloomy days (12/24/2008)	-
Printed Article IHF’s gloomy days

Mail: Finally Some Action (12/25/2008)

-Arumugam.K

Finally, some action

By Sandeep Narayan in New Delhi

Senior team prepares for Tests agai...

Meet Viren Rasquinha - Olympian (12/25/2008)	-s2h
Viren Wilfred Rasquinha, Olympian and India's hockey captain, gave up the game six months ago to...

Asian Champions Trophy: A Puzzle? (12/25/2008)	-K.Arumugam
If media reports from Pakistan are to be believed, Pakistan will host first of the Asian Champi...

Good that Pakistan opted out' (12/26/2008)	-
Printed Article Chandigarh Dec. 25L An Indian hockey ad-hoc committee member on Thursday concede...

Arjun, Vinaya, Vikram, Deepak, Hari, grand comebac (12/26/2008)	-Press Release
Heroes of the last golden patch Indian hockey has had -- that was when India won four out of six tou...

A shameful Year for Indian Hockey (12/26/2008)	-
New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) Between national men team's failure to qualify for Olympics for the fir...

Diwakar Ram to lead India for the Sydney mela (12/27/2008)	-Press Release
The Ad-hoc Committee running the hockey affairs have announced a 16-member team for the 'Australian ...

India Argentina Junior Series Images (12/27/2008)	-s2h team
One of stick2hockey.com's visitors from Argentina has sent some images of India-Netherlands-Argentin...

Ryan International School on hockey rein (12/28/2008)	-Press Release
It is a Ryan’s mission to develop a student with Knowledge, Attitude, Skills, Social and Moral Valu...

EME, BSF in summit clash (12/28/2008)	-
Printed Article. Courtesy : Ravi Dhaliwal in Tribune, Chandigarh Patiala, December 27: Punjab Pol...

Diwakar to lead U-21 team (12/28/2008)

Printed Article: Courtesy: Tribune, Chandigarh

New Delhi, December 27: Ace drag flicker ...

The Hindu: Jharkhand has a field day (12/28/2008)

Printed Article: Courtesy The Hindu

HYDERABAD: Jharkhand boys recorded two easy wins i...

Recall of stars a beginning of a new thinking? (12/28/2008)	-K.Arumugam
Whenever regime change occurs in the Indian Hockey Federation, the national team goes in for overhau...

Latest Updates (12/30/2008)	-s2h
Here are some latest updates, for which we are unable to write detailed articles for want of time, a...

Ignace Tirkey weds India player (12/30/2008)	-
Printed Article Simdega (Jharkhand): In a marriage between two national hockey players, former...

TNOA sets up ad-hoc committee (12/30/2008)	-Arumugam.K
CHENNAI: A three-member ad-hoc committee has been formed by the Tamil Nadu Olympic Association to se...

The Hindu: Paramanu HC wins (12/30/2008)	-
CHENNAI: Paramanu HC emerged the CHA first division champion after beating Tamil Nadu Postal 6-4, vi...

BEST AND WORST OF 2008 (12/30/2008)	-K.Arumugam
BEST AND WORST OF THE YEAR GONE BY Best Thing happened to Hockey: ...

TN hockey team Announced (12/31/2008)

-Arumugam.K

Printed Article

TN Hockey team announced: Times News Network

Chennai: The state team fo...

Best wishes for 2009 from the FIH President Leandr (12/31/2008)	-
On behalf of everyone at the FIH, I would like to wish the entire Hockey Family and all fans of our ...

We can do if we contribute individually- Part II (12/31/2008)

-K.Arumugam

We can collectively do it–if we contribute individually Part II

Continued from Part I

It...

We can do–if we contribute individually Part I (12/31/2008)	-K.Arumugam
We can collectively do it – if we contribute individually Part I Indian hockey is aliv...