Author: stick2hockey

K. ARUMUGAM Deepika’s 31st minute goal was all that India needed to clinch its third Asian Women’s Champions Trophy.  Despite territorial dominance, Indians were struggling to get goals on board in the final played against ...

K ARUMUGAM About three weeks after the Paris Olympics, Hockey India announced hosting of Women’s Asian Champions Trophy in Rajgir, a historic city 110 km south of Bihar’s capital Patna.  Bihar has been developing a ...

K. ARUMUGAM Despite Japan’s rookie  goalkeeper Kudo’s heroic sixty minutes, determined India managed to eke out a narrow 2-0 win over Japan in the semifinal at Rajgir, as experienced players rose to the occasion, guided ...

K. ARUMUGAM Just how did the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy (WACT) arrive at the hitherto little-known town of Rajgir? Well, it took off at the airport in Paris. It all happened when the Bihar State Government ...

K. ARUMUGAM His image is not in any of the posters, but once you are inside the Rajgir Sports Complex, you cannot miss the ever-smiling Raveendran Shankaran. The lanky, high-profile Police Officer is the engine ...

K. ARUMUGAM As you exit from main exit of Patna airport, nothing is visible as a structure of new airport under construction, hides everything.  Took an auto to reach what is locally known as ‘Zero ...

K. ARUMUGAM Sushila Chanu’s experience, Sangita Kumari’s energy and Deepika & Salima Tete’s enterprise combined in time to give India a comfortable 3-0 win over fighting Chinese in the penultimate pool match of the Bihar ...

s2h team Star-studded Uttar Pradesh dashed the hopes of hosts Tamil Nadu in the quarterfinal in the ongoing 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai. Manipur, Haryana ...

s2h team South Korean team showed enormous grit and resilience against India before going down 2-3 in the second match of their WACT campaign. India somehow played two different halves. While it dominated the proceedings, ...