Author: stick2hockey
Olympic champions Argentina reminded one that the making of champions very often means winning matches even when not playing well – at least by one’s own standards and targets. It happened on Thursday in the ...
One gets the feeling that taking on hosts India in their World Cup hockey opener before a vociferous partisan crowd isn’t quite the most daunting tasks South Africa are faced with. What the warriors of ...
Which is the greatest team in World Cup hockey history? It boils down to comparing the exploits of Pakistan and Australia in the 1982 and 2014 events respectively. Both teams made nonsense of the field ...
Siegfried Aikman, Japan’s Dutch coach of Surinamese origin, gazed at the blue artificial surface. His visage was grim but his eyes beamed with expectancy. He knew his team was right in it despite the odds ...
Japan’s victory over Malaysia in the 2018 Asian Games men’s hockey final could go well with a motivational speech on never giving in. The humdinger at the GBK Complex in Jakarta last Saturday wouldn’t be ...
After failing to book a direct flight to the Tokyo Olympics, India’s men’s and women’s teams will now have to take the turbulent route to the Japanese capital in 2020. It would entail two steps: ...
STRAIGHT SHOOTOUTS NEED A RE-THINK Remember extra-time? This protracted struggle in a knockout hockey match is a thing of the past. Seven years ago the new shootout came into being. It caused the demise of ...
There’s bound to be a touch of nostalgia, anxiety and and not a little pain in the eyes when Satinderpal Singh Walia gazes at the TV screen these days. As the Indian women battle for ...
Cross-over playoffs between second and third placed nations in each pool and judicious scheduling of matches in the Women’s World Cup hockey tournament in progress in London suggests an FIH initiative to cope with the ...
Gurbaj’s versatility will prove to be advantageous: PR Sreejesh New Delhi, 31 March 2015: The Indian Men Hockey team that is due to play the upcoming 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is gearing up for ...
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