Author: stick2hockey

K ARUMUGAM As curtains came down for the men’s hockey at Hangzhou, it has definitely ushers in a new dawn for  Indian hockey, which used to be in a perpetual state of identity crisis. With ...

K. ARUMUGAM Chinese were a quick learners. Quick learners always teach you in the end. It’s what happened yesterday in the Asian Games’ women hockey final. India defeated China 7-1 in the first match of ...

K. ARUMUGAM Alyson Annan is taking Mandarin lessons. The Chinese women’s team she coaches is working on their English. Together, however, they appear to be on the same page evidenced by a thumping 4-0 victory ...

K ARUMUGAM aking early lead and maintaining it all through, Harmanpreet Singh’s dream Indian XI made it to the Asian Games final, majestically. With opportunistic goal apiece from Hardik Singh, Mandeep Singh, and Lalit Kumar ...

K ARUMUGAM Its business end of the Asian Games hockey. The best four teams have entered the semis. What went awry is the FIH ranking! Second seeded Malaysia has been unseated by China who ranked ...

ERROL D’CRUZ The Indian camp must have heaved a collective sigh of relief after China deprived Malaysia of a semi-final spot in the 2022 Asian Games hockey in Hangzhou with a draw on Monday. It ...

K ARUMUGAM Pakistan, in a desperate and valiant attempt to keep semifinal chance alive, played their best hockey of the Asian Games today but could not overcome gritty defending champions Japan. Needing a win to ...

K ARUMUGAM Heavy scoring seems to be a favourite game of Indians here. Second outing in succession, they unleashed a deadly dozen today at the picturesque Ghonsu Canal Sports Park stadium, Hangzhou. Like Pakistan the ...

ERROL D’CRUZ The terrorist attack on December 16, 2014, claimed the lives of 134 school children among 150 dead in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was on the day that a motorcade through the city of Lahore ...

K ARUMUGAM Despite dominating the field, India could not capitalize cornucopia of chances it created but in the end struggled to draw chances of which at one point of time looked dim against traditional rival ...