BY ERROL D’CRUZ The pain of defeat so etched on the faces of the Indian women after the bronze medal match against Great Britain was, in a quirky way, perhaps the biggest positives from the ...
By NANDAKUMAR MARAR MUMBAI: Adrian D’Souza noticed two changes in goalkeeper friend P R Sreejesh, use of stick under the post and as a person. The two custodians, senior and junior teammates at national hockey ...
K ARUMUGAM He came. He saw. He transformed. It took almost three years for the Dutchman Sjoerd Marijne to bring our women to what they are now. The target, primarily, was getting into the quarterfinals ...
By MERVYN FERNANDIS, Triple Olympian Every athlete has a dream to represent their country at the Olympics which comes once in four years. Considering the standards set at that level, qualifying is in itself an ...
Sjoerd Marijne will bid adieu to the Indian women’s hockey team, a unit he transformed from also-rans to one to be feared. The Dutchman, who took charge of the team four years ago, said his decision ...
India’s bid for a bronze medal in women’s hockey at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ended in tears at the Oi Stadium on Friday. In a see-saw battle, just as the men’s encounter won by India ...
Twitter exploding. Prime Minister Narendra Modi phoning Indian captain Manpreet and head coach Graham Reid to offer congratulations. Millions in front of their TV sets all over the country and millions more gazing at their ...
Harmanpreet’s drag-flicking prowess has been a key factor in India’s bronze medal-winning campaign. The sturdy defender reflected on what achieving a podium meant after a pulsating come-from-behind victory over Germany for the prize. “Our hard ...
Manpreet Singh, India captain, reflected on an epic victory against Germany to win the bronze medal, the country’s first hockey prize at the Olympics after 41 years. “I am speechless,” he said. “After all, there’s ...
Graham Reid, head coach of the Indian men’s hockey team, reveals he wears a pacemaker. Given the last few pulsating moments of the bronze medal match against Germany, there would have been anxiety for his ...