Author: stick2hockey

s2h team In a testimonial speech delivered by K Arumugam, hockey historian, statistician and promoter of the sport via his NGO One Thousand Hockey Legs, in the felicitation function organized by Hockey India, accolades flowed ...

K ARUMUGAM Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh will not be alone. His last dance has millions of compatriots as company. The icon, legend and brave heart celebrated his swansong with another exemplary goalkeeping performance to help India ...

Charged up India bounced up from a goal deficit to emerge 2-1 victors over fighting Spain 2-1 to collect its 13th Olympic medal, a invaluable bronze in Paris. India have so far won 8 gold, ...

ERROL D’CRUZ The Red Sticks, as the Spanish hockey team is called, have been ubiquitous at the Olympics and World Cup. Spain’s hockey tradition is striking given its small player base. A guess would be just ...

K. ARUMUGAM Photo Courtesy: Yan Huckendubler Germany reaped the reward for efficiency with a pulsating 3-2 win over India in the 2024 Olympics men’s hockey semi-finals at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Paris on Tuesday. The European ...

ERROL D’CRUZ Are we in for a grudge match at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir on Tuesday? The Olympic men’s hockey semi-finals pits India against Germany in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Three years ago, in the Covid-delayed ...

K. ARUMUGAM India did not flinch at the colour red. The red that Great Britain wore. And the dreaded red card that Amit Rohidas was shown with 42 minutes left in the quarterfinal against formidable ...

ERROL D’CRUZ The English language and cricket are touted as two significant legacies of a century and a half of British rule in India. But what of hockey? The British, prolific inventors of modern sport, ...