Author: stick2hockey

ERROL D’CRUZ Australia’s last Olympic defeat to India (1-3) was way back at Munich 1972. Their last World Cup loss to the same nation was  Buenos Aires 1978 (0-2). The last time that India avoided ...

ERROL D’CRUZ Almost 50 years ago, India squared up to Belgium in a final. The occasion was the Rene Frank International tournament in Madras (now Chennai) to mark the erstwhile Indian Hockey Federation’s golden jubilee. ...

K ARUMUGAM Harmanpreet Singh suggested yet again that Indian fortunes are indelibly linked to his performance in the 2024 Paris Olympics. ‘Captain Cool’ scored both goals in his country’s 2-0 win over a doughty Ireland in ...

ERROL D’CRUZ A few years ago, Pakistan lost a European tour opener to Ireland 0-1. Fans expressed outrage online, one of whom said it’s less said the better on how the tour would go if ...

K. ARUMUGAM Harmanpreet Singh was again the cornerstone for India on the hockey pitch. On Monday it was a rescue act to dispatch home a drag flick from top of the ‘D’ to help India ...

ERROL D’CRUZ Argentina, you’ve lost the element of surprise! A greying, thinning-at-the-top Indian fan may well say as he flashes back some 49 years. As a schoolboy with final year exams fast approaching, he rushed ...

K. ARUMUGAM India left it late while winning an enthralling 2024 Olympic hockey opener against New Zealand 3-2 at the Yves-du-Manoir stadium in Paris on Saturday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh, coolness personified, scored from a penalty ...

ERROL D’CRUZ First up, New Zealand! Now, if you’ve been a follower of Indian hockey long enough, you’ll likely endure the jitters as the teams open their campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday. You ...

S2H Team Is there a stronger or weaker pool at the 2024 Paris Olympics due to start on Friday? Opinions float around but given the serpentine method with rankings as the basis of drawing out ...