NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Centre and Hockey India (HI) for their stand on a plea alleging that the sports federation has violated the national sports code by creating posts, like ...
Deepika Thakur, nee Dahiya, who was nominated rather belatedly for the Arjuna award recently is happy that the prize has finally come her way. Believing for years that she richly deserved the honour, the one ...
Narender Kumar Gautam, like the tireless midfielder he was in his playing days, has nurtured hockey grassroots in Sonepat, Haryana, for almost 40 years. Reflecting on his role, the former Punjab State Electricity Board player, gives ...
Rani Rampal has been the face of Indian women’s hockey for well over a decade. Her stature and value to the Indian women’s hockey team duly brought her the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, adding to ...
Indian women’s hockey, under-performing for considerable time and underrated even longer, thought to be subdued and submerged by their male counterparts, seems to have broken from the shackles. Now, they are in the forefront, talked ...
Talk about the 1975 World Cup and the image of Aslam Sher Khan pops up. A hero of India’s only triumph at hockey’s ultimate event used to bewilder opponents with sudden goals and catch them ...
Bengaluru, 22 August 2020: On returning to the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru Campus earlier this month, the Indian Men’s Core Probable’s Group underwent a two-week mandatory quarantine which ended earlier this week. During this period, ...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has conferred annual awards to Indian sports persons and coaches. Hockey has its big share with as many as six personalities among the long list of awardees. The ...
Former India captain Sardar Singh strongly believes India, which last won an Olympic hockey medal in 1980 at Moscow, has a good chance to come out on top in Tokyo as long as all the ...
Hockey India’s high-performance director David John has resigned, just days after his contract was renewed by the sports ministry until September 2021. It is learnt that the federation has accepted the Australian’s resignation but the Sports ...