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Text and Images K. Arumugam When I entered the sprawling National Stadium campus before it was renamed after the hockey wizard Dhyan Chand, it seemed I was late. The morning practice under the watchful eyes ...
By K. ARUMUGAM The year 1920 marked an important phase for Indian hockey. The Beighton Cup, the oldest trophy outside of Europe, had celebrated its silver jubilee early that year. Named after the donor of ...
Uthra Ganesan SAI sources say process of finding replacements has begun The last time the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams stepped out competitively was in February. The next time they will do so will ...
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 ...
Graham Reid calls it the Groundhog Day syndrome. In the 1993 fantasy-comedy, Bill Murray wakes up every morning and realises he is reliving the same day over and over again. Reid has experienced something similar ...
Bengaluru, 29 August 2020: Khel Ratan Rani Rampal feels that the parent body giving equal importance to women’s hockey as that of men’s is crucial in her career, which is at its peak with the ...
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 ...
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