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Sahara to own hockey franchise Sahara India Pariwar, one of the major sponsors of Indian hockey, has announced that it will own one of the six franchises of the proposed Hockey India League. “By taking ...

Neil Hawgood to coach women’s team Principal Correspondent Australian Olympian Neil Hawgood has taken over as the head coach of the Indian women’s hockey team. According to Hockey India (HI) Secretary-General Narinder Batra, even though ...

Chetri prepared to lead Indian Hockey team at London 2012 He was part of the squad that failed to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, hence Bharat Chetri has special motivation to excel at the upcoming ...

Hockey — injury worries for India Seasoned defender Ignace Tirkey’s sprained ankle and star midfielder Sardara Singh’s injured shin has left the Indian hockey team management worried ahead of the Olympic Games starting on July ...

Nobbs looks at positives from dismal Euro tour India’s hockey coach Michael Nobbs said on Saturday that the team’s poor performance during its European tour was just a learning process ahead of the 2012 London ...

Top-four finish will be a miracle, say ex-players Zafar Iqbal was impressed with the improvement Indian hockey has made under Micheal Nobbs but feels it would be too premature to expect a podium finish in ...

Bullet-drama Sandeep Singh feared for Indian hockey future Bullet-drama Sandeep Singh feared for Indian hockey future “If we didn’t qualify this time, Indian hockey could have stopped like the dinosaur,” said star drag flicker Sandeep. ...

MUMBAI: The infighting in the Mumbai Hockey Association (MHA) came to the fore on Wednesday when a host of Olympians, World Cuppers and ex-internationals, led by Dhanraj Pillay, met Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar ...

1980 Olympics: India sinks Spain for gold After a tumultuous period following the hockey debacle at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, India fielded a relatively young but talented side for the Moscow Games, where barring skipper ...

NEW DELHI: Set to return to the Olympic stage after eight years, the Indian hockey team is working hard on being a mentally strong unit by practicing yoga and meditation before the London Games. “Olympics ...