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IHF and HI set on merger course The warring factions in the hockey administration were set on a merger course by Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Saturday. At the end of a meeting involving ...

Women’s team physio dropped at the last minute Navneet Singh Barely had the dust settled on the controversy surrounding Hockey India’s skills -or the lack of it -to conduct the men’s hockey nationals at Bhopal, ...

He is the Iqbal of Indian hockey Firoz Mirza Play by the whistle of the umpire, hockey players are told from a very young age. Mohmmad Samad, however, could not follow the unwritten code -his ...

Punjab have it easy yet again B Shrikant Youngster Satbir Singh struck a hattrick as favourites Punjab blanked Uttarakhand 12-0 to register their second successive win in Pool A of the National Hockey Championship here ...

Govt looks to merge HI, IHF NEW DELHI: In a bid to end the impasse over hockey administration in the country, the government has come up with a set of proposals, including expanding Hockey India’s ...

Doubts over national hockey camp in Bangalore BANGALORE: A national men’s hockey camp in Bangalore after nearly three years may not happen as Sports Authority of India, South Centre, has informed its bosses in New ...

With youngsters around, there is aggression in team Saurabh Duggal, Hindustan Times Their dismal performance in the Commonwealth and Asian Games notwithstanding, the women’s hockey team is keen to prove a point under new chief ...

‘I don’t watch hockey, there’s no skill’ Firoz Mirza & B Shrikant, Hindustan Times “To hell with hockey,” stalwart Aslam Sher Khan had once said in anguish. So disgusted was he with the politics of ...

Govt gives HI, IHF two-day ultimatum to merge or face action The sports ministry on Saturday served Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation an ultimatum that they either merge into a unified national body in ...

Will Maken’s move pay dividends? S. THYAGARAJAN The handshake diplomacy advocated by the Sports Minister, Ajay Maken, to resolve the issues confronting the hockey administration appears very simplistic. The problems are varied, complex and illogical. ...