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No playing for states The concept of helping the have-nots is alien to the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB). Spoilt for choice while selecting teams for domestic events, institutional teams like Railways usually allow surplus ...

A day after report, players get R400 daily allowance Uthra G Chaturvedi Taking serious note of the poor facilities being provided to the players at the senior men’s national championships, the sports ministry has sought ...

Players force HI to double allowance B Shrikant, Hindustan Times Player power ruled on Friday as the organisers of the National Hockey Championship here were forced to double their daily allowance following protests. Earlier, all ...

Strange NOC rule stumps national hockey players BHOPAL: Not for nothing is India’s national sport in dire straits. On one hand, there are factions at loggerheads for the governing control of hockey in India. While ...

Goals galore on day one of national hockey championship BHOPAL: It rained goals on the opening day of the senior men’s national Championship as Punjab and Railways scored comprehensive victories over their opponents on Friday. ...

Ministry seeks report from HI, National Championships organisers NEW DELHI: The sports ministry on Friday sought details of the reportedly poor facilities given to players at the Senior National Hockey Championships in Bhopal from Hockey ...

IOA criticises government for leaving it out from HI, IHF talks NEW DELHI: A miffed Indian Olympic Association on Friday hit out at the sports ministry for not involving it in Saturday’s merger talks to ...

If there is an offer, I am interested: Felix NEW DELHI: More than a decade after he left Indian shores for better opportunities in Malaysia, former captain Jude Sebastian Felix is among the frontrunners to ...

Shake and join hands: Maken tells officials SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT To end the ongoing feud between Hockey India (HI) and Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken has invited the officials of both bodies ...

‘FIH was paid Rs. 7.5 crore’ K.P.S. Gill, advisor to the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), said here on Wednesday that a sum of Rs. 7.5 crore was spent on title sponsorship money to host the ...