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Punjab win hockey gold Punjab defeated Jharkhand 2-0 in a scintillating men’s hockey final in the 34th National Games at the Astroturf here today. After surviving a flurry of attacks from the hosts, Ravi Pal ...

Hockey crown for Punjab From Sidney Kiran, Ranchi, Feb 25, DHNS: Punjab broke Jharkhand hearts, halting their spirited run to the final with a touch of luck and a moment of brilliance to regain the ...

Prabodh Tirkey puts Jharkhand in final Host Jharkhand entered the men’s hockey final, edging out Maharashtra 2-1 through a golden goal in an emotionally-charged match here on Thursday. Jharkhand will meet Punjab on Friday in ...

Jharkhand need extra effort to edge past Maharashtra Jharkhand entered the men’s hockey final of the 34th National Games, scraping past Maharashtra 2-1 in extra-time after their semifinal match, which was stopped at the 55th ...

Nehru Champion Colleges Hockey Tournament begins Kusum Arora The 18th SAIL-Nehru Champion Colleges Hockey Tournament began today at the local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium with DAV College, Jalandhar, Al-Ameen College, Bangalore, and Sri Guru Hari ...

Poaching slur on kayak team SUMAN K. SHRIVASTAVA & PRADUMAN CHOUBEY A day after two netball players were benched over an ugly fracas with Andhra Pradesh members and on a day frenzied spectators forced the ...

WHL format finalised The much debated and delayed FIH World Hockey League (WHL) acquired a format shape on Monday. Set for launch next year (2012), the proposed WHL will pave way for determining places for ...

FIH to launch World League LAUSANNE ( SWITZERLAND): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced the launch of an FIH World League in 2012 involving all the top countries and has sent out invitations to its ...

India get byes to 2nd round in FIH World League LAUSANNE ( Switzerland): The Indian men’s and women’s teams have been handed byes to the second round in the International Hockey Federation’s World League scheduled ...

Indian sportspersons welcome new sports bill Former and current sportspersons today welcomed the government’s National Sports Bill which provides for a “fair and transparent” election process and limitation to age and tenure for their office ...