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Hockey World Cup holders Germany were struggling against a stubborn Belgium on Wednesday and were held 1-1. This follows another unconvincing display against minnows China in their opener, where they survived an early Chinese scare ...

BANGALORE: Army School overpowered Sarla Devi School 9-0 in the Dr. G.S Randhawa Memorial inter-School hockey tournament, here on Wednesday. Sunil scored four goals (fifth, sixth, eighth & 49th minutes including a hat-trick) and was ...

BHUBANESWAR, Aug. 13: Nila Madhab Deo and Amiya Mallick have been selected for the prestigious Ashok Patnaik memorial sports award for the year 2008. Deo is the coach of Amiya, an athlete. While Mr Deo ...

“We were satisfied with some of the things we set out to do, but obviously we never get so excited by a score like that as it tends to mask things that you don’t do ...

Beijing, August 13 It may sound strange but it is true; shooting has replaced hockey as a sport by which India and Indians are recognised worldwide now. Eversince Abhinav Bindra broke the jinx of winning ...

Beijing, August 13 Champions Australia humiliated South Africa 10-0 in the men’s Olympic hockey today but said they were looking to convert more goal chances in the next game. Top-ranked Australia are favourites for the ...

Shooting Range is the new meeting place for Indian contingent Beijing, Aug 12 : For years an assignment to the Olympic Games meant getting to the Games to follow the fortunes of the Indian hockey ...

Luciana Aymar slumped to the turf in disappointment after Argentina were held 2-2 by Britain today, their second successive draw hitting her chances of capping an illustrious career with an elusive Olympic gold. But the ...

Pak hockey coach optimistic after poor start By: Khalid A-H Ansari Beijing: Pakistan hockey coach Naveed Alam was livid after his team’s first Olympics field hockey defeat to Britain in 56 years. Britain last beat ...

Viswanathan Anand (1991-92, chess), Geet Sethi (1992-93, billiards), Cdr Homi D Motivala and Lt Cdr P K Garg (1994-95, yachting), Karnam Malleswari (1995-96, weightlifting), Leander Paes (1996-97, tennis), Kunjarani Devi (1996-97, weightlifting), Sachin Tendulkar (1997-98, ...