Fourteen years ago on this day India played the second successive Commonwealth Games final at Melbourne, Australia. Led by impact making medio Sumrai Tete, India beat their old nemesis New Zealand in the Semifinal, pint-size ...
Nothing is more sweetening than the today’s announcement of Women’s Hockey League for Under-21 girls in India. Despite equally (if not more) performing on international arena as that of their men’s counterparts, Indian women don’t ...
Coach Graham Reid reflected on proper planning against Russia who India beat 7-1 in the second leg of the Olympic Qualifier at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, on Saturday to register a 11-3 aggregate score. “I ...
Coach Sjoerd Marinje couldn’t believe what he was seeing in India’s horror first half of the second leg women’s Olympic qualifier against USA at the Kalinga stadium, Bhubaneswar, on Saturday. After winning the first leg ...
He is extremely happy, but doesn’t express so in words. But his facial expressions do not escape from your eyes. He wants to sound rationale rather than seemingly exhuberent. Ebullient Indian chief coach Sojerd Marinje ...
It came at last. Came on a right stage and on right occasion. Indian girls seemed to have reserved their best performance of the year for today. Excelling everything they did, especially in the penalty ...
Our women were a bit hard on luck unlike men’s hockey team insofar as Olympic Qualifier draw is concerned. Indian women could have got either South Korea, Belgium or Canada but got the toughest rival ...
Two days from now we will have only one thing to say about women’s hockey. Its either ‘We did despite missing Sunita Lakra’ if India wins the OQ Test or ‘We desparetly needed Sunita and ...
1991 Once-indomitable India were forced to endure the ignominy of qualifying for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Pakistan made the grade by virtue of winning the 1990 Beijing Asian Games. India were compelled to take the ...
History sure has a funny way of repeating itself. The FIH draw pitted India against the United States of America in a two-legged Women’s Olympic hockey qualifier. And that, disconcertingly, provides a déjà vu and ...