Last week I visited Bhubaneswar, capital of culturally rich Orissa. It was a tour I was looking for, as I had two important things to do there. On Thursday, the 9th February my 11th book ...
‘United We Stand; Divided We Play’. Thus goes an ESPN billboard displayed prominently in roundabouts and places of visibility in Delhi. As if to subscribe the slogan, players of both teams — who were supposed ...
After finishing seventh at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, Indian hockey was in a state of shock and in complete disarray. As usual the IHF misread the situation before mishandling the issues. Proof: IHF president ...
This is not the kind of new year greeting he would have anticipated, but the IHF’s Secretary General K.Jothikumarn can’t escape. Two Secretaries of powerful State Hockey Associations, Karnataka and Bombay — who count heavily ...
After the Men’s Asia Cup telecast by DD Sports, there is no other tournament on the anvil for broadcast. If India gets Champions Trophy or participate in any other tournament, we will get you the ...
After the Men’s Asia Cup telecast by DD Sports, there is no other tournament on the anvil for broadcast. If India gets Champions Trophy or participate in any other tournament, we will get you the ...
Olympic Captain Dilip Tirkey: By K. Arumugam. Paperpack Pages 143 USD 8 Dilip Tirkey is a tribal from a nondescript, remote village in Orissa, who in a short span of time rose to become the ...
The tribal heartland of Orissa, Rourkela, where SAIL Hockey Academy has been functioning for more than a decade, got a tremendous hockey boost with the state-of-art stadium, sporting brand new Polygrass turf, came alive last ...
Indian Hockey Federation left no stone unturned this time. In the run up to the Sultan Azlan Shah competition, it did everything possible for forging a winning combination. Yet surprisingly India did not do well ...
Is Enough not enough Scene 2003: India lost just 8 matches out of 26. Success rate – 70 % Scene 2004: India barely wins 17 matches out of 61. Success rate – 28% What is ...