JMWC: International returns to Lucknow exactly after 20 summers It was exactly 20 summers ago, the city of Nawabs, as Lucknow is known, last hosted an international hockey tournament. Fittingly, defender Rajnish Mishra, son of ...
National Championships: The rise of Universities hockey team The hectic, gigantic and fruitful domestic season – where six separate championships for each gender were held – is coming to close, its time to look back ...
Arjun Halappa: “Hockey hasn’t changed, but we have” Contrary to well-entrenched belief that field hockey sport has changed, veteran midfielder Arjun Halappa feels that hockey has not changed but only the way the Indians approach ...
9th May Imphal: Despite many hurdles Manipur, the cradle of North East hockey, has kick-started its ambitious step of hosting two Divisions of age group Hockey India National Championship here early this week. Hockey Manipur, ...
Revolutions are a rare phenomenon in history, occurring once in a long cycle. But it is a matter of routine in some unstable domains like the sport we love. Field hockey is perhaps the only ...
SAS 2016: FINAL: Real test for India today After a long time Australia men’s team has brought its best strength for the Azlan Shah Cup, it showed on the turf the way it comprehensively outplayed ...
Manpreet Singh’s early enthusiasm, Sunil’s opportunism, youngster Kothajit’s energy, together with constant attacking attitude, helped India outplay Pak 5-1 in the Azlan Shah Cup. With the third win four matches, India now is placed second ...
Bhubneswar and Guwahati take centre stage as Ipoh set for India-Pak clash today The outcome of India-Pakistan contests at hockey counts enormous significance in the socio-milieu context of both countries despite its questionable sporting merit. ...
Author’s note: Its a gratifying day for me as forgotten hero Shankar Laxman, Olympic gold medallist, has been brought to centre-stage in the Hockey India Annual Awards, conferring him the Lifetime Achievement Award. Its a ...
University hockey in a new avtar, as Nehru Society steps into infuse a breath of fresh air. Recently, All India Universities team, called ‘Combined Universities’ in the Indian sporting parlance, upset top notch teams like ...