Author: K. Arumugam
It happened recently. Two unexpected teams clashed in the FIFA World Cup. And in our own sport, Rio Olympics saw two new nations fighting out for the honours. Now its the turn of Asian hockey. ...
It took long time for the Indian girls to return to the dug out. First, the eleven players celebrated as if the title is won. Then they moved to where the goalie was waiting for ...
Three translators for English. Weekly two sessions for English learning. Four support staff imports from Germany. Different cultures, differing views of sporting success. But the German Coach Jamilon Lorenzo Muelders is enjoying his sojourn in ...
When the mighty USSR broke in the mid 1990s, many of the splinter nations preferred to join Asia for sports: this was how Asian hockey got Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and others in its fold. Their girls ...
“Indeed to my mind if a special souvenir was to be awarded to any one player, who contributed most to Indian’s victory, I would unhesitatingly give the palm to our squat, smiling-faced Leo. His display ...
Sports is not without stars. Its stars who make sports dazzle, forever. Here in India we have two immortals, one in Chandigarh, the other in Kolkata. Balbir Singh Sr and Keshav Datt are the only ...
Hockey presented Independent India’s first Olympic Gold, way back in 1948. The team led by right winger Kishen Lal did everything right to elevate just freed nation’s prestige on the world map. On August 12th, ...
To me, Indian men’s national hockey team has only one target in the busy 2018: retain gold status at the Asian Games and thus book direct ticket for the Tokyo Olympics. Solid show in Breda ...
Australia asserted its class. England established its enterprise and energy. Argentina is still on ascending trajectory. This is the message of medal winners of the World Cup year’s Azlan Shah edition that went into recess ...
My long time friend and Olympic gold medallist Hari Pal Kaushik, 84, passed away in his home town Jalandhar. Hari Pal played three Olympics (1956, 1960 & 1964) and refused to play the 1968 number ...
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