Home teams always do well, more so in World Cups. India is stand alone exception to this global phenomenon. Like in Bombay 28 years ago, India did nothing worth here in Delhi. With a mere ...
My last world: Part I: Commercial hockey’s first major success In the 80s, the likes of Phil Appleyards talked eloquently about one mysterious ‘World Hockey Series’ a proposal that was on paper for almost a ...
World Cup Players Report Card 1 Gurbaj Singh: Undoubtedly the hero of Indian campaign, maintained a high degree of consistency against all teams, though outstanding against Pakistan and England. What a defence spiliting crosses, what ...
Triple humiliation for India – and how On the opening day of the Delhi World Cup, strange results occurred. Australia lost to England while India defeated Pakistan. Events later proved it was the lone defeat ...
Australia established its supremacy here in Dhyan Chand Stadium. Charlesworth’s boys held the World Cup atop, after narrowly defeating Germany 2-1. Edward Ockenden scored very early in the first half, which Mortiz Furste neutralized 42 ...
KL and Monchengladbach to Delhi, power remains the same It’s repeat final of Monchengladbach. Australia and Germany will again vie for the gold. Four years have passed since that memorable night, the classic contest we ...
Its irony, Pakistan finishes last Many years ago in the same stadium Pakistan reigned supreme with an amazing 7-1 win over the hosts India in the Asian Games final. Today, years later, the Pakistan team ...
Pau Quemada scored the World Cup’s 2000th goal. Spain’s striker Pau Quemada may not be aware of the milestone goal he scored. When he bounced on a rebound to score his second goal against India, ...
This may not the 10 sec barrier in 100m sprint, but still a barrier. No World Cup hockey has so far crossed the 5 goals per match barrier. This has happened now, though we will ...
The semifinalists are here. The Netherlands will land against Australia while Germany take on England in the semifinals. Korea defeated Netherlands 2-1 today in a pulstating match, but having already obtained 10 points in the ...