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Asian Games hockey final: Olympic berth at stake for India and Pakistan

In a do-or-die match for a berth in the semifinals, BPCL players kept their cool and combined admirably to oust defending champions Air India 3-1 in a final league round match of the 88th All ...

NEW DELHI: Out of action for the past three months, Indian hockey colts will finally get to play at competitive level in the upcoming Sultan of Johor Cup, and chief coach Gregg Clark said it ...

Five nations along with India have placed their bid infront of the International Hockey Federation to host the 2018 Hockey World Cup. Apart from India, the other countries to bid are England, Australia, Malaysia and ...

Members of the Junior women’s hockey team which won the bronze medal at the Junior World Cup are seen alongside the sports minister Jitendra Singh at a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi. (Photo Courtesy: PTI) ...

NEW DELHI: “Our decision to play goalkeeper Bigan Soy in the penalty shootout was decided three weeks back. She was the best in that situation,” Neil Hawgood, coach of Indian junior women’s hockey team, said ...

India hope change brings change of luck Mihir Vasavda As Indian hockey faces its biggest challenge in recent years, the hockey fraternity will hope the change of coaches will also bring a change of luck. ...

Hockey: Kaushik to assist national team The “bankruptcy” in the country’s hockey coaching wealth stood exposed with the proposed appointment of M.K. Kaushik to assist the national team till the Rio Olympics in 2016. Kaushik ...

Law Minister Kapil Sibal said the government should keep away from sports ‘as far as possible’ as it could damage it. Notwithstanding questions over BCCI in the wake of IPL spot-fixing, government has ruled out ...

Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) patron and Chief Advisor, K.P.S. Gill on Saturday applauded Indian Olympic Association (IOA) acting chief V.K. Malhotra’s decision not to include Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra in the four-member delegation ...