Category: Editorial

Salta Bronze is a good beginning Editorial: Salta tournament was first test for Spaniard Jose Brasa in our hockey cauldron. Was India finishing third at the Champions Challenge — in which world’s 7 to 15th ...

Roop Singh’s saga go unrewarded and unrecognized Editorial: We, as a nation, unabashedly have no history sense. It is more so in sports, and in particular with hockey. This nation did not celebrate the Centenary ...

EDITORIAL: Planning continues to be the bugbear With a foreign coach in place, tours in the offing, the senior team is on right track. The foreign coach is yet to get the full support and ...

Asia Cup My last word Part II MHF and AHF did enhance their Image this time around Editorial: I have not seen many Asia Cups unlike some others in the media. However, to the extent ...

A sordid drama occurred during India’s recent visit to New Zealand. Before the third test at Wellington, the New Zealand Hockey Federation organized a gesture to honour Dilip Tirkey, who according to them, was playing ...

Editorial: Most embarrassing moments in my hockey writing career has been an occupational hazard — listening to the explanations most of our great former players’ dish out day in and day out. On the occasion ...

Controversies Can Wait The ongoing Punjab Gold Cup may well enter the record books as one of the well-followed and well organized hockey events in India. Indian results, crowd and media response so far has ...

Editorial: India’s domestic hockey is in itself a distinct model. Unlike most other countries in the West, Oceania and the Pan America, the domestic activity is driven by charity. Charity in the form of Tournament ...

Dhanraj is face of contemporary Indian hockey. He is now is in the tight company of Selectors who in the recent past either ‘selected’ him or ‘sacked’ him. Average age of other four selectors is ...

One great thing about the media facility at Kazan was the professionalism. In the night at least before 8 pm all activities will be over. Still none of those in charge of the media would ...