Category: Editorial

MAN ON A MISSION WITH six books and a hockey website to his name, Indian freelance sports journalist K. Arumugam is in Australia on a mission — to gather information and profile leading players for ...

That the hockey’s profile in India is on increase is no news. What is the news now is women, for long denied the exalted status compared to their male counter part, too are joining the ...

The global governing body of the sport of field hockey, FIH, is known for introducing something on great wisdom and later discarding it with even greater wisdom. We have seen this trait rearing its ugly ...

When India meets Australia today at Bukil Jalil in the Azlan Shah Cup, the two of the most gifted of world hockey powers will be making an important land mark. When the two struggling teams ...

Indian Men’s Hockey 2003: Stay Focussed. Skip skirmishes. The world is watching you. Winning 16 out of 28 matches it played, while drawing four, Indian hockey ends the year 2003 on high note. The heartening ...

Even at best of times, awards are bound to be criticized. With three winners from The Netherlands and the other from Australia in the 2003 FIH Player of the Year Awards list, the announcement disappoints ...

It is everyone’s duty to support the national team. To start with, coaches should support their players, especially when their morale is down and results are not coming in their favour. The players, on their ...

It’s a heartening happening. A whiff of fresh air is sweeping across the shores of global hockey. The old order, so entrenched in their victory mould for decades, seems to be breaking. Hockey’s hitherto unheralded ...

Recently, IWHF sources expressed surprise that three of their nominees for the prestigious Arjuna award were not considered by the concerned Selection Committee. Careful watchers surprise, not at the government’s decision, but at the list ...

New Delhi: 23rd March, 2003: It’s the likes of Phil Appleyards who killed hockey in India. Extract: The Sahara Group that announced a reward of USD five million to Indian cricket team and the business ...