By S.KANNAN For old timers and romantic relics, winter in Delhi was the season for club hockey. In the decades gone by, when the Nehru Hockey tournaments (junior & senior), Shastri Hockey, and a few ...
New Delhi, 7 December 2020: Hockey players in India are used to hectic activity in the fag end of the year. This has been the routine in the domestic seasons with leading tournaments being held ...
Indian hockey was looking up in the 1990s, matching the standards set by both Asian rivals Pakistan and South Korea. The team finished second in both the 1993 Asia Cup and 1994 Asian Games ahead ...
Bengaluru, 04 December 2020: Another gem from powerhouse Haryana, 21-year old Gagandeep Kaur, aims to to progress in her career, learning tricks of the trade from players in the Senior national teams. “As a drag-flicker ...
With series of initiatives, Odisha seems to pitch itself as the Sporting Destination of India. Its a huge task, entailing long journey course of which will be joyfully watched by every sports follower in India. ...
Satinder Pal Walia’s is a lifetime devoted to sport. A multi-sport personality in his youth, Satinder has spent all his life promoting sport in every way – as a coach, guiding and grooming raw talent ...
Hockey in India was vibrant even in the last quarter of the 19th century. The sport proliferated the length and breadth of the country. From Srinagar to Chennai, Lahore to Dhaka and even from the ...
Jasjit Singh Kular, former India player, comes from a family of doctors. Jasjit also appears to possess the ability of diagnosis – at least when it comes to an ill plaguing the sport in the ...
The Indian Women’s hockey team’s experienced midfielder Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam is no stranger to the Olympic Games, having captained the side that took part at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 28-year-old has remained a consistent ...
BY NANDAKUMAR MARAR Former international Avitus D’Cruz watched Balbir Singh from close as a marker of the feared centre-forward. The admiration and fascination for the athlete-turned-hockey player in the former’s mind is evident. Triple Olympian ...