Category: HistoryWatch

The history of Indian hockey will be rendered insignificant without due honour to the greatest exponent of the game — Dhyan Chand. Indian army’s maiden tour of New Zealand in 1926 left no doubt about ...

The gathering was familiar one, you mostly encounter in hockey functions in the capital. But it was unusual in many ways, not normally one hears about. And, certainly not the run of the mill stuff ...

No…..I m not a hockey player, no…….I m not a cricket player, I m someone like u, someone who loves to watch India win, and someone who loves to watch India win in hockey too. ...

Ever since national hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho rekindled the issue of recognition of winning sportspersons, the issue is cropping up here and there, though not in a manner of wild fire. From the Indian Olympic ...

One of the best hockey players of the 60s, Jamanlal Sharma died on last 26th Aug. 2007 at Luknow. He was outstanding fullback in one of the golden phase of Indian hockey. J.L.Sharma was born ...

Last Month Delhi based Hindustan Times serialized what it called ‘HT’s Hockey Campaign’. s2h editor K. Arumugam wrote the first of the six-part Series. The article is reproduced for the benefit of s2h readers. The ...

Rome Olympics veteran Jhamanlal Sharma expired in the wee hours of Sunday at his home in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Jhamanlal, a well known sports administrator and coach, has been awarded highest civiliaon award Padamshri for ...

Willie Goodsir Cullen, though unknown to most of the today’s hockey lovers, was one of the great hockey personalities of primitive era of Indian Hockey. He was a key member of the Indian team which ...

Recollecting a rare hockey feat when the sport is on its worst gloomy phase might appear a jarring note, but 19th December 1966 is not just another day in a heritage called Indian hockey. The ...

History has come a full circle for Indian hockey. South Korea stopped India’s first Asian Games gold in 1958. Down 48 years, the same Koreans are at it, throwing India outside medals zone at the ...