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How do we understand the battering of India at the Monchengladbach mega event? As a death knell for hockey, end of a tradition, flogging a dead horse, eye-opener or anything beyond? What should we do ...

Celebration of 70th Anniversary of Berlin Olympics Hockey Gold New Delhi: The city based Field Hockey Publication organized a function to mark the 10th Anniversary of Publication of International Hockey Year Books. The very idea ...

Only way to silence your critics is to perform, not buckle. Not many sportsmen’s career proved the axiom in a telling way than in the case of celebrated goalkeeper Shankar Laxman, who died on Thursday ...

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 ...

The gathering was small, but impressive. The arrangements were simple, but befitted the occasion, oozing an aura of solemnity. Two triple-Olympians and an assorted hockey personalities assembled at the lawns, about 100 feet from the ...

Only way to silence your critics is to perform, not buckle. Not many sportsmen’s career proved the axiom in a telling way than in the case of celebrated goalkeeper Shankar Laxman, who died on Thursday ...

Ashok Kumar’s wife, Kamal Ashok, 50, died suddenly in the wee hours of Wednesday, the 5th April, in New Delhi. It is gathered that entry of food particles in the wind pipe caused the sudden ...

Renowned hockey player of yore Shahid Noor, 59, died of kidney failure on Thursday, the 23rd February at his home town Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, India. The fleet-footed left winger played for famous Mohan Bagan ...

1. India played in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and finished sixth in a field of seven. Rajinder Singh Junior was appointed as new chief coach 2. Second international outing for India was RaboTrophy MiniWorld ...

1. India played in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and finished sixth in a field of seven. Rajinder Singh Junior was appointed as new chief coach 2. Second international outing for India was RaboTrophy MiniWorld ...