Indian team was nervous at the Chile Olympic Qualifier and lacked in the measure of mental toughness that was required to play in such tournament as the Chile one, where one single mistake can spell ...
It’s a farce, a tragic joke that only IHF and Gill can find remotely funny. A look at how national hockey coach Rajinder Singh was axed because there’s no place for him in the bench ...
The crucial Chile Olympic Qualifier final is just 24-hours away. Traditions giants India and Great Britain will lock horns, and the winner would elevate themselves to Beijing status. In many ways the victors would have ...
Great Britain is tactically a strong side. The Indians have always nurtured an unwanted complex against the English sides. Be careful, take things seriously”, cautions Avtar Singh Burji who represented Uganda at the 1972 Olympic ...
He may turn out to be our hero. Or, could well be our villain. March 9 is judgement day for national chief coach Joaquim Carvalho, more so for his monolithic approach. The ongoing Olympic Qualifier ...
‘When the world sleeps we awake’. This was how India’s first Prime Minister described India obtaining its freedom on the night of 14th August five decades ago. These famous words now aptly describe Indian hockey’s ...
‘PROMOTING INDIAN HOCKEY’ A REPORT BY BOB DAVIDZON ON BEHALF OF IOC AND FIH UNDER ‘OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY’ CONCERNED AT THE DECLINING FORTUNE OF TRADITONALLY STRONG INDIAN HOCKEY TEAMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL MEETS, THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE ...
Winger Rajpal Singh, who is at Perth with the training Indian team, indicated his early return and also not to take part in the Chile Olympic Qualifier. Speaking to Shailesh Chaturvedi in Sahara Samay television ...
Hockey players never retire. This is reality, comedy and of course one of the inherent tragedies of Indian hockey. Retirement is a decision – that would certainly impact an individual player’s career, life and time. ...
Unbeaten Holland was bundled out of the final of the Eight-Nation Invitational hockey tournament here when they could only manage a 3-3 draw with India in their final preliminary round match on Saturday. The Australians, ...