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Olympic Captain Dilip Tirkey: By K. Arumugam. Paperpack Pages 143 USD 8 Dilip Tirkey is a tribal from a nondescript, remote village in Orissa, who in a short span of time rose to become the ...

The tribal heartland of Orissa, Rourkela, where SAIL Hockey Academy has been functioning for more than a decade, got a tremendous hockey boost with the state-of-art stadium, sporting brand new Polygrass turf, came alive last ...

Els van Breda Vriesman, the Dutch president of the International Hockeyfederation (FIH), can be satisfied. The four semi-finalists at the Hockey Junior World Cup each came from a different continent. No wonder ‘the global game ...

Bravery of two young umpires, misadventure of an intimidating coach, passionate crowd, and mature game by at least by one rival marked the off track Women’s Nationals final at New Delhi on 11th July. In ...

So it’s all over. India lost its title here on Friday after a patchy performance in the semi-final of the Hockey Junior World Cup. Two-nil up at half time against the sleeveless Australians, but still ...

Indian Hockey Federation left no stone unturned this time. In the run up to the Sultan Azlan Shah competition, it did everything possible for forging a winning combination. Yet surprisingly India did not do well ...

Is Enough not enough Scene 2003: India lost just 8 matches out of 26. Success rate – 70 % Scene 2004: India barely wins 17 matches out of 61. Success rate – 28% What is ...

May 17, 2005: Underscoring the point that he had less than required time to prepare the team for the Azlan Shah Cup, the newly appointed coach Rajinder Singh Jr. wished, in his characteristic jocularity, that ...