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 ...
Journo: I want to take your interview Gill: Take, hurry up Journo: What do you want to say about India’s poor show at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup? Gill: What do you want me to say? ...
In 2001, when Narinder Batra visited the Indian Hockey Federation Office, he was shocked to see letters being typed using manual or electronic type writers. India may have been hailed by many as the IT ...
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 ...
“Our players are not more skillful than the top Europeans” asserted Brigadier HJS Chimni, star of gold winning 1975 World Cup team. “Artificial turf is not the reason for our downfall”, thundered triple Olympic gold ...
New Delhi: August 27, 2004: In an interview to national telecaster Doordarshan Sports channel, KPS Gill, president of the Indian Hockey Federation, said that he failed to motivate Indian coaches and as such will stick ...
Injuries and tiredness have taken a huge toll in Athens. India are not the only team to have suffered. They took their toll on semi-finalists Spain and Germany so that we are left with the ...
The Rise and fall of Indian hockey The Golden Beginning CALL it a bundle of sentiments or a patriot. My eyes always fill with tears at every instance the three words India, Hockey and Olympics ...
1932 Los Angeles: Now, for the first time in sporting history an Indian team was to participate on American soil. United States of America by then had become the benchmark for excellence in sport, a ...