“Indeed to my mind if a special souvenir was to be awarded to any one player, who contributed most to Indian’s victory, I would unhesitatingly give the palm to our squat, smiling-faced Leo. His display ...
Sports is not without stars. Its stars who make sports dazzle, forever. Here in India we have two immortals, one in Chandigarh, the other in Kolkata. Balbir Singh Sr and Keshav Datt are the only ...
Hockey presented Independent India’s first Olympic Gold, way back in 1948. The team led by right winger Kishen Lal did everything right to elevate just freed nation’s prestige on the world map. On August 12th, ...
STRAIGHT SHOOTOUTS NEED A RE-THINK Remember extra-time? This protracted struggle in a knockout hockey match is a thing of the past. Seven years ago the new shootout came into being. It caused the demise of ...
Nothing has changed for good. Forty four years ago, Wilman Koopman lifted the World Cup on its maiden edition. The hockey country that has enviable number of playing surfaces and vibrant Clubs, which obviously produced ...
It would be unfair to term Ireland’s march into the final of the Women’s Hockey World Cup a miracle. Instead, call it a triumph of an indomitable spirit battling impossible odds. The Irish feat manifested ...
Both teams were on the verge of making their own history in different perspective, but it was Ireland who did it ultimately. What they could not do when they hosted the World Cup three decades ...
There’s bound to be a touch of nostalgia, anxiety and and not a little pain in the eyes when Satinderpal Singh Walia gazes at the TV screen these days. As the Indian women battle for ...
HISTORY: Indian women’s hockey too has a rich legacy, but was only eclipsed by the unique supremacy that their men’s counterpart had achieved. First Women’s hockey Club in India was formed in 1928. It was ...
Indian girls raised their bar for once to win a crucial match against Italy 3-0 today in the cross over match to make it to the quarterfinal of the World Cup in London. India will ...