Category: My Last Word

Editorial: Most embarrassing moments in my hockey writing career has been an occupational hazard — listening to the explanations most of our great former players’ dish out day in and day out. On the occasion ...

Controversies Can Wait The ongoing Punjab Gold Cup may well enter the record books as one of the well-followed and well organized hockey events in India. Indian results, crowd and media response so far has ...

Editorial: India’s domestic hockey is in itself a distinct model. Unlike most other countries in the West, Oceania and the Pan America, the domestic activity is driven by charity. Charity in the form of Tournament ...

Dhanraj is face of contemporary Indian hockey. He is now is in the tight company of Selectors who in the recent past either ‘selected’ him or ‘sacked’ him. Average age of other four selectors is ...

One great thing about the media facility at Kazan was the professionalism. In the night at least before 8 pm all activities will be over. Still none of those in charge of the media would ...

Russia wants to be back in the sports business – very seriously. One of the main aspects it is concentrating in order to refurbish its sagging global image is to improve its rating in the ...

After a month of hectic hockey journalism, I sit in peace this week. What a month I had recently – which is professionally satisfying, if not profitable too. I wish to savour those events in ...

I was undergoing an operation in Mumbai when I learnt Indian hockey’s ouster from the Beijing Olympics. Therefore excuse me for giving my views so late. I watched all the Olympics since 1948 in some ...

Carvalo informed the whole world of his resignation. It was in the fitness of things as he felt that he has failed to deliver, which is also true. His gesture, and its timing, was welcomed ...

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 ...