Category: My Last Word

Olympics. The most successful event anywhere in the peace time history of mankind. Any second opinion? No. You are there part and parcel of such greatest human effort, an effort to bring the best in ...

New Delhi: August 8, 2004: “The Olympic Games are unique. There are of course myriad reasons: from tradition and pageantry, to the values expressed in the celebration of the Games – such as fair play ...

March 2004: “It’s a mistake”, says Nick Irvine. “No. Big mistake”, asserts and corrects Charlesworth. Watching a match the duo were commentating for television. I was watching the same match on television, but lamenting. It’s ...

29.2.2004: Prospects and projections apart, Madrid Olympic Qualifier throws some interesting things. Further, the composition of Pool ‘A’ provides some coincidences. As three Asian teams — Pakistan, India, Malaysia — Canada, Belgium and New Zealand ...

Dhanraj Pillay has been advised by the Indian Hockey Federation to tactically announce withdrawal from the Olympics Qualifier team on his own once it was decided to leave him out. Once his name was struck ...

MAN ON A MISSION WITH six books and a hockey website to his name, Indian freelance sports journalist K. Arumugam is in Australia on a mission — to gather information and profile leading players for ...

That the hockey’s profile in India is on increase is no news. What is the news now is women, for long denied the exalted status compared to their male counter part, too are joining the ...

The global governing body of the sport of field hockey, FIH, is known for introducing something on great wisdom and later discarding it with even greater wisdom. We have seen this trait rearing its ugly ...

When India meets Australia today at Bukil Jalil in the Azlan Shah Cup, the two of the most gifted of world hockey powers will be making an important land mark. When the two struggling teams ...

Indian Men’s Hockey 2003: Stay Focussed. Skip skirmishes. The world is watching you. Winning 16 out of 28 matches it played, while drawing four, Indian hockey ends the year 2003 on high note. The heartening ...