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As Beijing beckons, a nation of a billion-plus desperately seeks Olympic glory. Sunday Times turns the pages of our sporting history to find a few pioneers who did India proud Besides a string of gold ...

Hai Hitler ! At the Berlin Olympics, the Indians, with Dhyan Chand carrying the flag, were by far the most colourfully dressed of the contingents on show. A member of the Indian team noted, “With ...

Riding on a three goal effort from Hari Govind, Jain College routed St Joseph’s Pre-University College 6-1in the inter-college hockey tournament at the KSHA stadium on Friday. Results: Jain College: 6 (Hari Govind 10th, 11th, ...

AZERBAIJAN ASKED the Olympics’ arbitration court Friday to remove Spain’s women’s field hockey team from the Beijing Games for doping violations and let Azerbaijan’s team compete instead. Azerbaijan’s national Olympic committee and national hockey federation ...

S. Thyagarajan The fecundity of hockey has fascinated chroniclers for a century Beijing 2008 marks the centenary of field hockey in the Olympics. Introduced in 1908 and ejected after 1920 as a discipline not having ...

Indian Bank, Chennai defeated ICF Chennai 2-0 to enter ther final of the 16th Rajamani – Kanagamani Ammal Trophy state level hockey tournament conducted by Reserve Line Sports Club here on Friday. Philip Martin scored ...

Chennai: Rs 3,825. This is the amount available in the official bank account of the Tamil Nadu Hockey Association. A Chelladurai Abdullah of Ramanathapuram, the treasurer of the association, has filed a civil suit in ...

Al-Ameen College drubbed IIM Bangalore 8-0 in the V J D’Cruz inter-college hockey tournament at the KSHA Stadium on Friday. Birju (4th, 13th), Kabir Shrama (11th, 57th) and Suresh (23rd, 25th) struck a brace apiece ...

Bangalore: The National hockey championship may be a much shorter, keener affair if the ad hoc committee of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) studies the recommendation of the Olympians with due seriousness. With the Indian ...

Winning XI Hockey Club will conduct its 16th D.S. Rajamanickam Firozali Shroff M. Danaraj Trophy State-level tournament at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium from August 1 to 6. Seventeen teams, including defending champion Madurai, are expected ...