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Dubai: The 2009 Asia Cup hockey tournament will be the first international event to held at this West Asian metropolis’ brand new sports facility, Dubai Sports City (DSC). “The hockey stadium at Dubai Sport City ...

Goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh, who played a big role in India’s victory in the recent Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament in Hyderabad, was felicitated by the Ernakulam District Hockey Association on his arrival home at the ...

POONCH, July 24: District Poonch proved their supremacy by clinching both boys and girls titles as the Divisional Level Inter District Hockey Tournament organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports concluded today. In ...

JAMMU, July 24: Central and Northern Sectors registered emphatic wins today in the ongoing 17th Inter Sector CRPF hockey tournament being played at K K Hakku Stadium. In the first match played in the morning ...

THE state level trials for admission to state government-run sports hostels commenced at the state capital here on Thursday. About 800 aspirants turned up for the cricket trials. While the trials in hockey and football ...

A member of the 1948 Olympic gold team, Keshav Datt, on why he wouldn’t want to play again Sixty years after the Indian hockey team, of which Keshav Datt was a member, won the Olympic ...

In Leo Pinto, the 1948 Indian hockey team had an utterly fearless and committed player Leo Hillary Knowles Pinto does not exactly remember when he picked up hockey. But that lapse in memory owes less ...

Balbir Singh Sr, a national hero and a Padmashree, fondly recalls all three of his Olympic gold medals For Balbir Singh Sr, the 1948 Olympics really did stand for independence, particularly as he started his ...

SELECTION WRANGLES HOCKEY COACH KI KHOJ Ad-hoc panel to shortlist coaches next week New Delhi: The ad-hoc committee for Indian hockey will prepare a shortlist of coaches for the senior national team next week. Ad-hoc ...

SAI SOUTH ZONE INTER-HOSTEL TOURNAMENT Bangalore: Sports Authority of India Training Centre (STC), Bangalore, stormed into the final of the SAI south zone inter-hostel hock ey tournament with a convincing 4-1 win over STC Kollam ...