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New Indian Express: Indian captain Sreejesh’s home state yet to recognise hockey! By Adwaidh Rajan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It may sound incredible, but is a hard fact. Hockey is not a recognised sport in the home state ...

Indian Express:President Pranab Mukherjee confers PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar and Jitu Rai with Khel Ratna The four Khel Ratnas received a medal, certificate and cash prize of Rs. 7.5 lakh each. It was ...

The Hindu: Players keen to put an end to Railways controversy With reports of four Indian women’s hockey players mistreated by Indian Railways on their way back home from Rio creating a furore, the players ...

New Indian Express: Reports of women’s hockey team forced to sit on train floor false: Railways NEW DELHI: Railways today said there was no truth in reports that Indian women hockey players were made to ...

Times of India: Three Olympic gold, yet no recognition for Dhyan Chand: Dilip Tirkey By Ishan Chowdhury NEW DELHI: The “Path of Protest” in Jantar Mantar was crowded with distinguished former hockey players reminiscing Major ...

Times of India: ‘Sad we have to demand an award for Dhyan Chand’ By Biswajyoti Brahma NEW DELHI: A group of hockey greats will be meeting in the Capital on Sunday afternoon to demand the ...

Hindustan Times: Give equal opportunities to hockey players for Olympic success: Tirkey By Dilip Tirkey I was impressed by the men’s hockey team’s performance at the Rio Olympics. The team led by PR Sreejesh was ...

The Hindu: We are disappointed, says Sreejesh The Indian hockey teams may not have achieved results up to expectations but their performances at the Rio Olympics were not as disheartening as an eighth-place finish may ...

Times of India: Hockey champ’s wait for recognition ends 24 Aug, 2016 RANCHI: Silvanus Dungdung was a content man on Tuesday afternoon as he pulled out the Olympic gold medal from his closet. His 36-year ...

Hindustan Times: Indian men’s hockey team slips one place to sixth in FIH rankings The Indian men’s hockey team slipped one place to occupy sixth in the FIH rankings after their lackluster show in Rio ...