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Hockey India president Narinder Batra insists efforts to oust IOA president Ramachandran will continue A four-minute-50-second audio clip purportedly has Indian Olympic Association (IOA) associate joint secretary I.D. Nanavati saying that N. Ramachandran was ready ...

Sticks need glue The positive atmosphere inside the dressing room reflected on pitch, where the team played without much fear and the players trusted each other. Poor defence, toothless attack and abysmal penalty corner conversions ...

Gurbaj, problem child or misunderstood maverick Last week, before he would tender his resignation, former assistant coach Jude Felix submitted a detailed complaint against Gurbaj in his report to Hockey India. In a hockey set-up ...

TNOA needn’t interfere in Hockey India’s affairs Hockey India president Narinder Batra said the ad-hoc committee formed by Tamil Nadu Olympic Association to solve the problems faced by the former’s Tamil Nadu unit has no ...

Indian hockey team’s attack bolstered by Sunil’s return The return of senior striker SV Sunil from injury has strengthened the Indian men’s hockey team’s attack, fellow forward Ramandeep Singh said on Saturday. The 26-year-old Sunil ...

Sabi Hussain Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 30 Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh on Thursday conceded that constant chopping and changing of coaches affected the overall performance of the team but insisted that the ...

K Arumugam Quest for Instant Success Pulling Back Indian Hockey Strange things are not uncommon in Indian hockey. Still, what happened recently exceeds everything we are used to. Employee says he has been sacked, while ...

Shayan Acharya Oltmans Comfortable in Hot Seat NEW DELHI:There is something about Roelant Oltmans that makes him stand out. Outspoken and a bundle of energy, the Dutchman doesn’t like mincing words, and barely a couple ...

New coach Oltmans cuts a confident figure ahead of European tour NEW DELHI: Newly-appointed coach of the Indian men’s hockey team Roelant Oltmans cut a confident figure on Thursday ahead of the team’s 15-day European ...

Coaching should be left to the coaches: Ric Charlesworth NEW DELHI: Ric Charlesworth, one of the greatest hockey minds, feels all is not lost for the Indian team ahead of next year’s Rio Olympics but ...