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Prepared for opponents with planned strategies: Ritu Rani NEW DELHI: Gearing up for the Women’s Champions Challenge after a successful build-up campaign in their recent tour of Europe, Indian women’s hockey captain Ritu Rani said ...

Harendra aims high with junior hockey team Rohan Puri,TNN NEW DELHI: Harendra Singh, the newly appointed coach of the junior men’s hockey team, said on Tuesday he expected the team to be among the top ...

Post changes, hockey will remain fast with more room for tactics BY : ROELANT OLTMANS After facing the threat of being axed from the Olympics, it has become necessary for hockey to evolve and move ...

Hockey reboots with format change Mihir Vasavda The sport’s world governing body, however, has not shied away from experimenting with new rules and formats. FIH reduces playing time and brings in quarter-system to make the ...

FIH moves to make hockey more attractive In keeping with its efforts to attract the market and increase audience, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided to change the format of the game. Coming into ...

Coach Walsh excited about developmental plan Apart from preparing the Indian hockey team for some important events this year, chief coach Terry Walsh is excited about a developmental plan to establish a uniform style of ...

World body rings dramatic changes in hockey Biswajyoti Brahma,TNN NEW DELHI: In a major rule change aimed at making the game more exciting and viewer-friendly, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday announced its decision ...

Govt gives NSF status to Hockey India PTI NEW DELHI: Hockey India’s (HI) bid to be the sole body of governance for the national sport in the country, has got a shot in the arm ...

NEW DELHI: Forty-two teams will battle it out at the 4th edition of the Hockey India Senior Men National championship 2014, to be played in Lucknow from 27 February to 23 March. The championship will ...

A Dutch engineer’s tryst with Indian hockey Uthra Ganesan Twenty-five-year-old Joris Oolsthorn, with a degree in mechanical engineering in hand, knows he has a bright future ahead. Only, the Dutchman is not sure if he ...