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LUCKNOW: The first-ever high performance coaching programme for Indian coaches, being conducted jointly by the Federation of International Hockey (FIH) and Hockey India, started on Tuesday. Olympians and former international players such as Mohamad Riaz, ...

LAHORE: The chief coach and manager of the Pakistan hockey team that finished seventh in the London Olympics has blamed senior players and the contingent’s chef-de-mission for the side’s failure to grab a medal at ...

NEW DELHI: The IOA special committee, formed to resolve the issue of who should run hockey in the country, has “unanimously” ruled in favour of Hockey India, saying it conforms to all FIH statutes. The ...

MUMBAI: The Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus on Thursday announced the dates of the second season of the World Series Hockey (WSH). The five-week long event, which is not recognized by the sport’s world governing ...

Early exit for Delhi in Junior National Men’s Hockey Ritu Sejwal NEW DELHI: After losing its second consecutive match, Delhi made an early exit from the 2nd Junior National Men Hockey Championship being held at ...

HI to appoint High Performance Manager Special Correspondent Given the current state of hockey in the country, it was understandable that Hockey India chose the birth anniversary of Dhyan Chand to offer its apologies to ...

‘It was system failure at London’ Special Correspondent Hockey Olympian and coach, Mir Ranjan Negi on Wednesday, blamed the Indian team’s 12th place finish at the Olympic Games to failure of the system. “The poor ...

IHF rejects IOA panel BANGALORE: The Indian Hockey Federation has summarily rejected the three-member committee formed by the Indian Olympic Association to decide who should govern hockey in the country. Sources said the committee members ...

Indo-Pak hockey Tests to start from 2013 onwards FARIDABAD: The Hockey India is all set to the start the once popular Indo-Pak hockey Test series from next year. In a bid to improve India’s ranking ...

High performance manager for hockey NEW DELHI: In a move that screamed ‘damage control’ following India’s dismal show at the London Olympics, Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday announced its decision to appoint a ‘high performance’ ...