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Sahara chief plans Olympic centre for athletes On an average, Sahara has been spending Rs 25 crore on the athletes every year. (TOI Photo) NEW DELHI: Be it shooting, hockey, wrestling, boxing or archery, Sahara ...

Sahara India Parivar to pull plug on federations India’s dismal performance in some of the disciplines at the Olympics has prompted Sahara India Parivar, a major sponsor in Indian sports, to have a fresh look ...

NEW DELHI:A terribly jet-lagged Michael Nobbs agreed to take time out and speak to TOI on India’s hockey debacle at the London Olympics. The Indian coach spoke on India’s 12th-place finish and more. Excerpts from ...

In what would be a repeat of the 2006 World Cup scenario, India will take on South Africa in a classification match for positions 11 and 12 at the London Olympic men’s hockey competition here ...

NEW DELHI: India captain Bharat Chetri doesn’t want to point fingers at any individual for the hockey team’s disastrous outing at the Olympic Games, instead he is forthcoming in accepting the blame and said the ...

Nobbs urges former players to help, not bash Indian hockeyAshwin Ferro The Indian hockey team ended up with its worst ever show at the Olympic Games — a wooden spoon finish. And the man in ...

Sukhbir vows to restore Indian hockey’s pride CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government has chalked out a long term plan to restore lost pride of Indian hockey in international arena and to again make Punjab a nursery ...

Nobbs vows to carry on as India’s hockey coach NEW DELHI: India’s chief hockey coach Michael Nobbs Tuesday vowed to carry on even as he prepares a stinging report on the eight-time Olympic champions worst ...

I was naive, thought I knew India: Michael Nobbs Siddharth Saxena & Ritu Sejwal NEW DELHI:A terribly jet-lagged Michael Nobbs agreed to take time out and speak to TOI on India’s hockey debacle at the ...

Poor Olympic hockey show hits manufacturers Anju Agnihotri Chaba Having pinned great hopes on the Indian Hockey team during the London Olympics 2012, the teams bottom-place finish has left Jalandhar hockey manufacturers in shock and ...