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In search of the elusive goal Only a total clean-up of Indian hockey’s shambolic administration can pull the national game out of the pits I’m writing this piece not as an expert on Indian hockey, ...

Finally, reason to cheer for Walmiki Sudheendra Tripathi MUMBAI: Mid-way through India’s Olympic hockey qualifying campaign in New Delhi, talented 22-year-old, Yuvraj Walmiki sustained a Grade Two hamstring injury and had to miss the rest ...

The humiliation is complete Kamesh Srinivasan The eight-time Olympic medallist finishes at the bottom after losing to SA The Indian hockey team looked to have been caught in quick sand. The more it tried, the ...

Non-performing hockey team a major embarrassment India’s No. 10 international ranking itself was a clear indication that they were never in medal contention at the Olympic Games here, but it was hard to believe that ...

Olympic pain will linger for Indian hockey Pargat Singh The bottom-place finish in the Olympic Games will leave lingering pain for Indian hockey after the national team crashed to its sixth successive defeat and showed ...

Our hockey is dead: Leslie Claudius KOLKATA: A veteran of four consecutive Olympics, legendary Leslie Claudius, bemoaned the disastrous display of the Indian hockey team in the London Olympics where it touched its nadir and ...

Netherlands retains women’s hockey crown The Netherlands clinched their second successive Olympic women’s hockey gold medal as they beat world champions Argentina 2-0 on Friday. Second-half goals from Carlien Dirkse van den Houvel and captain ...

Indian hockey team at its nadir Indian Hockey team today touched a new low by finishing at the bottom of the competition after being beaten 3-2 by South Africa in the 11-12 place classification match ...

Heads likely to roll after Indian hockey’s worst Olympics LONDON: Indian hockey team’s assistant coach Mohammed Riaz has warned that heads will roll after country’s disastrous campaign in the London Games ended on Saturday with ...

Hockey World League to start dribbling two days after Olympics LONDON: International hockey’s most ambitious event, the Hockey World League featuring national teams from across all five continents, will get underway two days after the ...