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We’re not good enough to play in Olympics: Chetri LONDON: India’s disastrous hockey campaign in the London Games ended with a humiliating bottom spot finish out of 12 competing nations, and it prompted a dejected ...

Pillay blames politics for debacle Principal Correspondent Hockey stalwart Dhanraj Pillay, on Thursday, blamed poor selection and lack of commitment from the players for the Indian team’s debacle in the London Olympics. According to Pillay, ...

Sardar should be inspiration for players: Nobbs LONDON: India’s hockey players have a role model within their ranks and should look at play-maker Sardar Singh for inspiration, says coach Michael Nobbs. Sardar has stood out ...

I want to be part of hockey administration: Pillay NEW DELHI: Putting the blame squarely on the long-standing power struggle between Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation for the death of the national game, former ...

India aim to avert bottom finish in Olympic campaign LONDON: Their reputation in tatters, Indian hockey team would look to salvage at least one victory from their disastrous Olympic Games campaign that has pushed them ...

Hockey: Keep aside egos, start from scratch By Mihir Vasavda A few months before the start of the 2010 World Cup, a few senior players boycotted the national camp. Reason? The then chief coach, Jose ...

Current players need to learn basic first: Baskaran Former coach Vasudevan Baskaran lashed out at the Indian hockey team for their dismal showing in the London Olympics, and said the current batch of players should ...

Dutch in women’s hockey final after shootout win over Kiwis LONDON: Reigning champions the Netherlands squeezed into the women’s Olympic hockey final on Wednesday, beating outsiders New Zealand 3-1 in a shootout with Ellen Hoog ...

Five main factors of Indian hockey’s ‘historic’ debacle at Olympics The hockey team has does it again. They have sunk even deeper into the abyss, and this time the revival hopes look really bleak. TOI ...

Indian hockey is dead; long live Indian hockey Bobilli Vijay Kumar In the end, it proved to be a false dawn; if anything, Indian hockey has only plunged deeper into darkness after an odyssey called ...