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Reckoned to be one of the best teams ever in the post-Independence era, the Indian squad for the 1984 Olympics glowed with talent and promise to an extent that nothing less than a medal was ...

1980 Olympics: India sinks Spain for gold After a tumultuous period following the hockey debacle at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, India fielded a relatively young but talented side for the Moscow Games, where barring skipper ...

NEW DELHI: Set to return to the Olympic stage after eight years, the Indian hockey team is working hard on being a mentally strong unit by practicing yoga and meditation before the London Games. “Olympics ...

India squandered an early lead before going down 1-3 to Great Britain in the inaugural match of the tri-nation invitational tournament, their final warm-up event ahead of the Olympic Games. Rain made the going soggy ...

Set to return to the Olympic stage after eight years, the Indian hockey team is working hard on being a mentally strong unit by practising yoga and meditation before the London Games. “Olympics is the ...

BANGALORE: “Our learning phase is over. We again missed six penalty corners and I am not sure what’s going on. It is annoying.” Chief coach Michael Nobbs was obviously baffled by the downward spiral after ...

Any glimmer of hope that Indian Bank had of scripting a fairy tale finish was snuffed out emphatically by a well-knit Army XI in the final of the IOB-Syed Ahmed memorial all-India hockey tournament, co-sponsored ...

India lost 1-3 to Great Britain in the inaugural match of the tri-nation invitational hockey tournament, the team’s final warm-up event ahead of the London Olympics. Rain on Saturday made the going soggy and helped ...

Indian eye: hockey After missing the Beijing Games, Indian hockey has a chance to find its place at the global stage Seeking the Olympic redemption M.S. Unnikrishnan In a normal world, unrealistic expectations would not ...

1972 Olympics: India’s golden glory fades The Indian hockey team to the Munich Olympics sported a new look with only four players from the 1968 edition making the cut. Making his Olympic debut was Ashok ...