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Book on hockey Olympians released Special Correspondent A book on hockey Olympians was released in New Delhi last week. Titled Profiles of Indian Hockey Olympians, and complied by hockey historian and chronicler, K. Arumugam, the ...

SAI felicitates junior women’s team members The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday felicitated members of the Indian junior women’s hockey team, which bagged the silver medal in the recently-concluded Asia Cup in Bangkok. ...

1948 Olympics: Record fourth gold medal for India It was a wonder that India managed to field a team for the 1948 Olympics which were held on the conclusion of the World War II and ...

The Hindu (IANS) 1936 Olympics: Hat-trick for India under Dhyan Chand As destiny would have it, the Berlin Games was to be Dhyan Chand’s third and last Olympics at the age of 31, for he ...

With no major triumph to show in the last 32 years, erstwhile hockey powerhouse India badly needs a medal in the London Olympics to revive the national sport’s interest in the cricket-crazy nation, feels veteran ...

With no major triumph to show in the last 32 years, erstwhile hockey powerhouse India badly needs a medal in the London Olympics to revive the national sport’s interest in the cricket-crazy nation, feels veteran ...

BANGKOK: Indian women settled for silver at the 6th Junior Women’s Asia Cup hockey championship after China beat them 5-2 in the final, despite losers taking 2-0 lead. Indian girls played superbly to lead the ...

The man is as outspoken as his game was aggressive. Former captain and manager of the Indian Hockey team, Dhanraj Pillay, is quite practical and realistic realistic about India’s chances in the upcoming London Olympics. ...

By Saumojyoti S Choudhury New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) Once the undisputed powerhouse of world hockey, India will return to the Olympic stage after a gap of eight years, determined not to end up as ...

New Delhi, Jul 7: Veteran Indian hockey mid-fielder Ignace Tirkey felt the country badly needed to win an Olympic medal to revive interest in the sport. Hockey is a sport which India had ruled with ...