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Mumbai hockey shines in new lights By: Sundari Iyer Mumbai Hockey Association organised first match under new floodlights at the Mumbai Hockey Stadium (MHA) after three years on Saturday. Though the fans did not throng ...

ONGC complete hat-trick, beat Air India 2-1 Defend, counter-attack, strike, score. ONGC did just that as they came back from a goal down to beat defending champions Air India 2-1 and win the Mumbai Hockey ...

Hockey India to link player contracts with fitness levels Navneet Singh, Hindustan Times Physical fitness, not experience, will be the yardstick to categorise players for annual contracts that Hockey India (HI) expects to execute shortly. ...

Canada, France pose threats for India Canada, ranked 14th in the world, and France, at 18th, may pose tough challenges for the 10th-placed Indian hockey team in the upcoming Olympic qualifier. Even though both sides ...

Need to be consistent to qualify for Olympics: Pradhan NEW DELHI: One of the most experienced players of the present Indian women’s hockey team, Subhadra Pradhan believes consistency will be key to the hosts’ success ...

India’s drag-flickers grateful to Jugraj for improving penalty corner conversion rate NEW DELHI: Drag-flicker Jugraj Singh, now 28, would have been at the peak of his international hockey career had it not been for a ...

Confidence the buzzword Navneet Singh, Hindustan Times The Olympic qualification tournament is a week away, and if body language is an indication, the India men’s hockey team is oozing with confidence. An obvious reason could ...

Hockey players a harried lot; Astroturf gathers dust Some residents of Gurdaspur tear the turf to use pieces as door mats! Ravi Dhaliwal Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection we can attain ...

YSSC (A) in last eight The host Young Stars Sports Club (A) entered the quarterfinals of the inter-State invitational hockey tournament at Gangadhar Nagar Hockey Ground here on Friday. In the first league match, the ...

India’s rural Olympics Anurag Mallick The divine symbol of Omkar emblazoned on the blue painted stone shone in the late afternoon sun as Jagdev Singh, all of 76 years, lifted the 80 kg stone with ...