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India has talent to beat any team in the world: Canada coach NEW DELHI: It is a side in transition but Canada head coach Robin D’Abreo feels India’s hockey team is very creative “offensively” and ...

350 junior hockey players’ fate in quandary due to IHF-HI feud M Ratnakar, TNN HYDERABAD: The fate of 350-odd youngsters fledgling their skills at the Junior National Hockey Tournament is in a quandary. Very few ...

Dilip Tirkey back in business PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENT Back on the astro-turf, Dilip Tirkey feels like fish in water. Two years after his retirement from all forms of hockey, the former India captain will now be ...

A play off Uthra G Chaturvedi Arjun Halappa’s exclusion from Olympic qualifiers points to deeper problems Not for the first time, a team selection has raised questions in Indian hockey, quickly snowballing into a controversy. ...

Shyam Lal memorial hockey tournament to commence from February 6 NEW DELHI: Shyam Lal College will be organising the second Shyam Lal memorial invitational inter-college hockey tournament 2012 in the men’s and women’s categories respectively ...

Didn’t know of my selection, says Kothajit Harpreet Kaur Lamba DC New Delhi It was just another day for midfielder Kothajit Singh, who went about his training module at the SAI Centre in Lucknow, on ...

Nobbs gets extra men in defence Uthra G Chaturvedi Having often lamented about the lack of a formidable defence, India coach Michael Nobbs may finally be able to get his backline in order before the ...

Federations playing negative role: Ajay Maken K Shriniwas Rao, TNN MUMBAI: Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken believes that if the Indian sports fraternity is freed from the iron grip of the various federations, it could ...

India hockey captain Chetri has comforting words for Arjun and Rajpal By: Ashwin Ferro India hockey captain Bharat Chetri says the duo, who were dropped from the 18-member team for the Olympic Qualifiers on Monday, ...

Check-o-meter on Nobbs’ mind Navneet Singh, Hindustan Times Weak legs and decreasing stride length was the first thing Michael Nobbs noted soon after taking over as coach of the men’s hockey team in September. Since ...