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Duruelo playground paving raises a stink By Ashutosh Shukla | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Several students of the Duruelo Convent High School, Bandra, are crying foul over losing their school hockey ground. The ground, ...

Hope my Padma award will motivate youngsters: Zafar Former Indian hockey captain Zafar Iqbal has been inundated with congratulatory calls and messages ever since news broke of the 1980 Olympic gold medalist’s selection for the ...

Sponsors must bat for sports other than cricket Nine Olympic gold medals to divide across a population of 1.2 billion-that summarises the sorry state of sports in India unless, of course, it is cricket that ...

Star performers Y. B. SARANGI Environmental influences do shape individuals. They have spurred two youngsters, hailing from distant corners of the country, to take up hockey seriously despite the not-so-lucrative status of the sport at ...

Hockey India welcomes Ministry’s recommendation Says Dhyan Chand most deserving for Bharat Ratna Hockey India has welcomed the decision of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to recommend the name of hockey legend Dhyan ...

Zafar calls for promotion of hockey at grassroot level NEW DELHI: Zafar Iqbal is honoured to be a proud recipient of the Padma Shri award, but the former India hockey captain has urged all the ...

Padma Shri is a recognition for Indian hockey: Zafar NEW DELHI: Former India hockey captain and coach Zafar Iqbal on Wednesday reacted in his typical unassuming way to his getting Padma Shri in the Republic ...

US pull out of Olympic qualifier in India COLORADO SPRINGS (Colorado): Injuries, job conflicts and player retirements have prompted the United States to withdraw from the London Olympic men’s field hockey qualification tournament next month ...

No Bharat Ratna, just six Padma Shris for sportspersons Contrary to expectations, no Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan or Padma Bhushan were awarded to Indian sportspersons and all they had to be content with were six ...

Uneven turf gives India the jitters Navneet Singh, Hindustan Times The main turf of the Dhyan Chand National Hockey Stadium that was re-laid to host the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games in 2010, has ...