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‘A pool of 30 players essential’ Vastly improved fitness notwithstanding, the Indian hockey team will need a pool of around 30 players to get through the season’s competitions feels head coach Michael Nobbs. “We just ...

Fitness is the key, says Nobbs BANGALORE: The first day of the hockey trials to pick the 18-member team for the Asian Champions Trophy, went the way chief coach Michael Nobbs would have liked but ...

Halappa ruled out, trials begin today MANUJA VEERAPPA The Indian hockey team will have a new skipper on Sunday. With current captain Arjun Halappa being ruled out of the two-day selection trials at the SAI ...

Indian hockey team captain injured, ruled out of Asian Champions Trophy A day before the hockey selection trials begin in Bangalore on Saturday, India suffered a blow with captain Arjun Halappa being ruled out of ...

Hockey selectors to pick India squad over weekend The National hockey probables’ camp underway at Sports Authority of India campus here will pick up steam over the weekend with the wise men of Hockey India ...

Halappa to miss Asian Champions Trophy BANGALORE: Skipper Arjun Halappa will not figure in the selection trials over the weekend for the Asian Champions Trophy tournament. Out with a groin injury for more than a ...

Bharat Ratna demand for dhyan chand Prasad Nichenametla, Hindustan Times Amidst an overwhelming support for a Bharat Ratna for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, there is a demand gaining ground to confer the first Bharat Ratna in ...

‘Moments with SRK are unforgettable’ Nina C George Cult films are the ones that etch in the public memory every small character that figure in them. One such character immortalised by Chak De India is ...

Indian coach eyes comeback in China NEW DELHI: The inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in China next month will launch India’s bid to qualify for the London Olympics, the team’s new Australian coach said on Thursday. ...

‘We need to do in 10 months what Aussies did in 20 years’: Coach Uthra G Chaturvedi If India’s new coach Michael Nobbs is to be believed, this team is merely 18 months away from ...