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Poaching slur on kayak team SUMAN K. SHRIVASTAVA & PRADUMAN CHOUBEY A day after two netball players were benched over an ugly fracas with Andhra Pradesh members and on a day frenzied spectators forced the ...

WHL format finalised The much debated and delayed FIH World Hockey League (WHL) acquired a format shape on Monday. Set for launch next year (2012), the proposed WHL will pave way for determining places for ...

FIH to launch World League LAUSANNE ( SWITZERLAND): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced the launch of an FIH World League in 2012 involving all the top countries and has sent out invitations to its ...

India get byes to 2nd round in FIH World League LAUSANNE ( Switzerland): The Indian men’s and women’s teams have been handed byes to the second round in the International Hockey Federation’s World League scheduled ...

Indian sportspersons welcome new sports bill Former and current sportspersons today welcomed the government’s National Sports Bill which provides for a “fair and transparent” election process and limitation to age and tenure for their office ...

India get byes to second round in FIH World League The Indian men’s and women’s teams have been handed byes to the second round in the International Hockey Federation’s World League scheduled to start next ...

Battle of equals end in draw Uthra G Chaturvedi Sharing almost the entire Indian team between them, Jharkhand and Haryana are undboutedly the favourites in women’s hockey at the National Games here. And with both ...

Lucky break, God promise G. PRASAD Leslie fondly recalls the team’s victory procession in Tiruchi, his hometown. “Scores of people lined up along the streets to give us a rousing reception. When the vehicle stopped ...

National Games: Women shower gold on Day I Jaideep Deogharia, TNN RANCHI: Women powered Jharkhand to a big first day as competitions opened at the National Games here, bagging six medals that included two gold ...

Jharkhand shines in hockey, Xess nets 4 Sanjay Ojha, TNN RANCHI: Jharkhand men and women excelled in their opening hockey group matches, thumping Tamil Nadu and Assam, respectively, in the National Games here on Sunday. ...