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Air India & ONGC to lock horns in pool decider The 21st Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament continued its high-scoring streak on Wednesday as the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) saw off Pool B ...

‘Tired’ Air India held by Namdhari XI If Arjun Halappa, Gurbaj Singh and Vikram Pillay seemed a tad tired during their game against Namdhari XI it probably had something to do with them playing back-to-back ...

Harendra would have done a fantastic job: Govinda Krishna Kanta Chakraborty CHENNAI: Indian hockey coach Jose Brasa’s credentials were always under scanner and four national selectors—Ajitpal Singh, BP Govinda, Balbir Singh and Zafar Iqbal—had decided ...

We lost our heads: Halappa Alberto Furlan, Hindustan Times Having just returned from the unfortunate Asian Games campaign in Guangzhou, where the Indian Hockey team ruinously lost to Malaysia after a golden goal, Arjun Halappa ...

IOC, Air India play out draws in Shastri hockey The Lal Bahadur Shastri Hockey Tournament witnessed two high-scoring draws on Tuesday with both matches ending at 3-3. The first game pitted Indian Oil Corporation against ...

Olympians had sought Brasa’s removal SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Olympians Ajitpal Singh, Col. Balbir Singh, B.P. Govinda and Zafar Iqbal had called for the ‘sacking’ of Jose Brasa, the foreign coach of the Indian hockey team before ...

Indian team can win Olympic medal in London: Brasa NEW DELHI: The current Indian hockey team has the potential to have a podium finish in the 2012 London Olympics but for this to happen the ...

Out-going Brasa finds a friend in Mahadik Kabir Mandrekar The Asian Games are over and India coach Jose Brasa is back in Spain. His contract expired on Tuesday and it could mark the end of ...

Selectors recommend ministry not to continue Brasa’s services NEW DELHI: Questioning Jose Brasa’s credentials as a top hockey coach and accusing him of fanning groupism in the team, four national selectors have recommended the sports ...

Brasa flies home with heavy heart Uthra G Chaturvedi When he took charge of the Indian hockey team in May, 2009; Jose Brasa had a mission. He wanted India to win the Asian Games and ...