Category: News Paper Articles

European teams dominate hockey World Cup New Delhi: The dominance of the European teams was highlighted once again as three from the continent made it to the semifinals of the FIH Hero Honda World Cup. ...

Veteran Witthaus looks for World Cup hat-trick Germany moved a step closer to becoming the first team to lift three successive World Cups after they took their place in the semi-finals on Tuesday. Individually, though, ...

‘Teams need constant development to keep up in modern game’ Maurits Hendriks is a much-travelled man. He was an advisor to the short-lived but hugely successful Premier Hockey League in India, besides leading the Spanish ...

State-of-the-art Stadium with antiquated facilities Prabhjot Singh writes from New Delhi Major Dhyan Chand National Hockey Stadium, the venue of the ongoing 12th World Cup Hockey Tournament, has been a mute spectator to India’s emergence ...

Attitude makes the difference between winning and losing Over the years, opinion has been divided on whether the artificial turf has caused standards to plunge in the sub-continent. Astroturf, self-pass, short corners are changes that ...

Brasa looks at the silver lining India will play their last match in this edition of the FIH Hockey World Cup against Argentina on Friday. For the hosts, a seventh-eight position is an improvement over ...

Netherlands delighted to reach semifinals Y. B. SARANGI AFP SO NEAR …Kim Young Jin cannot hide his tears after Korea failed to make the semifinals. Notwithstanding its 1-2 defeat to Korea in the last pool ...

The Netherlands makes it S. THYAGARAJAN The Hindu THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT: Members of the German team acknowledge the crowd’s cheers after the thumping win over New Zealand on Tuesday. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt Defending champion ...

Sohail Abbas has no plans to retire soon NEW DELHI: World’s highest goal scorer and Pakistan’s famed drag flicker Sohail Abbas says he has no plans to retire soon, his lacklustre showing in the Hockey ...

Mir Ranjan exorcises ghosts of the past NEW DELHI: Mir Ranjan Negi was at the Dhyan Chand stadium on Monday to watch the India-South Africa game. This was only his second visit to this venue, ...