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Brasa not the person to pick captain: Gill Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Minister, M.S. Gill, on Wednesday told Jose Brasa to concentrate on the job for which he had been hired rather ...

F United girls win Dubai tourney MUMBAI: The F United Sports Club girls hockey team from Mumbai won a women’s hockey invitation tournament at Dubai organised by the local Lusitanian Sports Club. In the eight-team ...

Hockey India should replace Rajpal with Prabhjot: Bhaskaran NEW DELHI: Since Rajpal Singh does not enjoy the support of his teammates, he should be replaced by the more popular Prabhjot Singh as the captain of ...

It’s not Brasa’s job to name captain: MS Gill NEW DELHI: Sports minister MS Gill reacted strongly to the controversy over the captaincy of the Indian hockey team on Wednesday, saying dissent over such issues ...

Mukesh tips Australia for World Cup crown Chennai, Feb. 9: Former Indian star N. Mukesh Kumar said Australia would be the front-runners for the hockey World Cup, starting at New Delhi from February 28. “Australia ...

Hockey’s present captaincy drama is a re-run of ’68 Olympic fiasco As the Indian hockey team head into a major world competition carrying the hopes of a nation, they find themselves grappling with a serious ...

Hockey India backs Rajpal as captain RAJPAL Singh will remain the captain of the Indian hockey team during the World Cup and players and management should focus on the challenges ahead, Hockey India ( HI) ...

Not changing captain, players and coach should focus on WC: Hockey India New Delhi: Hockey India today ruled out changing the captain of the senior national team and advised the players and coaches to keep ...

Brasa blamed for captaincy crisis A national selector blamed coach Jose Brasa for the captaincy crisis the India team finds itself in less than three weeks before the World Cup. Backing Hockey India’s (HI) decision ...

Captaincy issue still brewing Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: With just 19 days left for the opening of the World Cup hockey tournament here, the Indian team management and the players were still engaged in debating ...