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Where hockey equals hope For a 15-year-old, Harry Peter’s growth is stunted: he looks like an eight-year-old as he darts around the dusty new hockey field at the St Mary’s Orphanage in east Bangalore, and ...

Former Olympian Ashok blames Kalmadi for hockey mess BHOPAL: Former Olympian Ashok Kumar has held IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi responsible for all the mess in Indian hockey and also for the postponement of the February ...

Pakistan seek security clearance for India World Cup KARACHI: Pakistani hockey authorities have sought government security clearance to take part in next month’s World Cup in India, amid strained sporting relations between the neighbours. Pakistan’s ...

Court asks HI to explain its functioning By Praveen Kumar in New Delhi HOCKEY India ( HI) failed to get relief from the Delhi High court on Monday after the court asked the national body ...

Hockey body fires salvo at ministry By Tushar Bhaduri in New Delhi HI secretary general Batra says pressure was exerted for Punjab affiliation THE war of words in Indian hockey took another unsavoury turn with ...

Blame game takes new twist The blame game in hockey gathered steam on Monday when Hockey India (HI) secretary general, Narendra Batra, accused the Sports Ministry of being biased. Terming the Ministry as the ‘Sports ...

HI hits back, says election won’t affect World Cup M.S. Unnikrishnan Tribune News Service Hockey India secretary-general Narinder Batra said here today that the World Cup Hockey Championship will be held as schedueld at the ...

HI following Govt. guideline on lone State units Special Correspondent NEW DELHI: There has been much confusion about who actually advised Hockey India to stick to the one-State-one-unit policy while granting affiliations to the State ...

Karnataka downs Mumbai MUMBAI: Karnataka won the third match of the M.P. Ganesh-Balbir Singh Grewal Trophy hockey series, defeating Mumbai 3-2 at the Mahindra stadium on Monday. Three matches were played at Mumbai, now both ...

Mumbai HA petition hearing tomorrow Special Correspondent MUMBAI: The Mumbai Hockey Association writ petition will come up for hearing at the Mumbai High Court on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. According to advoate Rakesh Kumar, the ...