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MS Gill questions HI affiliation process NEW DELHI: Sports Minister MS Gill, on Sunday, questioned Hockey India’s (HI) electoral college and said a clear and transparent poll process is essential for its election. Gill’s statement ...

Pargat Singh calls Kalmadi a sports mafia NEW DELHI: Former captain Pargat Singh on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Suresh Kalmadi, calling him a “sports mafia” who is trying to become the Hockey India ...

I have no time for Hockey India job: Kalmadi NEW DELHI: Rubbishing former captain Pargat Singh’s allegation that he is hell bent on becoming the Hockey India president, IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi said he is ...

Olympian blames incompetent officials behind hocky crisis JAMSHEDPUR: Expressing concern over the prevailing situation in Indian hockey, former Olympian Harbhajan Singh on Sunday blamed few incompetent officials for the present crisis that the national game ...

Delhi has world class hockey venue now NEW DELHI: Sports minister MS Gill appropriately used the urdu word az-sar-e-nau (anew) for the remodelled and reconstructed Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium which was inaugurated on Sunday. ...

‘Sinister’ Kalmadi out to control hockey: Pargat NEW DELHI: Former India skipper Pargat Singh blasted Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president and 2010 Commonwealth Games organizing committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi on Sunday for the mess Indian ...

Money meant for hockey players, not a fund: Chouhan BANGALORE: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Chouhan added a new twist to the women’s hockey imbroglio, making it clear to the Union sports ministry on Sunday ...

HI elections deferred again, unlikely before World Cup NEW DELHI Hockey India elections have been deferred again. At the outset, it may not sound surprising as this is something one has heard time and again ...

Hockey elections deferred again By Tushar Bhaduri in New Delhi Latest Rajasthan high court order ‘stalls’ process THE ill- fated Hockey India elections were deferred once again after an order from the Rajasthan high court. ...

Hockey India election deferred The Hockey India (HI) elections, scheduled for February 7, have been deferred yet again, the interim office-bearers of the national body said on Saturday. The election, which has already generated a ...