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The World Cup venue is far from ready, one of the major reasons for the cancellation of the event. Insiders claim that the pitch will be ready by January 12, but the rest of the ...

By Tushar Bhaduri in New Delhi HOCKEY India’s dilly- dallying over the choice of turf and teams has resulted in the four- nation test event in the leadup to the World Cup being cancelled. Correspondence ...

Pune: The New Year may have brought cheer for many of us but nothing has changed for former India goalkeeper Baljit Singh. The hockey custodian’s story remains the same — of an unfortunate accident and ...

The four-nation hockey meet here, planned from January 17-21 as a test event ahead of the World Cup later next month has been cancelled for lack of permission from the International Hockey Federation (FIH). “We ...

Hockey India’s (HI) ‘contentious’ affiliation process has found a new critic in K.P.S. Gill, president of the now-defunct Indian Hockey Federation, who was recently elected chief of the joint hockey body for men and women ...

Hockey India (HI) has promised to solve the affiliation riddle by Tuesday. The promise was made to the Sports Ministry officials who spoke about complaints from some state units being denied affiliation. HI’s five-member affiliation ...

Hockey India (HI) cancelled a four-nation event proposed as a warm-up for the FIH World Cup in New Delhi on Monday after failing to find support from foreign teams. Hockey India wanted to host three ...

Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 4 Hockey Punjab president Sukhbir Singh Badal today sought the intervention of Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr M.S.Gill’s intervention in removing the road-block for the State ...

M.S. Unnikrishnan Tribune News Service New Delhi, January 4 Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary-general Randhir Singh said here today that as per the constitution of the IOA, it was mandatory for all the national sports ...

Hockey India (HI) president Ashok Kumar Mattoo strongly refuted charges of Hockey Punjab (HP) that the state is being deliberately denied affiliation to the national organisation. Mattoo also said there is no threat to HI ...