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NEW DELHI: A four-nation tournament, scheduled to be held at the National Stadium here from January 13, has been cancelled due to the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) refusal to grant permission for the same. Making ...

NEW DELHI: Eight time Olympic champions India might be fighting hard to regain its past glory, but national hockey coach Harendra Singh is confident of atleast making the semi-final cut in next month’s Hero Honda ...

NEW DELHI: Less than 10 days before the start of the event, Hockey India announced that the four-nation tournament scheduled at the National Stadium from January 13 has been cancelled after it failed to get ...

NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India made it clear that unpreparedness of the National Stadium is not the reason behind the cancellation of the four-nation hockey tournament which was scheduled to start on January ...

NEW DELHI: Hockey Punjab president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday met Sports Minister MS Gill, seeking his intervention to help the state unit get affiliation from Hockey India. Badal told the Union Minister that due ...

NEW DELHI: Government-appointed Hockey India election observer SK Mendiratta asked the interim national body to sort out its affiliation mess and make public the electoral college before its January 29 poll. Mendiratta said he has ...

NEW DELHI: Hockey India (HI) president Ashok Kumar Mattoo on Monday strongly refuted charges of Hockey Punjab (HP) that the state is being deliberately denied affiliation to the national organisation. Mattoo also said there is ...

Jharkhand government to promote hockey Ranchi: Birth anniversary of Jaipal Singh Munda, who led Indian hockey team to clinch the gold in 1928 Olympics, was celebrated through an exhibition hockey match between the women’s team ...

Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of Hockey Punjab (HP), came out strongly against Hockey India for refusing to recognise the state body. Badal accused Hockey India (HI) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) of deliberately targeting major ...

Irked at the affiliation tangle of Hockey India, Sports Minister MS Gill on Sunday advised the warring parties to bury their hatchet and elect a democratic federation, which would be acceptable to the country. Reacting ...