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Hockey team to play Test series in Canada NEW DELHI: The Indian hockey team will tour Canada for a seven-match Test series starting October 9. India will play their first two matches in Victoria October ...

Hockey camp at Pune from Sept. 7 NEW DELHI: The training camp for the core group of men’s hockey players for the 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held at Balewadi Complex, Pune, from September 7 ...

Prabhjot Singh, Tribune News Service Chandigarh Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal is a man to watch in hockey. He is not only the new chief of the unified Hockey Punjab – all men ...

Amstelveen: England created a history of sorts when it claimed the European hockey championship beating the Olympic and World Champion, Germany, 5-3 in the final on Sunday. Earlier, the Netherlands, which lost to England in ...

Chennai: Khajamain High School, Tiruchi, scored a 4-1 victory over Madrasa-e-Azam in the South Zone Inter-schools hockey tournament conducted by St.Paul’s Recreation Club at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Sunday. The host team, St.Paul’s, defeated ...

Age Correspondent New Delhi Aug. 29: From a farmer’s daughter to the captain of the national team, Surinder Kaur’s story has been an inspiration for many. The Indian women’s hockey captain was barely in her ...

M.S.Unnikrishnan Tribune News Service New Delhi: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave away the national sports awards at an impressive investiture ceremony at the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan here this evening. For the first time ...

WELLINGTON: The Australian men and New Zealand women took the honours in the Oceania Cup finals at Invercargill on Saturday and earned direct entry into next year’s World Cup. Australia beat New Zealand 3-1 in ...

RANCHI: Olympian Sylvanus Dung Dung, attributed his success to hockey wizard Dhyan Chand’s medium height after a chance meeting with the legend in Patiala 36 years ago. “It was during a practice match between Bihar ...

NEW DELHI: After International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Sports Ministry has also decided to appoint its own observer for the much-awaited Hockey India elections. Sports Minister MS Gill, on Saturday, said that he will send ...