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Indian girls hold China New Delhi: India drew 2-2 with China in its second pool match of the under-18 girls’ Asia Cup hockey tournament in Shanghai on Wednesday. Rajni (22nd and 48th minute) scored for ...

Doctors assess extent of damage to Baljit’s eye PTI 21 July 2009, 05: NEW DELHI: Indian hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh’s condition remained unchanged even as the doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Baljit ...

All-rounders, the new mantra in Indian hockey V Narayan Swamy, TNN 23 July 2009 BANGALORE: No positions, no designations. Only 10 field players and a goalkeeper. That’s the theory Indian hockey will have to tune ...

SAI pullout causes concern By TN Raghu July 14: The last-minute withdrawal of Sports Authority of India from the Syed Ahmed tournament has raised eyebrows in the hockey circles. Besides losing valuable match exposure, the ...

Plum job for hockey official’s son Sharad Deep Controversy and Hockey India, it seems, go hand in hand. The latest in the series is the appointment of observers for the men’s and women’s teams for ...

Confident skipper eyes Shanghai surprise From starting with a wooden stick because her family couldn’t afford the more advanced versions, Amubi Devi has come a long way. The 16-year-old left-half will now lead India juniors ...

Surjeet stadium to get facelift Tribune News Service Jalandhar, July 17 The Punjab government has decided to give a facelift to the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium and equip it with hi-tech international standard facilities. Under ...

India to meet SL in opener NEW DELHI: India will take on Sri Lanka in its opening match of the girls’ under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament in Shanghai on July 20. Placed in Group ‘A’, ...

Vehicle of change Friday, 17 July 2009 Saddled with the dubious distinction of having one of the worst sex ratios in the country (740 girls to 1000 boys, as per the 2005 mid-census), hockey has ...

Dream girls Friday, 17 July 2009 by Saurabh Duggal Ten years ago, buying a quality hockey stick was an impossible dream for Surinder Kaur. But that’s history for this daughter of a farmhand. Surinder’s run ...