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New role for Viren Rasquinha Special Correspondent MUMBAI: Olympic Gold Quest appointed Viren Rasquinha, ex-India hockey captain, as the Chief Operations Officer (COO) from June 1. The Olympian and Arjuna awardee Rasquinha had made 180 ...

Business degree in hand, Viren returns with a quest for gold Uthra Ganesan New Delhi: Sports and professionalism do not really mix in India. Which is why it’s all the more surprising when a former ...

Sticking together with ‘StickforIndia’ A. Joseph Antony ANANTAPUR: The flight from Amsterdam took 12 hours and the drive from Bangalore to Anantapur, four more. Yet Spanish hockey wizard Santi Freixa was as fired up to ...

Rasquinha returns to help Indian sport New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Equipped with management skills after a stint at the Indian School of Business, former hockey star Viren Rasquinha today returned to contribute to Indian ...

The fine line of defence Sharad Deep, Hindustan Times Lucknow, June 01, 2009 Attacking hockey with mean defence. That’s what chief coach AK Bansal thinks will see India through to the Junior Men’s World Cup ...

Indian women’s hockey team arrives in SA 30 May 2009, PTI DURBAN: Indian women’s hockey team were on Saturday given a warm welcome as they arrived to take part in the four-nation tournament starting on ...

Pride & penalty corners 28 May 2009: Siddharth Saxena,TNN Hockey is dying in most of India. But in hilly Coorg, it’s flourishing not just as a sport but a social and cultural bond that explodes ...

Gill made an impression as Sports Minister New Delhi, May 27 (PTI) For Manohar Singh Gill, elevation as a Cabinet Minister is a recognition of his special effort to tone up within just one year ...

Lack of continuity among players behind India’s failure: Coach 22 May 2009, 2135 hrs IST, PTI: BHOPAL: Newly-appointed Indian Hockey Chief Coach, Jose Brasa has said that lack of continuity among players during crucial minutes ...

Hockey: Asia Cup-winning coach Carvalho not surprised with India’s loss By: Ashwin Ferro Date: 2009-05-13 2007 Asia Cup-winning coach Joaquim Carvalho says he’s not surprised at India’s premature ouster from the 2009 edition of the ...