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Bajwa-Aslam discuss strengthening sub-continent hockey From Ehsan Qureshi BEIJING, Aug 12 (APP): The officials of hockey bodies from India and Pakistan currently here to attend 2008 Beijing Olympics have lengthy discussions to strengthen hockey in ...

Beijing: Former champions Australia produced a stunning fightback to defeat South Korea 5-4 in their opening match of the Olympic women’s field hockey here yesterday. The Hockeyroos, trailing 1-4 at half-time, pumped in four goals ...

WHEN I stood on the podium on that historic day in Moscow when India won an Olympic gold medal, I had 16 of my colleagues beside me. Today, Abhinav Bindra stood on the top rung ...

Men’s pool matches: New Zealand 3 bt South Korea 1; Germany 4 bt China 1; Great Britain 4 bt Pakistan 2; Australia 6 bt Canada 1; Spain 4 bt Belgium; Netherlands 5 bt South Africa ...

Australia routs Canada; New Zealand upsets South Korea BEIJING: Britain scored its first Olympic men’s field hockey victory over Pakistan in 56 years when it won its opening match 4-2 here on Monday. T he ...

Beijing, Aug. 11: Britain scored their first Olympic men’s hockey victory over Pakistan in 56 years on Monday as gold medal contenders Australia and Germany made a smooth start. Britain’s 4-2 success was their first ...

NRIs Have Been Making Their Adopted Countries Proud With Olympic Glory An Honor Roll Needs To Be Created For NRI Olympians BEIJING – Some non-resident Indians who have become citizens of the countries of their ...

Vinod Gavai (secretary, Vidarbha Hockey Association): It’s a remarkable achievement. I can recollect a survey done by Price Water Cooper which predicted that India can get five medals. Abhinav has given India a great start ...

‘Abhinav’s gold bigger than ours’ Chennai-Based Hockey Captain Of ’80 Team Says 112-Yr Wait Has Ended V Baskaran It was almost getting to be three decades, we were the last Indian sportsmen to win an ...

Shimla: To meet the infrastructural needs of varied sporting disciplines the newly-elected Himachal chapter of the Indian Olympics Association stated that about Rs 40 crore would be spent over the next five years to upgrade ...