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Chandigarh: DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, comfortably beat Rock Rovers 3-1 in the final of the Chandigarh State Hockey Championship for junior boys (U-14) at Sector 18 Hockey Stadium on Sunday. The final started ...

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

Adoping controversy surrounding the Spanish women’s hockey team before the Olympics hit the team so badly that they discussed not going to Beijing, coach Pablo Usoz said on Sunday. Two members of the team had ...

China, hoping for their first Olympic hockey medal, went back to the drawing board immediately after winning their opening women’s pool A match on Sunday. China thrashed Spain 3-0 for maximum points but the margin ...

It’s not easy being an Indian at the Olympics. The obvious question ‘‘How many medals?’’ chases you till the closing ceremony. Well, it’s still early days and the Games are warming up, and you can ...

Repeated heartbreak By Gulu Ezekiel Olympics: The India Story By Boria Majumdar and Nalin Mehta, Publisher: HarperCollins Pages: 505, Price: Rs 695 A book on the Olympic movement in the Indian context is long overdue ...

ASC Boys overcame St Germain’s High School 2-1 via tie-breaker in the semifinals of the T Shanmugam Memorial inter-school hockey tournament on Saturday. ASC will meet St Joseph’s in the final. Pawan and Srikanth scored ...

BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters): Ace Spanish forward Pol Amat is making his family’s 20th Olympic appearance in Beijing, hoping Spain’s “golden year” for sport will continue as he competes in his fourth and final Games. ...

Chandigarh: Western Air Command (WAC) beat Training Command (TC) 3-2 in extra time in the first semifinal of the Air Force Hockey Championship, being played at the Sector 42 stadium on Thursday. The score was ...

In the first match of Chandigarh State U-14 Hockey Championship, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, thrashed Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 43, 5-0 at Sector 18 Hockey Stadium on Thursday. Shubham and Manpreet scored a ...