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New Delhi, August 4 Lashing out at the Sports Authority of India (SAI), former technical advisor to Indian hockey, Ric Charlesworth today said the ”inflexibility” of the governing body will always be an obstacle for ...

Former captain blames lack of facilities for hockey in India TIRUCHIRAPALLI, Jul 31 (UNI): Former Olympian and captain of the Indian hockey team Vasudevan Baskaran criticised poor infrastructure facilities in the country as a major ...

Chennai: Madurai XI and PKR Women’s Hockey Club (Gobichettipalayam) recorded comfortable victories in the Winning XI Women’s Club State-level hockey tournament on Sunday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium. Madurai XI outplayed Gymkhana (Chennai) by four ...

CHANDIGARH: Ric Charlesworth, world renowned hockey coach came to Sector 42 Stadium and interacted with young players and coaches before leaving for Australia on Saturday. He provided valuable advises to the young players and urged ...

ROCK Rovers Hockey Club, Chandigarh will organize seventh edition of S N Vohra memorial sub junior Under-14 Hockey Tournament to be held from August 23 to 30 at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42 .Teams from Punjab, ...

Eight teams will compete in this year’s Air Force Hockey Championship to be organised from August 4 to 8 at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here. Players of international repute such as Baldev Singh and ...

Beijing – This day in Olympic history – August 4 August 4 1996 – South African marathon runner Josiah Thugwane becomes the first black South African to win an Olympic gold medal as he finishes ...

V Krishnaswamy Piecing together history of any sport — save that of cricket to some extent — in India is an arduous task within sports writing. Perhaps that is the reason why many, even those ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Abbas Ali Baig became the first Indian cricketer to be kissed by a lady admirer. Long before, when men’s hockey was an Indian fiefdom, Dhyan Chand evoked a similar response from ...

NEW DELHI: Ever since the IOA handed over Indian hockey’s charge to an ad-hoc committee, people have been expecting overnight changes, but newly-appointed selection committee Chairman Ajit Pal Singh said the process will take time. ...