Category: Player Corner

Gurbaj Singh: A Modern Day Leslie Claudius It may sound a jarring note if one ventures to compare a contemporary player with a legend of the 50s, but one cannot at the same time escape ...

Sardar Singh: Solid, sound and a destroyer. The man who has been part of the FIH All-Stars team for two straight years now is the engine that works the current Indian team. The powerfully built ...

VR Raghunath: An ambitious trier and an eternal learner One great thing about our defender Raghunath is he never gives up, even after so many coaches somehow under-estimated him, for too long. He kept his ...

Sandeep Singh is destiny’s child. Younger brother of 2001 Junior World Cup gold medalist Bikramjit Singh, Sandeep hails from Shahbad in Haryana, an area known more for its women hockey players than men. Nevertheless, he ...

Ignace Tirkey: An enduring spirit The seniormost player in the team both in terms of age and national team experience, Ignace Tirkey provides crucial stability to the team. A left-half to start with, Ignace is ...

PR Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh is a rare hockey player from Kerala to represent the country at the Olympics; he is, in fact, one of the first hockey players from the state in a long ...

Shankar Laxman was the first goalkeeper to lead India at the Asian Games; now after so many decades comes even better honour for a goalie, with Bharat Chetri having been made the team leader of ...

Hockey legend Dilip Tirkey elected to Rajya Sabja BHUBANESWAR: Hockey legend and former Indian captain, Dilip Tirkey was among the three persons who were today declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Orissa. Besides Tirkey, ...

Hockey Players’ marriage season is on Last week it was Rajpal Singh who entered into wedlock. Two days ago, its Tushar Khandkar. Inbetween VS Vinaya too entered into the marital bliss. Indian women team captain ...

The other Walmiki For some he is Manoj. For many he is Mini. His friends in a foreign club where he spent three months call him Miki. And when you observe closely during matches, he ...