By ERROL D’CRUZ Jaskaran Singh blossoming in the India team has warmed the cockles of a former international – Rajinder Singh Chauhan, his father. Recently, the 26-year-old got on to the score sheet in the ...
By ERROL D’CRUZ When in primary school, Harcharan Singh won a soap case as first prize in an athletics meet. He reached home and excitedly showed it to his mother. “After winning a first prize ...
India won its only hockey world cup at Kuala Lumpur way back in 1975. The team had wonderful 16 players. It was led by the ebullient midfielder Ajit Pal Singh. Click here to know more ...
K. ARUMUGAM & ERROL D’CRUZ The significance of the life and times of double Olympian Mohammad Riaz lies not only in his field exploits but also inadvertently being the last of the champion hockey players ...
Bengaluru, 18 February 2021: Tamil Nadu’s Mareeswaran Saktivel is one of the up and coming junior stars on the Indian hockey horizon. The 20-year-old is presently part of the 37-member Core Probable group.’ His objective ...
BK Subramani donned multiple roles with acclaim: famous field hockey player, decorated Army Officer, successful coach and now a farmer. The midfield maestro was a bundle of energy and his onfield dynamism was seen to ...
Bengaluru: The Indian defender Surender Kumar feels the men’s hockey core probable group have improved tremendously since returning to the national camp in January. The defender with 133 caps also opines that everyone in the ...
New Delhi, 23 January 2021: Triple Olympian Harbinder Singh says that the current crop should focus on fitness and avoid injuries in the Olympic year, more so just six months await them for Tokyo number. ...
Bengaluru, 09 January 2021: From a small town named Ariyalur, about 350 kms from Chennai, in Tamil Nadu known for its limestone-rich soil and cement factories, S Karthi made a career choice of playing hockey. Starting ...
K. ARUMUGAM & ERROL D’CRUZ Sports fans brought up with AIR’s running commentary in the 1970s, will recall the name “Michael Kindo” frequenting the air waves. That’s because, as right full-back in India’s hockey team, his ...