Category: Stars Book

The 148-page ‘Top Hockey Stars 2004’ gives life and times of 19 contemporary Indian Hockey Stars, each profiled by a different journalist. Indian hockey is alive and kicking. Team India 2003 have won four of ...

As a small kid playing, hockey on his village kucha (unprepared and unleveled) grounds, Prabhjot did not dream that he would become a famous player. His family, why even the village, had no sporting tradition. ...

‘’Even in my wildest dream, I never thought I would be playing alongside the likes of Dhanraj Pillay and Baljit Singh Dhillon,’’. An unassuming Indian midfielder Viren Rasquinha says. A Grade A officer with the ...

Chasing kites and playing hockey were his childhood pastimes. Hockey he certainly inherited from his parents and grandparents while urge to fly high, like a kite, was perhaps his dream. Today, now when he has ...

Poetry in motion. That’s Sandeep Michael when in full bloom. His searing runs on the flanks, darting sprints into empty spaces in the attacking zone, disguised and occasional daring dives, have made him the new ...

Bharat Chetri is a goalkeeper in waiting. He is noted for his diligence and commitment. His value to the teams had already been established to a reasonable extent at the second string and junior levels. ...

A short, frail lad packed awesome power into his reverse hits and drag flicks during the Deccan Herald Super Division hockey league in Bangalore four years ago. Playing as a linkman for Centre of Excellence ...

From the land of apples, snowy mountains and crystal streams, Himachal Pradesh, international sportspersons are few and far between. The hilly state is associated with tranquility, scenic beauty, serenity and places of worship. In the ...

“How could you lose with a strong team like that?” “We were never good enough on that day” “Who did they have in their team?” “A guy called Treva King.” “Never heard of him.” “You ...

Glamour and stardom are never associated with midfielders in hockey. Perhaps, Ric Charlesworth was an exception. In the past eight years or so, one man has gone about his role as a half-back in the ...