Saga of sacrifices inspires Indian women hockey team for Asiad, OlympicsIndian women's hockey team players, Savita Punia, Neha Goyal, Nikki Pradhan, and Deep Grace Ekka, are determined to secure direct qualifica...
15 Sep, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
Grit, glory & the game: What made Indian hockey world class again, and what we need to do nowHockey must revive in nurseries that have dried up – Mumbai, Khadki, Bhopal and Jhansi. I would like to see hockey spread all over the coun...
07 Aug, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
1980 Olympics team members, Ravinder and Kaushik succumb to COVID-19While the 60-year-old Singh succumbed to the dreaded disease in Lucknow on Saturday morning after battling for nearly two weeks, Kaushik di...
08 May, 2021, 09.19 PM IST
India sails past another hockey heartbreak, equals best medal haul at AsiadOn the penultimate day of competitions, the euphoria of track-and-field gold rush was far over but the momentum was certainly retained with...
31 Aug, 2018, 09.50 PM IST
Wrestlers Bajrang, Vinesh in race for Khel Ratna award after 'golden' 2018Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is set to analyse the Indian athletes' performance in the Asian Games in the first week of Septe...
29 Aug, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
Asian Games: India's growing dependence on foreign coachesIndia's dependence on foreign coaches started in the 1980s when the athletics federation hired foreign experts but the surge came just arou...
15 Aug, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Hockey legend Mohammad Shahid passes awayShahid was considered one of India's greatest hockey players. He was a member of the V Baskaran-led Indian team that won a gold medal at th...
20 Jul, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
Asiad gold, Rio ticket highlight of Indian hockey in 2014It was a year of development for Indian hockey as the men's team took giant strides towards reclaiming its past glory, which included eight...
29 Dec, 2014, 01.59 PM IST
Terry Walsh eager to return but says Hockey India needs to "show desire"Walsh resigned as the chief Hockey coach soon after returning from Incheon, where he guided the Indian team to its first Asiad gold in 16 y...
25 Nov, 2014, 02.02 PM IST
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than cricketAdopted in Uttar Pradesh – where Dhyan Chand was groomed – and the Punjab with gusto, it eclipsed almost every other sport in the Indian im...
14 Nov, 2014, 07.30 AM IST
Shelling from Pakistan intensified when India defeated Pakistan at Asiad hockey : Kirron KherWe should have a powerful CM there. As far as possible, the party which rules at the Centre should be in Delhi since it’s the capital of In...
17 Oct, 2014, 12.56 PM IST
India not killing Pakistan civilians deliberately: BSFPakistan fired at Indian posts on the night before Dussehra even after BSF had chosen not to retaliate after the first incident on October ...
10 Oct, 2014, 02.35 AM IST
President praises hockey, kabaddi teams for winning Asiad goldPresident Pranab Mukherjee congratulated the the Indian men's hockey squad and kabaddi teams for winning gold at the Incheon Asian Games.
03 Oct, 2014, 07.49 PM IST
Asiad gold one of the biggest moments in my life: Sardar SinghWinning Asian Games hockey gold is one of the biggest moments in his life, said captain Sardar Singh after his team won the nerve-wracking ...
02 Oct, 2014, 08.02 PM IST
Akashdeep Singh ends India's 12-year final jinx in Asiad hockeyThe Indians were by far the dominant side in the entire 60 minutes and controlled the proceedings from the word go.
30 Sep, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
Asian Games 2014: Asian Games 2014: Men's compound archery team clinch historic goldThe men's compound archery team- Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar clinched historic gold medal at the Asian Games 2014.
27 Sep, 2014, 03.40 PM IST
Asian Games: Our story so farWhen Indira Gandhi swept back to power in 1980, she saw the Games as a stage for the govt to showcase a shining India to itself and to the ...
18 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST