'Rivaly of hockey bodies cause for decline'

Hockey Olympian Manohar Topno on Wednesday blamed lack of infrastructure and rivalry between the Indian Hockey Federation and Hockey India as major causes for the game's declining standard in the......

Hock: 34 probables for Women's Champions Challenge

Hockey India on Thursday selected 34 probables for the seventh FIH Women's Champions Challenge I tournament at Dublin, Ireland after a two-day selection trials at the Major Dhyan Chand National......

Balbir, Sita retained in HI selection panel

Former India captain Col. Balbir Singh and Arjuna awardee Sita Gusain Mehta have been retained in the newly-constituted 10-member selection committee announced by Hockey India, in Delhi, on......

Top three finish possible

The 25thChampions Trophywillbegin from August 16at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, wheretwo decades ago, in the1982,Indiahad itsbest performance by winning the bronze medal at the tournament of elite......

'Our aim is to obtain the Olympic gold'

The obscure hamlet of Tainser was painted in silence except for a few young Adivasi lads who would regularly duel with bamboo sticks for possession of an indigenous ball. Little did the elders of......