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Hockey team faces stiff challenge

India take on New Zealand in their opening match of the six-nation FIH Champions Challenge tournament on Saturday.

Save Mumbai hockey, former Olympians appeal to Rijiju

Legendary Olympians urged the authorities concerned that Mumbai be allowed to continue in its present independent state with direct affiliation to Hockey India as a full member.

'Without Pillay, India is at 50 per cent'

India face China in Asia Cup opener

Placed in the tougher Pool B, India's bid for a semi-final berth at the biggest Asia Cup is going to be difficult.

Bedi and Azad backed by Olympians to oversee BCCI reforms

Hailing the decision of the Supreme Court to appoint a two-member committee to oversee reforms in the Cricket Board after the removal of two top BCCI officials, some Olympians and Arjuna Awardees from other disciplines backed ex-cricketers Bishen Bedi and Kirti Azad to undertake the task. "The Hon. Supreme Court has given the onerous responsibility of suggesting names of eminent people who shall comprise a committee to oversee reforms in BCCI and state bodies which have been bedevilled by controversies and malfeasance," they said in a media statement following the apex court's ejection of Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke as President and Secretary of the BCCI.

Does the IOA want to finish Mumbai hockey?

'Indian hockey will lose out on one of its most important nurseries of good hockey talent.'

Think you know a lot about Sport? Take this challenge!

Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls.

Emotional former players salute Olympic bronze medallists

'Coaching centres across the world will make everyone watch this game, the quality of the match was top-notch'

'Balbir Singh Sr was one of the greatest ever'

'He did not take a loss lying down.' 'He inspired us to go to the next tournament with renewed confidence and helped us perform well.' 'That's the way I would remember him.'

I-League: Dempo reclaim top postion

Dempo Sports Club scored an emphatic 3-1 win over bottom placed Sporting Clube de Goa to regain the top spot in the 11th round I-League match at the Nehru Stadium, Margao, on Sunday.

Road to Rio: Indian hockey offers some hope...

India's third-place finish at the Hockey World League Finals is a timely reminder of the improvement the team has made under Oltmans. But one must not get carried away.

Mohammed Shahid: Hockey's great genius

'Shahid was an artist, the kind who treated the hockey pitch as his own canvas.'

Is India ready for Rio?

As preparations for the Rio Olympics gather pace, India may be headed for yet another paltry medal haul.