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.
Bikash Mohapata analyses the Indian Hockey team's disastrous performance with former India players Joaquim Carvalho and M M Sommaya.
Olympian Joaquim Carvalho has hailed the Indian Olympic Association's decision not to include Hockey India secretary Narinder Batra in the four-member delegation that will accompany Sports Ministry officials for a meeting with the International Olympic COmmittee in Lausanne on May 15 to find a way for India's return to the Olympic movement.
Former national coach Joaquim Carvalho has called for Hockey India secretary-general Narinder Batra's head for misleading the nation and vindictively keeping players who took part in the rebel World Series Hockey out of the country's London Olympics team.
In a massive blow to the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), R K Shetty has resigned as its President citing 'personal reasons'.
Former India coach and captain Joaquim Carvalho hit out at Hockey India on Thursday for preventing fellow-Olympians Dilip Tirkey and Ashish Ballal from performing their roles as selectors of the rival Indian Hockey Federation at the ongoing 63rd men's Nationals in Bhopal.
Former India coach Joaquim Carvalho who is now involved with the World Series Hockey (WSH) project feels that the tournament can prove to be a good platform to judge players who can be picked for the national team.
The Mumbai Hockey Association's newly-elected managing committee on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to its secretary Kehar Singh, suspending him from all activities of the association for 90 days with immediate effect.
The Joaquim Carvalho-led group, barring fellow-Olympian Gurbux Singh Grewal, swept the Mumbai Hockey Association polls that were held after five years. Carvalho and his band, that included 1984 Los Angeles Games teammate and former India skipper M M Somaya, won 13 out of the 14 posts contested for at Monday's much-hyped elections.
Olympians Joaquim Carvalho, Gurbux Singh and Gavin Fereira on Thursday hit out at the Indian Olympic Association for forming Hockey India, a unified body embracing the men's and women's units, in an 'undemocratic manner'.
Pained by the turmoil in Indian hockey, an Indian doctor in London has offered Rs 10 lakh for the players who are staying away from the World Cup preparatory camp in Pune in protest against non-payment of their dues and incentives. Olympian and former chief coach Joaquim Carvalho said Dr James Leitao, a former student of Mumbai's Grand Medical College, has offered to help.
The Indian hockey team recently won the Asia Cup, but the recognition the players received was nothing like what the cricket team is getting after the Twenty20 World Cup triumph.
Goalkeeper Adrian D'souza was also included in the squad for the six-nation Champions Challenge tournament.
India suffered a jolt even before kicking off their campaign in the eight-nation Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament with ace midfielder Ignace Tirkey "opting out" of the squad citing "personal reasons".
India hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho on Wednesday reiterated that he was not involved in any conspiracy and did not ask three players and the team manager to skip the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided not to take any action against Joaquim Carvalho for his criticism of umpiring in the Chile Olympic Qualifiers, saying it was satisfied with the explanation given by the Indian coach.
The Indian Hockey Federation has sacked national coach Vasudevan Baskaran following an unending streak of dismal performances.
Chief coach Joaquim Carvalho says the Indian team should leave nothing to chance in the six-nation Olympic qualifying tournament in Santiago from March 1-9.
The foreign players in the PHL have slammed Joaquim Carvalho's allegations that they are not showing enough commitment.
Forward Rajpal Singh credits the coach for the Asia Cup triumph.
Former Olympian Pargat Singh has been named the Indian team's manager for the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia.
A last minute penalty-corner conversion by V Raghunath salvaged a 2-2 draw for India against Australia in the four-nation hockey tournament in Perth on Thursday. India looked destined for their second successive defeat in the competition, after a 1-4 drubbing at the hands of South Korea on Wednesday, before Raghunath saved the day.
The Indian hockey team, which failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics, returned home in the wee hours on Wednesday morning.
India begins its campaign in the six-team Olympic hockey qualifier with a match against Russia on Saturday. Joaquim Carvalho's team is hoping to win the match by a big margin to avoid the pitfalls of goal difference coming into play in the latter stages of the tournament.
M M Sommaya, Mervyn Fernandis and Joaquim Carvalho call for a benefit match for the cancer-striken former Olympian.
Ace drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has not yet reported for the ongoing camp for the Olympic qualifiers.
The proposed Bangalore event will now be a five-Test series between India and Belgium, the third team that was in the fray.
The ace drag-flicker was named among 29 probables for the three-nation hockey tournament.
The ace striker said coach Joaquim Carvalho, had made the Indian team play an attacking brand of hockey.
India retained the Asia Cup with a 7-2 drubbing of South Korea on Sunday and the decisive manner of that victory has given coach Joaquim Carvalho plenty of cause for optimism ahead of next year's Olympic qualifiers.
Indian hockey chief coach Joaquim Carvalho clarified that he is not against appointing a penalty-corner specialist coach.
Indian hockey team coach Joaquim Carvalho's views on the need for a specialist coach to tone-up the penalty-corner conversion rate was in conflict with those of IHF chief K P S Gill.
India take on New Zealand in their opening match of the six-nation FIH Champions Challenge tournament on Saturday.
The inability of the Indian forwards to convert goal scoring chances was the reason for the defeat, coach Carvalho said.
Newly-appointed Indian hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho is on a mission to resurrect sagging fortunes of the national team.
Placed in the tougher Pool B, India's bid for a semi-final berth at the biggest Asia Cup is going to be difficult.
Indian hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho said he was satisfied with the performance of his young side.
India's new hockey coach says given more time and exposure, he is confident of building a strong team.
You will see a different Indian team, said the newly-appointed Indian hockey coach.
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