India's second-half surge in the match against Great Britain on Sunday didn't prove enough as Nick Catlin's late strike earned the Britons a 3-2 victory in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup being held in Ipoh, Malaysia. India, who were playing without star centre-forward Shivender Singh, were chasing the game for most part until two strikes in the space of five minutes by VR Raghunath (55th min) and SV Sunil (59th...
07:38 PM, May 27, 2012
SK Uthappa's last-minute strike helped India to a much-needed 2-1 victory against Korea at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Friday. The match turned out to be a classic hockey encounter with both the teams hungry for their first win - after India lost to New Zealand and Koreans drew with Malaysia on Thursday. India managed to get into lead as early as the 12th...
07:22 PM, May 25, 2012
India got off to a shoddy beginning at the 2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, conceding a 5-1 defeat to New Zealand as the Indian defence faltered tamely and the forwards failed to capitalise on a number of opportunities - which allowed the Black Sticks to run away with a comfortable victory. Playing on a blue pitch and with yellow balls - similar to what will be on...
05:18 PM, May 24, 2012
The five-time Sultan Azlan Shah Cup winners India are in Ipoh again; but with the London Olympics just two months away, the blue pitch still a distraction and the yellow ball not yet obeying the stick, the tournament assumes much greater significance for Michael Nobbs' squad. India made it back into the Olympics after missing the 2008 Games in Beijing " the first time Indian hockey suffered such an injury....
07:36 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Two months after an emotional return to the Olympics, the Indian men's hockey team will assess its preparation for the Games against the World Champions Australia, world No. 2 Germany and hosts Great Britain in a four-nation Olympic test event in London from May 2 to 6. While the opposition sounds like a headmaster checking India's improvement, the eight-time Olympic gold medallists will step on the blue pitch,...
10:47 PM, May 01, 2012
Tears welled up, a lump developed in my throat and I was almost choked. His body lay in front of me, like a discharged battery, ...
12:15 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Wizards held onto their nerves amid high drama here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Monday to register an anxious 2-1 victory in their return match against the Mumbai Marines that pushed them up to joint third in the points table of the World Series Hockey (WSH). The technical bench was kept busy in the dying minutes where after overturning a penalty stroke awarded to...
11:58 PM, Mar 19, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Wizards suffered their fourth loss of the World Series Hockey (WSH) as Gurjinder Singh's penalty-corner strike earned Chandigarh Comets a narrow 0-1 win here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Wednesday. The result affected the Wizards badly as a win would have taken them past the Comets in points tally. But as against 12 points of Chandigarh after this win, Delhi remain at just 7...
11:52 PM, Mar 14, 2012
New Delhi: Following the Pakistan Hockey Federation's (PHF) confirmation of India's consent to tour for a three-nation tournament, Hockey India (HI) is expected to announce the squad on Monday, sources told IBNLive.com. PHF secretary Asif Bajwa, in a statement on Wednesday, said that both India and Malaysia have confirmed their participation, and IBNLive has learned that a developmental squad could be announced as early as Monday. "It will not be...
12:39 PM, Mar 14, 2012
"I missed the Olympics, you fought. I returned to the Olympics, you fought. And just when I felt I can walk unassisted, you've again turned combative." It's not a challenge to figure out who the 'you' is in this sobbing soliloquy of Indian hockey. It keeps switching its gaze from Hockey India (HI) to the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), hoping at least one would stop the tirade, but to no...
08:47 AM, Mar 07, 2012
New Delhi: In what could be termed as a dampener after the ecstasy of Indian hockey's return to the Olympics, the Sports Ministry has allegedly denied Hockey India [HI] the permission to hold the preparatory camp for the 48 probables, which was scheduled to begin on March 5 at the SAI Centre in Bangalore, sources have told IBNLive.com. "We have not received the approval to hold the camp," the source...
04:59 PM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: Defender Gurpreet Singh's brace helped visitors Pune Strykers down Delhi Wizards 3-1 in the World Series Hockey match played here at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium on Saturday. In a match that largely belonged to some sensational saves by goalkeepers Kamaldeep Singh (Delhi) and Gurpreet Guri (Pune), Pune's drag-flick expert Gurpreet scored off a penalty corner (53rd) and penalty stroke (60th) to settle the issue in his side's...
10:58 PM, Mar 03, 2012
Fresh from Olympics qualification, Indian hockey's revelry has just about wrapped up. The players' coffers have witnessed unprecedented cash inflow. Coach Michael Nobbs has had a pay-rise. FIH and HI are happy. Fans are happy. IHF and Nimbus are partially happy. But while the 2008 nightmare has been pronounced dead, London Olympics will either produce a twinkle or well up more tears in the eyes of Indian hockey. India have...
12:00 AM, Mar 03, 2012
New Delhi: Two former India captains " Rajpal Singh and Arjun Halappa " will look to shed the disappointment of being overlooked for India's Olympics probables when they lead Delhi Wizards and Karnataka Lions respectively in the fourth match of the World Series Hockey (WSH) here at the Major Dhyanchand National Stadium on Friday. After excluding Rajpal and Halappa for the Olympics qualifiers, Hockey India (HI) ignored the two veterans...
08:29 AM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delh: The World Series Hockey (WSH) that begins later on Wednesday is set to lose its sheen as Hockey India (HI) is expected to offer retainer contracts to top national players and lure them into attending the national camp instead of playing for their WSH franchises. Sources told IBNLive that a minimum contract of Rs. 15 lakh and a maximum of Rs. 40 lakh is being mulled by the...
01:53 PM, Feb 29, 2012
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