Bangalore: After a three-year interval, the much-diluted senior men's National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup will commence here on Wednesday with defending champions Mumbai taking on hosts Karnataka in the opening fixture.
The week-long tournament that concludes on May 16, will see zonal winners Punjab (North), Mumbai (West), Karnataka (South), Jharkhand (East), Uttar Pradesh (Central) and Manipur (North-East) playing one another on a single league basis followed by classification matches for positions 1-4.
The zonal system returns with the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) attempting to make the event more competitive while doing away with farcical one-sided games besides cutting down on duration and by extension the costs of hosting some 20-plus teams, of which barely half-a-dozen can boast of a hockey pedigree.
In the past few decades, the IHF had experimented with various formats, one of them being the current zonal system that was subsequently discarded when the smaller teams complained of lack of exposure and opportunity to play the top sides, thus stunting development....
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10:14 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Kolkata: Former captain Dhanraj Pillay is not interested in talking about Indian hockey anymore after India's forgettable London Olympics performance and also questioned the rationale behind appointing foreign coaches. "Please don't ask me anything about Indian hockey. 12 teams mein se 12th finish karna ... Ab isse bhi bura kuchh ho sakta hai kya (When the country finishes 12th out of 12... Can it be worse than this)?" asked Pillay....
12:28 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Hyderabad: Dinesh Reddy has been elected the new president of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) at its special general meeting in New Delhi on Monday. He is taking over the responsibility after the International Hockey Federation (FIH) recognised IHF the representative in India. This announcement came after the Delhi High Court reinstated it as the national sports federation. RK Shetty the previous president, resigned a couple of weeks ago. Reddy,...
04:52 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Mumbai: Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)on Friday questioned the legality of Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) move to form a three-member committee to decide whether IHF or its rival Hockey India (HI) is the legal body to run the game, terming the action a contempt of the High Court order. Also reacting to Hockey India's plan to float a new league in competition to its own World Series Hockey, IHF termed it...
07:54 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: The beleaguered Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on Thursday came down heavily upon the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for country's poor show at the London Olympics and denounced the three-member committee set-up by the Association to look into the running of the Indian hockey. The IOA had earlier in June formed a three-member committee, headed by former president of the Wrestling Federation of India G S Mander, to look...
09:01 PM, Aug 30, 2012
New Delhi: The government is working with the Indian Olympic Association, Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Hockey India (HI) to facilitate a settlement that is acceptable to both the warring factions - IHF and HI, Sports Minister Ajay Maken informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. "The controversy/infighting in hockey, inter-alia, relates to recognition from the concerned International Federation and the Indian Olympic Association; merger of the two bodies; holding of...
10:00 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey India lambasted the Indian Hockey Federation for trying to lure players for its unsanctioned World Series Hockey league, saying such efforts by IHF were "blatant anti-national campaign" which will lead to "slow poisoning" of the national game. Even though the event is not recognised by the International Hockey Federation, the IHF, in collaboration with Nimbus, is all set to organise the multi-million dollar franchise-based WSH league across...
11:46 PM, Oct 07, 2011
New Delhi: The FIH has issued a veiled threat to block India's participation in the 2012 London Olympics in case the government does not grant Hockey India the status of a National Sports Federation and if all lawsuits, including the one filed by the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) against it, are not terminated. Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH), the world governing body of the game, shot a letter to Sports...
09:45 PM, Sep 29, 2011
New Delhi: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday dealt a major blow to Sports Ministry's effort of reconciliation between Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation by rejecting the interim "working relationship" between the two warring bodies. The FIH said that it was "surprised and disappointed" to learn about the temporary arrangement and threatened to take away the hosting rights of men's Champions Trophy (in December) and next year's Olympic...
08:16 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Country's Olympic governing body has shown its reservation on the proposed merger of HI and IHF. ...
10:02 PM, Jul 27, 2011
New Delhi: Adhering to the Sports Ministry's proposal, Hockey India (HI)and Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)on Monday agreed to merge as one body, thus ending a long-standing tussle between the two warring factions. The decision was taken after a meeting held between the two parties at the Ministry's headquarters here. The Ministry had last week issued an ultimatum to the two bodies asking them to merge by July 25, falling to...
04:12 PM, Jul 25, 2011
New Delhi: Taking first step towards getting the FIH recognition, Indian Hockey Federation and Indian Women's Hockey Federation on Thursday merged to form a single body which will handle the affairs of the game in the country. The body, which will continue to be known as the Indian Hockey Federation, would hold its election in the first week of October. Hockey India was de-recognised by the government for non-compliance of...
05:22 PM, Aug 12, 2010
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10:12 PM, Aug 06, 2010
International Hockey Federation chief Leandro Negre is visiting India. ...
12:52 AM, Apr 07, 2009
BHA chief says he has the go ahead of 28 associations to meet IOA officials. ...
01:04 AM, Feb 26, 2009
A running commentary of Delhi vs Odisha and Rajasthan vs Mumbai plus updates of all the other Ranji Trophy matches across the country. ...
10:58 PM, Jul 17, 2008
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08:10 PM, May 02, 2008
Mumbai: Despite Cheteshwar Pujara's fine knock of 80, Saurashtra got bundled out for a mere 173, which Gujarat achieved comfortably to register a four-wicket victory in an inconsequential West Zone Vijay Hazare one-day league tie here on Tuesday. Electing to bat first here at the Wankhede Stadium, Saurashtra scored 173 all out in 47.5 overs and in reply Gujarat reached the target, making 175 for six in 39.3 overs. Saurashtra...
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