Dhanraj Pillay described Leslie Claudius as the "God of Indian hockey." ...
08:04 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Suffering from liver cirrhosis, the 85-year-old three-time Olympic gold medallist breathed his last at a Kolkata hospital on December 20, 2012. ...
05:57 PM, Dec 20, 2012
World hockey legend and India's triple Olympic hockey gold and silver medallist Leslie Claudius died in Kolkata on Sunday at the age of 85. He was suffering from liver cirrhosis. ...
05:27 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Kolkata: Triple Olympic gold medalist Leslie Claudius, who is suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, is responding to the treatment and the doctors are hopeful, Bengal Hockey Association secretary Gurbux Singh said. Claudius had a special visitor this morning in the form of former teammate Keshav Dutt, the 87-year-old former Olympian, who was also part of the gold medal winning teams in London 1948 and Helsinki 1952. "He saw both...
07:08 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Kolkata: Triple Olympic hockey gold winner Leslie Claudius, suffering from cirrhosis of the liver, was admitted to a private hospital following complications, his son Brandon said on Tuesday. "He was shifted to a hospital last night following some complications. His condition is critical," Brandon said. The 85-year-old is currently being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital near the Eastern Metropolitan bypass in the city's southern outskirts....
12:34 PM, Nov 06, 2012
"Our hockey is dead." When you have Leslie Claudius saying it, its got to be serious. Leslie was there during the Indian team's Olympics send-off ceremony. With his arm around Bharat Chetri, who helped Leslie off the dais, the legend asked for a promise from the Indian skipper: a medal around his neck when the team returns from London. But that was then. There was hope - hope to end...
10:11 AM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: Legendary Olympian Leslie Claudius can heave a sigh of relief as Hockey India (HI) will be pursuing his request to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of providing him with replicas of his four Olympic medals, including three gold, that were stolen from his Kolkata residence. HI secretary-general Narinder Batra told IANS on Tuesday that he has asked Olympian and former India captain Gurbux Singh to furnish the details...
12:46 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: Three members of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics - Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt and Jaswant Rajput - on Sunday hoped the 2012 squad can measure up to their standards. The three Bengal men, who are well into their late 80s, still keenly follow the national team's performance and are far from being impressed. The trio, along with 23 other...
06:52 PM, Jun 24, 2012
