New Delhi: Sports ministry on Monday rewarded hockey coach Michael Nobbs for guiding India to victory in the London Olympics qualifiers by raising his salary by 1000 Australian dollars with immediate effect. Under Nobbs guidance, Indian men's team qualified for the Olympics after it trounced France 8-1 in the final last night. The Australian would now get 11,000 Australian dollars per month. "The orders to this effect have been issued...
06:21 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: India's chief hockey coach Michael Nobbs said on Thursday that the boys will go all out for a win against Poland in their last pool match on Friday even when a draw is enough to book a place in the final of the 2012 London Olympics men qualifiers at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. India are sitting top of the table with 12 points and have a...
09:29 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday said that he would like to see the two warring factions - Hockey India (HI) and Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) reach an agreement in the presence of FIH's top officials, who are currently in the country for the ongoing Olympic qualifiers. "HI and IHF should best utilise this opportunity to come together because the entire FIH (International Hockey Federation) top brass is...
09:03 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Mumbai: Conceding goals in every match remained the lone weakness that he could detect in the Indian squad's ongoing campaign in the London Olympic qualifiers in Delhi, according to former hockey captain Rajpal Singh. "The team's performance has been good so far. Hope we take the momentum into the final and qualify (for the July-August Olympics)," said the man who led India in the last World Cup, Commonwealth Games and...
06:00 PM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: Poland created the first upset in the men's competition of the hockey Olympic qualification tournament by defeating higher-ranked Canada 3-2 while France registered their second successive win in the tournament, spanking a lowly Singapore 9-0 here on Sunday. The 14th ranked Canadians, looking for their second win in the event after their 9-0 mauling of Italy on Saturday, were in for a rude shock when Poland, ranked 19th,...
07:48 PM, Feb 19, 2012
New Delhi: Part of the team that failed to make the Olympics four years ago in Chile, Indian striker Shivendra Singh knows the importance of the upcoming qualifiers for the quadrennial event as he feels London is probably his last chance to become an Olympian. Shivendra was just 24 when India, for the first time in 80 years, failed to qualify for the Olympics after losing to Great Britain in...
04:02 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Drag-flicker Jugraj Singh, now 28, would have been at the peak of his international hockey career had it not been for a life-threatening accident that put him out of competitive hockey in 2003. He is still a part of the national team but as a key figure in the support staff, fine-tuning the skills of the present lot of drag-flickers. A freak road accident in Jalandhar eight years...
05:53 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: Injured midfielder Gurbaj Singh was on Monday left out of India's 32-member probables announced for the hockey Olympic Qualification tournament to be held here from February 18 to 26. However, despite raising doubts on striker Rajpal Singh's availability for the Olympic qualifiers, India's chief hockey coach Michael Nobbs decided to retain the former captain - who has recently undergone an operation for appendicitis - in the core probables....
09:02 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: He likes to keep a low-profile but India's hockey coach Michael Nobbs isn't leaving anything to chance when it comes to bringing the magic back to Indian hockey, starting with qualification for the London Olympics. Speaking to IBNLive.com on the sidelines of India's preparatory camp for the Test series against South Africa and the Olympics qualifiers, Nobbs touched upon the most debatable topics of India hockey - ranging...
05:31 PM, Jan 14, 2012
Another year passed but the sorry state of Indian hockey refused to change as the prolonged struggle for power between two warring federations once again took centre-stage over the performance of the national team in 2011. Just like a never-ending television soap opera, there seemed to be no immediate solution to the tussle between Hockey India and the de-recognised Indian Hockey Federation, who, after calling a temporary peace, went back...
10:00 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Johannesburg: Left-handed batsman Jacques Rudolph was on Saturday recalled to the South African Test squad for a two-match series against Australia next month. Two uncapped players, leg-spinner Imran Tahir and all-rounder Vernon Philander, were named in the 14-man squad for the series, which starts in Cape Town on November 9. The second match will be in Johannesburg from November 17. Selection convener Andrew Hudson said Rudolph would open the batting...
09:46 AM, Mar 12, 2008
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