Kolkata: He was part of the hockey team which won independent India's first Olympic gold medal, but Jaswant Singh Rajput, who played both as a left-half and centre-half, dislikes watching the national team of which he once was a proud member. "Hockey is now a hit and run game. There is no offside. It is now more about power than skill. I no more watch the game, especially after the...
03:14 PM, Mar 28, 2013
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
