New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) delegation for the crucial meeting with International Olympic Council (IOC) on bringing India back into the Olympic movement, will now include Hockey India general secretary Narinder Batra and Jharkhand Olympic Association president R K Anand. The meeting that is scheduled to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland on May 15 will feature six delegates from the IOA. Apart from Batra and Anand,the other members...
10:54 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: With an eye to promote the sport at the grassroot level, Hockey India on Monday formed a High Performance and Development Committee for the year 2013-14 to be headed by its secretary general, Narinder Batra. The 15-member committee includes Olympians, international players and chief coaches while Sports Authority of India will be an invitee member. The Committee will prepare blueprints and ensure that same pattern of coaching is...
03:54 PM, Apr 08, 2013
HI secretary general Narinder Batra said on Friday that the national body was planning a women's league in two years. ...
05:36 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Barry Anderson was appointed Tournament Director of the inaugural Hero Hockey India League scheduled from January 14 to February 10. ...
12:56 PM, Jan 04, 2013
The IOA delegation comprising Batra and Anand will also meet the Sports Minister and other senior officials on Thursday to discuss the issue. ...
08:56 PM, Nov 29, 2012
Six franchises expressed their displeasure over the unavailability of their coaches during the December 1 players auction. ...
11:28 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Speaking to the CNN-IBN, IOA secretary general Randhir Singh said he has decided to meet the challenge head on now. ...
09:01 AM, Nov 09, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey India is all set to appoint Australian, Jason Conrath, as the new exercise physiologist of the senior men's national team after another Aussie, David John, refused to resume duty owing to low salary. Conrath is Bachelor of Science in exercise and health and is currently studying masters in Gold Coast, Australia. John was with the team in the London Olympics in which India finished 12th after failing...
05:28 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday appointed Steve Catton as competitions director for the six-team Hockey India League (HIL) that is slated to be held from January 5 to February 3, 2013. HI secretary-general Narinder Batra, who is also the chairman of the Hockey India League (HIL), said the appointment of Catton is an important step towards ensuring that the league is of high quality. "We are looking to...
05:44 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey Bhopal (HB), which has been admitted as a new associate member of Hockey India (HI), will now take part in all national championships under the latter. It will make its debut in the HI national championship for senior men in Bangalore from September 24. "We are happy to induct HB in our fold and are delighted that 1968 Olympic Games bronze medal winning player Inam-ur-Rahman is its...
05:02 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: Former national coach Joaquim Carvalho on Monday, asked Hockey India official Narinder Batra to quit his post for misleading the nation and vindictively keeping players, who took part in the rebel World Series Hockey, out of Olympic Games team selection. "I want Batra to resign as he misled the nation over the participation of WSH players in the Olympics saying they would not be allowed by FIH (International...
12:27 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Taking a cue from the BCCI, Hockey India (HI) is set to organise a grand felicitation function for its yesteryear stars who will be paid a one-time benefit from the HI coffers for their contribution to the game. The felicitation-cum-Olympic team send-off ceremony will be held at a city hotel on June 24 where 34 of the living Olympic gold medallists will be presented with cash reward of...
12:40 PM, Jun 15, 2012
New Delhi: The growing thaw in Indo-Pak bilateral ties is spilling over to the sporting field with Hockey India (HI) proposing an annual eight-team tournament featuring the top four domestic sides of both the countries, starting this year. HI is all set to invite its Pakistani counterparts for a meeting later this month to fix the modalities of the event, to be called the Indo-Pak Champions Cup. According to HI...
12:59 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: The cash-rich Hockey India League (HIL) will be held from January 1 to 30 next year and will have all the top international stars and Indian players battling it out for six-city based franchises. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has already Okayed a 30-day window at the beginning of next year so that all the top players can participate in the meet. The players will also have an...
05:45 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: Ending the suspense over India's future in international hockey, the game's world governing body International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Saturday decided to conduct the Olympic Qualifiers in India next year and continue to recognise Hockey India as the National Federation for the sport. In a major decision, the FIH's Executive Board in Lausanne unanimously decided to conduct the Olympic Qualifiers and other major hockey tournaments in India, a...
08:12 PM, Nov 12, 2011
