New Delhi: A top-four finish in the Olympics would be a "miracle" for the Indian men's hockey team but a favourable outing in their Games opener against the mighty Netherlands on July 30 would act as a huge "confidence booster" for the eight-time champions, feel former players. Former captain Zafar Iqbal was impressed with the improvement Indian hockey has made under Micheal Nobbs but feels it would be too premature...
06:26 PM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: Former players lavished praise on the Indian hockey team and its Australian coach Michael Nobbs for convincingly qualifying for the London Olympics, and said a top-four finish there "is a tall ask but not impossible" for the eight-time champions. India put up a superlative performance and routed France 8-1 in the final of the men's Olympic qualifiers on Sunday to keep a date with the London Games after...
12:45 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: Despite being handed a favourable draw for the Olympic men's hockey qualifiers, former players cautioned India against complacency and said it would be a disaster if the erstwhile champions failed to book their London ticket from the qualifying event in February. According to the draw released by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), India, eight-time Olympic gold medalists who failed to qualify for the Beijing Games, will play lower-ranked...
02:40 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Chandigarh: The doping controversy at the ongoing kabaddi World Cup is growing wider with every passing day as four more players, including one Indian, tested positive for banned substances on Thursday, taking the list of offenders to a whopping 22. "There is one player from India among the four who have tested positive today. The sample of the Indian has tested positive for stanozolol," National Anti Doping Agency's (NADA) director...
10:02 PM, Nov 10, 2011
New Delhi: Harendra Singh, who was replaced as India coach by Australian Michael Nobbs, on Thursday hit out at former captain and his team mate Pargat Singh, saying that he has very little to show as an international except "fixing matches". Harendra told information syndicate NNIS that Pargat, who is now chairman of Hockey India's (HI) development committee, has done nothing good for Indian hockey. "He was the only captain...
11:18 PM, Aug 18, 2011
New Delhi: Former and current sportspersons on Tuesday welcomed the government's National Sports Bill which provides for a "fair and transparent" election process and limitation to age and tenure for their office-bearers, saying the proposed measures were long overdue. Welcoming the draft bill, put up in the sports ministry website, former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh hoped that the new measures take sport in the country to a new era....
08:31 PM, Feb 22, 2011
New Delhi: Former India captain and a stern critic of Hockey India, Pargat Singh was on Saturday appointed chairman of the development committee of HI. The decision was taken at a governing council meeting of HI here which was also attended by Pargat among other office-bearers. Pargat will head a five- to seven-member committee, which is expected to be in place by December 14 when the HI officials will meet...
08:52 PM, Dec 11, 2010
HI president Vidya Stokes said she is prepared to bring back the old glory of the game. ...
11:18 PM, Aug 05, 2010
HI moved the Supreme Court after the election was stayed by the Delhi and Bombay HC on separate petitions. ...
11:09 PM, Aug 05, 2010
The elections were adjourned sine die on July 8 following a Delhi High Court ruling. ...
07:20 PM, Jul 31, 2010
Vidya Stokes, who was earlier chief of Indian Women's Hockey Federation, has already filed her nominations. ...
11:07 PM, Jul 17, 2010
