Three Pakistan hockey players and a physiotherapist have been banned for life for attempting to seek asylum in a European country after slipping away without the knowledge of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. PHF secretary-general Rana Mujahid confirmed on Thursday that Murtaza Yaqoob, Ihtesham Aslam and Abdur Rahman, along with physiotherapist Waqas, had gone to the…
On the afternoon of August 4, 2024, as the time ticked towards 2 pm in India, those glued to their television sets and streaming devices were plunged into utter disbelief as the sound of the umpire’s whistle rung around the Yves du Manoir Stadium in Paris. After what looked like a ritual video referral, the on-field…
At a recent felicitation function in Bhubaneswar for the Indian men’s hockey team, a boy, inspired by the Men in Blue’s second straight Olympic bronze medal, told midfielder Manpreet Singh that he will fight for gold in the future. “Hockey waapis aa rahi hai (Hockey is on the rise again),” Manpreet remarks. From growing up listening…
Former captain V. Baskaran on Thursday said India played the best brand of hockey at the Paris 2024 Olympics while earning a bronze medal, commenting it was better than winning gold. India defeated Spain 2-1 to win back-to-back bronze medals in the Olympics. “This is the best performance. We might have missed out on silver…
HOCKEY Former Kerala player Rajagopal passes away Former Kerala State hockey player A.V. Rajagopal passed away in Alappuzha on Thursday. He was 73. Rajagopal did his schooling in Chennai and picked up the sport from the St. Thomas Mount area. Later, he went on to represent Kerala in three senior Nationals in the late 1960s….
Following the Indian men’s hockey team’s second consecutive bronze medal finish in the Paris Olympics, Hockey India (HI) has started thinking about the side’s preparations for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. A day after the members of the bronze medal-winning team were felicitated by its principal sponsor Odisha Government, HI president Dilip Tirkey, a former…
Carrying forward the legacy of the previous dispensation, the Odisha Government, the principal sponsor of the Indian hockey team until 2036, on Wednesday rose to the occasion and organised a grand welcome for the Indian side, which won its second consecutive bronze medal in the Paris Olympics. Tribal folk dancers performed at the Biju Patnaik…
Former hockey player Rao Saleem Nazim, on Saturday, claimed that the Pakistan government insulted several Olympians by withdrawing their invitations for the gala dinner hosted in the honour of Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem in the name of guest management. Nadeem heaved his spear to 92.97m, shattering the Olympic record on his way to a sensational…
HOCKEY Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club grabs HI Junior Academy Championship Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy registered a 8-3 win over Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre to clinch the men’s title in the Hockey India Junior Men Academy Championship 2024 (Zone A & B) on Thursday. For the Punjab side, Amandeep (11th, 36th minutes)…
Put it down to the luck of the Indians. Specifically, the bad luck. Pitted against an aggressive Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the men’s hockey competition at the Paris Olympics, the odds were stacked against Harmanpreet Singh’s men. This was compounded by the red card shown to their key defender and first rusher, Amit…
