FOR HARENDRA SINGH, KEY TO SUCCESSFUL REIGN AS INDIA’S MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM COACH LIES IN ACCEPTING INPUTS FROM PLAYERS
Maybe, in the anarchy of Indian hockey, Harendra will create an island of calm with consistency, structure and progression combining intuitively. For a man who believes in attackin
ASIAN GAMES 2018: DUTEE CHAND’S SUCCESS PROVES INDIA’S ACE SPRINTER HAS RUN PAST HISTORY OF ACCUSATIONS AND OSTRACISATION
Dutee has sprinted out of every conceivable pigeonhole we pushed her into. India has to realise she is no more a novelty act. She is the Act. .....
‘CHUCK DE INDIA’ IS OUR POLICY ON HOCKEY COACHES
In the caliphate of Hockey India, ego and false pride hold sway over long-term planning and structured vision. Parochialism is mistaken for patriotism. .....
ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: AVINASH SABLE’S HUSTLE, DUTEE CHAND’S FEAT, HIMA DAS’ AGONY DOMINATE HEADLINES ON DAY 1
At the iconic Khalifa International Stadium, on the first day of the Asian Athletic Championships 2019, there was no dearth of drama. .....
ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019: UNDERRATED PU CHITRA MAKES A GIANT SPLASH BY RETAINING 1,500M GOLD; INDIA FINISH 4TH
PU Chitra is probably the most under-rated Indian athlete at the Asian Athletics Championships. Yet, hers was the most impactful performance by an Indian at the Doha Asian Champion
PERSISTENCE, PATIENCE AND CONVICTION: KEY INGREDIENTS REQUIRED FOR INDIAN HOCKEY TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM CONSISTENCY
In the last three decades, India have been at the deep end in the hockey ocean. Players, coaches, support staff and Hockey India have to understand that consistency is not a pill y
GOAL-SCORING MACHINE PAR EXCELLENCE, BALBIR SINGH SENIOR’S LEGACY IS SECURE IN PANTHEON OF INDIA’S HOCKEY GREATS
History will look at Balbir generously, as an Indian hockey star revered and venerated almost as much as Dhyan Chand. Both won three Olympic golds. Both set extremely high standard
SPORTS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: A WORLD WITHOUT SPORTS IS ONE OF LONELINESS AND LONGING
Across the planet, beyond time-zones and geographies, sport was the soothing glue, the common prayer, the one faith that held us all together. .....
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK: STUCK IN A PANDEMIC, HOCKEY COACHES TRY AND IMPROVISE GAME’S FUTURE IN POST-COVID WORLD
As sport waits for its spectacle to come back, hockey coaches sitting back, analysing, and reanalysing their own tactical formulae, figure out further tactical shifts and .....
THE AGONY OF BEING DUTEE CHAND – INDIA’S REACORD BREAKING SPRINTER
From the fight at the court, scars do remain. Dutee Chand's aloofness points to the fact. It’s also a sign of courage, strength that you can throw anything at me but I will .....
