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Bansari Solanki (2nd from right) with other goalkeepers and Dutchman Dennis van de Pol, the goalkeeping coach. (Special Arrangement)

Spotted by Dhanraj Pillay, India women team's goalkeeper Bansari Solanki puts Gujarat on hockey map

August 24, 2025 8:49 am

Bansari Solanki, 24, from Surat has been selected for next month's Asia Cup in Hangzhou.

RIP India-Pakistan hockey rivalry, the magical days of Shahid-Sardar, Dhanraj-Shahbaz long over

August 14, 2023 11:14 am

The encounter between India and Pakistan in the Asian Champions Trophy felt and looked like just another league game in a tournament, bereft of the magic and madness, fire and fury, artistry and craft of the past

Ahead of India-Pakistan battle on hockey turf, a chance for former players to exchange gifts and dust up memories

August 04, 2023 5:55 pm

Waiting for Pakistan coach Saqlain and assistant Butt were former rivals and friend Jugraj and Kamalpreet, as love and warmth blurs borders and melts tension

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I have no regrets now after this Olympic medal, says four-time Olympian Dhanraj Pillay

August 05, 2021 7:52 pm

The last time India had won an Olympic medal in hockey was at the 1980 Moscow Games where they bagged the gold.

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Confident that India will qualify for Tokyo Olympics: Dhanraj Pillay

August 30, 2019 2:40 pm

India won the last medal in hockey at the Olympics, a gold in the 1980 summer Games at Moscow, but after that, the country hasn't tasted any success at the quadrennial event. They had even failed to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Dhanraj Pillay to be awarded with Bharat Gaurav - East Bengal's highest honour

June 27, 2017 7:55 pm

Dhanraj Pillay made his international hockey debut in 1989 in Allwyn Asia Cup. He led India to Asian Games glory in 1998 and also won the Asia Cup in 2003. He also received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for his remarkable performance in 1999-2000.

Among 5 new faces in AAP, a hockey star and a singer

February 18, 2014 1:25 am

The announcement of Pillay’s joining the party was made by AAP’s Pune unit.

Clock winds down on Fabulous Four

November 24, 2013 4:57 am

In 1988,a young boy from Madras became India's first ever Grand Master.

Hero worship: Sporting fraternity pays tribute to Sachin Tendulkar

November 17, 2013 5:03 am

The sporting fraternity pays tribute to the player and the man behind the legend.

Dhanraj Pillay inaugurates medicine centre for athletes

August 21, 2013 3:18 am

Indian hockey team captain Dhanraj Pillay on Tuesday inaugurated Sancheti Sports Medicine Centre at Sancheti Hospital

The police said the trio from Chandigarh — Rohan (21), Sumit (22), and Mohit (19) — were dhol players by profession and had procured the weapons due to an old rivalry with local residents.

Suspecting affair, Odisha lecturer assaults wife and her friend, parades them on street

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A lecturer of Commerce and his associate were arrested for assaulting his wife, garlanding her with slippers and parading her on the road with her male friend. The woman, who has been living separately from her husband, was assaulted and humiliated in public. The incident was recorded and shared on social media. Police have seized evidence and are investigating the matter.

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