
February 04, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 3: Two searing flicks by specialist Suhail Abbas not only underlined the growing importance of penalty corner conversions ...
Thu, Feb 04, 1999
February 03, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: More than a clash of titans it would be a journey into the unknown as sub-continent giants India and Pakistan renew riv...
Wed, Feb 03, 1999
February 02, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 1: A long and tiring bus journey from Patiala failed to deter the Indian hockey team as the enthusiastic lot headed straig...
Tue, Feb 02, 1999
January 23, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 22: India's search for a foreign hockey coach had begun as early as in the 1970s. Ashwini Kumar, former president of the I...
Sat, Jan 23, 1999
December 25, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, Dec 24: A tired Indian hockey team zipped around the capital today, followed by TV cameras and media, revelling in the attenti...
Fri, Dec 25, 1998
December 20, 1998 00:00 IST
The showman, the saviour, the striker par excellenceHe is the quintessential fighter, igniting the spark whenever the chips are down. He ...
Sun, Dec 20, 1998
December 19, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, Dec 18: Avtar Singh is celebrating his wife Jyotirmoyee Sikdar's double-gold Bangkok success; gold-medal winning kabaddi team ...
Sat, Dec 19, 1998
October 23, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCT 22: In another twist to the Indian hockey team's run-up to the Bangkok Asian Games, the six-nation Cairo tournament slated...
Fri, Oct 23, 1998
October 22, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, October 21: Malaysia's decision to pull out of the proposed hockey Test series against India may not ruffle the Indian hockey ...
Thu, Oct 22, 1998
October 07, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCT 6: Rather than brood over the team's disappointing performance at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, the Indian Hocke...
Wed, Oct 07, 1998
August 18, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 17: After the rebuff by the Sports Ministry which refused to fund the 20-member Hamburg-bound `developmental team', the In...
Tue, Aug 18, 1998
August 15, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, Aug 14: The sports ministry has refused to pick up the tab for the 20-member `developmental' team, scheduled to participate in...
Sat, Aug 15, 1998
August 11, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: It is not often that thirsty sportspersons actually peer into the contents of a soft-drink bottle before taking a swig...
Tue, Aug 11, 1998
July 31, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 30: After a series of unsavoury incidents, which included roughing up of an umpire, the Food Corporation of India (North ...
Fri, Jul 31, 1998
July 28, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 27: Maharaj Kishen Kaushik is coming to terms with life back in the fast lane. Ever since the news of his appointment as ...
Tue, Jul 28, 1998
July 28, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 27: Four trainees from the Air India National Hockey Academy (Delhi) have earned national recognition by making it to the...
Tue, Jul 28, 1998
May 15, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, May 14: The tremors of the nuclear tests in Pokharan were felt in Indian sport today. The national hockey team bound for Utrecht ...
Fri, May 15, 1998
May 07, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, May 6: The Indian hockey team's semi-final loss to Australia at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 was dismissed as an aberration then. ...
Thu, May 07, 1998
May 01, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, April 30: The Indian hockey selectors have, at least for the time being, managed to wriggle out of a tight situation by naming th...
Fri, May 01, 1998
April 24, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, April 23: The monotonous regularity of the table tennis ball striking the table, reverberates through the recreation room, and fi...
Fri, Apr 24, 1998
April 11, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, April 10: ``Shun the big, bad world of professional boxing,'' cautioned national coach GS Sandhu. Talking to The Indian Express t...
Sat, Apr 11, 1998
April 01, 1998 00:00 IST
LAHORE, March 3: It was time to work out fresh strategies, as the Indians played at a relaxed pace and still registered their first victory ...
Wed, Apr 01, 1998
March 22, 1998 00:00 IST
Jalandhar, March 21: There were several apprehensive faces when Dhanraj Pillay removed the captain's band from his sleeve and handed it over...
Sun, Mar 22, 1998
March 22, 1998 00:00 IST
Jalandhar, March 20: Three-in-a-row has a pleasant ring to it. But the Indians are not going over board. Cautious optimism, is then, the rig...
Sun, Mar 22, 1998
March 21, 1998 00:00 IST
Jalandhar, March 20: Three-in-a-row has a pleasant ring to it. But the Indians are not going over board. Cautious optimism, is then, the rig...
Sat, Mar 21, 1998



