
February 04,1999 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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 00:00:00 AM
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





