29
Apr
2008
by admin | Tags: History, Hockey, IHF, KPS Gill, Sports
K P S Gill’s 15-year tenure as the hockey boss came to an unceremonious end with the Indian Olympic Association removing him by suspending the IHF and appointing an ad-hoc committee, headed by former Olympian Aslam Sher Khan. The ‘unanimous’ decision to suspend IHF was taken at an emergency meeting called by the IOA following [...]
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07
Apr
2008
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: FIH, Hockey, IHF, Politics, Society
I DON’T know what is going on in the minds of hockey administrators worldwide. The Federation of International Hockey (FIH) recently said that India might loose the opportunity to host the 2010 world cup. The FIH is worried at India’s falling standards and despite devising a ‘Promoting Indian Hockey’ project, the country has failed to [...]
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14
Mar
2008
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: FIH, Hockey, IHF, Olympic Qualifiers, Viren Rasquinah
I WAS at the Bombay Hockey Association ground in Mumbai to meet a friend of mine who plays hockey at junior level when the news of India’s failure to qualify for the Olympics broke out. The players on the ground were stunned. I talked to my friend in the evening and he detailed me the [...]
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11
Mar
2008
by Rishabh Srivastava | Tags: Great Britain, Hockey, IHF, india, Olympics, Sports
Indian Hockey stooped to a new low when it failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics to be held later this year. This is the first time in its history of 80 years that the Men’s Hockey team has failed to qualify for the event. Facing a do or die battle against Great Britain in [...]
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