Indian Hockey Crisis

Sardar Singh feels the current team under Manpreet Singh has the potential to break the four-decade-old jinx in Tokyo Olympics next year.

Jude Felix has reportedly stated personal reasons for his decision to quit as assistant coach of Indian hockey team.

The ice hockey team is faced with a financial crisis going into 2015 Challenge Cup of Asia in Kuwait and has resorted to crowd funding in a bid to collect money for participation in the tournament.

A day after the IOA gave 21 days time to both Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation to submit a new merger proposal, the IHF today accused the national Olympic body of playing "double standards" in the crisis related to the game's governance in the country.

Hockey India (HI) and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) resolved some contentious issues on Thursday and made considerable progress towards having one hockey federation in the country.

Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday assured that the cases of sexual harassment that have plunged hockey and weightlifting into a moral crisis would be dealt with in a "professional and impartial way".

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said that the Indian hockey team has asked him to spearhead a fund-raising concert to be held in Chandigarh.

In the latest development to the crisis that the Indian women's hockey team has been facing, the Sports Ministry has announced a total of Rs 1 crore for the cas

After India's women's hockey team refused to accept the offer of Rs 50,000 each from Hockey India, the on-screen hockey team of the 'Chak De' fame have come ahead and decided to help the cash-deprived team.

The women's hockey team, which is in Bhopal, will be wearing black arm-bands in practise from Thursday as a mark of protest against the non-payment of their dues.

Sticking to his words, Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi distributed Rs 1 crore between India hockey players and support staff in Pune.

Relieved after the deadlock with the federation ended in an amicable solution, the Indian hockey players on Wednesday vowed to put up a united front in the forthcoming World Cup which gets underway next month.

Suresh Kalmadi, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Chief, has shouldered Dhanraj Pillay with the responsibility of managing all the inflow of funds from the corporates that displayed heart of gold in times of one of the biggest crisis that the national game had ever seen.

The hockey crisis that exercised India over the last one week has blown over, with the national team calling off its strike on an assurance that the players will be paid their dues at the earliest.

After BCCI announced that it was ready to save the sinking ship of Indian Hockey, it was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's turn to step ahead with her offers.

Sardar Singh feels the current team under Manpreet Singh has the potential to break the four-decade-old jinx in Tokyo Olympics next year.

Jude Felix has reportedly stated personal reasons for his decision to quit as assistant coach of Indian hockey team.

The ice hockey team is faced with a financial crisis going into 2015 Challenge Cup of Asia in Kuwait and has resorted to crowd funding in a bid to collect money for participation in the tournament.

A day after the IOA gave 21 days time to both Hockey India and Indian Hockey Federation to submit a new merger proposal, the IHF today accused the national Olympic body of playing "double standards" in the crisis related to the game's governance in the country.

Hockey India (HI) and the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) resolved some contentious issues on Thursday and made considerable progress towards having one hockey federation in the country.

Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday assured that the cases of sexual harassment that have plunged hockey and weightlifting into a moral crisis would be dealt with in a "professional and impartial way".

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said that the Indian hockey team has asked him to spearhead a fund-raising concert to be held in Chandigarh.

In the latest development to the crisis that the Indian women's hockey team has been facing, the Sports Ministry has announced a total of Rs 1 crore for the cas

After India's women's hockey team refused to accept the offer of Rs 50,000 each from Hockey India, the on-screen hockey team of the 'Chak De' fame have come ahead and decided to help the cash-deprived team.

The women's hockey team, which is in Bhopal, will be wearing black arm-bands in practise from Thursday as a mark of protest against the non-payment of their dues.

Sticking to his words, Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi distributed Rs 1 crore between India hockey players and support staff in Pune.

Relieved after the deadlock with the federation ended in an amicable solution, the Indian hockey players on Wednesday vowed to put up a united front in the forthcoming World Cup which gets underway next month.

Suresh Kalmadi, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Chief, has shouldered Dhanraj Pillay with the responsibility of managing all the inflow of funds from the corporates that displayed heart of gold in times of one of the biggest crisis that the national game had ever seen.

The hockey crisis that exercised India over the last one week has blown over, with the national team calling off its strike on an assurance that the players will be paid their dues at the earliest.

After BCCI announced that it was ready to save the sinking ship of Indian Hockey, it was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's turn to step ahead with her offers.