MUCH HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT Indian media's biggest executive departure of 2020. The resignation of Uday Shankar as president, The Walt Disney Company APAC and chairman, Star & Disney India, announced October 8, also marks the end of arguably THE defining decade in the evolution of professional Indian sport in the 21st century.
Hockey
Dec 20, 2017 10:12
NEW DELHI: The Ranchi Railway Division will host the All India Womens Railway Hockey Championship from December 28 to 2 January 2018.
Dec 16, 2017 14:12
NEW DELHI: International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Narinder Batra who was elected as the head of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) this week, has expressed his intent that the country should seek hosting rights for the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Dec 08, 2017 13:12
MUMBAI: The 46th Congress of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) will be held in New Delhi from 30 October to 3 November 2018.
It will be the first FIH Congress under Batra's leadership after he took over the reins of world hockey from Spaniard Leandro Negre last year, says a PTI report.
Dec 07, 2017 10:12
BHUBANESWAR: The Hockey India League (HIL), the 2018 of which was scrapped, will return in 2019, according to Hockey India CEO Elena Norman.
The organisers had claimed that postponing the league had been necessitated to undertake a review of the last five seasons. The 2019 edition, the dates of which are yet to be finalised, will serve as the season- ending event to a busy international calendar, reports PTI.
Dec 04, 2017 10:12
NEW DELHI: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Saturday invited India to join the Hockey Pro League that gets underway 2019.
Dec 01, 2017 14:12
BHUBANESWAR: Less than one year before it has the privilege of hosting the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018, Odisha's state capital welcomes the eight nations that will fight for the title at the Odisha Men’s Hockey World League Final, which gets underway here Friday.
Nov 29, 2017 09:11
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks Productions has set 29 June 2018 as the release date for its biopic on the life of field hockey star Sandeep Singh. The film will trace the turbulent life of Singh who was accidentally shot and spent two years in wheelchair before recovering and eventually captaining India.
Nov 28, 2017 12:11
LAUSANNE: With just over four months to go until the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, taking place between 5-14 April, the Pools and match schedule have been released, and there are some intriguing match-ups in store for the teams and fans.
Nov 14, 2017 10:11
PUNE: National body Hockey India will conduct a 5-a-side mixed-gender tournament at the Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex in Pune's Balewadi this weekend.
The format will be tried for the first time in Pune and will be watched by International Olympic Committee observers, the Times of India quotes Hockey India general secretary Manoj Bhore as saying.
Nov 07, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI: Hockey India has announced a cash award of Rs 100,000 each to the 18-member Indian women's team that lifted the Women's Asia Cup in Japan. The Indian team also notched up another triumph of sorts on Monday by breaking into the top 10 in the FIH world rankings. Gaining two places in the ranking table, the team is now placed at number 10 behind Korea and ahead of Spain.