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Olympian medalist and Leander Paes’ father Vece Paes dies at 80

The senior Paes, a member of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games bronze-winning Indian hockey team, had been suffering from advanced Parkinson’s disease.

News of the day: 21 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

News of the day: 11 July, 2025

ThePrint’s round-up of the major news events from India.

Indian junior women’s hockey team loses to Argentina with 2-4 at Four Nations Tournament

Kanika Siwach from India got off to a good start giving India a glimmer of hope, but Argentina maintained its dominance, sealing its victory with four goals against India’s two.

‘Setback, conspiracy’, Indian sports community reacts after 2026 Commonwealth Games roster shrinks

Sports, like wrestling, hockey, cricket, shooting & table tennis, where India performs well, have been removed from the scaled-back programme for the Games in Glasgow.

Trophy for 2024 women’s Asian hockey championship stops at Lakhisarai, greeted with much fanfare

India is hosting the biennial hockey championship from 11 to 20 November in Rajgir. The other 5 countries participating are China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, and Thailand.

What’s the secret of Indian men’s hockey dream run? Coach Fulton says ‘trust, camaraderie, connection’

Fresh off the success at Paris Olympics, coach Craig Fulton is now eyeing Asian Champions Trophy. He speaks to ThePrint about his vision for the team, his journey so far & more.

India end 52-year wait for Olympics win against Australia in hockey, clinch 3-2 victory in Paris

Before this, the 2 teams have faced each other 11 times on Olympics stage, with Australia holding slight edge with 6 wins & India securing 3, while 2 ended in stalemates.

Hockey: India stun Australia, register first win in 52 years in Olympics

Paris: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh scored a brace as the India men's hockey team registered a famous 3-2 win over Tokyo Games silver medallist and...

PR Sreejesh, Camila Caram named co-chair for International Hockey Federation

The FIH Athletes Committee is a consultative body that provides recommendations to the FIH Executive Board and other bodies.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.