Team India defeated Japan 2-0 in the semifinals in Bihar to reach the finals of the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy. It will fight it out with China in the 20 November finals.
Odisha aspires to be India's hockey factory, but its glitzy world-class tournaments are a world apart from underfunded grassroots centres in districts like Deogarh.
The success of Indian women’s and men’s hockey teams at Tokyo Olympics will likely bring new set of fans into the sport, something that SRK’s Chak De! India did.
In 'Dear Me', a compilation of letters written by Indian sports stars to their younger selves, Dhanraj Pillay reflects on the battle with sports bureaucracy.
More than anything sports ministry, Indian Hockey Federation or even the afterglow of Chak De India have done to revive the game, the 2010 World Cup could signal a second innings in India.
Karnataka contributes billions to national growth and FDI, but its own finances show a revenue deficit, spiralling interest costs, and liabilities crossing Rs 11.2 lakh crore.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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