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No Conspiracy Behind the Home and Away League

Ever since the introduction of artificial turf at the 1976 Olympic Games the hockey nations from the sub-continent have claimed that this was a deliberate move by powers within the game of hockey to halt their success. The reason given

Goalkeepers Left Out in The Cold.

Congratulations to all the Winners at the FIH Hockey Stars 2016 Awards announced at a gala dinner in India in the past few days. It was great to see Hockey have an actual awards ceremony to recognise the international players

No Winners in Junior World Cup Team Change

Can there be anything worse than qualifying for a World Cup or an Olympic Games and then not being allowed to participate? We saw this in Hockey with South Africa’s men’s and women’s teams who qualified for Rio by the

Entering a Minefield.

Ask any coach, in any sport, why he recruits a player to be a part of his team, and the answers will be different, but they will undoubtedly be similar. Some will want to build their team around that particular

The Right to Play God Puts the Olympic Ideal at Risk

There have been many debates over the years on how the professionalism of sport has killed the spectacle. Rather than a coach and an assistant coach of yesteryear the top teams around the world now have full time physios, sports