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Two Goal Rule Is It a Winner?

The Hockey India League is almost a third of the way through the 2016 edition. This year has seen a new innovation which was designed to encourage players to have more attempts on goal rather than force a penalty corner,

A Photo Kills a Thousand Words

Sometimes the best laid marketing plans can be undone in the simplest of ways. In 1989, after much hype Pepsi launched a television commercial using the hottest person in Pop at the time, Madonna. The advert aired in prime time

Can India Really Medal in Rio?

Sunday evening was a very special one for Hockey in India. In a truly remarkable game in which they were losing 2-0 at half time and 2-1 at three quarter time against world number two side the Netherlands, India went

Court and Sport

We have been following the story of the banning of talented Indian Hockey player Gurbaj Singh for what appeared to be a personality clash with coaching staff. The national team player was banned for nine months from all Hockey in

It Should Never Have Come to This

It is always a sad day when any situation in sport ends up going to court, after all it is supposed to be just a game. It is not life or death, although as we all know there is big