Ex-sportspersons and their relatives win in Punjab elections

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 17:50

Former India hockey captain Pargat Singh on Tuesday scored another victory, but this time on political turf as he became an MLA after winning from the Jalandhar Cantt constituency in the Punjab Assembly elections.

Former hockey capt Pargat Singh to contest as SAD nominee

Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2012, 17:29

Former Indian Hockey Captain Pargat Singh has taken the plunge into active politics, with ruling Shiromani Akali Dal fielding him from the Jalandhar Cantt seat for the January 30 Punjab Assembly polls.

Pargat Singh to contest as SAD nominee

Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2012, 17:27

Former Indian Hockey Captain Pargat Singh had captained the Indian hockey team in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Olympians caution hockey team after being handed easy draw

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 18:36

Despite being handed a favourable draw for the Olympic men`s hockey qualifiers, former players cautioned India against complacency and said it would be a disaster if the erstwhile champions fail to book their London ticket from the qualifying event in February.

Pargat warns Harendra of legal action

Last Updated: Friday, August 19, 2011, 15:35

Former India hockey captain Pargat Singh threatened to take legal action against Harendra Singh if the ex-national coach continued to make "baseless" match-fixing allegations against him in future.

No one is more indisciplined than Pargat: Harendra

Last Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 22:49

Former coach Harendra Singh has launched a scathing attack on former India captain and current chairman of Hockey India`s disciplinary committee Pargat Singh terming him an "indisciplined man."

Pargat demands action against five players

Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2011, 19:15

Hockey India`s disciplinary panel chairman Pargat Singh demanded a stern action against country`s top five players.

New coach will establish mechanism: Pargat

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 14:36

Former India captain Pargat Singh hailed the appointment of Australian Olympian Michael Jack Nobbs as the new coach of the Indian hockey team and said he will establish a coaching mechanism in the country that was earlier lacking.

Difficult to find a foreign coach in 15 days: Pargat

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 17:56

Pargat Singh says it is dificult to find a coach in two weeks.

Sportspersons welcome National Sports Bill

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 19:21

Former and current sportspersons welcomed the govt`s National Sports Bill which provides for a "fair and transparent" election process and limitation to age and tenure for their office bearers.

HI brings Pargat on board, gives development committee charge

Last Updated: Saturday, December 11, 2010, 21:06

Former India captain and a stern critic of Hockey India, Pargat Singh was appointed chairman of the development committee of HI on Saturday.

83-year old Stokes to lead Hockey India

Last Updated: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 15:10

Hockey India scored more for politicians than hockey players as former Indian Women`s Hockey Federation president and interim HI chief Vidya Stokes was elected president while Pargat Singh lost.