Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 19:46
Dutch former hockey star Floris Evers stated Monday that the Indian junior team will be a tough nut to crack in the Junior World Cup that will be played here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium Dec 6-15.
Last Updated: Sunday, November 24, 2013, 19:45
Former union minister and current Rajya Sabha MP Ram Vilas Paswan has stated that legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand should have got the prestigious Bharat Ratna award ahead of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 18:40
India`s athletics icon Milkha Singh is glad that the doors have been opened for sportspersons to receive India`s highest civilian award “Bharat Ratna” but would have been happier if hockey legend Dhyan Chand was the first recipient instead of Sachin Tendulkar.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 14:03
Hockey India on Thursday announced that it will provide complimentary tickets of the forthcoming Junior World Cup Men to former hockey Olympians and international players.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 17:25
Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday announced the commencement of the ticket sales for the forthcoming Hero Hockey Junior World Cup Men to be held here at Major Dhyan Chand National hockey stadium from December 6 to 15.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 21:15
India’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, to one of the country’s greatest sportsman, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, has opened a Pandora’s Box.
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 16:47
A case was on Tuesday filed in a local court here challenging the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna and charging the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister with hurting peoples` sentiments.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 12:51
Janata Dal United on Monday raised questions on conferral of Bharat Ratna to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar saying the award has ‘become a joke.’
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:29
The government’s decision to award the country’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, to cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar has reignited the debate on who should have got it – the master blaster or hockey legend, the late Dhyan Chand?
Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 11:20
It was Dhyan Chand’s 118th birth anniversary yesterday, i.e. August 29. He is a legend, who helped India win three Olympic Gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 19:39
The venue that bears his name on Thursday aptly played host to the launch of Dhyan Chand`s graphic biography, which will transport the readers to the good old days of Indian hockey when the wizard would rule the world with his sorcery.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 15:09
Various sporting events such as walkathon and football tournaments will be held across the country for the first time as part of the National Sports Day celebration on Thursday to commemorate the birth anniversary of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand, FICCI said on Tuesday.
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