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Indian Hockey Federation secretary K Jothikumaran’s luck has finally run out.

For years, the grapevine had buzzed with talk of shady deals involving him. Now, the man who held the second most powerful post in Indian hockey for 14 years has been exposed by a news channel’s sting operation showing him taking money to get a player selected for the Azlan Shah Cup to be held at Kuala Lumpur in May read more »
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First time in the history of dhyanchand's india, indian hockey is disqualified for olympics. Sad part is TV channels or even portals for that matter wasn't updated with this news, worst we can be sure that not many would be interested even if they were featuring live updates. Boria majumdar has written this article on our national game and its slow death.

It was 3.30 a.m. on Monday and India read more »
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Chief Hockey Coach Joaquim Carvalho has blamed India's below-par performance and some serious blunders for their 0-2 defeat in the World Hockey Olympic qualifying final at the hands of Great Britain, who also did not put up an extra ordinary performance.

Following the defeat, India failed to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time in 80 years since their debut in 1928. "We played t read more »
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Irked by the "step-motherly treatment" meted out to the Indian hockey team by the central and four state governments, when compared to the sops given to cricketers after their triumph in the Twenty20 World Cup, the team members have decided to go on a 'hunger strike'.

National chief coach Joaquim Carvalho strongly objected to the announcement of cash awards by Civil Aviation Minister Prafu read more »
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