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“Play the Game”

Swapan Dasgupta

The point is simple: we weren’t accustomed to winning, except perhaps in hockey

The Fear of Failure

Boria Majumdar

India’s safety-first approach backfired at the Hockey World Cup

The Tragedy of Hockey

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the muted enthusiasm before the World Cup in India

The Birmingham Message

Boria Majumdar

How to build a sporting powerhouse

Triumphs and Tears

Boria Majumdar

The year India undid one hundred years of Olympic underperformance

Balbir Singh (1924-2020): True Legend

Lhendup G Bhutia

He was one of hockey’s greatest centre forwards

A Collector’s Game

Chetan Narula

An intimate celebration of Indian sport by one of its keenest chroniclers

Escape from Defeat

Madhavankutty Pillai

What’s behind the outrage over Pakistani hockey players’ rudeness towards spectators

Allow tennis players more challenges

Akshay Sawai

Players should not have the ‘challenges remaining’ sword dangling over their heads

Is Cricket Going the Hockey Way?

Boria Majumdar

Will the shortsightedness of India’s cricket administrators end up destroying India’s national passion the same way Indian hockey was compromised in the 1960s and 1970s?

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hockey

“Play the Game”

The Fear of Failure

The Tragedy of Hockey

The Birmingham Message

Triumphs and Tears

Balbir Singh (1924-2020): True Legend

A Collector’s Game

Escape from Defeat

Allow tennis players more challenges

Is Cricket Going the Hockey Way?

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