Field Hockey
India Break Japan's Defence to Complete Asian Champions Trophy Hat-Trick, but First-Half Struggles Raise Questions
A penalty-corner duel: India vs Pakistan semi-final with an Olympic ticket on the scales
India Ride Penalty Corners to a 5-2 Win, But the Old Dependency Story Resurfaces
Not 17-1, but the 41 Percent: What India's Asian Games Scoreline Does Not Prove
India Break Japan's Defence to Complete Asian Champions Trophy Hat-Trick, but First-Half Struggles Raise QuestionsIndia's 40-minute struggle against Japan reveals the tactical question behind...
The File That Came Back Empty: Not One Cell Filled in Hockey's Nine-Dimension AuditIt was 2:17 a.m. in Manila. A spreadsheet sat open on the screen: nine column...
India's Depth Test: One Ankle, One Headline, and the Invisible Ledger of the Set-PieceThe ankle being discussed outside the medical room of the Indian camp ahead o...
Asian Champions Trophy: Bangladesh Hockey's Battle for Survival Where Every Minute CountsOn Tuesday evening, I sat in the gallery of Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. T...
Hockey's Empty Notebook: The Story Nobody Wrote From a Single Domain LabelI wrote a single label in my match notebook — just 'hockey'. Nothing else. No...
A penalty-corner duel: India vs Pakistan semi-final with an Olympic ticket on the scalesIndia and Pakistan meet in the men's hockey semi-final at the 2026 Asian Game...
India's real test is not Malaysia, but their own defenceIndia meet Malaysia on Sunday in the fourth round-robin match of the Asian...
From 3-0 to 3-3 and the Last 49 Seconds: Nagoya's Scoreboard and India's Load Ledger Do Not Tell the Same StoryThe clock on the screen read 49.2 seconds. Abhishek's reverse hit clipped the...
India's 5-2 Win Rests on Penalty Corners, Yet Questions Over Defence and Dependency PersistIndia 5, China 2. At first glance, a result that keeps India top of a six-tea...
India Ride Penalty Corners to a 5-2 Win, But the Old Dependency Story ResurfacesIndia 5, China 2. For a side sitting top of a six-team table at the Asian...
Not 17-1, but the 41 Percent: What India's Asian Games Scoreline Does Not ProveThree minutes in, a penalty stroke. Navneet set the ball, ran in, released th...
The Ledger Nobody Files: Bangladesh Hockey's Incomplete RecordThe main gate at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium opens at five in the afternoo...
The Quiet Ledger of the Penalty Corner: What Actually Separated Two Teams in the Johor Cup FinalTaman Daya Hockey Stadium, Johor Bahru, the 49th minute. The ball is being se...
Five Matches in Seven Days, a Two-Week Camp: The Real Test for Bangladesh Hockey in JalandharThe Khulna notebook taught me that a match can be read like weather. October...