Field Hockey
The question Abhishek's ankle puts before India in the Jalandhar semifinal
India Ride Penalty-Corner Surge to a 5-2 Win Over China, But Defence and Dependence Raise Questions
Seven Days and a Decade: The Arithmetic Nobody Is Doing on Pakistan's Goalpost
Bangladesh Women's Hockey Team at Asian Games: 3-2 Loss to Chinese Taipei, Set to Face Singapore in 9th-Place Decider
No Score, No Names, No Source: Field Hockey's Invisible Base Layer and a Highlights Video
The Evidence Needed Before Writing a Hockey ReportThe first obstacle to writing this report is not on the pitch but in the sour...
29 Goals, One Hand-Drawn Chart, and a Future Exposed in JalandharBefore the final whistle blew on the turf in Jalandhar, I had already turned...
Beyond the Scoreline: The Structural Questions Behind Bangladesh Hockey's Sixth-Place Champions Trophy FinishI have always counted things beyond the scoreboard from my perch beside the...
The question Abhishek's ankle puts before India in the Jalandhar semifinalWhen the 8-0 win over South Korea ended in Jalandhar on Monday, my notebook...
Hangzhou 2026: India's Historic 106-Medal Haul and the Moments That Redefined Indian SportHangzhou 2026 marked a defining chapter in Indian sports history. India cross...
Indian Women's Hockey: Into the Semis Past Japan, but the Real Test Is Still AheadAt Kakamigahara's Kawasaki Juko Stadium on Friday, with the afternoon sun...
One Chair in the Women's Hockey Commentary Box: Thirty Lines from Fifty Years in the Press BoxIn the 2026 Asia Cup final, Bangladesh lost 1-0 to Pakistan in front of a ful...
The 22-goal ledger, the 9-goal truth: India's real test lies before MalaysiaIndia have scored 22 goals and conceded three across three round-robin matche...
India's Real Test Is Not Malaysia, But Their Own DefenceIndia face Malaysia on Sunday in the round-robin stage of the Asian Champions...
Hockey Is Not One Sport: Penalty Corners, Four Quarters and the Data Battle in Modern Field HockeyIn international sport, the word hockey does not denote a single game. It...
India Ride Penalty-Corner Surge to a 5-2 Win Over China, But Defence and Dependence Raise QuestionsIndia's men's hockey team stayed top of the six-team Asian Champions Trophy...
Three of Five Came From the Penalty Corner: The Question the Scoreline Buried in India's Win Over China1:40 in the morning. The rooftop of the rented flat in Rangpur is still warm,...
The Johor Cup Final Was Decided at the Penalty Corner, Not in the ShootoutThe 49th minute. The fourth minute of the fourth quarter. A penalty corner, a...
Starting With India, Five Matches in Seven Days: Bangladesh's Real Arithmetic at the Asian Champions TrophyI opened the fixture sheet at half past eleven at night, on the balcony of my...
Five Matches in Seven Days, Two Weeks of Camp: Bangladesh Hockey's Real Test in JalandharThe north stand at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium was not full that afternoon...
Five of India's 10 Goals Came From Open Play: Bangladesh Hockey's Crisis Is Foot-Speed, Not the Drag-FlickFor fourteen years of watching matches I have stopped counting only goals; I...
Seven Days Do Not Make a Goalkeeper: Pakistan's Camp Teaches Geometry, Not a PipelineSeven days. Fifteen goalkeepers. One Dutch coach. On the morning session at...
Visas, a Two-Week Camp and a Chain of 16 Names: Bangladesh's Real Scoreboard at the Asian Champions Trophy23 October flight, 27 October first whistle. Four days between them....
Seven Days and a Decade: The Arithmetic Nobody Is Doing on Pakistan's GoalpostAt the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad, the morning session is under...
A One-Week Goalkeeping Camp Won't Repair Pakistan Hockey's Structural DeficitIn Islamabad, at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, sessions run twice a day fo...
The Bench Ledger: The Sreejesh-Fulton Dispute and Indian Hockey's Unfinished QuestionLate October, 2026. The Asian Champions Trophy is about to begin in Jalandhar...
Ranked Eighth, One Gold, an Untested Bench: India's Real Question Before the Asian Champions Trophy14 October 2026. Buried under the headlines of a squad announcement sits a...
At the Six-Team Table, the Missing Seventh Name Is the Biggest Data PointLast night I opened a tournament schedule on the telestrator and blew it up t...
Bangladesh Women's Hockey Team at Asian Games: 3-2 Loss to Chinese Taipei, Set to Face Singapore in 9th-Place DeciderThe Bangladesh women's hockey team lost 3-2 to Chinese Taipei in the 20th Asi...
29 Goals, One Hand-Drawn Chart, and a Future Exposed in JalandharBefore the final whistle blew on the turf in Jalandhar, I had already turned...
Beyond the Scoreline: The Structural Questions Behind Bangladesh Hockey's Sixth-Place Champions Trophy FinishI have always counted things beyond the scoreboard from my perch beside the...
The question Abhishek's ankle puts before India in the Jalandhar semifinalWhen the 8-0 win over South Korea ended in Jalandhar on Monday, my notebook...
Hangzhou 2026: India's Historic 106-Medal Haul and the Moments That Redefined Indian SportHangzhou 2026 marked a defining chapter in Indian sports history. India cross...
Indian Women's Hockey: Into the Semis Past Japan, but the Real Test Is Still AheadAt Kakamigahara's Kawasaki Juko Stadium on Friday, with the afternoon sun...
One Chair in the Women's Hockey Commentary Box: Thirty Lines from Fifty Years in the Press BoxIn the 2026 Asia Cup final, Bangladesh lost 1-0 to Pakistan in front of a ful...
The 22-goal ledger, the 9-goal truth: India's real test lies before MalaysiaIndia have scored 22 goals and conceded three across three round-robin matche...
India's Real Test Is Not Malaysia, But Their Own DefenceIndia face Malaysia on Sunday in the round-robin stage of the Asian Champions...
Hockey Is Not One Sport: Penalty Corners, Four Quarters and the Data Battle in Modern Field HockeyIn international sport, the word hockey does not denote a single game. It...
India Ride Penalty-Corner Surge to a 5-2 Win Over China, But Defence and Dependence Raise QuestionsIndia's men's hockey team stayed top of the six-team Asian Champions Trophy...
Three of Five Came From the Penalty Corner: The Question the Scoreline Buried in India's Win Over China1:40 in the morning. The rooftop of the rented flat in Rangpur is still warm,...
The Johor Cup Final Was Decided at the Penalty Corner, Not in the ShootoutThe 49th minute. The fourth minute of the fourth quarter. A penalty corner, a...
Starting With India, Five Matches in Seven Days: Bangladesh's Real Arithmetic at the Asian Champions TrophyI opened the fixture sheet at half past eleven at night, on the balcony of my...
Five Matches in Seven Days, Two Weeks of Camp: Bangladesh Hockey's Real Test in JalandharThe north stand at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium was not full that afternoon...
Five of India's 10 Goals Came From Open Play: Bangladesh Hockey's Crisis Is Foot-Speed, Not the Drag-FlickFor fourteen years of watching matches I have stopped counting only goals; I...
Seven Days Do Not Make a Goalkeeper: Pakistan's Camp Teaches Geometry, Not a PipelineSeven days. Fifteen goalkeepers. One Dutch coach. On the morning session at...
Visas, a Two-Week Camp and a Chain of 16 Names: Bangladesh's Real Scoreboard at the Asian Champions Trophy23 October flight, 27 October first whistle. Four days between them....
Seven Days and a Decade: The Arithmetic Nobody Is Doing on Pakistan's GoalpostAt the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad, the morning session is under...
A One-Week Goalkeeping Camp Won't Repair Pakistan Hockey's Structural DeficitIn Islamabad, at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, sessions run twice a day fo...
The Bench Ledger: The Sreejesh-Fulton Dispute and Indian Hockey's Unfinished QuestionLate October, 2026. The Asian Champions Trophy is about to begin in Jalandhar...
Ranked Eighth, One Gold, an Untested Bench: India's Real Question Before the Asian Champions Trophy14 October 2026. Buried under the headlines of a squad announcement sits a...
At the Six-Team Table, the Missing Seventh Name Is the Biggest Data PointLast night I opened a tournament schedule on the telestrator and blew it up t...
Bangladesh Women's Hockey Team at Asian Games: 3-2 Loss to Chinese Taipei, Set to Face Singapore in 9th-Place DeciderThe Bangladesh women's hockey team lost 3-2 to Chinese Taipei in the 20th Asi...