National Game turns National shame Joaquim Carvalho, the coach of the Indian team that lost to Great Britain 2-0 at Santiago, Chile, a week back, asserted that the word decline was misleading.
There were signs of hope, but... The Indian Hockey Federation is like an experimental lab. Coaches are the guinea pigs, each given less than a year to deliver results. When they dont, they get the sack.
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BCCI is a model for other sports bodies Cricketers are quasi-professionals, a majority making a living out of the sport alone. Even top hockey players are still amateurs
Britain's Lewis Hamilton powers his McLaren ahead of Italy's Giancarlo Fisichella in a Force India Ferrari in Saturday qualifying. AFP
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