NEW DELHI: The Grambusch brothers, Mats and Tom, were writing Germany’s comeback scripts for fun at the World Cup last year. It had a happy ending as well. The Germans lifted the trophy in a final that can only be described as ‘madness refusing to end’. The penalty shootout went to sudden death and required…
Every time adrenaline gushes through Harmanpreet’s forearms to send those drag-flicks whizzing past defenders and bring the opponent post crashing down in Paris, mind goes back to the January evening of 2023 in Bhubaneswar. A dejected India skipper, carrying the nation’s hopes on his penalty-corner skills, appeared clueless. The ball almost refused to roll up…
India’s victory over Australia in Paris on Friday, which was the first such instance since 1972 in men’s hockey at the Olympics, helped them finish second in Pool B and book a quarterfinal with Great Britain as the pool fixtures concluded on Friday to decide the line-up for the last-eight stage. This is how the…
