Three members of the Indian hockey team that won the gold at the 1948 London Olympics - Leslie Claudius, Keshav Dutt and Jaswant Rajput - Sunday hoped the 2012 squad can measure up to their standards.

Have you been watching the Olympic ice hockey tournament and cheering for the American team? Be thankful you haven't been forced to choose which U.S. team to root for. American fans faced just such a ...

August 12 is a landmark day in the history of Indian sports when Britishers stood up in honour of Indian National Anthem. The occasion was the 1948 London Olympics where India won its first Olympic ...

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has announced the release date for his new movie which revolves around India’s first Olympic gold medal as an independent nation. The first look of the feature film ...

New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): Hockey India fondly remembers Kunwar Digvijay Singh, affectionately known as 'Babu', one of the most graceful and gifted players in India's hockey history.

BBC described Indian hockey team’s 1948 London Olympics gold as one of the most politically significant episodes in the history of the Games. Indian Hign Commissioner Krishna Menon (L) congratulates ...

His illustrious career had many medals and milestones but for hockey great Balbir Singh Sr, who died at 96 on Monday, the one moment that meant more than others was when he played a starring role in ...

India has won 35 medals at the Olympics, but with 12 of those being for team sports, there have been 222 actual physical medals handed to Indians. The successful men's hockey teams of 1928-1936 and ...

“Baron de Coubertin said the Olympics were not about winning but taking part, but we tend to take that literally.” In an article for BBC before Athens 2004, senior sports journalist Rohit Brijnath ...

The trailer of Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film ‘Gold’ has impressed one and all. Veteran hockey player Balbir Singh Sr. also joined the ranks in praising it. The trailer of Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film ...

The three Bengal men, who are well into their late 80s, still keenly follow the national team’s performance and are far from being impressed. The trio, along with 23 other Olympic gold medallists, ...