Indian Hockey Players Strike

The Indian cricketers are contemplating offering monetary help to the national hockey players, who ended their indefinite strike on Wednesday.

Suresh Kalmadi, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Chief, has shouldered Dhanraj Pillay with the responsibility of managing all the inflow of funds from the corporates that displayed heart of gold in times of one of the biggest crisis that the national game had ever seen.

The hockey crisis that exercised India over the last one week has blown over, with the national team calling off its strike on an assurance that the players will be paid their dues at the earliest.

After BCCI announced that it was ready to save the sinking ship of Indian Hockey, it was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's turn to step ahead with her offers.

The world's richest sports governing body, the Board of Cricket for Control in India, made its attempts to speed up the compromise between Hockey India and the hockey players.

Junior team captain and drag flicker V Raghunath has come out openly in support of the senior hockey team saying that the junior team will stand with them in their fight against Hockey India over monetary injustice.

The crisis in Indian hockey is nowhere closer to being resolved. The hockey players remained adamant and said that they would not resume training for the World Cup 2010 unless their demands were met. After another round of meetings which took place in Pune on Tuesday, the administrators threw up their hands saying they didn't have the money to pay ...

MS Gill has appealed to the players of the national hockey team to get back to training for the World Cup immediately and play to win next month, promising them a "fair deal" after the tournament.

The crisis in Indian hockey on Tuesday deepened with the striking players walking out of an inconclusive meeting with Hockey India officials, prompting the establishment to serve a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to the players to resume training or get axed from the World Cup squad.

A five-member Hockey India delegation led by President A K Mattoo arrived in Pune this morning to hold talks with revolting national players, who have stalled the ongoing World Cup preparatory camp to protest the non-payment of their financial dues.

The crisis in Indian hockey on Tuesday deepened with the striking players walking out of an inconclusive meeting with Hockey India officials, prompting the esta

With the situation of the Indian Hockey getting critical with time, the Punjab government and the Madhya Pradesh government have put their hands up in support of the team and decided to meet all their demands.

The standoff between the crisis surrounding India's national sport, hockey continues. Hockey India officials will be travelling to Pune on Tuesday to begin another round of talks with the players who now apparently have 24 hours to consider their position.

The truce hastily thrashed out on Saturday by the Hockey India officials didn't last even a full day with the disgruntled players on Sunday deciding to go on strike again from Monday demanding dues and incentives.

The payment dispute between India's national hockey players and game's administrators has not yet resolved despite a marathon meeting.

The Indian cricketers are contemplating offering monetary help to the national hockey players, who ended their indefinite strike on Wednesday.

Suresh Kalmadi, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Chief, has shouldered Dhanraj Pillay with the responsibility of managing all the inflow of funds from the corporates that displayed heart of gold in times of one of the biggest crisis that the national game had ever seen.

The hockey crisis that exercised India over the last one week has blown over, with the national team calling off its strike on an assurance that the players will be paid their dues at the earliest.

After BCCI announced that it was ready to save the sinking ship of Indian Hockey, it was Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's turn to step ahead with her offers.

The world's richest sports governing body, the Board of Cricket for Control in India, made its attempts to speed up the compromise between Hockey India and the hockey players.

Junior team captain and drag flicker V Raghunath has come out openly in support of the senior hockey team saying that the junior team will stand with them in their fight against Hockey India over monetary injustice.

The crisis in Indian hockey is nowhere closer to being resolved. The hockey players remained adamant and said that they would not resume training for the World Cup 2010 unless their demands were met. After another round of meetings which took place in Pune on Tuesday, the administrators threw up their hands saying they didn't have the money to pay ...

MS Gill has appealed to the players of the national hockey team to get back to training for the World Cup immediately and play to win next month, promising them a "fair deal" after the tournament.

The crisis in Indian hockey on Tuesday deepened with the striking players walking out of an inconclusive meeting with Hockey India officials, prompting the establishment to serve a fresh 48-hour ultimatum to the players to resume training or get axed from the World Cup squad.

A five-member Hockey India delegation led by President A K Mattoo arrived in Pune this morning to hold talks with revolting national players, who have stalled the ongoing World Cup preparatory camp to protest the non-payment of their financial dues.

The crisis in Indian hockey on Tuesday deepened with the striking players walking out of an inconclusive meeting with Hockey India officials, prompting the esta

With the situation of the Indian Hockey getting critical with time, the Punjab government and the Madhya Pradesh government have put their hands up in support of the team and decided to meet all their demands.

The standoff between the crisis surrounding India's national sport, hockey continues. Hockey India officials will be travelling to Pune on Tuesday to begin another round of talks with the players who now apparently have 24 hours to consider their position.

The truce hastily thrashed out on Saturday by the Hockey India officials didn't last even a full day with the disgruntled players on Sunday deciding to go on strike again from Monday demanding dues and incentives.

The payment dispute between India's national hockey players and game's administrators has not yet resolved despite a marathon meeting.