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As millions of fans cheered for the Indian hockey team during the 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament, one particular fan in namma Bengaluru decided to show his support for the Indian team in a different way. Manoj Mahala, 27, felt that the team deserved more than the scant press coverage it was receiving during the tournament. To show his support to the team, Mahala started TheFansofHockey.com, a blog to provide news about the Indian hockey team. "The lack of consistent media coverage was something a lot of fans noticed and were discussing on Orkut (the once-popular social media website).…

The initial endeavor of truly lived up to the expectations - the conference room in Christ University on June 16th, was thronged by the sports enthusiasts across the city. Right from management students, professors, entrepreneurs and sport entrepreneurs, employee/employer of sport institutes, athletic coaches, and several sports fanatics came to the venue to listen to the Olympic experience from hockey stalwarts Jude Felix and Arjun Halappa.  Arjun Halappa. Pic: Naveen Ningaiah The event started with a presentation from Switch Hit Sports, a sports management company that provides a professional platform for sports and sportspersons to flourish by encouraging grass-root level…

Army Green won the 15th Field Marshall K M Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament on February 19th. The team beat MEG'A' by 4-0. For Army Green, the goals were scored by Roam, Hemlet, Gabriel and Binoy at the 20th, 31st, 35th and 57th minutes respectively.⊕

Kodava Samaj, Bangalore, will conduct Field Marshall K M Cariappa Memorial Hockey Tournament from 9th to 19th February at KSHA Stadium under the auspices of Karnataka State Hockey Association (KSHA). Teams affiliated to KSHA may send the entry to Kodava Samaja Recreation Club or KSHA office. For further details, contact C S Poonacha/A B Palangappa - 9480490611/9448082668. ⊕

Results of D S Murthy and V Karunakaran Memorial Hockey TournamentJanuary 10: In the first match, PCTC beat Postal by 6-2 via tie-breaker. During regulation time, teams were tied at 2-2. For PCTC, J Purthy and Kerketta scored at 14th and 56th minute respectively. For Postal, Chalke and Naveen Shekar scored at 26th and 28th minute respectively.January 9: BEML, Bangalore beat RWF in the first match by tie-breaker. The teams were tied at the score of 1-1. For BEML, Aravind had scored a goal in the 42nd minute. For RWF, Jayaraj had scored in the 36th minute.January 8: In the…

In the match on January 5th, Blue Star HC beat Chitradurga HC by 5-0. For Blue Star HC, goals were scored by Shyam at the 5th minute, Mandanna at 11th minute, Nanaiah at 33rd minute, Shan Bopaiah at 40th minute and Mandanna at 51st minute.Match Schedule for January 6th:Blue Star HC Vs ITI at 3 pmRainbow HC Vs BEML, Bangalore at 4.30 pm⊕

The boys’ and girls’ teams of Sports School, Kudige emerged victors at the Rotary Indirangar inter-school hockey tournament as it drew to a close on 3rd September. The final matches were held at the Karnataka State Hockey Stadium (KSHA) in Langford Town. It was the 21st edition of the ‘G.S.Randhawa Memorial Inter School Boys Hockey Tournament’, and the maiden edition of the ‘Bangalore Bothi Reddy Cup Inter School Girls Hockey Tournament’. The Kudige boys’ team beat Rashtriya Military School and the girls’ team beat Bishop Cotton ‘A’ in the finals to clinch the title. Jyothi from Kudige and Vivek Kumar…

Twelve hockey teams, based on the ranking in the first phase will be chosen to compete in the eleven games of the second phase. The second phase of the fixtures begin from 18th August.The matches were held at Karnataka State Hockey Stadium at Shanthinagar.  The following are the match results of the first phase from 4th August to 11th August.  4th August 1st Match: R.D.T, H.A Beat Naveen Hockey Club by 3-0 2nd Match: ASC Boys Beat Om SAI H.C, Dharwad by 7-0 5th AugustHassan H.C Beat Kodava Samaj by 4-0 6th August 1st Match: Anglo Indian Guild Beat OM SAI H.C,…

As Karnataka state Hockey Association ‘B' Division Championship entered its third week, ASC Boys Beat Anglo Indian by 7 - 1 and Primrose Hockey Club Beat Om Sai Dharwad by 4 - 1. Mohra Tani of ASC Boys scored twice in the 15th and 55th minute to lead the charge while Romel of Anglo Indai was the lone scorer for the club. Yadav Ramesh of Primrose scored thrice to take the team to victory against Om Sai Dharwad.Previous match results -27th JulyDYSS 'B' Beat Adhiyamaan Engineering College by 2-0. 28th July1st Match: HMT beat SBI by 6-02nd Match: DYSS 'B'…

The Karnataka State Hockey Association, 'B' Division Hockey League Championship began on the 22nd of July and will go on till the 21st of August. The championship follows the recently concluded 'C' Division League which saw Bellary Hockey Club beat Ideal Sports Club from KGF, 1-0 at the finals which was held on 15th July earlier this month.Twenty six teams from across the State will battle it out on the turf in 62 matches for the 'B' Division Championship. Some of the teams include Kodava Samaj, Coorg Hockey Association, S B M Jain College, HMT, State Bank of India, A…