World Cup-winning striker Ashok Kumar, son of the legendary Major Dhyan Chand, has urged India to reclaim hockey's top prize as the 50th anniversary of their historic 1975 World Cup victory approaches ...

Exactly fifty years ago, on March 15, 1975, India won the hockey World Cup for the first (and, so far, only) time. Here, Ashok Kumar, who scored the winning goal in the final, tells the story of how a ...

Exactly fifty years ago, on March 15, 1975, India won the hockey World Cup for the first (and, so far, only) time. Here, Ashok Kumar, who scored the winning goal in the final, tells the story of ...

New Delhi: Women's team goalkeeper Savita Punia and men's team captain Harmanpreet Singh were adjudged Players of the Year even as Hockey India awarded its Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award ...

Indian players hugging Harcharan Singh (hidden) after he scored the only goal against West Germany, in the Group B match of the 1975 World Cup Australian custodian, Bob Proctor brings off a fine save ...

India’s 1975 World Cup-winning hockey team on their arrival at the Delhi airport. (Virendra Prabhakar/HT Archives) India marks the golden jubilee of that success, an emotional high after coming ...

This year's awards held special significance as the apex body celebrated 100 years of Indian hockey while also marking the golden jubilee of India's historic 1975 World Cup victory. To commemorate ...

Harmanpreet Singh, who led the Indian men's team during their Olympic bronze-medal-winning campaign, was named Hockey India's Player of the Year for 2024. Talismanic goalkeeper Savita Punia won ...