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Vinod Kumar

ONE of the world’s oldest known sports, hockey is the national game of India. India has dominated this sport from many decades. Peerless excellence and incomparable skill has brought India a string of Olympic gold medals.

Asia and Persia are said to the birthplaces of hockey. The creation of modern hockey is credited to UK. The first hockey club was formed in Blackhealth in 1861 and the first international match was held in 1895 between England and Ireland.

Hockey became popular in India when the British regiment played the game in India and introduced it in the British Indian Regiment. The first hockey club was formed in Kolkata in 1885-86. Indians came and brought along the touch of stick magic to hockey. We are providing a list of Websites, which will give you information about Indian hockey.

http://ihf.nic.in

This is an official site of Indian Hockey Federation (IHF). The history and constitution of the IHF is available here. On this site, a list of India’s ‘A’ grade tournaments and hockey event calendar for 2002 is given. The history of World Cup and junior World Cup is also available. Here you will come to know about the rules and regulation and how the game of hockey is conducted and played. Addresses of hockey associations in different states in India are given in the directory section. The list of approved equipment is on this site. Name of each and every player who has represented India in Olympics from 1928 to 2000 is given here. It also has a photo gallery of Indian hockey.

www.bharatiyahockey.org

The site has a comprehensive data on Indian hockey. Biography of legendary Dhyan Chand has been posted on this site. This site pays a rich tribute to the maestro. The latest hockey news from around the world is also available. There is a section called Indian Hockey Library that has the autobiography of Balbir Singh (senior), Aslam Sher Khan and Dhyan Chand. Golden moments of Indian hockey are also listed. This site has a complete Indian hockey calendar.