Desperate to stay as a part of the 1928 Olympic games competition programme, Weightlifting has set in motion its election process to meet the third and last direction of the International Olympic Committee. It needs to meet all the three requisites of the IOC to remain in contention for the Olympic sport programme. It is… Continue reading Olympics:Weightlifting is serious to meet IOC requirements to stay in Olympics

Chile could not have asked for more. Playing host to the Pan Am Cups, both for men and women, Chile made it to the gold medal round in both the sections, scripting in the process history that many an ardent fans  of this game in this South American nation would have ever dreamt. It was World… Continue reading World Hockey:Argentina, Chile to play for the Pan Am Cup;Canada faces US in the bronze medal game

Asian Games champion Japan added yet another feather to its cap by winning the Asia Cup for women defeating South Korea at Muscat on Friday. Earlier, India beat China by two first half goals to take the bronze. All the four teams – Japan, Korea, India and China – have confirmed their berths in the… Continue reading World Hockey:Japan wins Asia Cup crown, India ends with a bronze

After Japan, Korea, India, and China qualified for the 2022 Women’s World Cup from Asia early this week, now is the turn of Argentina and Chile to book their berths to Spain and the Netherlands.  History was made in Santiago at the Women’s Pan Am Cup as the host nation Chile secured its first ever… Continue reading World Hockey:Chile joins Argentina for Women’s World Cup

Next month when the third edition of the FIH Pro League gets revived, India will launch its campaign with matches against France and the hosts South Africa. A 20-member Indian team led by midfielder Manpreet Singh with drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh as his deputy will head for Potchefstroom in South Africa early next month for… Continue reading World Hockey:Manpreet to lead India in FIH Pro League games in South Africa

He was a great center half, a pleasant and wonderful human being and an excellent team played and a leader. Two times Olympian, he had the distinction of leading India in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games to wrest back the hockey gold India had lost to Pakistan in Rome Olympics in 1960. He was none… Continue reading Hockey:Olympian Charanjit Singh is no more

Defending champions India suffered its second defeat to go out of hunt for the gold medal finish in the Asia Cup for Women’s Hockey Tournament at Muscat on Wednesday. Indian women lost 2-3 to Korea on a day when the hockey fans back home were expecting a pleasant Republic Day gift from them. Korea will… Continue reading World Hockey:Korea dashes Indian hopes with a 3-2 win, sets up summit clash with Japan

Prabhjot Singh How different is the election scene in Punjab today? In a way this is the first time in many years that genuine elections are being held in the State since the participation in the previous one, held under the shadow of militancy, was selective. In 1989, candidates supported by militants swept the poll, while three years later… Continue reading *Bullet to Ballot

Asian Games champion Japan reiterated its supremacy as Continental leaders with an emphatic 2-0 win over the defending champions India in Asia Cup Hockey for women at Muscat on Sunday. In Accra, it was South Africa all the way. The South Africans won both men and women titles to book their berths in the ensuing… Continue reading World Hockey:Japan women get better of India in Asia Cup;Double for South Africa in Africa Cup of Nations

By Prabhjot Singh There was nothing unusual about it. Punjabi movies are a big craze in Canada. Not only ever swelling Punjabi community but others, including immigrants from all over the globe, have developed a special taste for the Pollywood. Punjabi films have grown big. Though I was never an ardent fan of films, still… Continue reading Watching a Punjabi Movie in a Canadian multiplex