By Arijit Bose New Delhi: In the dusty maidans of pre-independence India, barefoot boys chased a cork ball with curved sticks, dreaming of Olympic glory. A hundred years later, those dreams still flicker—though the fields are now astroturf, the sticks carbon-fibre, and the dreams tempered by heartbreak and resurgence. From 1925, when the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) was formed, to the bronze medal in Paris 2024, Indian hockey has scripted one of the most dramatic sagas in world sport: eight Olympic golds, one silver, three bronzes; periods of absolute dominance…
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