Field Hockey
28 Points, 24 Goalkeepers: The Ledger Dhaka United's Promotion Left Open
The Angles of Jalandhar: Harmanpreet Singh, a Montage, and the Penalty-Corner Geometry of India vs Bangladesh
Missing Source Material Creates a Major Evidence Gap in Professional Hockey Analysis
13 Leagues in 27 Years: The Geometry of Dhaka Hockey and the Invisible Calculus of the Penalty Corner
An Ankle, Thirty Goals and an Unfinished Depth: India's Semifinal Question in Jalandhar
28 vs 27: The League That Crowned a Champion and Published No DataThe trophy changed hands at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. Dhaka United...
28 Points, 24 Goalkeepers: The Ledger Dhaka United's Promotion Left OpenThere was an old calculator in the press box at Maulana Bhasani that evening....
The Angles of Jalandhar: Harmanpreet Singh, a Montage, and the Penalty-Corner Geometry of India vs BangladeshBefore the pushback whistle at Jalandhar's Olympian Surjit Singh Hockey...
Missing Source Material Creates a Major Evidence Gap in Professional Hockey AnalysisA professional hockey report must begin with verifiable evidence. Match...
The Data Void as Evidence: Reading Bangladesh Hockey's Missing Penalty-Corner RecordOctober 2026, the western gallery of Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium. India...
Hockey Cannot Be Analysed Through Missing Evidence: Why Reliable Sports Journalism Must Begin with FactsA hockey match ends with a scoreboard that identifies the winner and the lose...
From the 41st Corner to Dhaka's Turf: Bangladesh Hockey's Tactical Crisis and Administrative SilenceFrom the third row of the western gallery at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium i...
Empty Dataset: Why a Sports Analysis Must Stop Before PublicationThe most fundamental rule of sports journalism is simple: you cannot write wh...
13 Leagues in 27 Years: The Geometry of Dhaka Hockey and the Invisible Calculus of the Penalty CornerI plot the final as geometry before we call it a story. While hand-coding...
India's Anti-Excuse Test: How One Ankle Injury Is Hiding the Real Semifinal Question at the Asian Champions TrophyThe ball was circulating in the opposition half at Jalandhar, the scoreboard...
An Ankle, Thirty Goals and an Unfinished Depth: India's Semifinal Question in JalandharWhen India's scoreboard ticked to 13 on the Jalandhar turf on Monday night, I...
The Ledger Beyond the 29 Goals: What Bangladesh Hockey's Jalandhar Collapse Actually RecordsWhen the scoreboard read 13-0, I shut the notebook. But after three goals wen...
Gifu to Nagoya: What Lies Behind the Hockey Team's AbsenceGifu to Nagoya – a three-hour train journey. On the final afternoon, hockey...
Penalty Corners and Empty Galleries in Dhaka: Where Hockey's Real Story HidesIn 2026, at the Asia Cup at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, I was not allowed...
Hockey's Biggest Wound Isn't a Cancelled League, It's a League That Was Never RegularOctober 2026. In the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium press box, a senior...
Ice Hockey's Next Chapter: How Speed, Data and a Global Calendar Are Reshaping the GameInternational ice hockey coverage over the past few seasons keeps returning t...
The Scoreboard Says 22-3. My Logbook Asks a Different Question Before India Meet MalaysiaIt is past eleven at night. Three scorelines sit side by side on the...
The Malaysia match is not India's first real test, but an audit of their own depthIndia's fourth round-robin match at the Asian Champions Trophy is against...
Blank Ledger, Full Stadium: The Notebook That Turns Hockey's Absence Into DataThis morning I opened an analysis file. The title field said ‘not applicable’...
Bangladesh Beat Thailand 3-0 in Seventh-Place Play-off: One Win, Many Questions Still UnansweredBangladesh’s men’s field hockey team beat Thailand 3-0 in the seventh-place...
Fever, Certificate and Distant Housing: Bangladesh Delegation's Real ScoreboardThe report runs to three paragraphs. First the score: Bangladesh's women's...
Behind the Bronze: Pakistan Hockey’s Slow-Motion CrisisAt the 25th minute of the bronze-medal match, the scoreboard read 1-3. By the...
India ride penalty corners to a big win, 5-2 over ChinaIndia beat China 5-2 in the six-team round-robin phase of the Asian Champions...
India's 5-2 Ledger: Sixty Percent From Penalty Corners, and the Two Goals That Ask the Real QuestionThe row that catches my eye from this match is not the five. It is the two....
Sixty Percent From the Corner: The Number Behind India's 5-2 That Nobody Wrote DownFour minutes before half-time in the second quarter, China equalised. 2-2. Th...