Few sportsmen of our time and perhaps only a handful in any era enjoy for generations the iconic status of Dhyan Chand. Eulogised as “a magician” and “a wizard”, the proficiency of this ...

Chand played a pivotal role in India winning three consecutive Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. His birthday, 29th August, is celebrated as the National Sports Day in India and the ...

Dhyan Chand scored more than 400 goals in international games. There is hardly anything that is not known about Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey’s forever poster boy, yet Amar Chitra Katha’s (ACK ...

The story of hockey legend Dhyan Chand will soon come alive on the big screen, in a biopic directed by Abhishek Chaubey. The film “DhyanChand” will go on floors in 2021. Chaubey, who made ...

Dhyan Chand told Hilter that India was not for sale. To this, Hitler saluted him and gave him the title of ‘Wizard of Hockey’. Legend has it that Dhyan Chand for speed wore rubber soled ...

To commemorate the birth anniversary of 'The Wizard', hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, the Government of India decided to celebrate August 29 as the country's National Sports Day. On this day ...

New Delhi: The glimpses of the magic of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand at the 1936 Berlin Olympics hockey final may not be far away from the the eyes of hockey lovers if Dhyan Chand's family succeeds ...

At his best, Dhyan Chand had the world queueing up to watch his wizardry with the hockey stick but the politics of Indian sports once forced him to queue up for a ticket to watch the sport he ...