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Errol D’Cruz

Errol D’Cruz has covered sport for nearly four decades during which he worked as a free lancer and full-time staffer. He focuses on hockey and football but forays into table tennis, athletics and cricket. D’Cruz retired from the The Times of India last year after serving the newspaper for 17 years.

Table Tennis4 years ago

‘Sathiyan, Batra among players benefitting from playing in UTT’

Panaji: Kamlesh Mehta, in his hey day, excelled with immaculate control and power-packed top-spin. Today, as Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) league director, he has every reason...
Opinion4 years ago

After securing Olympic qualifier berth, India braces up for the real test

Panaji: Job done! India completed the formality of booking their berth in the men’s Olympic hockey qualifiers with minimal fuss. The first step was making the final...
Hockey News4 years ago

India brace for Samurai challenge in FIH Series Finals semis

New Delhi: India may just find themselves under additional pressure when they take on Japan in the FIH Series Finals semifinal in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The...
Hockey News4 years ago

India ready with Plan B for Olympic qualification after Jakarta Asiad failure

Panaji: India’s men’s hockey team would hope to complete formalities in the FIH Series Finals starting in Bhubaneswar on Thursday with minimal fuss. The tournament, a pathway...
SL Exclusive4 years ago

Sathiyan: Techie who put all his cards on the table

Panaji: Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, one could say, engineered his own meteoric rise in the world of table tennis. “It was my interest in technology that drew me...
Hockey News4 years ago

Hockey coaches and the lure of soccer

Another ‘D’ becomes the focal point for former national hockey coach Harendra Singh. He is now pursuing the D license, the introductory step to professional football...
Hockey News4 years ago

Nearly 50 years on, Charlesworth mulls more changes

A 20-year-old Australian forward caught the eye at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He was soon to become a legend in hockey and couldn’t have picked a...

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