{"id":35046,"date":"2026-08-15T08:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=35046"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T08:16:26","slug":"pakistan-hockeys-slide-began-at-home-says-salman-akbar-points-to-indias-turnaround","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=35046","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan hockey\u2019s slide began at home, says Salman Akbar, points to India\u2019s turnaround"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan captain Salman Akbar has blamed the absence of a robust domestic hockey structure for the country&#039;s decline, saying India responded to its failure to qualify for the 2008 Olympics by investing in its grassroots and domestic ecosystem and has since reaped the rewards. (Image source: X)<\/p>\n<p>ET Prime special series: Bigger or Better? Bharat Electronics\u2019 2013 to 2026 journey \u2013 Part 2<\/p>\n<p>Will Uncle Sam\u2019s 100% tariff threat stop India\u2019s Russian oil imports?<\/p>\n<p>ET Prime special series: Bigger or Better? Bharat Electronics\u2019 2013 to 2026 journey \u2013 Part 1<\/p>\n<p>Stuck for a decade, then 5 years early: Can biogas follow ethanol&#039;s curve?<\/p>\n<p>Rupee is stabilising, but another currency risk is staring at India Inc<\/p>\n<p>AI is powering US GDP: Why India cannot afford to be left behind<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/sports\/hockey\/pakistan-hockeys-slide-began-at-home-says-salman-akbar-points-to-indias-turnaround\/articleshow\/133258518.cms' target='_blank'>Read the original article on economictimes.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan captain Salman Akbar has blamed the absence of a robust domestic hockey structure for the country&#039;s decline, saying India responded to its failure to qualify for the 2008 Olympics by investing in its grassroots and domestic ecosystem and has since reaped the rewards. (Image source: X) ET Prime special series: Bigger or Better? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,36],"tags":[39,29,33],"class_list":["post-35046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-news","category-share-suggestions","tag-impact-f","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}