The Sports ministry has taken cognizance of complaints against Hockey India officials and directed the federation, through president Dilip Tirkey, to investigate the allegations. “It is requested that the issues raised in Ms. Asunta Lakra’s email may be placed before the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) constituted by Hockey India under the provisions of the Sexual…
WRESTLING Haryana dictates proceedings at U-23 National Wrestling Championship Powerhouse Haryana clean swept the team titles across all three formats – men’s freestyle, Greco-Roman, and women’s section – at the 2026 U-23 National Wrestling Championship at MDU Rohtak. The host state topped the men’s freestyle division with 200 points, the Greco-Roman category with 195 points,…
In a bid to revive hockey in the country, Pakistan has appointed Dutchman Herman Kruis as its national hockey coaching advisor and brought in three more foreign coaches. Australia’s David Dayer will take over as fitness coach, while Bob Veldoph will be the goalkeeping coach and Chris Bowen will serve as technical coach and sports…
Following up on her accusations of threats and intimidation by Hockey India secretary Bholanath Singh, former India captain Asunta Lakra has urged the Sports Ministry to intervene against what the “institutional protection of sexual harassment, intimidation and victimisation of women athletes in hockey” even as federation president Dilip Tirkey assured to look into the matter….
A 20-member women’s team has been announced by Hockey India for the upcoming 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, scheduled to be held from September 19 to October 4. Salima Tete will continue to captain the side, having led the team to FIH Nations Cup triumph in New Zealand last month. “We have a group in…
Former India captain and Asian Games medallist Asunta Lakra has accused Hockey India secretary general Bholanath Singh of threatening and intimidating her for questioning wrongdoings in Jharkhand. Asunta, currently a Hockey India selector and member of several HI internal committees, has claimed that Bholanath, who is also the president of Hockey Jharkhand, has not only…
INDIAN FOOTBALL Bengaluru FC, FC Goa, Punjab FC set for Japan tour The top three teams from the Reliance Foundation Development League (RFDL), India’s premier Under-21 youth football competition, will go on an international exposure tour to Japan. The U-21 teams from Bengaluru FC, FC Goa and Punjab FC have earned the opportunity to compete…
BOXING U-19 & U-23 Asian Boxing Championships: Futures Cup Stars Chandrika, Joyshree power India to flying start India opened its campaign at the U-19 Asian Boxing Championships in emphatic fashion as World Boxing Futures Cup gold medallist Chandrika Pujari and silver medallist Joyshree Devi registered dominant victories on the opening day in Jakarta, Indonesia. Competing…
There’s still a couple of years to go for the competition, but Taeke Taekema, the newly appointed penalty-corner coach of the Indian women’s hockey team, took a shot at a hypothetical scenario posed to him by Sportstar. Imagine it’s the final minute of an Olympic women’s hockey quarterfinal at the Los Angeles Olympics. The Indian…
India can beat any country in the world if the team sticks to its game plan, asserted the national men’s hockey side head coach Craig Fulton after a strong performance in the last leg of its otherwise overall poor campaign in the FIH Pro League. India registered confidence-boosting victories over the reigning world champion Germany…
