The Netherlands completed a remarkable double in Olympic hockey on Friday when its women’s team, the defending champions, beat China 3-1 in a shootout to take gold just 24 hours after the men’s side had triumphed over Germany. The Dutch women, who were appearing in their sixth successive final, were made to work hard for…
In the last half a century, the Indian hockey team had not secured two consecutive medals in the Olympics. When it retained its bronze medal here on Thursday, it was time for celebrations and overflow of emotions in the stands of the Yves du Manoir Stadium here. For its rich history and the folklore stuff…
Argentina beat Belgium 3-1 on penalties to win the bronze medal after a 2-2 draw in regulation time in women’s hockey at the Paris Olympics on Friday as forward Sofia Cairo scored on the pivotal final shot following goalkeeper Cristina Cosentino’s two blocks. It was Argentina’s third bronze and sixth Olympic medal in women’s hockey,…
Paddy Upton was India’s mental conditioning coach when the men’s cricket team won the historic ODI World Cup in 2011. And, 13 years later, as India’s men’s hockey team clinched a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics and made it to the record books, Upton had a key role to play as the mental coach…
The Indian men’s hockey team won back-top-back medals in the Olympics games for the first time since 1972 after the 2-1 win over Spain in the bronze medal match of the Paris 2024 Olympics at the Yves de Manoir Stadium on Thursday. The previous instance of the men’s team winning medals in consecutive Olympic games…
The Indian hockey team won its first Olympic medal at the Amsterdam Games in 1928. It scored 29 goals in five matches to win the gold medal. The wizard Dhyan Chand scored 14 goals, including a hat-trick in the final against the Netherlands. Led by Harmanpreet Singh, the Indian men secured their 13th men’s hockey…
PR Sreejesh, the goalkeeper of the Indian field hockey team retired on a high after India won the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Thursday. The 36-year-old had already announced that this Games would be his last but the bronze medal, two in a row for him and India, would make his…
India had broken a four-decade-long jinx, winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. After three years, it underscored its status as an elite outfit in world hockey emphatically in Paris by securing its consecutive bronze medal in the Olympics at the historic Yves du Manoir Stadium here on Thursday. In captivating action under the…
Hockey India announced cash prize of Rs 15 lakh for each player of the Indian men’s hockey team and Rs 7.5 lakhs for each member of the support staff for winning the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Indian team secured a historic bronze medal, defeating Spain 2-1, marking its second consecutive Olympic…
The Netherlands beat Germany in a shoot-out to win the men’s Olympic hockey gold on Thursday. A tense game ended all square at 1-1, with fourth-quarter goals in quick succession from Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman and Germany’s Thies Prinz. The match went to a shoot-out, with each player going one-on-one with the goalkeeper. ALSO READ:…
