Young Indian forward Araijeet Singh Hundal believes there is a vast difference between playing hockey at the junior and senior level, and that the experienced players in the side had played a big role in making his transition seamless. Hundal, who is a third generation hockey player in his family — his grandfather, father and…
Aiding the Indian Men’s Hockey Team’s preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, Hockey India has roped in the services of Dutch goalkeeping expert Dennis Van De Pol. He will join the ongoing national coaching camp being held at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, where he will closely work with PR Sreejesh, Krishan Pathak and…
Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh will lead a 27-member strong Indian team in a five-match away hockey Test series against Australia, with chief coach Craig Fulton opting to go with almost the entire core group of probables undergoing training in Bhubaneswar. India will leave for Australia on April 1 and play its opening game on April 6,…
HOCKEY Hockey Manipur qualifies for quarterfinals of Senior Women National Championship Manipur progressed to the quarterfinals with an 11-2 win over Uttarakhand in a Pool G match as the league stage of the Senior Women National Championship concluded in Pune on Tuesday. Karnataka also ended its campaign on a high, beating Dadra & Nagar Haveli…
Indian men’s and women’s teams are both placed second in the maiden Hockey 5s rankings issued recently by the world body (FIH). The Indian men’s team occupies the second spot jointly with Oman and Malaysia, following a three-way tie with 1400 points each. Having won the Asian Championship, India finished fifth at the World Cup…
The crying didn’t help, living in denial didn’t help, what helped was picking up the hockey stick again to make a fresh start. The ‘Great Wall’ of Indian women’s hockey and captain Savita Punia has been an emotional wreck ever since the team failed to qualify for Paris Olympics, a massive downfall after the superb…
BOXING Haryana boxers dominate Sub-Junior National Championship, 15 enter quarterfinals Haryana boxers put up an impressive show on day three of the Sub-Junior National Championship as nine boys and six girls punched their way to the quarterfinals here on Friday. Uday Singh led the way for team Haryana as he outclassed Punjab’s Ranveer in a…
When India won the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in August 2023, Selvam Karthi scored two goals. The youthful forward performed admirably to draw in Chennai’s native supporters. But when the Harmanpreet Singh-led Indian team will be playing the five-match series against Australia between April 6-13, the 22-year-old will not be part of the travelling…
Hockey Haryana defeated host Hockey Maharashtra 1-0 (3-0 SO) in a nail-biting Final to win the 14th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship at the Major Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium Pimpri, Pune. While Deepika (26’) scored for Hockey Haryana in regulation time, Navneet Kaur, Usha and Sonika scored in the shootout with Captain Savita making three…
Veteran goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Savita Punia found themselves in contention for the ‘Player of the Year’ honours in the men’s and women’s category, respectively, as Hockey India unveiled nominees for its annual awards which will be presented in New Delhi on March 31. Sreejesh, a former captain, and Punia have been among the most…
