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HIL Auction 2024-25: Here is the list of players bought by UP Rudras on October 13 in Delhi and the full men’s squad.

HIL Auction 2024: Follow all the live coverage from Day 1 of the Hockey India League 2024 auction happening at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi on Sunday.

The Lucknow men’s franchise in Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 will be called UP Rudras, announced Yadu Sports, the team owners, on Saturday. Dutchman Paul Van Ass, who led his team to the gold medal in women’s hockey at the Paris Olympics, has been appointed as the head coach while Thomas Tichelman and Cedric D’Souza…

WEIGHTLIFTING Harjinder Kaur sets news National Records at National weightlifting championships Punjab’s Harjinder Kaur created three new national records – one in snatch (98kg) , one in clean & jerk (125kg) and one in total (223kg) – bettering her own old records of 96kg, 124kg and 220kg, respectively at the National Weightlifting Championships in Nagrota…

Once it chronicled Mir Ranjan Negi’s epic fall from grace, Dhanraj Pillay’s artistic spadework and Sandeep Singh’s muscular drag-flicks, but through the past decade, Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium’s concrete pillars and ill-maintained dusty bucket seats perhaps were resigned to the fact that its glory days as epicentre of Indian hockey were a thing of…

The players’ auction for the 2024-25 season of the Hockey India League (HIL) is scheduled to take place from October 13 to 15 at the Hyatt Regency in New Delhi. After a seven-year hiatus, HIL 2024-25 is making its comeback with an expanded format that includes both men’s and, for the first time ever, an…

If you asked a random Malayali kid to sketch a Kerala town, it would likely resemble Kizhakkambalam. With its narrow but well-laid-out roads winding through vast, sun-soaked paddy fields and algae-covered ponds, Kizhakkambalam perfectly fits the image. But this town, located on the outskirts of Kochi, has something unique about it. It’s probably the only…

Indian men’s team skipper Harmanpreet Singh believes that PR Sreejesh’s extensive knowledge of modern hockey will greatly benefit the junior side as he takes on his new role as coach. Sreejesh’s new innings as coach will begin when India takes on Japan on October 19 in the Sultan of Johor Cup 2024. “The amount of…

WEIGHTLIFTING Raja shines during the National weightlifting championships M. Raja bettered his National record twice each in clean and jerk (159kg and 165kg) and total (283kg, 289kg) on his way to win the men’s 61kg crown in the National weightlifting championships here on Wednesday. Services’ Ch. Rishikanta Singh bettered the National record in snatch (new…

Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers, the city-based franchise making its debut in the Hockey India League (HIL) on its resumption this year, will have Australians Colin Batch and Glenn Turner as coaches of its men and women’s teams respectively. The franchise shared the information at a press conference here on Wednesday. The Bengal Tigers teams will…