Indian women’s hockey team finished its four-match tour of Argentina with a 2-2 draw on Friday. After a difficult start to the series, the Indian side fought back and won its final two matches to finish the tour on a high. In the tour’s first match on April 13, Navneet Kaur (22’) and Annu (29’)…
When he called time on his international career in 2017, Moritz Fuerste was one of the most accomplished field hockey players of all time. He’d been capped 268 times for Germany, scored 112 goals and won three Olympic medals, including gold at Beijing and London and a bronze at his final Games in Rio. And…
CHESS Delhi’s Aarit Kapil becomes youngest Indian International Master norm holder Delhi-based 10-year-old Aarit Kapil became the youngest Indian chess player to make an International Master norm after he drew with Samuel Asaka of Australia in the final round of an international tournament at Menorca in Spain. After a brilliant start that included a victory…
Star goalkeeper and former captain Savita Punia will return to the national women’s hockey team after 10 months, but indisposed skipper Salima Tete will be missing from action when India takes on Argentina in the first game of the four-match series, here on Monday. Savita has not competed since June 2025 as she took a…
FOOTBALL The Indian Under-17 women’s team lost 0-4 to Russia in the first of three friendly matches at the Matsesta Football Center in Sochi, Russia, on Saturday. Valeria Menyailova put the host ahead in the 44th minute. Dana Dobrovitskaya and Alisa Klimova converted penalties in the 57th and 72nd minutes, respectively, before Angelina Gulyayeva rounded…
Hockey India, on Friday, officially announced the appointment of Tim White as the coach of the Indian junior women’s hockey team. The Australian high-performance coach, who recently served as the head coach of the Tamil Nadu Dragons in the Hero Hockey India League (Hero HIL) in January 2026, takes over the role with a clear…
ARCHERY Indian compound women’s team assured of medal at Archery World Cup Stage-1 Indian compound women’s team, comprising Pragati, V. Jyothi Surekha, Madhura Dhamangaonkar, reached the final to assure the country of a medal in the Archery World Cup Stage-1 in Puebla, Mexico. The top-ranked Indian side got a bye and beat Denmark 235-234 and…
The Indian women’s hockey team departed from Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru on Thursday evening for Buenos Aires, Argentina, where it will take on the host in a four-match series from April 13 to 17. Notably, captain Salima Tete is unable to travel with the team due to illness, and in her absence, experienced forward Navneet…
Hockey India has announced a 24-member Indian Women’s Hockey Team squad for the upcoming tour of Argentina, scheduled from 13 to 17 April 2026 in Buenos Aires. The four-match exposure tour against the world-class Argentine side comes at a pivotal moment in India’s international calendar, with the FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium & Netherlands 2026…
SQUASH Top-ranked Indian Abhay Singh went down in a five-game thriller to Egyptian world No 7 Youssef Ibrahim in the men’s second round of the El Gouna Open squash, a PSA Platinum event, in El Gouna, Egypt, on Monday. World No. 25 Abhay began strongly, winning the opening and third games, before the Egyptian wrested…
