Hockey India on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Telangana to host the Women’s 2026 Hockey World Cup qualifiers, scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from March 8-14, 2026. The qualification tournament will feature eight international teams — host India, England, Scotland, Korea, Italy, Uruguay, Wales, and Austria — competing…
For a tournament still finding its feet, the four-team Women’s Hockey India League (HIL-W) moves remarkably fast. So much so that by the time fans begin settling into their seats, it already feels like time to pack up and leave. Ambition, when rushed, tends to trip over its own stick. Make no mistake, there are…
Ranchi Royals secured its first win of the Men’s Hockey India League (HIL) 2025-26 season in spectacular fashion, defeating defending champion Bengal Tigers 4-1. Playing in front of its home crowd, Royals staged a massive late-game comeback, scoring four times in the final six minutes to snatch all three points. The match started with Bengal…
Vedanta Kalinga Lancers prevailed against HIL GC, clinching a 3-1 win in the shootout after the two teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time in the men’s Hockey India League (HIL) 2025-26 at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astro Turf Hockey Stadium on Sunday. Ajeet Yadav (19’) and Alexander Hendrickx (23’) scored…
India’s men’s team will kickstart its 2025-26 FIH Pro League campaign against Belgium at the Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on February 11. During the home leg, which concludes on February 15, India will play two games each against Belgium and Argentina. The much anticipated fixtures between India and Pakistan will take place…
Former India forward Vandana Katariya, who had announced her retirement from international hockey on April 1, 2025, has now expressed eagerness to make a comeback to the national team. “If I am called up, yes (I will be available). Actually, I am match-fit, as was seen during the Hockey India League (HIL). If the Indian…
It was eventually Sofie Gierts’ coaching tour de force that saw SG Pipers pull the rabbit out of the hat. For she won the one penalty shootout that eventually mattered. In the Women’s Hockey India League final at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Stadium here on Saturday, the game trickled down to the third penalty…
The Egmond half-marathon on Sunday will have at least one runner by the name of Sosha Benninga missing in action during the flag-off. On September 24, 2025, Sosha resigned to fate, having found no takers at the Hockey India League (or that’s what she initially thought). The Dutch forward had registered for the auction alongside…
Women’s Hockey India League is set to crown a new champion as SG Pipers faces Shrachi Bengal Tigers in the final of the second edition in Ranchi on Saturday. PREVIEW A summit clash between Shrachi Bengal Tigers and SG Pipers in the Women’s Hockey India League should have come with a statutory warning saying: ‘Not for the faint of heart’, for…
The Hockey India League’s Chennai leg was drawn to a close by a frantic, end-to-end contest that saw Tamil Nadu Dragons and SG Pipers match each other hit-for-hit and end up in a 4-4 deadlock at the end of regulation time. Dragons goalkeeper Princedeep Singh conceded four penalty strokes in the shootout – all four…
