SQUASH China Open: Anahat makes winning start; Abhay, Senthilkumar bow out Reigning women’s National champion Anahat Singh made a winning start at the China Open in Shanghai on Tuesday, while compatriots Velavan Senthilkumar and Abhay Singh lost in the men’s opening round. The 17-year-old Anahat, ranked 38 in the world, beat Egypt’s Menna Hamed 11-6,…
The trophy tour of the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup was flagged off in a function at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Monday by Udhayanidhi Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister and Tamil Nadu’s Sports Minister, and Tayyab Ikram, FIH president. The trophy will tour all 38 districts from Kanyakumari to Chennai, while the…
Pakistan men’s hockey head coach Tahir Zaman has refused to travel to Dhaka for a three-match series, claiming interference by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) in selection matters. The squad left on Sunday without the celebrated former Olympian, who did not approve of the last-minute selection of a player in the squad. PHF secretary Rana…
Jyoti Singh will lead the 20-member Indian squad in the upcoming FIH Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup 2025 in Santiago, Chile, India’s sports body announced on Monday. India has been placed in Pool C, alongside Germany, Ireland and Namibia. The Indian team will begin its campaign against Namibia on December 1, followed by matches against…
SQUASH Rathika loses close final India’s Rathika Suthanthira Seelan lost a fiercely-contested final to Canadian top seed Iman Shaheen over five games in the NSW Open squash tournament in Sydney on Sunday. The 24-year-old Rathika, second seed and world No. 180, rallied to win the third and fourth games in what was her fourth PSA…
SQUASH Rathika in summit clash Rathika Suthanthira Seelan stormed into her fourth PSA final at the NSW Open in Sydney with a straight-games win over New Zealand sixth seed Emma Merson. Second seed Rathika, semifinalist at the North Coast Open last week, did one better, by beating Merson 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 in 32 minutes in…
Defender Sanjay will lead the Indian men’s hockey team at the 31st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup with several senior players rested for the prestigious invitational tournament scheduled to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia, from November 23 to 30. Both of India’s first-choice goalkeepers, Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Suraj Karkera, have been rested, and Pawan and…
Inspired by the Indian women’s cricket team’s historic World Cup win under Harmanpreet Kaur, hockey legend Gurbux Singh believes it is now time for Harmanpreet Singh’s men’s hockey side to script its own history by ending India’s five-decade-long World Cup drought. The eight-time Olympic champion Indian men’s hockey team has so far won the World…
The Beighton Cup has a new home, as its 126th edition will start at the newly built Vivekananda Hockey Stadium, situated adjacent to the iconic football stadium in Salt Lake in Kolkata, on Saturday. With a capacity of 22,000, the Vivekananda Hockey Stadium is the largest international-standard hockey stadium in the country. The oldest hockey…
The centenary celebrations of Indian hockey kicked off at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium early morning on Friday and mirrored across the country with Hockey India, Sports Authority of India and the Sports Ministry coming together to mark the landmark occasion. The celebrations marked a century of sporting excellence, pride, and unity, honouring the…
