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…
Olympian Philippe Goldberg of Belgium has been appointed as head coach of Soorma Hockey Club ahead of the second season of Hockey India League, the club said on Friday. Joining Goldberg in the revamped coaching setup is Olympian Ignacio Ricardo Bergner of Argentina, who takes on the role of Analytical Coach. The club’s current Head…
Former Indian hockey goalkeeper Manuel Frederick passed away at the age of 78 in Bengaluru on Friday. Fredrick was the first athlete from Kerala to win an Olympic medal, after he helped the Indian hockey team win a bronze at the 1972 Munich games. Manuel Fredericks in action during the Bombay Gold Cup tournament in…
Oman has earned a late entry into the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup, stepping in for Pakistan, which has turned down its invitation to the tournament. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) notified the International Hockey Federation (FIH) of its decision not to take part in the tournament, despite having qualified through the Asia Junior…
