CRICKET Bengal T20 League: Nous Royals Purulia secure slim eight-run win over Sobisco Smashers Malda Yuvraj Keswani’s 28-ball 40 and Mithilesh Das and Pradipta Pramanik’s three-wicket hauls enabled Nous Royals Purulia to post a slim eight-run win over Sobisco Smashers Malda in the Bengal T20 League at the Eden Gardens here on Wednesday. Purulia managed…
India’s junior women’s hockey team will tour the United Kingdom from July 5 to 14 for a seven-match campaign, including two fixtures against Scotland’s senior women’s side. The team will also take on the England Under-21, USA U-21 and Belgium U-21 teams during the tour. The assignment will be the first major international outing under…
The Indian women’s hockey team defeated Japan 2-1 in its second Pool A match of the FIH Women’s Nations Cup on Tuesday at the North Harbour National Hockey Centre in Auckland to secure a spot in the semifinals. Captain and ‘Player of the Match’ Salima Tete (33’) and Lalremsiami (49’) netted the goals for India,…
A day after becoming the most-capped Indian hockey player in the history of the game, star midfielder Manpreet Singh has now set his sights on two more major milestones in his career — to be the highest-capped international and representing the nation at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. And he very well knows fitness is…
India staged a remarkable comeback from two goals down to defeat the United States 3-2 in their opening Pool A match of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup on Sunday at the North Harbour National Hockey Centre in Auckland. For India, Deepika netted a brace and Navneet Kaur scored a goal, while Ashley Sessa and…
Indian Men’s Hockey Team midfielder Manpreet Singh equalled the Indian record of 412 international caps held by former India captain and Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey when he took the field in India’s FIH Men’s Pro League match against Netherlands in Rotterdam. Manpreet is also the only active player currently in the club of players…
The Indian Men’s Hockey Team suffered a narrow 2-3 loss against the Netherlands at Hockey Club Rotterdam on Sunday. Dilpreet Singh (10’) and Sukhjeet Singh (33’) scored for India, while Miles Bukkens (3’), Koen Bijen (23’) and Tijmen Reyenga (40’) found the back of the net for the Dutch. The hosts began the game on…
With goals firmly set on returning to the elite FIH Pro League next season, the Indian women’s hockey team is determined to make a positive start to its campaign in the FIH Nations Cup against a tricky USA on Monday. The India women’s team was relegated from the elite FIH Pro League to the second-tier…
India will take on host Netherlands in the European leg of the FIH Pro League on Sunday, beginning a crucial stretch of matches ahead of the Hockey World Cup and Asian Games later this year. Led by Harmanpreet Singh, India will seek answers against elite opposition ahead of the two major assignments. The World Cup…
Former India captain Rani Rampal believes the country’s women’s Under-18 Asia Cup bronze medal-winning team has the potential to form the “core” of future Olympic squads, saying several players from the current batch could go on to represent the nation at the 2032 and 2036 Games. In her first major assignment as coach, the Indian…
