Gurjot Singh was going through his usual regimen at the junior training camp at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru when he was caught by surprise. At this time, he was in the reckoning for the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2025, which was still more than 12 months away, and had…
There are days when sports careers are shaped by years of hard work, and others when everything changes in a fraction of a second. Sam Ward doesn’t dress it up. He doesn’t soften the moment that changed everything. He calls it exactly what it was. “It was pretty tough at the time. You’re dealt a…
Ranchi Royals squandered a lead for a second straight game and went down 2-3 against Hyderabad Toofans in the Hockey India League at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. The Royals put up an obstinate refusal in their circle, sweeping balls away upon the smallest of errors from Toofans forwards Arshdeep Singh, Shilanand…
HIL Governing Council (GC) needed another hat-trick from Kane Russell to overturn a deficit for a second-straight game and thrash Bengal Tigers 6-3 in the Hockey India League at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. The New Zealander made three breaches (19’, 36’, 44’) from penalty corners, rescuing GC after it conceded first,…
While the JSW Soorma Hockey Club won’t be able to avoid the wooden spoon in the Women’s Hockey India League despite having received a second wind under interim coach Rani Rampal, its late resurgence may have done the SG Pipers a mighty service. For there’s a possibility that the Punjab and Haryana-based franchise may have…
Even as the spotlight shone on the players, she quietly redrew the blueprint of leadership. As the only woman head coach in the Hockey India League this season, Sofie Gierts has taken her team to the final not by chasing symbolism but by building structure. Rome was not built in a day. An all-woman backroom…
Hockey India League Rarh Bengal Tigers, Men’s champion. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Rarh Bengal Tigers, Men’s champion. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN The second edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) is being held across three cities — Chennai, Ranchi, and Bhubaneswar. The women’s event with four teams is on till January 10, while the men’s…
Tamil Nadu Dragons did not quite hit top gear but did just enough to avert Soorma Hockey Club’s late charge and secure a 3-2 win in the Hockey India League at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Having blanked his first four attempts, Harmanpreet Singh sounded the board from a penalty corner with…
It has been really difficult to separate the SG Pipers and Shrachi Bengal Tigers in the ongoing season of the Women’s Hockey India League. It was evident in the reverse leg on New Year’s Day. And there was a rerun of the same on Tuesday as the game trickled down to a dramatic sudden death…
India men’s hockey team coach Craig Fulton on Monday said his focus will be on building squad depth as the team gears up for a packed calendar, which includes the FIH World Cup and the Asian Games. A gap of only three weeks between the two tournaments only makes the task stiffer. “It’s very difficult….
