The gold medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal remains New Zealand men’s hockey team’s greatest accomplishment till date. It also has two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games in its haul, the latest coming in 2018. Despite the modest honours, the Black Sticks have been consistent in making the cut for every major…
There is a soldier’s resolve in Agustina Gorzelany’s game. The Argentine defender’s dragflicks are driven by belief as much as technique. With every penalty corner, you can almost gauge the urgency of someone who understands what it means to stand one’s ground. In earlier interviews, she has spoken about fighting for every ball as if…
Kane Russell got the first hat-trick of Hockey India League but it was Hardik Singh’s jaw-dropping stickwork that allowed HIL Governing Council to pip SG Pipers 3-2 on Monday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai. With both sides deadlocked in the final minute, Hardik embarked on a lengthy dribble from his own half, evaded…
For the Indian junior men’s hockey team captain Rohit, last year’s Junior World Cup marked a turning point – not just because India returned with a bronze medal, but because of how much he grew through the experience. “I had a great personal experience,” he said, reflecting on the tournament. “Playing in front of big…
Jude Menezes, if he were watching Monday’s Women’s Hockey India League game, would be left scratching his head over what Rani Rampal did differently. For the former India captain, having replaced him as interim coach only a day ago, has managed to accomplish what had seemed impossible thus far—getting JSW Soorma Hockey Club its first…
Jacob Draper has played hockey for Wales, represented Great Britain at two Olympics, and made rapid strides in club hockey too, the most recent being his stint at SG Pipers in the Hockey India League. Hockey comes first on his LinkedIn profile as well. But the 27-year-old also nurtures his love for economics. Straddling between…
Amandeep Lakra wasted little time justifying Hyderabad Toofans’ faith in him. Entrusted as the team’s first-choice drag-flicker and tasked with leading the penalty-corner battery in Gonzalo Peillat’s absence, the 23-year-old delivered under pressure on the opening night of the second season of the Hockey India League on Saturday. Trailing 2-0 against Tamil Nadu Dragons, Toofans…
Kalinga Lancers overcame a deficit twice and called on the experience of its international midfield to overcome Ranchi Royals 4-2 in its opening Hockey India League fixture at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Arthur Van Doren, Antoine Kina, and Craig Marais controlled the tempo through the centre to bail their side out…
Soorma Hockey Club kept Hockey India League (HIL) champion Shrachi Bengal Tigers at bay for the first half, only for its defensive resolve to collapse in the second, succumbing to 1-3 loss at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. If the opening match on Saturday flaunted flamboyant, all-hands-on-deck attacking flair, the second match…
After a 5-0 shellacking in the reverse leg, the Shrachi Bengal Tigers would have been waiting for the opportunity to exact revenge on the Ranchi Royals. And on Sunday, the occasion presented itself as the Tigers managed to eke out a 1-0 win in the eighth Women’s Hockey India League fixture of the 2025-26 season…
