Hockey India has named an 18 member squad for the FIH Men’s Junior World Cup 2025, to be held from November 28 to December 10 in Chennai and Madurai. The team, coached by P.R. Sreejesh, is placed in Pool B with Chile, Switzerland and Oman. Defender and dragflicker Rohit will lead the side after an…
GOLF Shubhankar gets back Tour card Shubhankar Sharma made amends for a disappointing season by earning the playing rights for the 2026 season with a tied second place finish at the DP World Qualifying school’s Final stage. After making his way through the second stage, where he finished Tied-eighth, Sharma completed a great week in…
SQUASH Chotrani loses in St James squash final Indian fifth seed Veer Chotrani lost to Mexican top seed Leonel Cardenas 1-3 in the final of the St James Expression Open, a PSA Copper event, in Springfield (US) on Sunday. World No 51 Chotrani rallied to win the second game to level the score, but his…
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…
