The India A men’s hockey team suffered its second consecutive loss on its European tour, going down 2-3 to England in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Despite young Indian forwards Maninder Singh and Uttam Singh scoring for India A at Wagener Stadion, the team lost the match to World No. 5 England. After the match, India ‘A’…
Perhaps for the first time in the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu (HUTN) provided a ray of hope that it could enter the knock-outs. Starting with a draw against Maharashtra, TN then sealed a huge win over Indian Army in its second match, followed by a thrilling draw with SAI-NCOE…
The schedule for the next edition of the Olympic Games, set to be played in Los Angeles in the United States, was announced on Monday, exactly three years before the tournament. India’s hopes of medals will bank on the usual suspects like Neeraj Chopra – Paris 2020 gold medallist — Mirabai Chanu — a Paris…
In terms of strategy, execution and aesthetics, the two Pool-A matches of the 96th-MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Monday failed to rise above the mundane and ordinary. First, defending champion Indian Railways thumped Maharashtra 4-2 to top the table with nine points from three matches, and then Indian…
GOLF Aditi slips in final round to finish T-28, Australian Grace Kim wins Evian title Indian golfer Aditi Ashok, who looked good for a top-10 finish all week, faltered on the final day to card a disappointing two-over 73 to sign off tied 28th at the Amundi Evian Championship here. She ended with a total…
The 96th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup invitation hockey tournament served up a wonderful treat to a modest gathering of spectators at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium on Sunday. Three matches produced a total of 21 goals, with each match outdoing the other in terms of quality and suspense. In the first match of the day, Tamil Nadu…
The Malaysian National junior team started well, but couldn’t sustain the momentum and was roundly thrashed by Indian Navy 4-1 in their opening Pool-B match of the 96th-MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup invitation hockey tournament at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Saturday. Earlier, former champion Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) shut out a fighting Karnataka 4-3 in…
India A men’s hockey team continued to show good form and registered yet another important win on its tour of Europe as it defeated France 3-2 in its third game at the Hockey Club Oranje-Rood, in Eindhoven. Forward Aditya Arjun Lalage scored a brace while Boby Singh Dhami also made his way onto the scoresheet….
Pakistan will not travel to India for upcoming hockey tournaments over “security” concerns, government sources told AFP on Saturday, potentially jeopardising its place in next year’s World Cup. The nuclear-armed neighbours traded the worst violence in decades during a four-day conflict in May that killed 70 people. Pakistan was due to participate in the Men’s…
In a huge upset at the MCC Murugappa Gold Cup invitation hockey tournament, Tamil Nadu scripted an authoritative 5-1 victory over former champion Indian Army in a Pool-A contest at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Friday. However, the other two matches went largely according to the script with SAI NCOE (Bhopal) beating Maharashtra…
