Back to full-strength training after the disappointing Pro League tour of Europe, the Indian men’s hockey team is putting in the hard yards to ensure better results in the upcoming Australia tour with one eye on the Asia Cup back home later next month. The players have been training in Bengaluru for the last fortnight,…
The Indian men’s hockey team had a disappointing run in the recently concluded FIH Pro League, having finished eighth among nine teams with seven successive losses in the European leg. Dilip Tirkey, president of Hockey India, admitted that it has been a sub-par performance by the team, but added the board is watching the team’s…
Hockey India made multiple important announcements, including the conducting of a nationwide festival of hockey on November 7, 2025, and significant financial support for the development of the game at state and national levels on Sunday. The announcements came at the fifteenth Hockey India Congress in Mahabalipuram, organised to commemorate 100 years of Indian hockey….
The Indian Men’s Hockey Team will tour Australia in August for a four-match series, set to be held at the Perth Hockey Stadium from August 15 to 21. The series will provide crucial preparation for India before the 2025 Asia Cup — scheduled in Rajgir, Bihar, from August 29 to September 7— that offers a…
The Pakistan hockey team’s participation in the 2025-26 FIH Pro League lies in jeopardy because of financial crunch, derailing the three-time Olympic champions’ much-anticipated comeback at the international stage. The Pakistan men’s hockey team, which has won the World Cup four times, has been invited to compete in the FIH Pro League 2025-26 after New…
The India A Men’s Hockey Team ended its Euro Tour campaign with a 2-8 loss against the Netherlands team on Sunday, July 20th with young Indian midfielder Rajinder Singh and forward Selvam Karthi scoring the two goals for India A in the final match. India A had lost its previous match against the Netherlands on July…
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has informed the sport’s global governing body FIH that it will be “difficult” for them to send a team to India for the Asia Cup next month because of “security concerns”. Tariq Bugti, who heads the PHF, said they had written to the FIH and Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), expressing…
It was a nervous last few minutes in the fourth quarter for the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) against the Indian Navy hockey team. The team was a man short on the field after Darshan Gawkar’s yellow card for a counter-attack-stopping trip on Rajat Sharma. With just three minutes to go before the final whistle,…
Proving the adage that form is temporary and class is permanent, defending champion Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) took a firm hold of the match from the beginning to subdue a youthful Indian Navy team 3-1 in the final of the 96th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on…
When the Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) takes on the Indian Navy Hockey team in the final of the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup in Chennai on Sunday, there will be a mini-battle ensuing in the Rahim household. Cousins Sayyad Niyaz Rahim and Aakib Rahim Arif will captain their respective sides, RSPB and the Navy, in the…
