HOCKEY Eight U-21 teams set to compete from March 18 in final phase of National Women’s Hockey League The final phase of the inaugural National Women’s Hockey League 2024-25 is set to commence on March 18 at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi. The U-21 tournament will see eight of the…
The Indian men’s hockey team has returned to the National Coaching Camp at SAI, Bengaluru, following a successful Hockey India Annual Awards in New Delhi on Saturday. Hockey India has called up 36 players for the camp, which runs until March 28. Key Highlights: – Camp venue: SAI, Bengaluru – Duration: March 14 – March…
India captain Harmanpreet Singh and senior goalkeeper Savita Punia on Saturday won the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Player of the Year award in the men’s and women’s categories respectively. Harmanpreet led India to its second consecutive bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He was also a part of the Tokyo Games bronze medal-winning…
Nineteen seventy-five was an eventful year. March brought India’s first and only World Cup hockey title. On June 21, the West Indies won the inaugural cricket World Cup, and five days later, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi brought India under an emergency rule. On Independence Day, Indian cinema’s grandeur hit the screens with Sholay, a timeless…
Five decades ago, India lifted its only Hockey World Cup title. After a topsy-turvy tournament, the Ajit Pal Singh-led Indian team scripted history, notching up a thrilling 2-1 win over arch-rival Pakistan on March 15 at the Merdeka Football Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. Here are the members of the Indian men’s hockey team that won the…
50 Years of Indian Hockey’s World Cup glory: India’s 1975 WC triumph in pictures
Jharkhand dethroned defending champion Haryana with a 4-3 shootout win in the final of the 15th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025 in Panchkula on Wednesday. Pramodni Lakra (44’) scored a goal for the champions while Captain Rani Rampal (42’) scored netted for Haryana as the two teams were locked at 1-1 at the…
The seventh edition of Hockey India Awards will take place on March 15 in New Delhi, India’s apex body for hockey announced on Monday. Thirty two nominees across eight categories have made it to the final shortlist, including Harmanpreet Singh and Savita Punia in Player of the Year, Men and Women, respectively. With a record…
GOLF Solid Vani makes no mistake on back nine to win second straight title Vani Kapoor played a perfect back nine with one birdie and eight pars to card 1-under 71 and register a comfortable three-shot win over Ridhima Dilawari (70) and Rhea Jha (73) in the fifth leg of Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour…
The recent FIH Pro League marked the beginning of Indian hockey’s international assignments in 2025. Coming just a fortnight after the revived Hockey India League, the Bhubaneswar leg of the competition was expected to be a testing ground for the year ahead and the results, while encouraging, also highlighted areas that still need work for…
