Rajgir, Bihar, will host the Asia Cup 2025 from August 29 to September 7 at the newly developed Rajgir Hockey Stadium, following the signing of an MoU between Hockey India and the Bihar State Sports Authority. This will be Rajgir’s second major international event, after successfully hosting the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024, where…
Hockey India is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bihar State Sports Authority on March 31, for the upcoming Men’s Hockey Asia Cup, set to be played in Rajgir this year. Buoyed by the organisational success of Women’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024, the first-ever international sporting event in Bihar, the Rajgir Sports Complex…
Hockey India, on Friday, announced Chennai and Madurai as the host cities for the upcoming FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup, which will be held from 28th November to 10th December. The two-week tournament will see 24 teams participating for the first time for the coveted title. This will be the third successive FIH Junior…
HOCKEY On day-6 of the Final Phase of National Women’s Hockey League, Odisha, Maharashtra and Bengal secured another win in their respective matches. In the first match, Hockey Association of Odisha defeated Hockey Mizoram 1-1 (SO 2-0) in Pool A. Sanjana Kiro (5’) opened the account on the scoreboard as she scored the goal in…
GOLF Two-time champion and four-time runner-up, SSP Chawrasia has been given a special invitation by the title sponsor for the USD 2.25 million Hero Indian Open golf championship to be played at the DLF Golf and Country Club from Thursday. The 46-year-old Chawrasia has six international titles, and two of them were won at the…
Hockey India on Saturday named the 65-member core probable group for the upcoming Senior Women’s National Coaching Camp to commence, set to begin this month. Key Highlights: – Camp starts March 23 at SAI, Bengaluru. – Selection based on 15th Senior Women’s National Championship in Panchkula. – 30 retained players, 35 new call-ups from various…
If there was a player in the Indian team who gazed at the World Cup in the hotel foyer more intensely than his teammates, it was Ashok Kumar. He had a World Cup silver and bronze, an Olympic bronze and two Asian Games silver. But no gold medal from a World event. His father, the…
GOLF Diksha off to solid start with 4-under 67 in Australia Undeterred by the missed cut last week, Indian golfer Diksha Dagar, a two-time Ladies European Tour winner, shot a fine 4-under 67 to be placed tied fourth after the first round of the Ford Women’s NSW Open in Wollongong on Thursday. Starting from the…
HOCKEY On Day 2 of the final phase of the National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025, Hockey Association of Odisha, Manipur Hockey and Hockey Haryana secured wins in the respective games. In the first match, Odisha defeated Maharashtra 1-0 in Pool A. Dipika Barwa (57’) scored again in the second consecutive game for Odisha to take…
HOCKEY Haryana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh register wins at National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025 The final phase of the National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025 saw Hockey Haryana, Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Madhya Pradesh register wins in their respective matches. In the first match of the day, Hockey Haryana defeated Manipur Hockey 7-1 in Pool…
