‘Ping-pong’ is how Victor Wegnez describes hockey in India. Back in Europe, the Belgian midfielder isn’t accustomed to this style of play, which is little more structured and regimented. It is this philosophy that has helped Belgium become Olympic, European, and World champions over the last decade. With Craig Fulton now at the helm, India,…
Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 is back after a seven year hiatus with a tournament featuring eight teams in the men’s competition which begun on December 28, 2024. HIL 2024 is following FIH Pro League’s format where the winner gets three points and in case of a tie both teams gets one point, they will…
The inaugural edition of the Women’s Hockey India League (HIL-W) can be best compared to that one terrifying ride at a theme park. You break out in a cold sweat and call out to all your gods the moment you are strapped in, but once it winds up, you’re somehow left craving for more. The…
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers pulled off a last-gasp 2-1 win over Delhi SG Pipers to become the first team to qualify for the Hockey India League (HIL) semifinal here at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Monday. Pipers, who are eliminated from the running for the semis, held on for the majority of the game…
“You could say I’m addicted to it [sports]. You start consuming it at a young age, more and more and then at some point, it’s like now you need it, and you’re at that point where you can’t live without it anymore,” Pasha Gademan puts it philosophically, when asked about what lies ahead for him….
Odisha Warriors’ Rutuja Pisal (45) celebrates after scoring her side’s opening goal against Soorma Hockey Club in the Women’s Hockey India League final at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Women’s Hockey India League Odisha Warriors’ Rutuja Pisal (45) celebrates after scoring her side’s opening goal against Soorma…
Hyderabad Toofans became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the Hockey India League (HIL) standings after a thrilling 2-1 win over UP Rudras in a Pool B encounter here at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Saturday. It was an end-to-end affair which went Toofans’ way after two clinical finishes in the…
Team Gonasika picked apart a hapless Tamil Nadu Dragons 4-2 in the Hockey India League (HIL) Pool B game at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, here on Saturday. Three goals in the final 15 minutes reflected on its dominant display against the Dragons, who struggled to find rhythm on the ball and will have to…
The battle lines are firmly drawn. Only one of either the Odisha Warriors or JSW Soorma Hockey Club will have its name engraved on the coveted silverware on Sunday as the inaugural edition of the Women’s Hockey India League draws to a close. The head-to-head numbers aren’t enough to suggest a favourite for the historic…
Charlotte Englebert scored the first hat-trick of the Women’s Hockey India League to catapult JSW Soorma Hockey Club into the final with a 4-2 win over Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers. The Tigers’ men, though, gave a better account of themselves later on Friday at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Stadium here, emerging on the right…
