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…
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
