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…
YOGASANA India to host second Asian Yogasana Championship in March A total of 16 countries will participate in the second Asian Yogasana Championship, scheduled to be held at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi from March 29 to 31. The championship, being organised in collaboration with the Sports Ministry and Yogasana Bharat, aims to…
GOLF Vani Kapoor dropped two late bogeys but maintained focus to get a birdie on the final hole to take sole lead on the first day of the fifth leg of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour here Wednesday. Vani, winner of the fourth leg last month, shot 2-under 70 and took a one-shot lead over…
India has enlisted Dutch drag-flick legend Taeke Taekema to work with the national women’s hockey team on a short-term basis until the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Taekema conducted a seven-day camp from February 10 to 16 ahead of India’s FIH Pro League matches in Bhubaneswar, where the team faced England, Germany, the Netherlands, and…
CHESS India’s Iniyan wins Cannes Open chess Indian Grandmaster Pa Iniyan won the Cannes International Open, defeating compatriot V Pranesh in the ninth and final round in Cannes, France. Iniyan ended the tournament on 7.5 points, a half point more than Delhi-based International Master Aradhya Garg, who finished second. Matching Garg on seven points was…
Delhi FC recorded its first win in 10 games beating Dempo Sports Club 2-1 in the I-League 2024-25 at the Coach Ali Haasan Stadium on Sunday, March 2. All goals came in the first half. While Cameroonian Samir Binong (4’) and Zimbabwean Victor Kamhuka (20’) scored for Delhi FC, Trinidadian Marcus Joseph (35’) struck for…
A week-long goalkeeping camp under the watchful eyes of 1990 World Cup champion Simon Zijp of the Netherlands ahead of the just-concluded FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar played an important role in the Indian women team’s improved performance in the home leg of the tournament. The camp, which featured goalkeepers Savita Punia, Bichu Devi Kharibam…
