It was billed as the battle of the Indian women’s hockey team’s past and the future, and the first round, at the FIH Pro League, went to former coach Janneke Schopman, winning 4-0 with Germany against Harendra Singh’s girls. While Schopman was diplomatic in her assessment of the game, Harendra blamed the girls for “giving…
Indian women’s team went down 4-0 to Germany in the FIH Pro League 2024-25 match at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Amelie Wortmann gave Germany the lead in the third minute. Fifteen minutes later, Sophia Schwabe made it 2-0. Schwabe (47th minute) and Johanna Hachenberg (59th minute) added two more for the visitor…
When Rohan Singh Bhuhi stepped on the field against Argentina on December 9, 2023, he became the first Sikh player to play hockey in English colours in 23 years. For a community that is the undisputed leader of hockey in India, it’s surprising it took so long there. Playing in India for the first time…
The last time Janneke Schopman was in India with a national team, she had to oversee the Indian women missing the bus for the Paris Olympics, going down in the qualifiers which Germany eventually won. On Friday, she would be in the same German dugout, planning victory against her former wards who have not had…
When she played, Pritam Siwach was fiery on the field — aggressive, attacking, unstoppable. At the ongoing Pro League matches in Bhubaneswar, Yashdeep Siwach is the exact opposite — calm, defensive, and entrusted with stopping the opposition. The 23-year-old, who debuted for India at the 2022 Asia Cup, has waited for another chance while striving…
India bounced back from the 1-4 defeat on Tuesday with a 1-0 win over Germany in the FIH Pro League at the Kalinga Stadium on Wednesday. Gurjant Singh scored the only goal of the match in the opening minute from a rebound before India’s resolute defence shut out the Germans. With the victory, India moved…
It was a disappointing day for Indian hockey with both the men and women dropping points in their respective FIH Pro League games at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Resuming after a day’s break, the Indian women went down 4-3 to Spain for its second loss in as many games while the men,…
With a win and a loss under their belt, the Indian men would be hoping for a better outing when they take on World Champion Germany in back-to-back games at the Kalinga Stadium here over the next two days. The Indian women, meanwhile, would be hoping to bounce back from a disappointing loss to England…
Six months back, Felice Albers was riding the high of her second Olympic gold in Paris as the Dutch women went about extending their absolute dominance of world hockey in style. Soon after that, she was faced with the prospect of never playing again, troubled by a persistently dodgy knee that, along with a broken…
In a reversal of fortunes as well as results, the Indian men earned their first FIH Pro League points with a 2-0 win against Spain while the women suffered a heartbreaking shootout defeat against England at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. India made as many as five changes from the side that played…
