It was a bright year for Indian Hockey with both men’s and women’s teams experiencing success in various competitions on the international stage. From a second consecutive Olympic medal to the resurgence of the Hockey India League to bidding farewell to some of the sports’ greatest pillars, Sportstar takes you through major moments from hockey…
PREVIEW UP Rudras and the Kalinga Lancers will play their opening Hockey India League (HIL) 2024-25 match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Monday. UP Rudras boasts a Netherlands-heavy core strengthened with Paris Olympics gold medallists, with the women’s team coach Paul Van Ass overseeing the tactics. While Lars Balk and Floris…
Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers (SRBT) had bet big on its young forwards while building the team and they did not disappoint as the team began its Hockey India League journey with a 3-2 win against Hyderabad Toofans on Sunday. Erratic and inconsistent, Hyderabad was forced to play catch-up all through with the team appearing to…
Lars Balk and the Netherlands men’s team were immortalised in Olympic history when they won the gold medal in Paris earlier this year. He still pinches himself remembering that evening. “Sometimes I still can’t believe it. It is amazing. Everything was great. The stands were fully orange,” recalls Balk. But the magnitude of their achievements…
Toofans outbid the Pipers and Lancers to secure Germany’s Gonzalo Peillat for Rs 68 lakh, making the drag flick expert the most expensive overseas player this edition. Head coach Pasha Gademan, Germany’s assistant coach during its 2023 World Cup triumph and silver medal finish at the Paris Olympics, believes Peillat’s experience and skill will be…
PREVIEW Soorma Hockey Club will face Tamil Nadu Dragons in the third match of the Hockey India League 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Sunday. Soorma, based in Punjab, went big on defenders, spending Rs 1.6 crore — the most by any team at the auction. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Singh fetched…
PREVIEW Hyderabad Toofans will face Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers in the second match of the Hockey India League 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Sunday. Toofans outbid the Pipers and Lancers to secure Germany’s Gonzalo Peillat for Rs 68 lakh, making the drag flick expert the most expensive overseas player this…
The much-awaited Hockey India League finally got off the mark at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Saturday and if the opening day was anything to go by, it was a mixed bag, both on and off the field as Delhi SG Pipers held Team Gonasika 2-2 before taking the bonus point in the shootouts….
Team Gonasika: Defenders: Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Amir Ali, Birendra Lakra, Yogember Rawat, Timothy Howard (Australia), Dipsan Tirkey, Anmol Ekka Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Vishnukant Singh, Lee Morton (Great Britain), Jack Waller (Great Britain), Jacob Draper (Wales), Clement Timothee (France), Yashdeep Siwach, SK Uthappa Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Walker Struan (Great Britain), Araijeet Singh Hundal, Charlet Victor (France),…
The Hockey India League will kick off its return after seven years in Rourkela on December 28. India skipper Harmanpreet Singh was the most expensive pick of the lot during the auction after Soorma Hockey Club secured the defender’s services with a bid of Rs 78 lakh. The costliest overseas buy was Argentine-turned-German national team…
