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…
Just as Jude Menezes sat down for the interaction at a plush hotel in Ranchi, this reporter cracked a ‘Hey Jude’ joke. The JSW Soorma Hockey Club gaffer chuckled before saying he gets that a lot. Even on official e-mails! Obviously, The Beatles’ Paul McCartney didn’t have the Indian-origin hockey coach in mind when penning…
David Harte had a storming game in goal, leading the Tamil Nadu Dragons to a thrilling 4-3 penalty shootout win over the Hyderabad Toofans in a Pool B encounter in the Hockey India League (HIL) at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Thursday. The Dragons’ keeper, Harte, pulled off four penalty shootout saves, adding to…
The Delhi SG Pipers capped off an otherwise disappointing campaign in the Women’s Hockey India League 2025 with a 3-2 victory in a shoot-off against Odisha Warriors at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Stadium here. Ishika, Navneet Kaur and Sunelita Toppo managed to sneak the ball past Jocelyn Bartram at goal. For the Warriors, Kaitlin…
With the shadows looming large on the pitch from the evening sun at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad Toofans is going through its paces before a key Hockey India League (HIL) clash against Tamil Nadu Dragons. At one end, head coach Pasha Gademan is running through the finishing drills with a set of players,…
JSW Soorma Hockey Club coach Jude Menezes on Thursday revealed there were two reasons why goalkeeper Savita Punia was neither wearing the captain’s armband nor listed with a ‘C’ beside her name on the official teamsheet, despite being named co-captain alongside Salima Tete ahead of the inaugural Women’s Hockey India League season. According to Rule…
It’s difficult to forget the first instance of six sixes in an over in international cricket. Even if one does, certain individuals will have each moment of that over from the 2007 Cricket World Cup etched in their memories for a lifetime. South African batter Herschelle Gibbs is undoubtedly one of them. Of course,…
