Lalit Upadhyay, who was a part of India’s bronze-medal-winning men’s hockey team at the 2020 Tokyo and the 2024 Paris Olympics, led Uttar Pradesh to the semifinals of the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2024, where it will take on last year’s runner-up Haryana at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium on Friday. The…
It was expected to be a cakewalk and India duly obliged, registering an overwhelming 13-0 win against Thailand in its third game of the Asian Champions Trophy here on Thursday to join China as the only two unbeaten teams in the competition. While the teams are tied on nine points each, China remains on top…
The Hockey India League (HIL) announced on Thursday the appointment of Joshua Burt as technical delegate for the 2024-2025 edition. Burt, who has been officiating at international tournaments since 2011, brings vast experience to his new role. He has served as technical delegate at the Men’s Junior World Cup (2013), Youth Olympic Games (2014), Hockey…
After a week and a half of lopsided matches, the 14th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2024 finally came to life on Wednesday at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium. The knockout stage brought a much-needed spark to the tournament. The league stages had been a whirlwind of tilted results, with scores like 13-0, 29-0,…
A rest day in the middle of a hockey tournament usually means at least some of the teams turning up for optional, limited practice. That isn’t the case here with the Rajgir Sports Complex deserted on Wednesday as the teams preferred to focus on rest and rehabilitation. With the official accommodation for the teams being…
Manipur caused a huge upset as it beat defending champion Punjab on penalties (3-3 in regulation time and 4-3 in shootout) to enter the semifinals of the 14th Senior National men’s championship at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Wednesday. It is the first time in the history of Nationals a North-Eastern State has reached…
HOCKEY Haryana to face UP and Manipur to clash with Odisha in men’s Sr National hockey semis After eight days of largely one-sided matches in the Group stage of the Hockey India-14th Senior National men’s championship, the quarterfinal ties at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here on Wednesday turned out to be absorbing, with nearly all…
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A 57th-minute penalty stroke helped India register its second win of the Asian Champions Trophy and full points with a 3-2 victory against South Korea after almost messing up all the good work done in the first half at the Rajgir Sports Complex on Tuesday. It was again a match of two contrasting halves, with…
In the ongoing 14th Hockey India Senior National Men’s Championship here, at the SDAT-Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, there have only been a handful of exciting, nail-biting and keenly contested matches. In the group stages of the tournament, the ones between Jharkhand and Maharashtra (2-2) and Manipur and Bengal (3-1) were perfect examples. But ahead of the…
