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…
The Indian men and women made contrasting starts to their FIH Pro Pro League campaigns with the women winning a tough opener 3-2 against England and the men going down 3-1 to Spain in their first game of the competition at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. While the women made a tentative start,…
A fortnight after the glamour and glory of the Hockey India League that saw old rivals get together and new equations formed, world hockey will return to international competition as the India leg of the FIH Pro League kicks off at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. The Indian men and women are the…
India’s women’s hockey captain Salima Tete is confident that her team will give an improved performance when the Bhubaneswar leg of FIH Pro League commences on Saturday and will not be pulled back by its disastrous showing in the previous season. India will open its campaign against England at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium, hoping to…
