PREVIEW Delhi SG Pipers will clash against the Hyderabad Toofans in their second match of the Hockey India League 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela on Tuesday. Delhi won its opening clash in HIL, clinching a 4-2 penalty-shootout win against Team Gonasika while Hyderabad Toofans lost 3-2 against the Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers….
The promised winter nip finally made an appearance, the crowds packed in the warmth on a working evening, but neither could help as Vedanta Kalinga Lancers, technically the home side and the sole survivor from the previous edition, finished 1-3 on the losing side against UP Rudras in the Hockey India League here on Monday….
UP Rudras Defenders: Lars Balk (Netherlands), Kane Russell (New Zealand), Surender Kumar, Priyobarta Talem, Sunil Jojo, Sharda Nand Tiwari, Prashant Barla, James Albery (Great Britain) Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Floris Wortelboer (Netherlands), Rafael Vilallonga (Spain), Manmeet Singh, Jobanpreet Singh Forwards: Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Sam Ward (Great Britain), Tanguy Cosyns (Belgium), Gurjot Singh,…
They got together playing for the national youth side, got into the Belgium team at the same time and have been around for more than decade. It’s no surprise that Arthur van Doren and Alexander Hendrickx can complete each other’s sentences as smoothly as they exchange the ball on field, manning the Belgian defence. The…
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…
