The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest sporting honour in India, will now be known as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. The decision is taken in “respecting the sentiments of citizens across the country”, he confirmed. PM Modi took to Twitter to made the announcement. “I…
After scripting a new history as the women hockey enters semifinals by beating the champions Australia, eves are now going to take on Great Britain on August 5 for the Bronze medal. The team players, however, didn’t have a comforting past. The struggle to the Olympics is real and some put everything at stake to…
In the first hockey semifinal match, team Netherlands won over Rio champions Great Britain 5-1 and reaches straight to the finals. It was a revenge taking match. The reigning champions of Rio 2016 fought back strongly but failed to claim victory against the determined Netherlands. The winning team will now face India or Argentina after…
Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh is very confident for team India playing outstanding in the podium in Tokyo. The most anticipated Olympic games are about to begin from July 23 this year in Tokyo, Japan. The 16-membered national team has many new faces, reflecting the preferences of the selecting team to choose youngsters for the games. Sharing…
Hockey India recently announced the 16-member national men’s squad for the biggest sports event, scheduled to held in Tokyo next month. The revelation of the team shows the freshmen approach of management for the team with the exclusion of players like S.V. Sunil, Akashdeep Singh and Ramandeep Singh, the striking trio who have a collective…