January 27, 2022, India mourns the death of hockey legend, Charanjit Singh, who captained the national team at the gold-winning Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Singh was a native of Una, Himachal Pradesh, where he took his last breaths before losing battle to cardiac arrest that followed prolonged age-related illness. He was to turn a year…
Indian Hockey players Rupinder Pal Singh and Birendra Lakra were astonished when Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended appreciation for their contribution to the sport. Both have promised to give back to the game seeing PM’s fondness for sports. “Overwhelmed to receive this letter from our Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji. His constant support to athletes has…
Just a few days before the national team was to gather in Bengaluru on October 4 to prepare for the Asian Games, drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh and defender Birendra Lakha announced their retirement from international hockey paving the way for youngsters to play at the global events, as they stated while annunciating their pullback. To…
The Indian men’s hockey team midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad is being nominated for the FIH Rising Star of the Year Award. He is among the six players suggested for the accolade, as per the release issued by Hockey India. Vivek was part of the national team that claimed Bronze at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics….
In an adventurous match, Belgium beat India 5-2, shattering all the hopes of team blue to reach the finals in the Olympics. Although hopes were high to win against the world no. 2 champions on the battlefield and fighting for gold being the next. The aim, however, couldn’t be achieved but appreciations were all over…
AND INDIA MARKED THE VICTORY AGAINST JAPAN 5-3! 59′ Done and Dusted! The game is still in favour of India. Although Kenta Tanaka got the ball back from an Indian player, entered the circle, trickled past Sreejesh and set up Kazuma Murata, who goaled with ease in the end. 50′ PR Sreejesh makes a double…
With a victorious start against New Zealand, team India claimed another win in Day 4 match against Spain. While in Day 2, Indian Men’s hockey team lost against Australia with 1-7, but with 3-0 score, today’s win bring back the hopes for the game. The first goal was scored by Simranjeet Singh. Following him, Rupinder…
Tokyo Olympics has started on July 23. The enthused Indian hockey team played against New Zealand and made a winning start. In the dramatic game, team India was victorious with 3-2. Thanks to Rupinder Pal Singh who converted a penalty stroke while Harmanpreet Singh scored twice through penalty corners and made India win against New Zealand….
The Tokyo Olympics are all set to take place from July 23. Aiming to bring back the glory, the national hockey teams (men and women) joined the rest of the Olympics bound delegation in New Delhi to take off for Tokyo on late Saturday. The men’s team is under the captainship of Manpreet Singh Sandhu,…
The veteran drag-flicker V.R. Raghunath praises the present team of Indian Hockey, all set for the upcoming Olympics scheduled to held in Tokyo. Although the famous player will not be a part of the current team, he expresses full confidence in it for a wonderful paly this time. The national team, defeated by Belgium in…