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India’s junior men’s hockey team lost 1-2 to England

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:45:51 +0000

India’s junior men’s hockey team lost 1-2 to England in a tough encounter at the Bisham Abbey Sports Academy.
India were the dominant side in the early exchanges and even came close with some chances in the first half yesterday.
As England edged their way back into the game, India gotthe breakthrough when Ajay Yadav scored with an indirect
effort from penalty corner to give India the lead in the 24th minute.
England, though, hit back soon by converting a penalty corner from Will Calnan in the 26th minute and then took the lead off Ed Horler’s goal in the 30th.
The two sides went into halftime with the hosts leading 2-1.
India came out stronger in the second half and started creating chances, but were denied the equaliser by a stout English defence.
Despite several chances, India failed to capitalise as England held on to their lead.
After the game, Indian junior men coach,Harender Singh said, “We are creating several chances, but have been missing too many opportunities in front of goal. It is a fault we will rectify and hope to improve in the next match.”

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India will Face Germany in Champions Trophy on June 10

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:21:41 +0000

Former Olympic champions India will begin their campaign as they meet formidable Germany in their opening match in themen’s Hockey Champions Trophy will take place at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in England from June 10 to 17.
Hosts Great Britain, currently ranked fourth in the FIH World Rankings (based on England’s position), get their campaign started against the world’s top ranked team – reigning World Cup and World League champions Australia. In the third match on Day 1 will be between Belgium and Korea, according to the location, teams and scheduled announced by International Hockey Federation.
Some mouth-watering action then gets June 11 off to a flyer as reigning Olympic and defending champions Germany (ranked third) go head to head against Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 runners-up Belgium (ranked fifth).
Other schedule highlights include a rerun of the 2014 Hero Hockey Champions Trophy semi-final between Germany and Australia on June 13, before the all-Asian derby between 2014 Asian Games champions India (ranked seventh) and 2014 Champions Challenge winners Korea (ranked ninth) takes place the following day.

India will face Germany in Champions Trophy on June 10

The round-robin games will conclude on June 16 before the classification games begin the next day, with the final taking place at 20:15 on June 17.
As a result, sports fans will now be able to experience two weeks of action-packed, world-class hockey, with the women’s Hockey Champions Trophy taking place immediately afterwards, from 18-26 June.
This year’s men’s showcase event will see Australia, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, India and Korea go head to head as they battle it out to be crowned the best of the best as Hockey Champions Trophy winners.
Speaking about this announcement FIH CEO Kelly Fairweather said: “Following the hugely successful 2012 Olympic Games and more recently the Unibet EuroHockey Championships held in this venue we know that England Hockey and all of their partners will truly embrace the FIH Hockey Revolution’s vision of creating innovative and exciting events for our fans. This is key to our aim of making hockey a global game that inspires the next generation.”

Indian Hockey Captain Sardar Singh giving a hug to Raghunath

He continued: “This is the first FIH event to be held here as part of a three event series in addition to the 2017 men’s Hockey World League Semi-Final and the women’s Hockey World Cup in 2018. We are reaching out to sports fans and asking them to join us, particularly this year as we get the Rio Olympic festivities underway right here in the legacy venue in London’s Olympic Park.”
With the line-ups and location now set for both the men’s and women’s Hockey Champions Trophies, the stage is set for two truly epic competitions.
These will be the last major international hockey events before many of these teams meet again at the Rio 2016 Olympics. With the matches taking place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, host of the 2012 Games, the Hockey Champions Trophy will officially kick off the sport’s Olympic celebrations.
Schedule:
June 10: Germany vs India; Belgium vs Korea; Great Britain vs Australia.
June 11: Germany vs Belgium, India vs Great Britain, Australia vs Korea.
June 13: Korea vs Great Britain, Germany vs Australia, India vs Belgium.
June 14: India vs Korea, Australia vs Belgium, Great Britain vs Germany.
June 16: Australia vs India, Korea vs Germany, Great Britain vs Belgium.
June 17: 5th-6th place, 3rd-4th place, Ist and 2nd place matches.

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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Defeated Scotland by 5-0

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 11:34:04 +0000

The Indian women’s hockey team got another big win with a 5-0 victory over Scotland in Stellenbosch, South Africa. Both teams tried to get a score in the first two half but failed due to strong defense of both the teams. The goal was not in the court of any team till the end of two halves.
The third quarter started with full determination to get the hit and the opening shot came from Rani in the 37th minute as a result of the penalty corner conversion and raised the score to 2-0 with another penalty corner conversion in 42nd minute. Deepika made it 3-0 through a field goal in the 45th minute.

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In the last quarter the players of team Scotland were trying hard to get any score to equalize the burden but failed to do so. While India’s score was raised again by Anuradha Devi Thokchom scoring the fourth goal in the 54th minute. Gurjit Kaur registered the fifth from a penalty corner in the 59th minute.
This made another big win by the Indian eves on the land of South Africa. The tour started with India defeating South Africa 1-0 in Cape Town on February 20. India then drew 2-2 against the hosts. The visiting team then defeated the junior South African team 3-1 and then 8-0 in two back-to-back matches before taking on Scotland.

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Jaypee Punjab Warriors’ Win Showed Kalinga Lancers Way Out of the Winning Race in HIL

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 11:53:00 +0000

Kalinga Lancers at their homeland Kalinga Stadium defeated by the visiting team Jaypee Punjab Warriors. The match was really interesting to see as the clash between both the teams was full of energy.
First two quarters were goalless because of the strong defence of both the teams. Lancers made their first penalty corner to register their opening score 1-0 in the 42nd minute of the game. The third quarter ended with the score of 1-0 in the favor of Kalingas.

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The Simon Orchard in the 48th minute scored a field goal giving a 2-1 lead to Punjab warriors over the home team. The Lancers tried hard to break the score and get the lead but failed to score any goal.
Satbir Singh from Punjab Warriors shot another goal giving his team a lead of 4-1 in the 58th minute was the final goal of the match. The match ended with a score of 4-1 in the favor of Punjab warriors. Kalinga Lancers with loss of this match were out of the race to win HIL 2016.

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Coal India Hockey India League 2016 Starts Today

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:05:40 +0000

The much-awaited Coal India Hockey India League 2016 will be inaugurated at the Kalinga Stadium here today at 6 pm. Chief Minister Odisha Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate the tournament in the presence of Coal India officials.
The Kalinga Lancers will take on Uttar Pradesh (UP) Wizards in the opening match of the fourth edition of Hockey India League (HIL). Both teams are fully prepared for the match.

Hockey India League 2016 Starts Today

A total of six team team are participating in the tournament and the tournament will take place from 18th January to 21 January 2016.
The prizes for players has been doubled, the player of the tournament will get 50 lakhs which was 25 lakhs in the previous session.

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The Coal India Hockey India League Announces To Double The Prizes Amount

Indian Hockey Admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:51:11 +0000

The Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) player of the tournament in the fourth edition will get Rs. 50 lakhs, a jump of Rs.25 lakhs from the last edition, Hockey India announced on Wednesday.
Hockey India also announced that the “Man of the Match” award will be increased from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 50,000 and will be awarded by the host franchises in each of their home matches. The ‘Goal of the Match’ will see a hike of Rs 25,000 to Rs. 50,000.
Further tournament awards include the “Upcoming Player of the Tournament” award of Rs 20 lakh to the best Under-21 player and the “Maximum Goal Award” also for Rs 20 lakh, a hike of Rs.10 lakhs, to the player who scores the most goals.

Hockey India League 2016 Prizes Doubled

The winning team will take home a whopping Rs. 2.50 crore while the runners-up will walk away with Rs. 1.75 crore. A cash reward of Rs. 75 lakhs will be awarded to the team finishing third in the tournament.
The six franchises battling for supremacy in the richest field hockey league in the world are Jaypee Punjab Warriors, Delhi WaveRiders, Kalinga Lancers, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, Dabang Mumbai and defending champions Ranchi Rays. The tournament will begin on 18^th January.

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