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Indian Hockey | Twice in a row Vivek being nominated for FIH rising star

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 06:00:48 +0000

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.

Thankyou very much sir @narendramodi https://t.co/1wq8zNAv4q
— Vivek Sagar prasad (@VivekSagarpras1) August 5, 2021

Vivek was part of the national team that claimed Bronze at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics. To him, this is a dreamlike moment as he has already been honoured with the award in the 2019-2020 season.

“I never imagined this would happen again. It is a surreal feeling to have been nominated for the second time in the same category (FIH Rising Star of the Year Award),” expressed Vivek graciously.

MP has produced many Olympians and I got opportunity to carry forward this ritual with this Olympic’s medal.I’m so lucky to have a CM @ChouhanShivraj sir who’s known for sportslover and supporter as well it’s my privilege to meet you sir and thanks for your blessing and support🙏 pic.twitter.com/Y3S2rUaup6
— Vivek Sagar prasad (@VivekSagarpras1) August 17, 2021

“I got to know this late in the night when I saw texts from my friends congratulating me. To be honest, it’s really overwhelming,” he continued, as quoted by The Hindu.

The Indian Hockey body prepared the shortlist of all the divisions of FIH Awards 2020-21.

“It’s the result of teamwork and the support of senior players,” said the 21-year old while expressing gratitude to his seniors.

Forever memory 💪 Thankyou #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/vXKcO2vD4K
— Vivek Sagar prasad (@VivekSagarpras1) August 9, 2021

“Since my debut, the seniors have been the biggest source of motivation. They have helped me play my natural game without any fear or pressure. That is the biggest reason why I could win the 2019 FIH Rising Star of the Year Award and also stand a chance to receive the honour for the second time,” he added further.

He also pops off his feelings of winning the Bronze against Germany at the quadrennial games. “I still can’t believe I was part of the Olympic medal-winning team,” he voiced.

“It’s a dream of every athlete and I am really blessed to be able to live this dream at the age of 21.”

Dream 🥉❤️💪💪 pic.twitter.com/g12htemPgF
— Vivek Sagar prasad (@VivekSagarpras1) August 5, 2021

Asserting about the efforts put down by the team to execute an exemplary play in the next game, Vivek said, “…this is just the beginning and there’s still a lot of room for improvement. We have raised the bar and we have to do even better. There will be more challenges ahead and we need to be fully prepared for whatever comes our way.”

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The new avatar of men’s team for Tokyo

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:00:39 +0000

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 600 caps and 200 international goals in major competitions.

The current team has only five players from Rio Olympics, with Manpreet Singh Sandhu, P.R. Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh and Surender Kumar. P.R. Sreejesh and captain Manpreet Singh will be playing their third Olympics.

The inclusion of Birendra Lakra, who missed Rio Olympics due to knee injury, and exclusion of certain players took everyone by surprise.

Although Hockey India stated that the team was fuelled with a fresh approach-based intense training and preparation at the ongoing preparatory camp, the omission of senior players like Varun Kumar, reflects the fresh legs approach formula, especially in the attacker section.

“It has been an easy process to make the final selection as there is a lot of quality and ambition in this group of players. The performance levels of all the athletes are at an optimum level and more importantly they work well together,” said coach Graham Reid.

India, along with Olympic winner Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and host Japan, is clustered in Pool A for the event.

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Another Win of Jr. Women Hockey Team India in 4 Nations Tournament Against Scotland

Indian Hockey Admin — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 05:24:59 +0000

Jr. Women’s Hockey Team India marked their third consecutive win in Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations tournament which was against the team Scotland with a score IND 2-1 SCO.

Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – Team India started the match with an early PC but unable to convert. The next PC was awarded to team Scotland and they missed it too as Khushboo saved the great shot by the hosts to avoid the damage. The score at the end of the first quarter was IND 0-0 SCO.

Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, team India won another PC but again missed a great shot. Team Scotland also gave fine shots but failed to score a lead and the scoreline remained unchanged at the end of the first half.

Quarter 3 – In the third quarter, PC was awarded to team Scotland again, but Bichu Devi saved it. In the next minutes, Mumtaz gave a great shot at the goal and made it in the 36^th minute, thereby making the score IND 1-0 SCO.

Quarter 4 – In the last quarter, team India got the PC and a chance to strengthen their lead but missed. In spite of back to back PC’s, no further goal was scored. Then, in the 50^th minute, team Scotland equalized the score with a goal. With another PC, Gagandeep strengthened the lead of team India with a goal in the 51^st minute and the score at the end of the final quarter turned out to be IND 2-1 SCO.

Well Done team India!

The final match of the series will be on 4^th June at 20:15 hrs IST.

Keep watching this space for further updates.

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18-Member Squad is All Set For The FIH Men’s Series Finals in Bhubaneswar Odisha

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 29 May 2019 05:24:23 +0000

The most awaited FIH Men’s Series Finals is around the corner and finally, the names of the players are out. The series is scheduled to be held on 6th June’19 at Iconic Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Manpreet Singh will lead the team as a captain and Birendra Lakra as a vice-captain. As it is the very first FIH tournament for Coach Graham Reid as chief, so he seems quite excited and looking forward to this series as a quite important step in the Olympic qualification process.

He added that our goal is to give the consistent performance in every match of the series that we play along with respecting all the opposing teams, turning out to be the best team. Also, the previous international matches with the great teams have given us many things to learn, and we’ll surely implement those in these matches.

Following are the details of the team:

Goalkeepers – PR Sreejesh and Krishan B Pathak

Defenders – Harmanpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra (Vice Captain), Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh

Midfielders – Manpreet Singh (Captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma

Forwards – Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Simranjit Singh

All the very best team, India. We are looking forward to a fantabulous performance in the series.

Keep watching this space for the updates of the match.

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Women’s Team India Won the Second Match Too of Three Day Match Series at Korea

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 22 May 2019 10:11:13 +0000

After the first win in the Korean tour, Women’s team India started the second match of the series with great excitement. All the players were ready to give their best and did best too and took the lead in this match as well with a score IND 2-1 KOR.

Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1- The first quarter started with a PC to team Korea, but they missed the goal scoring opportunity. In the next minutes, team India got a chance to score a goal first by getting a PC and a great shot was made but saved by opposing goalkeeper. Both the teams were looking out for goal scoring opportunities to break the deadlock first, but in spite of trying hard, both the teams were unable to score a goal and the first quarter ended at a score IND 0-0 KOR.

Quarter 2- In the early minutes of the second quarter, team Korea gave a great shot at a goal and broke the deadlock first in the 19th minute. Indian players gave great shots as well to equalize the score but missed and the score at the end of the first half was IND 0-1 KOR.

Quarter 3- In the third quarter, team India was giving their best shots starting from the opening minutes and finally a goal by Captain Rani Rampal in the 37th minute. Then, PC was awarded to team Korea but they missed and team India took a deep breath and the score at the end of the third quarter was IND 1-1 KOR.

Quarter 4- In the last quarter, both the teams were aggressive to take the lead and finally a goal by Navjot in the 50th minute giving team India a lead. Team Korea kept on giving great shots, but team India showed defensive skills and saved. So, the team India kept the lead and won this match too with a score IND 2-1 KOR.

Well Done Team India! Looking forward to excellent performance in the upcoming matches as well.

Keep watching this space for further updates of the matches.

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Men’s Team India Faced a Second Defeat in the Australia Five Day Hockey Match Series

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 17 May 2019 12:15:33 +0000

The final match of Australia tour again started with great excitement. Both the teams were in the form to give their best shots. The game was quite exciting from beginning till end. Both the teams played very well but the team India lost the second match of the series with a score IND 2-5 AUS.

Below are the highlights of the match:

Quarter 1 – In the first quarter, the Australia team without wasting time made a circle entry and gave a great shot but saved by Indian goalkeeper Krishan Pathak. In the next minutes, another great shot by Australia team and finally a goal in the 3rd minute with a score IND 0-1 AUS. Another great shot by team India at the goal but missed. Team Australia played aggressive and giving back to back shots but team India showed defensive skills to avoid further loss. PC was awarded to India but missed to score a goal. Next PC to Australia, but India kept on saving all the shots at the goal. Australia got possession and scored another goal. In the next minutes another great shot by Niakanta Sharma and finally a first goal of the match in the 12th minute making the score IND 1-2 AUS at the end of the first quarter.

Quarter 2 – In the second quarter, Australia team started with a great shot but no further loss. India got the free hit but missed the shot. Mandeep Singh showed great skills but the shot goes the wrong way. India team got possession in the next minutes by no goal recorded. India got a free hit again but missed. Another great shot by Trent Mitton of team Australia followed by a PC and another goal by Blake Govers making the score IND 1-4 AUS at the end of the first half.

Quarter 3 – In the third quarter, team India ruled the ball in initial minutes, but missed the shot at the goal. Multiple free hits to team India and multiple entries to circle, but all saved. Tim Brand of team Australia scored a goal in the 43rd minute making the score IND 1-5 AUS at the end of the third quarter.

Quarter 4 – Team India seemed aggressive to score goals in the last quarter and left no stone unturned to give great shots. A PC was awarded to India and finally the second goal by Rupinder Pal in the last minutes of the match thereby making the score IND 2-5 AUS. Team India played well but lost the second match of the series.

And finally, the Australian tour ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats for Team India.

Keep watching this space for further updates.

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Indian hockey team will not participate in Rio Olympics march past

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:09:51 +0000

The Indian hockey team representing India at the Rio Olympics will not participate in the march-past because their jerseys are not ready.
India’s hockey team which has garnered a total of 8 gold medals for the country was left hapless when they saw that more than 8 of their jerseys were misfit and were not suitable for the players. As the march-past will be televised live worldwide, the hockey players have decided to skip the event for fear of being embarrassed at the global stage.
Equipped with improper jersey kit, this is another blow to the morals of the athletes who are hoping that they will bag the gold medal for India.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President N Ramachandran will be liable to answer for this gross negligence at such an important stage in the Olympics.

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Indian Junior Hockey Team look to learn and emulate senior team in EurAsia Cup

Indian Hockey Admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:23:27 +0000

When the Indian junior men hockey team take to the field for the EurAsia Cup in Russia, their primary objective will be to gain perspective about their abilities and learn from the experience of playing on the big stage. With an eye on the Junior World Cup in Lucknow later this year, the think tank is focussing on developing a squad with a collective experience of playing together frequently.
Defender and Captain Dipsan Tirkey, leads the team into their first outing against Dinamo Stroitel on 9th July, and is confident about what they have set out to achieve and how to achieve it.
“The idea behind these tours is not just to gain experience individually, but to gain experience as a side. It is important we know each other’s games completely, know the weaknesses and our strengths so that we can play up from them,” he said.
“A large part of this squad has experience of playing in the Coal India HIL, a huge positive for us and for Indian hockey itself, so we can match up to senior squads at a certain level. Now, these kinds of tournaments can reduce the gap even further.”
Coach Harender Singh added, “The idea behind a strong youth team is not just to win and play tournaments at this level, but also have a steady production line of prospects up for the senior team. For that to happen, the gap between the two must not be too varied.
“With Harmanpreet and Harjeet staking strong claims in the senior side right now, we have already proved that India has a huge depth in talent. Now the trick is to ensure consistency. This has to happen regularly.”
The Junior team trained at the camp in Bengaluru along with their senior team counterparts and the experience has rubbed off positively on all the players.
“Having watched their performances of late, especially in the Champions Trophy, we are highly motivated to ensure the standards do not dip. After all, they have set the bar high now, and following them, it’s our job to ensure this does not dip.
“We will do our best to learn from the way they played and ensure we produce good performances on the tour.” added Captain Dipsan Tirkey.
India’s EurAsia Cup campaign starts on July 9th and then, they will go to England for a six-match series later in the month.

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FIH World Rankings: India climbs to 5th place

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:33:40 +0000

The 2016 Hockey Champions Trophy in London just came to an end with Australia emerging as the champions in the Men’s category while the Argentina women’s team lifted the trophy for the 7th time. Soon after the end of this prestigious trophy the International Hockey Federation (FIH,) declared the current FIH Hero World Rankings.
India.
The Indian hockey team bettered their rank after winning the silver medal in the Hero Hockey Champions Trophy. India’s previous best performance in the Champions Trophy was the bronze medal in 1982. Prior to the coaching of Roelant Oltmans, India finished runners-up in the Azlan Shah Trophy in April. India is now looking forward to the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympics Game to better their rankings.
Rankings – Men.
The 2016 Champions Trophy winner and the World Cup Champions – Australia leads the men’s ranking and have 2179 points. There is no change in the top three spots in men’s ranking with the Dutch in 2nd place with 1838 points and Germany in 3rd spot. England safely sits in 4th place while India jumped off to the 5th place ahead of Belgium and Argentina.
Rankings – Women.
The Netherlands women’s team top-ranked in the Women’s ranking while the current Champions Trophy winner – Argentina is in 2nd place, followed by Australia and the Kiwis. The bronze medal helped the USA to achieve 5th place. Indian women are in the13th place though they have qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympics Games.
Next updates in ranking.
The following rankings have been updated by FIH after the end of the Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy in London on Sunday. The next updated rankings will be published by FIH in August after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The update to the FIH Hero World Rankings will have no impact on the pools for the Olympic Games, which were set based on the rankings as at 1st January 2016.
Rankings top 10.
MEN’S : 1.Australia 2.Netherlands 3.Germany 4.England 5.India 6.Belgium 7.Argentina 8.New Zealand 9.Korea 10.Pakistan
WOMEN’S : 1.Netherlands 2.Argentina 3.Australia 4.New Zealand 5.USA 6.China 7.England 8.Korea 9.Germany 10.Japan

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India Hockey Team Returns With Silver From Azlan Shah Cup

Indian Hockey Admin — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 09:24:24 +0000

The Indian hockey team returned home after clinching the silver medal at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia. India lost the finals to Australia to end with the silver medal at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament.
The 2016 performance was the team’s best since 2010, when they won the gold at the tournament. India beat Japan, Canada, Pakistan and Malaysia in the tournament but lost the finals to Australia to end with the silver medal.
Fielding an experimental team, which featured a lot of young, inexperienced faces, they scored 18 goals in the tournament, the second most by any side.
Speaking after arriving in the country, captain Sardar Singh said, “This was a good experience for youngsters, who were playing with the senior team for the first time. In particular, Harmanpreet, Surender and Harjeet showed that they are capable of playing at the higher level and fit into the team perfectly.”
Coach Roelant Oltmans also added, “It is a good preparation for Rio. We have identified some of our weaknesses, which a tournament like this highlights, and can now work on them extensively to make sure we can have a strong showing at the Olympics.”

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