It was 2019 when the daughter of Haryana represented team India against Uruguay in FIH in Women’s Series Finals, conducted in Hiroshima, Japan. Nervous at her debut match, defender Nisha was determined to prove herself at this mighty sport. Time has passed and she reserved her spot in the 16-membered Olympic bound women’s team. Hailing…
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…
Manpreet Kaur, a budding star of Indian Women Hockey, has been a part of the junior team so far. Though she is not setting her hopes too high, for this aspiring woman player her national team debut in the upcoming Olympics will be a dream come true. Kaur, a defender, is all focused to play…
On the first death anniversary of three-time Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Sr., the Punjab government announced that the Mohali International Hockey Stadium would be renamed after him. The noted figure died last year on May 25 at the age of 96. In his remembrance, Punjab Sports Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi officially announced the…
Jr. Women’s Team India gave a remarkable performance in all the matches of Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4 Nation Series, by winning all the matches against Canada, Ireland, and Scotland. The final match which was again with the team Ireland was won by team India with a score IND 1-0 IRE. Below are the highlights…
On a high after their morale-boosting win over arch-rivals Pakistan, India now eye wins against China and hosts Malaysia on successive days to finish on top of the round-robin league stage of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here. India will play lowly China on Tuesday before squaring up against the home team on…
Akashdeep Singh and Rupinder Pal Singh scored as the Indian men’s hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 in a practice match ahead of the Olympic Games here. Incidentally, the Indians had lost two practice games to Spain in Madrid before coming here, but on Sunday evening they played at a good pace and the goals came…
The Indian women’s hockey team has finished their final preparatory series for the 2016 Rio Olympics with an impressive tally of three wins and one defeat at Manheim in Pennsylvania. The tour of the USA, which was initially planned as a 5-match campaign, had to be cut short after heavy rain delayed and eventually washed…
Indian men’s hockey team lost 0-1 to New Zealand to slump to its its second defeat in the six-nation Invitational tournament and will now face the formidable Argentina in its penultimate round-robin match, in Valencia on Saturday. New Zealand’s Stephen Jenness scored the lone goal of the match in the 18th minute on Friday. India…
After a closely contested 0-2 loss at the hands of Great Britain A in the opening fixture of India’s preparatory tour of England on Tuesday, the Blueskirts were handed a thumping 0-6 defeat by the British first team, at Marlow, today. Not even for a brief moment throughout the game did the Indian team appear…