Tag: Hockey India

Perth: A late goal by drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh in the 56th minute helped India overcome a 0-1 deficit to draw 1-1 against Australia ‘A’ in a well-contested match here on Monday. Earlier in the friendly tourney, India had registered a 2-0 win over Western Australia Thundersticks before beating Australia ‘A’ 3-0. India made two good […]

Bhubaneswar: After the recent Australian tour, Indian Hockey team members arrived to a rousing reception in Bhubaneswar today. The team will kick start its preparations for the much-awaited FIH Men’s Series Final to be held at Kalinga Stadium here from June 6 to June 15. The event is crucial, as it is the gateway to […]

Jincheon (South Korea): The Indian women’s hockey team edged past hosts South Korea 2-1 in their first game of the three-match bilateral series, here on Monday. Lalremsiami (20th minute) and Navneet Kaur (40th) scored for India, while Shin Hyejeong (48th) found the net for S Korea. India, coming into the meet on the back of […]

Jincheon (Korea): The Indian Women’s Hockey team pipped South Korea 2-1 in the second match of their tour and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Wednesday. The Indian eves overcame a 0-1 deficit to beat the hosts. In the first quarter, both teams traded penalty corners while the goalkeepers on […]

Bhubaneswar: With the city of Bhubaneswar, where the FIH Men’s Series Finals will be held in June, recovering from the damage caused by Cyclone Fani, Hockey India has announced that all profit from the sale of match tickets of the tournament will be given to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. In the build-up to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Favourites India demolished hapless Russia 10-0 in their opening match of the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament to start their 2020 Olympics qualification campaign on a rousing note here Thursday. Dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh (32nd, 48th) and striker Akashdeep Singh (41st, 55th minutes) scored a brace each for India, while Nilkanata Sharma (13th), Simranjeet Singh […]

Bhubaneswar: With a new coach at the helm in Graham Reid, the Indian men’s hockey team has been working on a new tactic to put pressure on the opposition — create chances and score as many goals as possible early on. In the ongoing FIH Series Finals here, world no. 5 India have been scoring […]

New Delhi: Hockey India on Wednesday donated Rs 31 lakh to the Odisha CM’s Relief Fund. HI said that this was in appreciation of the state’s efforts to ensure the smooth conduct of the FIH Men’s Series Finals in Bhubaneswar in June despite the damage caused by Cyclone Fani. An HI statement said that its […]

Tokyo: The Indian women’s hockey team came back twice from a goal deficit to hold world number 2 side Australia 2-2 in a hard-fought round-robin league match of the Olympic Test Event here on Sunday. Vandana Katariya (36th) and Gurjit Kaur (59th) scored for India to cancel out strikes from Kaitlin Nobbs (14th) and Grace […]

New Delhi: Hockey India on Monday named the 33 core probables’ list for the upcoming junior women’s national coaching camp which will focus on preparing the team for a tri-nation tournament involving Australia and New Zealand to be held Down Under later this year. The probables will undergo a training and conditioning camp till September […]

Tokyo: The Indian men’s hockey team avenged their round robin league-stage loss as they thrashed New Zealand 5-0 in the final to win the Olympic Test Event at the Oi Stadium on Wednesday. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (7′) set the ball rolling before Shamsher Singh (18′), Nilakanta Sharma (22′), Gursahibjit Singh (26′) and Mandeep Singh (27′) […]

New Delhi: Hockey India on Saturday named 33 core probables for the senior men’s national camp scheduled to be held in Bengaluru between September 2 and September 22 ahead of the team’s departure for the Belgium tour. The players will report to coach Graham Reid at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in Bengaluru on […]

New Delhi: Hockey India on Friday named the 18-member Indian women’s team for their upcoming Tour of England which is scheduled to take place from September 27 to October 4 in Marlow, England. Rani Rampal will lead the side while Savita will play as her deputy during the five matches against Great Britain. “The balance […]

Bengaluru: Savita, vice-captain and goalkeeper of the Indian women’s hockey team, believes they have a well-settled team which would help them in excelling against the USA in their FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers scheduled to be held in November 2019 in Bhubaneswar. “Most of the players selected for our upcoming tour of England have played together as […]

Antwerp (Belgium): Mandeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored in the second half to give India a win over Belgium in the opening game of the three-match series between the teams. In a gritty first quarter, India were the ones who took the initiative early, forcing Loic van Doren into a save from the first Penalty […]