Tag: Women S Hockey

The Indian women's team made a great impact on its FIH Pro League debut on Monday, beating China 7-1 in a match played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex at Muscat in Oman.

India earned a penalty corner early in the second quarter and tried a variation and Vandana was there to deflect the ball home off a rebound to make it 2-1 for India.

Bhubaneswar/Donghae City (Korea): Led by Odisha’s Sunita Lakra, defending champions India started their campaign at Fifth Women’s Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament with a bang as they beat World No.12 Japan 4-1 here at the Sunrise Stadium. Young Navneet Kaur starred in India’s victory with a hat-trick of goals in the seventh, 25th and 55th minute while Anupa […]

New Delhi: Following their quarter-final finish at the Women’s Hockey World Cup, India have jumped a place to be ninth in the world rankings announced by International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Tuesday. Sjoerd Marijne-coached India have 1138 points as they made it to the last eight round at the World Cup in London last week. […]

Gold Coast (Australia): India thrashed Malaysia 4-1 in a Group A match of the women’s hockey competition at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Friday. Gurjit Kaur (6th, 39th minutes), Rani (56th) and Lalremsiami (59th) scored for India. Rashid Nuraini (38th) reduced the margin for Malaysia. This is the first victory of the campaign […]

Gold Coast (Australia): India were defeated 2-3 by lowly Wales on the first day of the women’s hockey competition at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday. This is the first time that World No.10 India have lost to Wales — who are placed 26th in the world rankings — in a major tournament. Lisa Daley […]

Kakamigahara: India continued their winning form as they beat Malaysia 2-0 in their last Pool A match at the Womens Asia Cup held at Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium here on Tuesday. Vandana Katariya (54th minute) and Gurjit Kaur (55th) scored for India’s third successive win in the pool stage. The win ensured a quarter-final berth as […]

Pukekohe: Hosts New Zealand handed India a 4-1 drubbing in the first of the five-match women’s hockey series which began here at the Rosa Birch Park in Pukekohe here on Sunday. Anupa Barla (31st minute) was the lone scorer for India while for the hosts, Jordan Grant (13th), Olivia Merry (23rd), Rachael McCann (43rd), Deanna […]

Baranovichi: India’s junior women’s hockey team went down 1-4 to the Belarus senior women’s team in the third match of the ongoing series. Belarus lead the series 2-1. Despite the scoreline, India’s juniors held Belarus for large periods of the match played on Wednesday, and tested their defence constantly. Belarus’ team kicked off proceedings at […]