A penalty stroke converted with 15 seconds remaining in the match denied India three points but another stroke missed in the sudden-death shoot-out got them a bonus point against England in a thrilling FIH Pro League match here on Saturday.England’s Sam Ward converted the first penalty stroke but pushed wide the all-important stroke in the…Continue Reading
5:47 PM ISTJonathan SelvarajESPN India’s women’s and men’s hockey team will open their campaign at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham with relatively straightforward matches against Ghana on the 29th and 31st of July. Both teams should be in line to make the semifinals, after being drawn in relatively favourable pools in the competition by…Continue Reading
Captain of India’s 1964 Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning hockey team, Charanjit Singh, died on Thursday at his home in Una, Himachal Pradesh after suffering a cardiac arrest that followed prolonged age-related illnesses.The former mid-fielder was 90 and would have turned 91 next month. He is survived by two sons and one daughter.Charanjit suffered a stroke…Continue Reading
When Canada kicks off the women’s hockey tournament at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 2 against Switzerland, many hockey fans say they’ll be soaking up the rare chance to watch televised coverage of top-tier women players. Tessa Holk, a forward on the Stoney Creek Junior Sabres hockey team in Ontario, will be among those watching Canada’s women’s hockey…Continue Reading
India colts paid the price of playing defensive hockey in the first half as they lost 2-4 against an aggressive Germany in the second semifinal of the FIH Odisha Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday.Germany will meet Argentina in the Sunday final. Meanwhile, India will lock horns with…Continue Reading
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has put on hold next month’s Junior Women’s World Cup in South Africa over the spread of the new virulent variant of the Novel Coronavirus. The FIH decision came a few hours after Hockey England announced its inability to send its team to South Africa because of the travel ban…Continue Reading
The International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) preparation for the live broadcast of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup proved insufficient as their mobile application (app) and the website crashed just ahead of the India versus France match due to heavy traffic.With Star Sports, the official rights holder for all FIH events in India, taking…Continue Reading
The Pakistan team arrived here on Saturday evening for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup, becoming the 14th team out of the 16 that will be in the fray in the tournament to reach the city.Welcoming the Pakistan team to India, Hockey India, in a tweet sa”d, “‘ere’s wishing you all the best…Continue Reading