Hockey India names 18-member Women's team for FIH Hockey Qualifiers 2024 scheduled in Ranchi from 13th of January

December 31, 2023 1:59 PM

Hockey India names 18-member Women's team for FIH Hockey Qualifiers 2024 scheduled in Ranchi from 13th of January

Hockey India yesterday named an 18-member Indian Women's team for the FIH Hockey Qualifiers 2024 scheduled in Ranchi, Jharkhand from the 13th to the 19th of January, 2024. The top three teams in the eight-team hockey competition will secure qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics, to be held in July-August this year.  Goalkeeper Savita Punia will serve as the Captain of the Indian team.  Vandana Katariya has been named Vice Captain. India have been placed in Pool B, along with New Zea...

Hockey India announces squad for Sultan of Johor Cup 2022

October 9, 2022 4:25 PM

Hockey India announces squad for Sultan of Johor Cup 2022

Hockey India has announced the 18-member Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team for the upcoming Sultan of Johor Cup Malaysia 2022. It has been scheduled to begin on 22 October in Johor Bahru. This year, the Indian team will take on Australia, Japan, South Africa, hosts Malaysia and defending champions Great Britain. The team had ended their campaign with a Silver medal in the 2019 edition. The team will be captained by Uttam Singh. Boby Singh Dhami has been named the Vice Captain of the team....

India to clash with arch-rival Pakistan in first match of Asia Cup hockey Championship on Monday

May 22, 2022 7:44 PM

India to clash with arch-rival Pakistan in first match of Asia Cup hockey Championship on Monday

Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will meet in their first match of the 11th edition of the Asia Cup hockey championship at the GBK Arena in Jakarta, Indonesia, tomorrow. The match will begin at 5 PM IST. Defending champion India has been placed in the Pool A with Pakistan, Japan and hosts Indonesia.  India will take on Asian Games gold medallists Japan  in their second match on May 24 and meet hosts Indonesia on May 26 , to round off their league engagements. India and Pakistan have won the tourna...

India's Lalremsiami named as 2019 FIH Women's Rising Star of Year

February 11, 2020 11:37 AM

India's Lalremsiami named as 2019 FIH Women's Rising Star of Year

India forward Lalremsiami has been named as the 2019 FIH Women's Rising Star of the Year by the International Hockey Federation.   Announcing the awards today the FIH said that 19-year-old Lalremsiami took the prize ahead of Argentina's Julieta Jankunas and Frederique Matla of the Netherlands. The player from Mizoram got 40 per cent of all the votes cast. She got 47.7 per cent of her votes from among national associations, while the media, fans/players contributed 28.4 per cent...

Hockey: 20-member Men's squad announced for upcoming Belgium tour

September 21, 2019 2:01 PM

Hockey: 20-member Men's squad announced for upcoming Belgium tour

In Hockey, the 20-member Men's squad has been announced for the upcoming week-long tour of Belgium beginning from Thursday. Hockey India said yesterday that Lalit Upadhyay and drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh have made a come back into the team led by midfielder Manpreet Singh. Defender Harmanpreet Singh will be vice-captain for the tour. Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh joins the side after being rested for the Olympic Test Event while Krishan B Pathak is the other goalkeeper in the team. India w...

Hockey: schedule of FIH Pro League season 2 released

September 4, 2019 6:21 PM

Hockey: schedule of FIH Pro League season 2 released

In Hockey, the schedule of FIH Pro League season 2 was released today.   India will play a total of 16 home and away  games. Eight games will be played on home soil. Indian men's hockey team will open its campaign against the Netherlands at home on January 18 and 19 next year. India will then host world champions Belgium on February 8 and 9. This will be followed by two home fixtures against Australia on February 22 and 23. India will host New Zealand on May 23 and 24. In away games, th...

Indian men's and women's hockey teams win Olympic Test event at Tokyo

August 21, 2019 9:12 PM

Indian men's and women's hockey teams win Olympic Test event at Tokyo

Both the Indian Women's and Men's hockey teams have won the Olympic Test event in Tokyo today. Women's team defeated Japan 2-1 in the finals. Navjot Kaur hit a goal at the 11th minute while Lalremsiami struck winning goal at 33rd minute of the game for India.    Indian men's hockey team also won the Olympic Test event beating New Zealand 5-0. Captain Harmanpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Gursahibjit Singh and Mandeep Singh scored one goal each f...

Indian men's and women's Hockey team enters finals of Olympic Test Event in Tokyo

August 20, 2019 8:13 PM

Indian men's and women's Hockey team enters finals of Olympic Test Event in Tokyo

Indian men's and women's hockey teams entered the finals of the Olympic Test Event in Tokyo today. The men's team trounced the hosts Japan 6-3. Mandeep Singh struck a fine hat-trick while Nilakanta Sharma, Nilam Sanjeep Xess and Gurjant Singh were the other scorers for India. Kentaro Fukuda, Kenta Tanaka and Kazuma Murata got on to the scoresheet for Japan. The win put India in the second spot in the points table and they face toppers New Zealand in the summit clash to...

Indian women's team registers 2-1 victory over Japan in Olympic Test event

August 17, 2019 2:21 PM

Indian women's team registers 2-1 victory over Japan in Olympic Test event

In Hockey, the Indian women's team registered a comfortable 2-1 victory over the hosts Japan in the Olympic Test event in Tokyo today. The men's team will  open its campaign against Malaysia later today.  Both the Indian teams have secured their places in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, to be held later this year, by winning their FIH Series Finals. Being World No. 5 and the top-ranked side in the tournament among men, India start as favourites against World No. 12 Malaysia.  The I...