Indian men's hockey team registers 3-1 victory over hosts Malaysia in Sultan of Johor Cup

October 29, 2023 8:08 AM

Indian men's hockey team registers 3-1 victory over hosts Malaysia in Sultan of Johor Cup

In the 11th Sultan of Johor Cup, Indian men's hockey team registered a stunning 3-1 victory against hosts Malaysia at Johor Bahru in Malaysia yesterday. Indian players Aditya Lalage, Amandeep Lakra and Rohit netted a goal each. While Suhaimi Irfan Shahmie scored the lone goal for Malaysia. After this win, India sit on top of Pool B in the table. India's opening game ended in a nail-biting 3-3 draw against Pakistan. Now India will play the next match of the pool B against New Ze...

Harmanpreet Singh stars as Indian hockey team thrash Spain 5-1

September 30, 2019 9:36 AM

Harmanpreet Singh stars as Indian hockey team thrash Spain 5-1

In Hockey, Harmanpreet Singh yet again scored a brace as Indian men's team thrashed Spain 5-1 for their third consecutive win in Antwerp, Belgium last evening. Harmanpreet in the 41st and 51st minutes and Ramandeep Singh in the 35th minute scored in the second half after Akashdeep Singh in the 5th minute and S.V. Sunil in the 20th minute had put India ahead at the half-time. India will face world number two Belgium tomorrow. They have already beaten the hosts 2-0 on last Thursday in the...

India lose to Australia in final match of Down Under tour

May 18, 2019 8:24 AM

India lose to Australia in final match of Down Under tour

The Indian men's hockey team ended their tour Down Under with a 2-5 loss to world no. 2 Australia in the fifth and final match in Perth yesterday.  For the hosts, Trent Mitton scored two goals in the 11th and 24th minutes.  The other 3 goals were scored by Flynn Ogilvie, Blake Govers and Tim Brand. For India, Nilakanta Sharma (12th) and Rupinderpal Singh (53rd) registered their names on the scoresheet.

Hockey: India register 3-0 win over Australia A

May 10, 2019 1:29 PM

Hockey: India register 3-0 win over Australia A

Indian men's hockey team registered a comfortable 3-0 win against Australia A in Perth today.  Young striker Sumit Kumar Jr struck a brace after comeback-man Rupinder Pal Singh opened the scoring.  Drag-flicker Rupinder, competing after nearly eight-month injury layoff, scored in the sixth minute to give the visitors the lead. Summit found the back of the net in the 12th and 13th minutes. India will play their next game, of the five-match series, on Monday. In the series opener on Wedne...

Indian men's hockey team jumps one spot to 5th in FIH rankings

August 8, 2018 8:22 AM

Indian men's hockey team jumps one spot to 5th in FIH rankings

An impressive silver-medal finish at the Champions Trophy has helped the Indian Men's Hockey team jump one spot to fifth in the latest FIH rankings chart released yesterday. India had lost to Australia via penalty shootout in the summit clash of the Champions Trophy after the two sides were locked 1-1 in regulation time in the Netherlands last month.  India, which is defending its title at the upcoming Asian Games, is the only team which registered an upward movement among the top 10 te...