Women's Hockey: India's match with China cancelled due to health concerns

December 9, 2021 2:25 PM

Women's Hockey: India's match with China cancelled due to health concerns

In women's Hockey, India's match with China scheduled for today, in the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy in Donghae, South Korea, has been cancelled due to health concerns. Hockey India said, in a tweet that with the health and safety of the players being paramount, the match will not take place. This is the third match of India cancelled due to COVID concerns. Yesterday, the fixture against South Korea was also cancelled after routine COVID testing. On Tuesday, India's ...

Women's Hockey: Rani strike helps India beat Great Britain 1-0

February 4, 2020 5:49 PM

Women's Hockey: Rani strike helps India beat Great Britain 1-0

In Women's Hockey, skipper Rani Rampal struck the solitary goal as the Indian team recorded a 1-0 win over Great Britain in its fourth match of the ongoing tour in Auckland today. Rani scored the goal in the 47 minutes to give India the lead and eventually seal the match.  After winning their opening match of the tour against the hosts' development squad, India had suffered two-back-to-back losses to New Zealand.

India hold Great Britain to 2-2 draw in last tour match

October 4, 2019 6:52 PM

India hold Great Britain to 2-2 draw in last tour match

In Women's Hockey, goals by Navjot Kaur and Gurjit Kaur helped the Indian team hold hosts Great Britain to a 2-2 draw in the last match of the Tour to England in Marlow, UK today. The last match saw Navjot give her side an early lead while Gurjit converted a penalty corner to give India a 2-0 lead before Great Britain's Elizabeth Neal and Anna Toman scored twice in the last few minutes to earn themselves a draw. India thus ended the tour with yet another draw against a relative...

Indian women hockey team beat Ireland 2-1 in U21 4-nation tourney

June 3, 2019 9:27 PM

Indian women hockey team beat Ireland 2-1 in U21 4-nation tourney

The Indian Women's Hockey team came from a goal down to beat Ireland 2-1 and register its second win at the Cantor Fitzgerald Under-21 International four-nation tournament at Dublin yesterday. Laura Foley gave Ireland the lead in the 10th minute before India scored through Reet in the 35th and Sharmila Devi in the 53rd minute. India will play Scotland in their next match tomorrow.

Women's Hockey: India to take on Malaysia in 2nd match at Kuala Lumpur

April 6, 2019 8:24 AM

Women's Hockey: India to take on Malaysia in 2nd match at Kuala Lumpur

Indian women's hockey team will take on hosts Malaysia in the second game of the five-match series in Kuala Lumpur today. The match will start at 3.30 PM Indian time. Earlier, India beat Malaysia 3-0 in the opening game on Thursday. The third match will be played on Monday. The eight-day tour of India is being led by ace goalkeeper Savita along with Deep Grace Ekka as the Vice-Captain.   

9th Senior Women's Hockey National C'ship to kick off in Hisar

February 7, 2019 7:56 PM

9th Senior Women's Hockey National C'ship to kick off in Hisar

9th Senior Women's Hockey National Championship will kick off in Hisar from tomorrow. Top India stars will turn up for their respective state units and employers for the tournament. RSPB will begin their campaign against Hockey Rajasthan in the Pool A opening match during the 11-day domestic extravaganza.

Indian women's hockey team draw 1-1 with Ireland

February 2, 2019 12:05 PM

Indian women's hockey team draw 1-1 with Ireland

Indian women's hockey team today drew with Ireland in the opening friendly match at Murcia in Spain. Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur scored in the first half to put the Indian team ahead, before the World cup silver medallists fought back to draw 1-1 .     After leveling the four-match series with hosts Spain, India put up a determined performance in the first match.The visitors will end their 10-day tour of Spain with the second and final friendly match against Ireland tomorrow.

Women's Hockey: Netherlands crowned world champions for record 8th time

August 6, 2018 2:15 PM

Women's Hockey: Netherlands crowned world champions for record 8th time

In Women's Hockey, the Netherlands have been crowned the world champions for a record eighth time. The defending champions recorded a stunning 6-0 victory over Ireland in the summit clash at London last night to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 32 matches.    Kitty van Male, who was among the six different goal scorers, finished the tournament as the top scorer with eight goals. Spain won the third place match by beating Australia 3-1 to claim their first ever World Cup ...

India to take on England in opening match of Women's Hockey World Cup tomorrow

July 20, 2018 9:20 PM

India to take on England in opening match of Women's Hockey World Cup tomorrow

India will take on hosts England in the opening match of the Women's Hockey World Cup in London tomorrow.  Grouped in Pool B, India will take on world number 16 Ireland on the 26th of this month followed by world number 7, US on 29th. India's previous appearance at the World Cup was in 2010 when the event was held in Argentina.   

Indian Junior Women's Hockey team registered its 3rd consecutive win at Under-23 six-nation tournament in Belgium

July 18, 2018 1:24 PM

Indian Junior Women's Hockey team registered its 3rd consecutive win at Under-23 six-nation tournament in Belgium

The Indian Junior Women's Hockey team registered its third consecutive win at the Under-23 six-nation tournament at Antwerp, Belgium last night. They defeated the hosts, 2-0 in their third round-robin game to strengthen their chances of making it to the Final. Sangita Kumari and Salima Tete were the goal scorers. In their opening game, India had beaten Ireland 4-1, before recording a 1-0 win over Great Britain in the second match. India will take on Canada in their fourth match at 6:30 ...