Youth Olympic Games: India U-18 women hockey team hammer Vanuatu 16-0

October 11, 2018 7:57 AM

Youth Olympic Games: India U-18 women hockey team hammer Vanuatu 16-0

Indian Under-18  women's hockey team continued their winning run as they hammered Vanuatu 16-0 in their third match of the Hockey 5s competition today at the ongoing Youth Olympic Games at the Parque Polideportivo Roca, Argentina.  Forward Mumtaz Khan scored four goals while Chetna scored three goals. Girl in-form, striker Lalremsiami scored first goal of the match in the second minute of the game. In a span of four minutes, India scored four goals leaving Vanuatu stunned. Lalremsiami, ...

India open their medal account in Youth Olympic Games with Silver

October 8, 2018 8:54 AM

India open their medal account in Youth Olympic Games with Silver

India have opened their medal account in the Youth Olympic Games with a Silver. On the opening day of competitions in Buenos Aires today, shooter Tushar Mane bagged a silver in the men's 10 metre air rifle event.    Mane shot 247.5 to win the silver while Grigorii Shamakov took the gold with 249.2. Aleksa Mitrovic of Serbia won the bronze with a score of 227.9. India is being represented by 46 athletes in 13 sports in the prestigious event. This is India's largest ever continge...

Indian men, women's hockey teams leave for Youth Olympic Games

October 2, 2018 8:08 PM

Indian men, women's hockey teams leave for Youth Olympic Games

The Indian men's and women's Hockey teams left for their maiden Youth Olympic Games to begin in Buenos Aires from 8th to 16th of this month. This is the first time an Indian team will participate in hockey at the Youth Olympics and the anticipation and confidence is evident on the faces of the young hockey stars. While the women's team, grouped in Pool-A, will begin their campaign on 7th October against Austria, the men's side in Pool-B will also start its cam...