Earlier, Asian Games champion Japan beat the US 4-2 to secure third place. By virtue of reaching the summit clash, both India and South Africa had qualified for the Olympic qualifiers which will be held in either October or November 2019.
June 16, 2019Ramandeep Singh (23rd, 37th) scored a brace in his comeback match after a long injury lay-off while Harmanpreet Singh (7th), Varun Kumar (14th), Hardik Singh (25th), Gursahibjit Singh (43rd) and Vivek Sagar Prasad (47) all got on to the scoresheet.
June 15, 2019Trent Mitton (11th and 24th minutes), Flynn Ogilvie (3rd), Blake Govers (28th) and Tim Brand (43rd) scored for the hosts while Nilakanta Sharma (12th) and Rupinderpal Singh (53rd) sounded the board for India.
May 18, 2019The goals were scored by young striker Sumit Kumar Junior (12', 13') and drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh (6'), who is making a comeback after nearly eight months of layoff due to injury.
May 10, 2019In the year 2013, Singh played in the Hockey India Junior National Championship as one of the youngest players in the tournament, and in 2017, he represented India in the 44 Pesta Hockey Indoor Hockey Tournament in Malaysia.
April 18, 2019The Indian team will play their second game against Korea on March 24, while they play their nemesis and Asian Games Silver medallist Malaysia on March 26.
March 18, 2019Sundergarh district will be the only one in the country with the largest number of astroturfs, he said while noting that it had contributed in a big way to Indian hockey.
November 5, 2018First things first. At the very outset full marks not just to the 69 medal-winners at the recently concluded Asian Games in Jakarta but also those who gave of their best but missed out on a podium-finish. Sport is more than winning medals, so congratulations are also due to those who strived and trained hard …
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September 9, 2018India outclassed Thailand 5-0 in the final Pool B match in the women's hockey competition at the 18th Asian Games here on Monday.
August 27, 2018Two spectators admitted to hospital, condition serious
June 10, 2018A cadet of SAIL Hockey Academy (SHA), Rourkela has been selected to represent India in the men’s senior hockey team. Shilanand Lakra has been selected to be a part of the 18- member team for the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup tournament to be played at Ipoh, Malaysia from 3rd to 10th March 2018. Unlike many …
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March 3, 201816 teams -15 qualifying nations and hosts India- will battle it out for the top honours.
March 1, 2018Country’s national game Hockey on Thursday received a huge boost with Odisha Government announcing that it will support the game for the next five years. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who made this announcement at a lavish function in New Delhi, also unveiled the state’s logo that will don the new jerseys of both the …
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February 16, 2018Playing to a plan Odisha once again asserted their supremacy over Punjab beating them 2-1 to win the gold and title of boys’ hockey competition of the Khelo India School Games at Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi on Thursday. Earlier, in a match for bronze and third place Chandigarh Boys routed Uttar Pradesh 5-1. …
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February 8, 2018Tata Steel, in association with coaches of Hockey Australia, organised a two-day hockey programme cum tournament in Kutra block of Sundergarh district. A total of 300 boys and girls, between 7 to 12 years of age, from 10 training centres being run by Tata Steel Rural Development Society (TSRDS) in the area, participated in the …
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February 8, 2018In-form striker Subhani Bhengra struck once in each half as Jharkhand piped spirited Punjab 2-1 to set up a title clash with Haryana in the Girls Hockey competition of the Khelo India School Games at Dhyan Chand National stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. Earlier in the first semi final, Haryana trailing 0-2 staged a remarkable …
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February 8, 2018Riding on Surdarshan Singh’s five goals, Punjab hammered Rajasthan 10-1 while Chandigarh battled it out to pip Uttar Pradesh 2-1 for their second successive wins in the Boys hockey competition of the Khelo India School Games at Dhyan Chand national stadium, New Delhi on Friday In other matches Haryana surprised favourite Odisha 2-1 and Karnataka beat Delhi …
February 2, 2018