The Indian men’s hockey team will look to press the restart button after a successful Olympic campaign and defend its Asian Champions Trophy title when it open its campaign against host China here on Sunday. After bagging back-to-back Olympic bronze medals, India will start as favourites to defend their ACT title against top hockey playing…
SHOOTING Pranjali Dhumal wins bronze in 25m pistol at World Deaf Shooting Championship Pranjali Dhumal on Tuesday secured a bronze medal in the Women’s 25m pistol event at the World Deaf Shooting Championship in Hanover, Germany. Pranjali qualified for the finals with a deaf world record and championship record score of 571. In the finals,…
Head coach Roelant Oltmans ended his association with the Pakistan hockey team after he refused to join the side in China for the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy, citing the lack of a long-term contract. Oltmans, who has been working with the senior team from earlier this year, was scheduled to join the team directly in…
The Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh said it’s time to move on from the euphoria of a second successive Olympic bronze medal if the side desires to retain its Asian Champions Trophy title in Hulunbuir, China this month. Under Harmanpreet’s leadership, India won a second successive bronze medal for the first time in…
SHOOTING Dhanush breaks world records as India sweeps men’s air rifle event at Deaf Shooting Worlds Dhanush Srikanth shattered the world record in both qualification and final to win the men’s air rifle gold in style at the second World Deaf shooting championship in Hannover, Germany, on Sunday. It was a clean sweep of medals…
Hockey India on Sunday announced financial assistance of Rs two lakh to the country’s men’s and women’s senior core group probables, who have not yet got jobs in government institutions or public sector undertakings. The decision was taken during Hockey India’s AGM here. Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said the decision was taken after it…
The next edition of the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament will be hosted in the city of Rajgir in Bihar from November 11-20, Hockey India said on Thursday. The event will be a joint venture between the sport’s apex body in the country and the Bihar government, and will be held at the newly-developed…
Three Pakistan hockey players and a physiotherapist have been banned for life for attempting to seek asylum in a European country after slipping away without the knowledge of the Pakistan Hockey Federation. PHF secretary-general Rana Mujahid confirmed on Thursday that Murtaza Yaqoob, Ihtesham Aslam and Abdur Rahman, along with physiotherapist Waqas, had gone to the…
On the afternoon of August 4, 2024, as the time ticked towards 2 pm in India, those glued to their television sets and streaming devices were plunged into utter disbelief as the sound of the umpire’s whistle rung around the Yves du Manoir Stadium in Paris. After what looked like a ritual video referral, the on-field…
At a recent felicitation function in Bhubaneswar for the Indian men’s hockey team, a boy, inspired by the Men in Blue’s second straight Olympic bronze medal, told midfielder Manpreet Singh that he will fight for gold in the future. “Hockey waapis aa rahi hai (Hockey is on the rise again),” Manpreet remarks. From growing up listening…
