It’s mind over matter for Hockey India, as the sports body hired renowned South African mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton to assist the men’s national team in the Paris Olympics. Upton, who played a role in India winning the 2011 Cricket World Cup, will be a part of the support staff of the country’s men’s…
The tearful exit of Indian women’s hockey team coach Janneke Schopman and the resignation of longstanding Hockey India CEO Elena Norman put the spotlight back on the male-dominated, often misogynistic, world of Indian sports administration. “I see the difference in how the men’s coaches are treated and between the girls and the men’s team. This…
Indian men’s hockey skipper Harmanpreet Singh feels there is still room for improvement as his team chases the coveted gold at Paris Olympics and said the players will look to fine-tune their final preparations during next month’s Australia tour. Eight-time champions India won its last gold medal in 1980 Moscow Olympics. The Indians, however, managed…
SHOOTING Ashi Chouksey finishes second in Polish Grand Prix Asian Games medallist Ashi Chouksey finished an impressive second in the women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions (3P) event at the on-going Grand Prix Wroclawia and Dolnego Slaska international shooting competition in Wroclaw, Poland. Chouksey, who won three medals at the Asian Games last year, shot 464.7…
Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh doesn’t want to predict his future at the moment and will take a call on his retirement after the Paris Olympics but the veteran custodian aspires to be chief coach of the national side by 2036. Sreejesh, who will be featuring in his fourth Olympics this year, refused…
Young Indian forward Araijeet Singh Hundal believes there is a vast difference between playing hockey at the junior and senior level, and that the experienced players in the side had played a big role in making his transition seamless. Hundal, who is a third generation hockey player in his family — his grandfather, father and…
Aiding the Indian Men’s Hockey Team’s preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, Hockey India has roped in the services of Dutch goalkeeping expert Dennis Van De Pol. He will join the ongoing national coaching camp being held at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar, where he will closely work with PR Sreejesh, Krishan Pathak and…
Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh will lead a 27-member strong Indian team in a five-match away hockey Test series against Australia, with chief coach Craig Fulton opting to go with almost the entire core group of probables undergoing training in Bhubaneswar. India will leave for Australia on April 1 and play its opening game on April 6,…
HOCKEY Hockey Manipur qualifies for quarterfinals of Senior Women National Championship Manipur progressed to the quarterfinals with an 11-2 win over Uttarakhand in a Pool G match as the league stage of the Senior Women National Championship concluded in Pune on Tuesday. Karnataka also ended its campaign on a high, beating Dadra & Nagar Haveli…
Indian men’s and women’s teams are both placed second in the maiden Hockey 5s rankings issued recently by the world body (FIH). The Indian men’s team occupies the second spot jointly with Oman and Malaysia, following a three-way tie with 1400 points each. Having won the Asian Championship, India finished fifth at the World Cup…
