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High-flying India thrash Poland 8-2 to set up quarterfinal against Belgium

Sanjay Kumar, Araijeet Singh Hundal and Sudeep Chirmako scored a brace each as defending champions India trounced Poland 8-2 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the FIH Men's Junior Hockey World Cup

Sanjay, Araijeet Singh Hundal score hat-tricks as India crush Canada 13-1

India will meet Poland in their last pool fixture on Saturday

Hockey India withdraws from 2022 Birmingham CWG due to Covid concerns

India on Tuesday pulled out of next year's Birmingham Commonwealth Games' hockey competition, citing COVID-19 concerns and UK's discriminatory quarantine rules for travellers from the country. Hockey India President Gyanandro Ningombam communicated the federation's decision to Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra. Hockey India reasoned that there is only a 32-day window available between Birmingham Games (July 28-August 8) and the Hangzhou Asian Games (September 10-25) and it can't risk sending its players to the UK which has been one of the worst affected countries by the coronavirus pandemic. "You will appreciate that the Asian games is the Continental qualification event for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and keeping the priority of the Asian Games in mind, Hockey India can not risk any members of the Indian teams contracting COVID-19 during the Commonwealth Games," Ningombam wrote. The UK recently refused to recognise India's COVID-19 vaccination certificate

The great wall: Meet Savita Punia, goalkeeper, Indian women's hockey team

In Punia, Vaibhav Raghunandan encounters a quiet strength that was unmissable in Tokyo

Hope more youngsters from Manipur take up hockey, Nilakanta Sharma

In nearly four decades since Pangambam Nilakomol Singh became Manipur's first hockey Olympian, the state has seen four more male players representing Team India in the quadrennial showpiece

Domestic hockey season to begin in October after Covid break of 7 months

The much-awaited domestic hockey season is set to resume in October this year with the first sub-junior men's national academy championship in Bhopal after a hiatus of seven months due to the pandemic

Passion for sports greatest tribute to Major Dhyan Chand: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the passion for sports in the youth of the country at the present times is the greatest tribute to Major Dhyan Chand

Jharkhand presents both woman hockey players Rs 50 lakh each

The Indian team finished at fourth position in the Olympics, after losing their bronze medal match to Britain.

U'khand govt announces Rs 25 lakh reward for hockey player Vandana Katariya

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh to Indian women's hockey team player Vandana Kataria for her brilliant performance at the Tokyo Olympics."The Chief Minister said that the state is proud of Uttarakhand's daughter and Indian women's hockey team player Vandana Kataria stellar performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games, in recognition of this, she would be given a cash reward of Rs 25 lakh," informed the Chief Minister Office."The Chief Minister also said that soon a new and attractive sports policy would be implemented in the state. The new policy would make a provision of proper financial incentives especially for developing international level talent among our youth," the official statement read.Earlier on Friday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh for each player of the Indian women's hockey team from the state and the same amount to those who ranked fourth in the Olympics events from the ...

Star caste of hockey

It's impossible to field an Indian hockey team that doesn't reflect the diversity, the united colours, better than any other. Shows that a sport, or a nation, will prosper with growing inclusivity

What next for hockey?

Till a few years ago, to even dream about India winning a medal in hockey would have been considered foolish

Olympics: Sjoerd Marijne steps down as India women's hockey team coach

Hours after the Indian women's hockey team finished fourth in the Tokyo Olympics, coach Sjoerd Marijne announced that he would be stepping down as the coach of the women's national hockey team

Mizoram government gifts job, land to hockey Olympian Lalremsiami

Mizoram government will offer a government job and a plot of land to state's woman hockey star Lalremsiami in appreciation of her performance in Tokyo Olympic, Chief Minister Zoramthanga announced

'We will win next time,' say proud families of India's women hockey players

India missed out on a bronze medal despite a gutsy performance.

India at Olympics: Hockey breaks 41-year jinx, Dahiya wins silver

Heartbreak for Deepak Punia, Vinesh on a day of misses for Indian wrestlers

PM Modi speaks to Manpreet after Olympic hockey bronze; applauds hard work

The Indian men's hockey team won an Olympic medal for the first time in 41 years.

Tokyo Olympics Highlights: Medal for Lovlina, Ravi; heartbreak in hockey

Neeraj Chopra's first throw was 86.65m, well beyond the qualification mark of 83.50m. Lovlina Borgohain signed off with a bronze, India women's hockey team lost to Argentina in semi-final

Olympics 2021: India men's and women's Hockey full schedule, squad, timings

In the men's hockey, India will play Bronze medal match vs Germany at 7 am IST on August 5 while the Gold medal match will be played between Australia and Belgium at 3:30 pm IST on August 5

Olympics highlights: It's India men's hockey team vs Germany for bronze

India's men's hockey team will play the bronze medal match on August 5 against Germany.

Olympics 2021 Highlights: Women's hockey team scripts history, enters semis

The Rani Rampal-led side will play Argentina in the semifinal on Wednesday