It's great to get some clarity about new starting date for Tokyo Olympic Games and this allows us to begin the planning process to be ready for July next year, says India men's hockey team head coach
2020 Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August, 2020, in Japan.
The team is grouped in Pool A for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games where they will play against top ranked teams such as the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland apart from South Africa
IOC president Thomas Bach on Wednesday has stressed it's too early to decide the fate of 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
Born in Karampur village in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, Raj Kumar burst on to the domestic scene during an U-14 tournament in Lucknow in 2010
Marijne was supposed to travel to The Netherlands on Friday night for a week during a brief break of the national camp of the women's hockey team
FIH said its decision was based on 'information and recommendations from World Health Organization (WHO) and the decisions taken by a number of governments and local authorities around the world'
India displayed some spectacular attacking hockey in the FIH Hockey Pro League matches last month, beating the likes of Australia and Belgium
Charlesworth, who was associated with the Indian set-up in the past, feels that the eight-time Olympic champions have improved a lot in the last decade, which makes them a medal contender in Tokyo
India dismantled Olympic champions Argentina, who dropped to fifth place
Reid was happy with his team's performance in the recently-concluded FIH Pro League matches against the Netherlands, world champions Belgium and Australia.
India is looking really sharp as well, and they have been playing well which is something we saw in their initial two matches against the Dutch, says Belgium Captain Thomas Briels
India had a great start to their FIH Pro League campaign as they defeated the Netherlands in both their matches last month.
India vs Belgium hockey match will be telecast live on Star Sports 2 HD and Star Sports 2 with English Commentary from 5 pm IST on Saturday and Sunday
Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh gave consecutive penalties strokes away in the first two Australian attempts during shootout
With less than 150 days to go for the start of Tokyo Olympics, Harmanpreet said the team needs to work upon in some areas.
India vs Australia hockey match will be telecast live on Star Sports 3 with English commentary on Saturday. You can also live stream the match on the over-the-top (OTT) platform Hotstar.
India's goals came from the sticks of Raj Kumar Pal (36th, 47th) and Rupinder Pal Singh (52nd)
Goals by Alexander Hendrickx (3'), and Maxime Plennevaux (17' & 26') that ensured Belgium's victory while goals by Vivek Sagar Prasad (15'), and Amit Rohidas (17') kept India in the hunt
Indian hockey team were quick to get off the blocks with debutant Raj Kumar Pal setting up a fantastic goal within 90 seconds of play