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Olympic medal to mark start of golden era for Indian hockey: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday hailed the Indian men's hockey team, saying its Olympic medal after 41 years will mark the beginning of a golden period for the sport. The win, after 41 years of hard work and wait, cannot be described in words, Pawar, who heads the Maharashtra Olympic Association, said in a statement. In an edge-of-the-seat pulsating bronze play-off, India defeated Germany 5-4 on Thursday to earn a podium finish at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. "The country's prestige has been enhanced and the bronze medal will be the beginning of a golden era for the sport," Pawar said. He said the players, trainers and their colleagues deserved all the good wishes for bagging the medal with a determination to win against all odds.

It's a rebirth, that's it: Hockey star Sreejesh on Olympic bronze medal win

"It's a rebirth, that's it," declared India's ecstatic goalkeeping great P R Sreejesh after emerging as one of the stars of the men's hockey team's historic Olympic bronze medal

PM Modi hails Indian hockey team's Olympic medal win as historic

Hailing Indian men's hockey team's bronze medal win in the Tokyo Olympics as historic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that this day will be etched in the memory of every Indian

This is a big moment: Rahul on hockey team winning bronze at Olympics

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hailed the Indian men's hockey team on winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and said the whole country is proud of their achievement

President congratulates Indian men's hockey team for winning Olympic medal

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning an Olympic medal, and said this historic victory will start a new era in hockey. The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed the Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games at Tokyo. Congratulations to our men's hockey team for winning an Olympic Medal in hockey after 41 years. The team showed exceptional skills, resilience & determination to win. This historic victory will start a new era in hockey and will inspire the youth to take up and excel in the sport, Kovind tweeted.

Gehlot congratulates Indian men's hockey team for winning Olympic medal

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning an Olympic medal, saying the team has brought glory to the nation. The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed the Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games at Tokyo. "Heartiest Congratulations to Indian Men's Hockey Team for this spectacular win against Germany & winning the bronze for country in #TokyoOlympics! It is a great moment for Indian hockey and the team has brought glory to the nation. Proud of all the players!" Gehlot tweeted.

Real 'Chak De' moment: Film stars hail Indian men's hockey team for bronze

Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Taapsee Pannu on Thursday celebrated the Indian men's hockey team's bronze medal win at the Olympics, saying that they have made the country proud

India create history, win Olympic hockey medal after a gap of 41 years

The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games

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.

No time for disappointment, focus now on bronze: Manpreet and Sreejesh

The 2-5 loss to Belgium in the Olympic semifinals is disappointing but Indian men's hockey team captain Manreet Singh and custodian P R Sreejesh said the side has no time to dwell on the heartbreak

Tokyo 2020: Indian hockey team played extremely well, says Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday said the Indian hockey team played extremely well and wished the team the very best for the next match

It's celebration time in Savita Punia's native village in Rajasthan

A village in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district, where Indian women's hockey team goalkeeper Savita Punia's family resides, is on cloud 9 after the team defeated world champion Australia

India's dream of Olympic gold remains unfulfilled, lose 2-5 to Belgium

The Indian men's hockey team's dream of entering the Olympics final after 41-years remained unfulfilled as it lost 2-5 to world champions Belgium in the last-four stage, but remains in hunt for bronze

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

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

Men's hockey team eyes end to Olympic medal drought; Belgium in way

Handling the immense burden of expectations would perhaps be the key when the Indian men's hockey team takes on world champion Belgium, aiming to secure a place in the Olympic finals

Need to keep emotions in check: Indian Men's hockey coach Graham Reid

The Indian men's hockey team chief coach, Graham Reid, has told his players to keeping their emotions in check ahead of their historic semifinal encounter against world champions Belgium

Tokyo Olympics 2021 Highlights: Sindhu wins bronze, hockey team in semis

Sindhu won the bronze medal in women's singles badminton while men's hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 to enter semis. India has now equalled its tally of 2016 Rio Olympics.

India beat Great Britain, enter Olympics men's hockey semis after 49 years

The Indian men's hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of Olympics Games after 49 years here on Sunday.