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After a dry 2020, Indian hockey teams aim for Olympic podium in 2021

Men's and women's teams had started the year with an aim to finish on the podium at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that would end the countrys 40-year medal drought at the worlds biggest sports extravaganza

'Sreejesh huge inspiration for all aspiring hockey players in India'

Indian junior men's core probable goalkeeper Sahil Kumar Nayak said that the senior goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has been a huge inspiration for all young hockey players in India

India's largest hockey stadium planned in Rourkela, to host 2023 World Cup

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that India's biggest hockey stadium will come up at Rourkela and the 20,000-capacity facility will host matches of FIH men's World Cup in 2023

Indian men to finish 2020 in 4th position, women in 9th in FIH rankings

The Indian men and women hockey teams will finish 2020 in fourth and ninth positions, respectively, after a major part of the year was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Monday confirmed that the Belgium men's team and the Netherlands' women will finish the year at the top of the world rankings. In January, the world body introduced its new match-based model for calculation of world rankings, with the FIH Hockey Pro League matches that were played in early part of the year seeing regular fluctuations in standings before the outbreak of the global health crisis brought all sporting activities to a grinding halt in March. According to a statement issued by the FIH, the "brief but wonderful return" of the competition between September and November saw further exchanges of points between the men's and women's national teams of Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Great Britain. In the men's FIH world rankings, reigning world and European ...

Men's national hockey camp to conclude a week earlier on December 12: SAI

The Indian hockey team's ongoing national camp, which is currently underway at the SAI centre here, will conclude a week earlier on December 12 on the recommendation of chief coach Graham Reid. The camp, which has been going on for four months, was earlier scheduled to conclude on December 18. The players will reassemble for camp again on January 5 after a three-week break. "A comprehensive strength and conditioning program will be given to the athletes by the chief coach and scientific advisor (Robin Arkell) of the men's senior team to complete during the break," the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said in a statement. The Indian men's hockey team has been training at the SAI Bengaluru Centre since August this year, as sports began to resume in a phased manner following the withdrawal of the nationwide lockdown imposed in March to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. But the camp rain into rough weather in August this year after half a dozen players tested positive for coronavirus upon

All six Indian hockey players discharged after recovering from Covid-19

Apart from Manpreet, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar, Krishan B Pathak, and Mandeep Singh had tested positive for coronavirus

Six hockey players recover from Covid-19; to train after isolation period

The training camps for both the men and women teams will begin in Bengaluru from Wednesday.

National hockey camps to resume on August 19 despite 6 Covid-19 cases

The training camps for India's national hockey teams will go ahead as scheduled from August 19 in Bengaluru

5 Covid-19 positive hockey players shifted to hospital as precaution: SAI

Five Covid-19 positive hockey players have been shifted to a hospital in Bengaluru as a precautionary measure, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said on Wednesday

Covid: Hockey player Mandeep shifted to hospital after oxygen level drop

Mandeep and five other national players -- captain Manpreet Singh, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak -- tested positive for Covid

Hockey captain Manpreet, 4 other players test positive for Covid-19

The Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and three other players have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of a national camp in Bengaluru, the SAI said

Covid-19: Hockey teams focussing on strength training during stay at home

The Indian men's and women's hockey teams have been spending quality time with their families after being given a month-long break last week.

Hockey India recommends Rani Rampal for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

For the Major Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement, the federation has recommended former India stalwarts R P Singh and Tushar Khandker

How Balbir Singh Sr inspired demoralised Indian team for its only WC title

If Dada Dhyan Chand was a pillar of Indian hockey before independence, Balbir Singh Sr was the other pillar in the post-independence era, says Ajit Pal Singh, captain of Indian hockey team in 1975

Indian sports fraternity mourns the death of Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr

The veteran hockey player had suffered a cardiac arrest on May 12 and after that, he suffered two more cardiac arrests during the course of his stay in the hospital.

Athletes, and not sports federations, dominate feedback on training roadmap

18 Olympic NSFs were asked to respond by May 20 but only seven -- archery, hockey, rowing, squash, volleyball, weightlifting and yachting -- gave feedback before the deadline

Sports in time of Covid-19: What can and can't be done in lockdown 4.0

As new MHA guidelines for Lockdown 4.0 comes in effect, here's how various sporting activities can resume in times of coronavirus

Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr suffers cardiac arrest, remains critical

The 96-year-old, a triple Olympic gold medallist, was hospitalised in Mohali on May 8

FIH Pro Hockey League Season 2 extended until June 2021 over coronavirus

The 2nd season of Pro Hockey League was set to run from Jan to June 2020 and around one-third of the matches were completed by early March before coronavirus crisis brought competition to a standstill

Covid-19 lockdown: Hockey India defers national championships indefinitely

The tournaments were rescheduled to start on April 29 and continue till July 3 but have been suspended for now