In early August, Surender Kumar was among the six players who had tested positive for COVID-19. I would often tell myself that so many people around the globe have battled this virus including top sportspeople and have come out of it.

Mor, who led the Indian junior men's hockey team to a silver medal feat at the Sultan of Johor Cup 2019, believes this new turf will give players from this region the exposure of playing on turf from a very young age.

The Indian men's team last played in the FIH Pro League in January-February while the women's team has not played a match since the tour of New Zealand in January.

In the first match on Wednesday, Germany's women made it two wins from two against the Red Panthers, with Hannah Gablac, Cecile Pieper and Rebecca Grote all hitting the target in a 3-1 victory.

"We are very lucky to have so many midfielders in the Indian team, who have already played 100 matches for the national side," said Pradhan.

With respect to the umpires, HI will be conducting fitness tests within their respective states, once the current health crisis improves, with the help of the State member units and active umpire managers/ technical delegates.

Personally, I thought this was a good initiative by Hockey India to make players attend this course during the lockdown.

AHF had successfully conducted online education workshops exclusively for the Hockey India coaches and technical officials in July and August and the AHF online workshop on Event Planning and Management on September 1.

Modi took to Twitter to remind that Dhyan Chand's birthday, which is also celebrated as the National Sports Day, when remarkable achievements of all those exemplary sportspersons who have represented India

Cricketers were in the forefront wishing the national on the day. Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag tweeted saying Dhyan Chand deserves Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour of the country.

The plea filed by a former hockey player has sought quashing certain articles of the Hockey India MOA whereby the posts of 'Life Member', 'CEO' and 'Life President' have been created.

New Delhi: Indian men's hockey team defender Surender Kumar, who along with five other hockey players had tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, has been readmitted to hospital due to Venous Thrombosis (VT). Surender along with five other India players - skipper Manpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar, goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur P

Sanjay, who was the vice-captain during India's Silver medal-winning campaign at the Sultan of Johor Cup last year, has expressed that he is always amazed to see how Harmanpreet covers a lot of ground during matches

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

After having had detailed discussions with all stakeholders including the chief coaches and core probables of both the teams and after giving the utmost priority to the safety and well-being of all the athletes

Mandeep Singh, a member of the Indian men's hockey team, who was given the COVID-19 test (RT PCR) along with 20 other players at the National Camp at SAI's National Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru