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Birmingham: Skipper Savita Punia led from the front with a spectacular display as the Indian women’s hockey team overcame the stopwatch controversy to beat New Zealand 2-1 in shootout and win the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday. This is the team’s first medal at CWG in 16 years. Leading 1-0, India conceded […]
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Birmingham: The men’s and women’s table tennis teams, the star-studded badminton line-up and the women’s hockey team won their respective first-round matches as did boxer Shiv Thapa as India made a good start at the Commonwealth Games here on Friday. There was some more success for the country as backstroke swimmer Srihari Nataraj qualified for […]
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Birmingham: Several athletes, including the hockey men’s and women’s teams of India, took part in the flag-hoisting ceremony at the Commonwealth Games Village, Birmingham, on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the Games. In the presence of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Acting President Anil Khanna, IOA Treasurer Anandeshwar Panday, Anil Dhupar, the Deputy Chef […]
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New Delhi: Olympic and World Cup medallist Varinder Singh, who was an integral part of some of India’s memorable victories in the 1970s, died in Jalandhar on Tuesday. He was 75. Singh was part of the gold-medal winning Indian team at the 1975 men’s Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. This remains India’s only gold […]
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Rotterdam: Indian women’s hockey League campaign in Rotterdam on Wednesday. Experienced forward Vandana Katariya (39′, 54′) starred with a brace, while Sonika (54′) and Sangita Kumari (57′) scored a goal each to help India sign off the prestigious league on a high note ahead of the FIH Women’s Hockey World Cup 2022. The Indian team […]
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Jakarta: Defending champions India conceded a late goal to allow arch-rivals Pakistan walk away with a 1-1 draw in their opening Pool A match of the Asia Cup men’s hockey tournament, here on Monday. India took the lead in the ninth minute through Karthi Selvam before Abdul Rana broke their neighbours’ heart by equalising in […]
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Potchefstroom: India overcame Saturday’s shock defeat to France with a scintillating 10-2 win against hosts South Africa in the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022 on Sunday. Drag flick specialist Harmanpreet Singh (36′, 52′, 60′, 60′) starred in the match with four sensational goals while Surender Kumar (15′), Shilanand Lakra (27′, 48′), Mandeep Singh (28′), […]
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New Delhi: At 33, P R Sreejesh is in the twilight of his career, but the veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper is in no mood to call it quits anytime soon as he is eyeing a World Cup medal to add to his Tokyo Olympics bronze before deciding the future course of his career. Sreejesh, who […]
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New Delhi: Captain of India’s 1964 Tokyo Olympics gold medal-winning hockey team, Charanjit Singh, died on Thursday at his home in Una, Himachal Pradesh after suffering a cardiac arrest that followed prolonged age-related illnesses. The former mid-fielder was 90 and would have turned a year older next month. He is survived by two sons and […]
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New Delhi: Experienced goalkeeper Savita will lead India at the upcoming women’s Asia Cup in Muscat as Hockey India on Wednesday named a strong 18-member squad for the event, including 16 players that featured at the Tokyo Olympics. Since regular skipper Rani Rampal is recovering from an injury in Bengaluru, Savita will lead the side […]
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Hyderabad: Hockey India on Friday named the 20-member Indian men’s hockey team for the upcoming Hero men’s Asian Champions Trophy which is scheduled to be held from December 14 to 22. Defending Champions India begin their campaign on the opening day against Korea. In this edition, they will battle it out against Korea, Japan, Malaysia, […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a goal-fest at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup 2021, the record for biggest margin of victory was set twice within hours as big guns Argentina, The Netherlands and Spain thrashed lower-ranked teams at the Kalinga Stadium on Thursday. The first three matches on the second day of the competition produced […]
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Hyderabad: Owais Quadri is a government teacher in Brahmanwala High School, near Bhongir. His other passion is hockey. Having represented Osmania University, the 57-year-old had a desire to start and develop the game of hockey in this small town of Bhongir. His wish was fulfilled when Mother Teresa High School obliged Quadri to use the […]
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New Delhi: SV Sunil, the veteran forward and star striker of India men’s field hockey team, announced his retirement from international hockey on Friday. The Arjuna awardee from Somwarpet in Coorg made a memorable international debut in 2007 at the Asia Cup in 2007 which India won after beating Pakistan in the final. The two-time […]
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While the men's hockey team won bronze, the women's hockey team lost to Great Britain in the bronze medal play-off.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had been getting many requests from citizens across India to name the Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand.
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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated the Indian women's team for its best-ever performance at the ongoing Olympics.
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Having made it to the bronze-medal match, the Rani Rampal-led side rallied from a 0-2 deficit to lead the Game at 3-2.
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Modi congratulated the team for emerging victorious and bringing home the Bronze.
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PR Sreejesh was a picture of poise and composure. He thwarted the Germans and kicked the ball out of the German’s reach sending the team into jubilations.
