Veteran striker Akashdeep Singh and young Karthi Selvam have been dropped but experienced Lalit Upadhyay made a comeback to the 18-member Indian men's hockey team
India remained unbeaten against reigning World Champions Germany and Australia which helped them top the pool table. This will be India's first outing under newly-appointed Chief Coach Craig Fulton.
Potchefstroom: The Indian men’s hockey team will focus on “gaining momentum” for a busy year ahead when they play France in the opening match of the FIH Pro League here on Tuesday. After a stellar 2021, when the men’s hockey team won the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medal after more than four decades, the […]
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 […]
India had played Germany in two back-to-back matches where they were able to put to test all the hard work that went in during the national camps in Bengaluru.
The 27-year-old, who has played 135 matches for the national team, was part of the team which won both its matches against Argentina in the FIH Hockey Pro League.
Goals from Harmanpreet Singh (11th minute), Lalit Upadhyay (25th) and Mandeep Singh (58th) on Sunday gave the visitors a deserved triumph over Los Leones.
"Our performance particularly in the last two years have been note-worthy, having achieved good success rate against top teams like Belgium, Netherlands and Australia," he added.