Hockey

With back-to-back wins under its belt, a confident India would look to continue its unbeaten run when they take on China in their last pool match of the eighth junior men's Asia Cup hockey tournament, on Tuesday.

The Indian men's team has jumped two places to be sixth in the latest global hockey rankings, while the women's team remained at 13th.

Hockey India on Friday secured an official partner in Coal India Limited/South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) for the Hockey World League Final 2015 to be held in Raipur in November-December.

As part of their preparations for next year's Olympic Games, India will compete against New Zealand in a six-match hockey Test series from October 2 to 11.

Ace German striker Fuerste had never expected to become the costliest player of Hockey India League and the star playmaker, who was sold for USD 105000, is more than excited to be a part of the Kalinga Lancers squad.

The former Pakistan coach replied to Hockey India President Narinder Batra's demand for an apology for the obscene behaviour of Pakistan players during Champions Trophy last year.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday confirmed that six countries will host the 2016-17 Hockey World League (HWL) Round 2 events in early 2017.

As part of their preparation for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games, Hockey India will evaluate the performance of the National Teams in the recently held 2015 FIH World League Semi Finals in Belgium.

It was a heart-breaking moment for the partisan crowd and Belgian goalkeeper Jeremy Gucassoff, who played a gallant game today to thwart repeated raids by the Australian strikers.

Rani Rampal scored a brilliant field goal in the 13th minute and that proved to be the difference between the two teams in the fifth/sixth classification match.

India tried to forced their way back in the third quarter, but could not capitalise on the openings, including two penalty corners that came during this period.

Jasjit hails from a small village Sansarpur, on the fringe of Jalandhar city that used to be the hub of Indian hockey in its heydays.

"We may not have got an ideal quarterfinal draw, but the performance against Australia shows we can pose a threat to The Netherlands," said Ahrens.

"Frayed nerves and inability to cope with the high rhythm set by the Australians hurt us very badly at the start of the match," said Van Ass.

Ramandeep Singh scored for world No. 9 India while his brace was matched by world No. 10 Pakistan captain Muhammad Imran. The match ended in a 2-2 .

All eyes on Saturday's match will be set on Rani as she has displayed brilliant passing skills and scored two crucial goals in India’s triumph over Poland.