Hockey

Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh feels the months leading up to the Tokyo Olympic Qualifiers will be crucial for them.

FIH Series Finals: Ramadeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Hardik Singh, Gursahibjit Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad scored as India outplayed Japan.

India lost 2-3 against Netherlands in a group stage encounter of the U-21 Invitational Campaign, despite a dogged performance.

India started their FIH Series Finals campaign with a bang as they defeated Russia 10-0 with Harmanpreet Singh and Akashdeep Singh scoring to goals each.

The Indian women's hockey team produced an all-round performance to notch a 3-1 win over higher-ranked Korea in the fourth match of a five-match series.

India claimed the bronze medal at the Hockey World League (HWL) Final after eking out a close 2-1 win over a depleted but spirited Germany in the third-fourth place classification match.

Arsenal must make a quick start in Saturday's FA Cup final and clamp down on Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard to reduce his impact on the game, midfielder Aaron Ramsey has said.

Rupinder Pal Singh's brace went in vain as Indian men's hockey team lost 2-3 to hosts Australia in a tense opening game of the four-nation Invitational Tournament on Wednesday.

The tension at the border has cast a shadow over Pakistan's participation in the next month's FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow

Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh starred in front of the goal to help India beat South Korea in the penalty shootout to enter the final of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.

Pakistan Hockey Federation has said the training of its team for the Junior World Cup in the Indian city of Lucknow is in full swing, even as it waited clearance from the government.

Pakistan hockey team coach Khawaja Junaid says encounter against India will be the showpiece match of the Asian Champions Trophy and his side will provide an exhibition of attacking sub-continental hockey.

Pakistan's participation in the junior hockey world cup that is scheduled to be held in Lucknow in December is under cloud.

Former greats on revived the longstanding demand for Bharat Ratna to late hockey legend Dhyan Chand with some saying the "wizard" should have been given the honour ahead of cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar.

There was an outpour of emotion on social media as the news of hockey legend Mohammed Shahid passing away reached the sports fraternity and fans in the country.

Dhanraj Pillay said on Tuesday that they should not end up regretting like he does even now after missing the chance of clinching a medal at the Olympics after four attempts.