Hockey

New Delhi, Oct 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian hockey touched a new peak on Wednesday, making a virtual clean sweep of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) awards, with drag-flick sensation Harmanpreet Singh being crowned the ‘FIH Player…

Bhopal, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sports Authority of India (SAI)-Academy, SGPC Hockey Academy and HAR Hockey Academy registered wins in their respective matches on the second day of the 1st Hockey India Sub Junior Men Academy…

Mumbai, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian hockey teams have officially pulled out of the 2022 Commonwealth Games citing, among other issues, the Covid-19 situation in the UK and the close break between the CWG and…

Mumbai, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has expressed its disappointment over Hockey England’s decision to pull out of the upcoming Junior Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar. Hockey England had informed FIH on…

Bengaluru, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Post winning the bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics and the lengthy break thereafter, the Indian men’s hockey team has resumed training at SAI Bangalore, preparing for the upcoming events including…

Bhopal, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre, Olympian Vivek Singh Hockey Academy, Raja Karan Hockey Academy and Roundglass Punjab Hockey Club Academy registered victories in their respective matches on the opening…

Mumbai, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The upcoming Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneshwar suffered a big setback as England decided to pull out, citing several Covid-19 concerns and with player and staff wellbeing in mind. The…

By B Shrikant Mumbai, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) When India hosted the FIH Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup in Lucknow in 2016, Pakistan had to pull out of the event as the team did not get…

New Delhi, Oct 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hockey India on Saturday named the 30-member core probable group for the senior men’s national coaching camp to begin at the Sports Authority of India centre at Bengaluru from October…

New Delhi, Oct 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) 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…

MUmbai, Sep 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rupinderpal Singh and Birendra Lakra, two members of the Indian mens hockey team that won a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics, have decided to hang up their sticks, calling time…

New Delhi, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian men’s hockey forward Gurjant Singh, who scored three goals at the Tokyo Olympic Games, said on Tuesday that the historic bronze-winning campaign had taught the team that glory comes…

Chandigarh, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A book, ‘Tokyo Olympics De Saade Hockey Khidari’, based on a brief biography of bronze medal winning players of the Indian hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics was released here. This…

New Delhi, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian men’s hockey team midfielder Simranjeet Singh said on Friday that following the Tokyo Olympic Games success, he is looking forward to returning to the national camp to “improve further”…

Mumbai, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The United States and Canada have been invited to participate in the FIH Men’s Junior World Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar in place of Australia and New Zealand, which have…

New Delhi, Sep 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Young Indian hockey midfielder Hardik Singh said on Wednesday that being a “tight-knit team” was the main reason for the side’s stellar show at the Tokyo Olympic Games. India won…

New Delhi, Sep 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hockey defender Varun Kumar said on Monday that a “one-on-one chat” with skipper Manpreet Singh before the Tokyo Olympic Games campaign pumped him up mentally to go all out against…

New Delhi, Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Having been promoted to the senior core group from the junior ranks, young defender Suman Devi Thoudam wants to make this opportunity count and learn all about playing under pressure…

Liege (Belgium), Sep 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hockey Australia and Hockey New Zealand have been replaced by Namibia and USA (Men) as well as Canada and South Africa (Women) in the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup Belgium…