Hockey

It was memorable debut in Cape Town: Vaishnavi Phalke

In 2019, Vaishnavi received her first call-up for Hockey India's National Program after being impressed at the 9th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2019 (A Div) in Kollam, Kerala.

2023-02-09T11:47:40.521256+00:00 IST

We are more confident in crunch matches: Hockey skipper Savita

Against South Africa, India won 5-1, 7-0 and 4-0 and drew 2-2 in the last game and against Netherlands, they lost the three friendlies with an identical margin of 1-3.

2023-02-06T18:27:46.964710+00:00 IST

Hockey India names junior women's team for South Africa tour

The Indian team led by captain Preeti and Rutaja Dadaso Pisal as vice-captain will play a series of matches on tour between February 17 and 25 against South Africa junior women's hockey team and South Africa A-Team.

2023-01-31T16:51:41.245851+00:00 IST

Indian men's hockey team head coach Graham Reid resigns after WC

Indian men's hockey national team head coach Graham Reid resigned a day after the conclusion of the 2023 FIH Men's Hockey World Cup with just over a year to go for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

2023-01-30T11:05:17.896056+00:00 IST

Once in a lifetime opportunity for us to play in front of so much

As 44 matches of high-octane action of Hockey World Cup unfolded, the response to the event as a whole, has been tremendous, with fans from all over the world flocking to Odisha to soak in the atmosphere and support their teams. The tournament was held at two venues, the Kalinga Stadium and the radiant Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, built as quickly as 15 months.

2023-01-30T10:46:03.281032+00:00 IST

We are world champions: Germany captain Grambusch

Mats took to Instagram to post a picture celebrating Germany's third title win

2023-01-30T08:45:38.351753+00:00 IST

This would have been another chapter for us: Belgium skipper

Germany produced an outstanding performance and scripted an incredible penalty shootout victory against Belgium to win FIH Hockey World Cup for the third time in their history on Sunday.

2023-01-30T05:44:55.290800+00:00 IST

Hockey WC: Germany defeat Belgium in shootout to lift WC trophy

After falling behind by two goals early on in the game, the German side won the match 5-4 in the shootout to win the trophy for three times.

2023-01-29T17:02:18.518782+00:00 IST

Men's Hockey WC: Netherlands downs Australia 3-1, clinches bronze

Three-time champions Australia have finished at fourth position

2023-01-29T14:09:00.943223+00:00 IST

Odisha CM's secretary conferred with FIH President award

The FIH President acknowledged the crucial role played by CM Naveen Patnaik along with VK Pandian for hosting a glorious Hockey World Cup.

2023-01-29T09:38:14.358006+00:00 IST

Men's Hockey WC: Malaysia, France win classification matches

till the very end. Malaysia has finished at 13th position while Japan finished at 15th position

2023-01-28T18:06:16.183589+00:00 IST

Men's Hockey WC: India thrash South Africa 5-2

South Africa tried a late surge but India maintained lead and kept up the pressure

2023-01-28T15:45:40.162343+00:00 IST

My top agenda is to convince India-Pakistan play: Tayyab Ikram

The International Hockey Federation's (FIH) newly appointed president Tayyab Ikram wants to revive the rivalry between the two arch rivals India and Pakistan.

2023-01-28T13:15:45.036116+00:00 IST

Hockey WC: Belgium edge Netherlands, to face Germany in final

The bronze medal match, which will take place on January 29, will feature Netherlands and Australia, who both lost their respective semi-final matches on Friday

2023-01-27T18:06:53.983596+00:00 IST

Indian Women's Hockey team go down 1-3 to Netherlands in 2nd tie

The Netherlands made a sensational start to the game with a 4th-minute goal by Marijn Veen. They doubled the lead in the 13th minute with yet another field goal; this time, the scorer was Lidewij Welten. She scored the third goal for her team in the 29th minute putting India under pressure.

2023-01-27T09:14:46.145103+00:00 IST

Harmanpreet, Abhishek net braces as India blank Japan 8-0

Mandeep Singh (32'), Abhishek (35', 43'), Vivek Sagar Prasad (39') and Harmanpreet Singh (45', 58'), Manpreet Singh (58') and Sukhjeet Singh (59') scored the goals for India.

2023-01-26T17:06:11.453619+00:00 IST

Hockey WC: Germany thump England in shootout to enter SFs

In another quarter-final clash, the Netherlands thrashed South Korea 5-1 to book a semifinals berth.

2023-01-25T16:24:51.142260+00:00 IST

Hockey WC: Belgium defeat New Zealand 2-0 to enter semifinals

Belgium faced a formidable challenge from New Zealand. Van Aubel Florent made a spectacular field goal in the 15th minute, while Tom Boon converted a penalty corner in the 10th

2023-01-24T18:14:59.778645+00:00 IST

Men's Hockey WC: Australia advances to SF following 4-3 win

In the first quarter, Spain tried to make immediate inroads into the Australian defence but were intercepted well by the Aussies before they could penetrate the scoring area

2023-01-24T13:30:09.386160+00:00 IST

India women's hockey team loses to world number one Netherlands

The Indian team are scheduled to play three matches against the Netherlands as part of their tour of South Africa. They had previously won four-match series against South Africa by 3-0.

2023-01-24T09:13:11.002456+00:00 IST