The Indian men's hockey players will report on 3rd October in SAI, Bengaluru for a three-week National Coaching Camp. to prepare for the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 season opener in Bhubaneswar.
The team's next major international outing will be in December at the FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup but their biggest aim at the moment is to win a direct qualification for Paris Olympic Games by finishing on top of the podium in Asian Games scheduled for next year in China.
India is grouped in pool D along with England, Spain and Wales and begin their campaign in Rourkela where they will take on Spain in the first game on January 13, 2023.
The Hockey World Cup 2023 will begin on January 13 and continue until January 29, with four pools of four teams battling it out for the Championship trophy
The young midfielder, who was part of the national squad for the FIH Pro League 2021/22 matches against Netherlands in 2022, started pursuing the sport at the age of 11, while she was studying in Agra
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 27 (ANI): In view of the upcoming FIH Hockey Men's World Cup 2023, the Odisha government on Monday urged the Centre to enhance flight connectivity to Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Airport in Jharsuguda and operationalisation of Rourkela Airport.
The goalkeeper highlighted that the International Hockey Federation allows him to carry a hockey stick which is over 40 inches, however on the contrary the airline demanded more than a thousand rupees for him to carry the same.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 23 (ANI): Ahead of hosting the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup in 2023, the Odisha Cabinet on Thursday approved the revised project cost of Rs 875.78 crores.