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Lots of excitement among Olympic Core group ahead of team selection, says
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru [India], June 4 (ANI): With less than 50 days to go for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, there is a lot of excitement among the members of the Indian women's hockey Olympic Core Probable group who are currently training in a bio-secure environment at the SAI Centre, Bengaluru.
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COVID-19: Hockey India's national technical official Rabbi Roshan passes a
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Hockey India mourned the death of 44-year-old national technical official Rabbi Roshan who passed away on Thursday in Bihar due to a prolonged illness caused by COVID-19.
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Debut for national team at a dream event like Olympics will be a fairytale
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru [India], June 2 (ANI): Young defender Manpreet Kaur, who has been training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru as part of the Women's Senior Core Probable Group, is eyeing to make her debut for the senior national team at the upcoming prestigious Tokyo Olympi
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Working extremely hard to make it to Indian Olympic squad: Birendra Lakra
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 1 (ANI): Indian men's hockey team defender Birendra Lakra, who has been part of many memorable moments with the national side, said he is determined to make it to the national squad for the Olympics.
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Current batch better prepared for Olympics than we were in 2016, says VR R
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 31 (ANI): Veteran hockey players VR Raghunath feels that the current lot of Indian players are better equipped for the Olympics than the ones who took the field in Rio de Janerio in 2016.
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Mindfulness sessions helping us cope with pressure, says defender Reena Kh
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 29 (ANI): With less than 60 days remaining for the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian women's hockey team is trying to stay in the present moment.
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Mental fitness as important as physical fitness, says defender Jarmanpreet
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru [India], May 28 (ANI): India hockey defender Jarmanpreet Singh, who has been training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru as part of the men's senior core group, feels mental fitness is as important as physical fitness to deal with the current situations. He
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Focused on making it to the Olympics and realising my childhood dream: Nav
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 27 (ANI): India forward Navneet Kaur is hopeful of playing her first Olympic event in the summer and is confident of her side having a memorable outing in Tokyo. The 25-year-old has been sweating it out in the national camp at SAI, Bengaluru.
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Intra-squad matches every week brings out the best in us: Akashdeep Singh
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Experienced India striker Akashdeep Singh is unperturbed about not getting international tours due to the travel restrictions ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Mohali hockey stadium renamed Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International H
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 25 (ANI): The Mohali International Hockey Stadium has been dedicated to the memory of Padma Shri Balbir Singh Senior in a formal ceremony at the Hockey Stadium on Tuesday on the first death anniversary of the legendary sportsperson.
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Extremely fortunate to play alongside Manpreet, says Nilakanta Sharma
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 25 (ANI): The Indian men's hockey team midfielder Nilakanta Sharma, who has played 57 matches for the national side, has said he is extremely fortunate to have the chance of playing alongside captain Manpreet Singh.
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Hockey India adds 126 candidates to potential list of umpires, judges
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): After conducting two sets of online workshops from September 2020 to March 2021 as a part of the induction program for the new umpires and technical officials in its officiating system, Hockey India has successfully added 126 candidates to its potential list
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