Apart from a 180-room hostel, including 90 for girls and 90 for boys, the stadium is equipped with modern facilities with 50 games including Judo, Karate, Table Tennis, Shooting, Lawn Tennis, Cricket and Hockey can be conducted as per international standards, in the stadium.
The Hockey India League is all set to return after a seven-year hiatus this December. The revamped HIL 2024-25 will feature 8 men's teams and 6 women's teams, marking the first standalone women's league in the country that will run concurrently with the men's competition.
On Day 7 of the 14th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2024, Delhi and Hockey Bengal had a fruitful outing as they registered a win in their respective matches after defeating Le Puducherry and Bihar respectively in the final games of the group stage in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Newly appointed Head Coach, PR Sreejesh will take charge of the team in Malaysia with Amir Ali serving as Captain and Rohit named as his deputy, as per a press release from Hockey India.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday unveiled the logo and mascot 'Gudiya' of the Women's Asian Champions Hockey Trophy 2024 which will be held in the newly constructed Rajgir stadium from November 11 to 20, 2024.
India men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh believes that the Hockey India League will present a "great opportunity" for youngsters to learn and progress in the game.
Legendary Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi said that the women's sport has been "holding the Indian sport" together in the last few years and have been a part of an "incredible revolution" that will continue for the next decade.
Sreejesh, who called it quits from international level hockey after India's second successive bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, said that even though India secured the Asian Champions Trophy title, their fifth, the tournament is not a right one to judge the performance of the two goalies.
SG Sports, Media & Entertainment (SGSE), part of the APL Apollo Group, announced the launch of the franchise. With a star-studded lineup of management and coaches, the franchise is set to take the hockey world by storm in the HIL, which is making an eagerly awaited comeback after 2017.
Former Indian Men's Hockey team captain Sardar Singh has expressed his support for the resumption of the Hockey India League, emphasizing the positive impact it will have on the sport and its players.
In a recent statement, Singh said, "I want to congratulate and thank the Hockey India Fed