Tag Archives: Hockey

Red hot Indians continued their dominance at the 10th men’s Hockey Asia Cup tournament as they defeated Pakistan 3-1 in a Pool A match. Chinglesnsana Singh (17th minute), Ramandeep Singh (44th) and Harmanpreet Singh (45th) scored for India, while Pakistan’s lone strike came from the stick of Ali Shan in the …

The unceremonious sacking of national men’s hockey team coach Roelant Oltmans by Hockey India (HI) created controversy. The issue was handled unprofessionally by the officials exactly in the same manner when some previous foreign coaches like Ric Charelsworth, Jose Brasa, Michael Nobbs, Terry Walsh and Paul Van Ass were shown …

Hockey India sacked Roelant Oltmas as the coach of senior men’s hockey team with immediate effect and made High Performance Director David John in charge of the national team till a suitable replacement is found. The decision was taken during the three-day meeting of the Hockey India High Performance and …

August 29- the National Sports Day in India. Schools and colleges celebrate the day; sporting events are held in institutes and organisations; and of course the sporting honours are bestowed upon selected Indian athletes by the government. This year too the honours were conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind. Javelin …

Mreenal Chakraborty likes to refer himself as ‘Mental Toughness Trainer’. He is the man behind some very significant achievements in Indian sport. The most noteworthy among them is Junior Hockey World Cup victory after 15 years in December 2016. Mreenal Chakraborty is currently in Berlin working closely with Indian Archery …

STATE OLYMPICS 2017 Date: 22nd June 2017-25th June 2017 Venue: Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Description: Himachal Pradesh Olympics Association will conduct a ‘State Olympics’ which will feature 11 sports such as Hockey, Athletics, Boxing, Basketball, Judo, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Wrestling, Kho-Kho, Weight Lifting and Shooting. A torch run was started which attracted …

India thrashed Pakistan by 7-1 goals to win their match and seal a place in the quarter-finals of the Hockey World League Semifinals in London.  Harmanpreet Singh, Talwinder Singh and Akashdeep Singh scored twice each and Pradeep Mor scored one goal to put up an emphatic victory over the arch …