Former captain Rajpal Singh got the axe as Hockey India named an 18-member squad for the London Olympics qualifier, to be held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in Delhi, from February 18 to 26. Experienced midfielders Vikram Pillay and Arjun Halappa also failed to find a place in the squad, which will be led by goalkeeper Bharat Chetri.
Table-toppers Sher-E-Punjab notched up a clinical 4-2 victory over local favourites Chennai Cheetahs to advance to the semi-finals of the World Series Hockey in Chennai.
Chennai Cheetahs scored in each of the four quarters to spank Karnataka Lions 4-1 in their World Series Hockey match and jump to the second spot in the points table, in Bangalore on Saturday.
The Indian hockey team's campaign in the Azlan Shah Cup ended on a disappointing note as they finished sixth after going down 1-2 to South Korea in their classification match in Ipoh on Sunday.
Star-studded Air India lifted the 115th edition of the Beighton Cup hockey tournament scoring a 2-1 win over defending champions Indian Oil at the Sports Authority of India artificial turf in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh will lead an 18-member squad as India sets out to defend its crown in the eighth Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuantan, Malaysia from May 9 to 16.
Continuing their stupendous run, India scored a comfortable 2-0 win against Canada in the fourth Test and secured an unassailable 3-0 lead in the seven-match series at Tamanawis Par in Surrey on Saturday. Vikram Pillay scored from a penalty stroke in the 22nd minute while Rajpal Singh shot home in the 38th minute to script India's victory.
India squandered a two-goal lead and committed a late blunder to go down 2-3 to England in their third and final hockey Test to lose the series 1-2 in Birmingham on Sunday.
Goals by Raghunath and Deepak Thakur gave Indian Oil Corporation a 2-0 victory over Indian Airlines in the final.
Gagan Ajit Singh and Vikram Pillay failed to find a place in the list of probables for the Doha Asian Games.
Drag-flicker V Raghunath and experienced mid-fielders Ignace Tirkey and Vikram Pillay have been included in a list of 36 probables for a camp in the run-up to the men's Asia Cup hockey tournament and the Olympic qualifiers.
Hyderabad Sultans' 2-0 victory stopped the winning streak of local favourites Chandigarh Dynamos in the Premier Hockey League.
Although the Indian Hockey Federation has not yet announced the team, the 16-member list has been put up on the official Asian Games' website.
The Indians will be without ace midfielders Viren Rasquinha and Vikram Pillay at the Azlan Shah tournament, which begins on Thursday.
Injury will also keep Vikram Pillay out of the two Tests against the Spaniards.
The Indian hockey captain said it will only benefit the game in the country.
The Mumbai side shocked star-studded Indian Airlines in the final of the tournament.\n\n
The Indian Hockey Federation announced an experimental side for the January 8-18 tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
In another Group 'A' match, Bharat Petroleum defeated Dinamo Kazan hockey club of Russia 4-3.
Saddened by the financial hardship being faced by the hockey community amid the COVID-19 pandemic, former India captain Viren Rasquinha has raised Rs 22 lakh to be distributed as one-time benefit among players, coaches and groundsmen working at the grassroots level. The fund has been raised in just one week through a joint initiative of non-profit organisations Olympic Gold Quest, of which Rasquinha is a Director and CEO, and Go Sports Foundation. They named the initiative #LetsStickTogether.
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