A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Rani Rampal will captain an 18-strong Indian women's team, while experienced goalkeeper Savita will shoulder the duties of vice-captain at next month's Commonwealth Games
'The way we are playing now, if we continue to play the same hockey, no one can stop us from standing on the podium in Tokyo.'
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik was appointed coach of the senior men's hockey team on Wednesday, just two days after chief coach Michael Nobbs was shown the door because of non-performance.
The Hockey India League's Mini Players auction will feature 95 Indians, including promising forwards such as Ramandeep Singh and Affan Yousuf, when it is conducted here on November 18.
Coach of the victorious Jr Asia Cup-winning team Harendra Singh says his next aim is to retain the junior World Cup title.
The doctor says it may take Jugraj up to seven weeks just to get back on his feet with support.
The constant change of captain in the Indian hockey team is in bad taste and defies logic, feels Olympian and former India captain Gurbux Singh.
Defending Champions Korea and last edition's runners up, Japan arrived in Chennai on Sunday (July 30) night for the Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023.
Former India hockey player and coach M K Kaushik on Saturday died after battling COVID-19 for the past three weeks.
Mary was back in her preferred 48kg category as she overcame the challenge from younger competitors to make it to the Indian team for the marquee continental event, which is to be held from November 2 to November 11 in the Ho Chi Minh City.
The Asian Games normally serves as the Olympic qualifiers but there was some confusion after the Hangzhou Asian Games were postponed from last year to this year due to the COVID-19 situation in China.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
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The midfield will be spearheaded by Olympic bronze medal-winning former skipper Manpreet Singh, current vice-captain Hardik Singh and young Vivek Sagar Prasad, while India also boasts of a strong, attacking forwardline in Shamsher Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek and Sukhjeet Singh.
Akashdeep Singh scored two goals as India posted a comfortable 3-0 win over Asian champions South Korea to finish a lowly ninth in the men's hockey World Cup at the Kyocera Stadium at The Hague in The Netherlands on Saturday.
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The IHF said the league is likely to start in September after the Athens Olympics.
The decision to axe the German super coach was taken following Malaysia's dismal showing in the Asia Cup hockey.
India has always been a difficult place to work for foreign hockey coaches due to difference of opinion with national federations and bureaucratic hurdles.
Former Indian hockey captain, Dilip Tirkey, who is injured, has opted out of playing in the Professional Hockey league starting in Chandigarh next month.
The captain of India's hockey team will feature in a video that will create awareness about a social cause.
'My target is not just to qualify for the Olympics but also do well at Athens and end up in a good position,' says Indian hockey Chief Coach Rajinder Singh.
Defender Gurinder Singh, midfielders Sumit and Manpreet who were part of the Junior World Cup-winning squad are slated to make their debut at the tournament.
India were drawn against their Pakistan for an away Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 fixture.
'You will recover fast and will play in the Olympics next year,' the cricket legend told the injured hockey ace.
The Manipur girl will captain the women's hockey team for the Afro-Asian Games and Asia Cup.
Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmed have been included in the squad for the Champions Trophy.
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India's shooting ace Apurvi Chandela attained the World No 1 position in the women's 10m air rifle event while compatriot Anjum Moudgil rose to second.
A bonus amount of Rs 1000 has been offered for each goal scored by the Indian team at the ongoing Asia Cup.
As stalwart midfielder Sardar Singh called time on his illustrious International career, Hockey India on Friday congratulated the 32-year-old Khel Ratna awardee on his long-serving career that spanned over 12 years.
Pained to see the Indian ice hockey team's fund raising campaign in a bid to participate in the IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia Division I in Kuwait from April 18-24, the former India opener has taken it as a 'moral responsibility' to support the sport.
India crashed to their third straight defeat, losing to China in the KT Cup women's hockey tournament at Seongnam, Korea.
India lost 0-3 to Korea in the six-nation K T Cup women's hockey tournament.
Forward Rajpal Singh credits the coach for the Asia Cup triumph.
Tributes poured in for India's former hockey captain Mohammed Shahid who passed into the ages at a Gurgaon hospital following multiple organ failure on Wednesday.
