The duo were left out of the squad for the twin series in Australia on disciplinary grounds.
The Indian team may not have won medals but the youngsters have won the hearts of everyone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on the FIFA Under- 17 World Cup during his monthly radio programme.
Women's cricket, soccer, Australian Rules, rugby league and rugby union competitions have gained traction in Australia and New Zealand but many organisations have been quick to pull funding and end seasons for women's sport during the pandemic.
Three-time Olympian Mukesh Kumar, who created a stir by walking out of a national camp recently after being denied charge of the junior side, has been appointed as coach of the senior men's hockey team and will work under chief coach Michael Nobbs of Australia.
Prem Panicker, a keen follower of the game and one of cricket's finest writers, analysed, debated and dissected the four semi-finalists on the Rediff World Cup Chat on Monday.
The studies that put Virat Kohli as the top brand now do not have Rohit Sharma in the Top 10. That will change quickly if he delivers the T20 World Cup next year or the ODI championship the year after.
If only the shooters had found their targets, the story would have been so different! sighs Raj Kishore Mishra.
South Korea complained that two of the four goals by Australia in the World Cup semi-finals were not legal.
Details of former Australia hockey captain Ric Charlesworth's appointment as Technical Advisor of Indian hockey will be finalised within the next few weeks.
The Indian men's hockey team coach Paul van Ass says he is focussing on improving the technical skills of the players ahead of the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be played at Ipoh, Malaysia from April 5-12.
Australia extended their domination in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament as they bagged their seventh title after a 3-2 win over hosts Malaysia in the summit clash in Ipoh, Malaysia on Sunday.
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.
Argentine Luciana Aymar and Australian Jamie Dwyer were named FIH World Hockey Players of the Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday.
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A listless India slumped to a heart-breaking 0-1 defeat to hosts Malaysia in their last league match as they failed to reach the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament for the second consecutive year in Ipoh, Malaysia on Friday.
India staged a grand recovery to defeat England 4-3 and take the top spot in Pool B of the men's hockey tournament at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. England finished second.
India was asked to play the Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Pakistan following Australia's withdrawal from the event on security grounds.
Australia's Jamie Dwyer and Argentina's Augustina Garcia were named young men's and women's players respectively in the list of awardees, announced by the FIH on Thursday.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India are now atop the leaderboard with five points from two games, but the Manpreet Singh-led side conceded a point to the Netherlands after drawing (during the regulation time) the second match of the contest on Sunday.
Sreejesh has a painful right knee due to a ligament injury that generally takes two to three months to heal, a team source said on Wednesday, ahead of India's preliminary league fixture against Japan.
Defending champions Germany will be gunning for a historic hat-trick of titles while Australia will be eyeing their first in 24 years when the two lock horns in the final of the Hero Honda FIH hockey World Cup in New Delhi on Saturday.
World Series Hockey has a signed a slew of stars from the Australasian region, from Australia to Korea, New Zealand to Malaysia. The players signed up are Brent Livermore, Joseph Reardon, Peter Kelly, Robert Green, Mathew Phillips from Australia; Casey Henwood, Lloyd Stephenson from New Zealand; Jiwa Mohan from Malaysia, and Sung Min for South Korea.
The Aussies put on a strong display of running hockey with Jamie Dwyer finishing off their relentless attacks with three flying field goals.
Parupalli Kashyap brought the curtains down on India's campaign in the 20th Commonwealth Games to a thunderous applause, winning a historic gold in the men's singles badminton on Sunday, as the country earned a fifth-place finish with 64 medals, including 15 yellow metals.
Australia hockey captain Jamie Dwyer is looking forward to playing in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup to be held in New Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium from February 28 to March 13 next year and reckons defending champions Germany as the team to be most feared.
Was it badminton sensation PV Sindhu, who became the first Indian to win the World Championships gold medal? Or is it the young shooting progidy Saurabh Chaudhary? Or his India colleague Elavenil Valarivan, who recently took over as World No 1? What about India's heroes on the cricketing field -- Virat Kohli? Rohit Sharma?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, among others, lavished praise on Kidami Srikanth for claiming the Australian Open title with a stunning win over reigning Olympic and world champion Chen Long.
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Desmond Abbott struck twice to lead Australia to a come from behind 2-1 win over Pakistan and into the semifinals of the hockey World Cup at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Monday.
India hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho on Wednesday reiterated that he was not involved in any conspiracy and did not ask three players and the team manager to skip the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Australia Olympian Ric Charlesworth's appointment as Technical Adviser/Director of the Indian Hockey Federation, under the IOC Solidarity Programme, will be announced in New Delhi on Friday by the FIH despite the Government of India not clearing it.
The PHF is negotiating with coaches from Germany, Australia and Spain to prepare the team for the Olympics.
India has huge expectations from these champions. Rediff.com's Laxmi Negi and Norma Godinho glance at their chances at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
India cricket captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu were on Monday recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna by the awards selection committee.
Ace defender and former captain Dilip Tirkey is the only Indian to figure in the FIH's 18-member men's All-Star hockey team for 2007. Player of the Year Jamie Dwyer of Australia has been named captain.
Pakistan, Spain, Germany, Netherlands and defending champions Argentina will battle for top honours from July 22-30.
Australia coach Ric Charlesworth said the video referral system had made his side's life difficult, as there were many wrong decisions against them during the 2-3 loss to England in their first match of the hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
