Australia scored late in the match to deny India full points in the four-nation Men's Hockey Challenge in Sydney.\n\n
With an eye on the Olympics, the India hockey team skipper Sardar Singh said that the upcoming tournaments like Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and Champions Trophy will serve as important preparatory events in the run-up to the Rio Games. Sardar said while the immediate aim is to win a gold in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Ipoh from April 6-16, the larger goal is to come up with a medal-winning show in the Champions Trophy, to be played in London from June 10-17.
India's ace forward SV Sunil and midfielder Manpreet Singh have been ruled out of the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy due to their respective injuries. While Sunil still carries the wrist injury from Rio Olympics during India's encounter against Canada, Manpreet has recently picked up a groin injury. "Manpreet's is a repeated groin injury. Though it is manageable at this stage, it should not become chronic hence we decided to keep him back here for rehabilitation. Sunil and Raghunath (who is recovering from an elbow injury) will also be in SAI while the team is away in Malaysia," confirmed Chief Coach Roelant Oltmans.
The Indian hockey team started its tour of Australia and New Zealand on a convincing note, drubbing a combined Queensland and New South Wales state team 8-1 in the opening encounter, thanks to winger Rajpal Singh's brilliant hat-trick, in Brisbane on Saturday.
India once again paid the price of some sloppy defending and conceded a late goal to lose 2-3 to lower-ranked Malaysia and crash out of the title race of the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.\n\n
The Indian hockey team ended their Australia trip on a disappointing note, losing both their matches against a development squad. The Sandeep Singh-led side, which had gone down 3-5 to the Australian Development squad on Tuesday night, lost 2-5 on Wednesday, their second straight defeat at the hands of the squad, coached by Ric Charlesworth.
Skipper Sandeep Singh pumped in three penalty corners as India whitewashed the Queensland-New South Wales State combine 7-0 in the second outing of their Australia-New Zealand tour at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane on Sunday.
India suffered a jolt even before kicking off their campaign in the eight-nation Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament with ace midfielder Ignace Tirkey "opting out" of the squad citing "personal reasons".
Schedule of Indian athletes in the 20th Commonwealth Games on Monday (July 29).
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A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
The Netherlands will face underdogs New Zealand in the summit clash of the Hero Hockey World league Final on Saturday after the two teams eked out hard-fought wins over world champions Australia and England at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.
Meet first-time Indian athletes hoping to make an impression in Rio.
Indian sportspersons will be in action in the following events at 28th Olympic Games in Athens.
The Netherlands claimed the 2007 BDO Hockey Champions Trophy women's title, defeating hosts Argentina in the final.
India's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lost 3-0 to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore in the women's sinlges final.
India suffered their second defeat in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, losing 1-4 to Australia.
Kalinga Lancers thrashed Uttar Pradesh Wizards 10-2 in a high-scoring contest to register their second consecutive win and jump to the top of the fourth Hockey India League, in Lucknow on Monday.
India will be looking to capitalise on home advantage when they take on Spain in their opening match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Saturday.
Nitisha Negi, was one of the five Indian footballers who were swept away by a huge wave on Sunday when they ventured into the seawaters after the completion of the Games. The Pacific Games were not recognised by the International School Sports Federation, the parent international body. The Indian contingent had around 120 members.
A 56th minute goal by Sardara Singh guided India to a 1-0 victory over South Korea in the play-off for third-fourth places.
Malaysia will take on Australia, who beat Korea, in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.
A 2-0 victory over Argentina enabled the Indians seal the spot.
The FIH warned the Pakistan hockey team over an incident involving their captain Muhammad Saqlain
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And no, the commercial sporting leagues didn't cause the drought, says Shekhar Gupta.
At a colourful ceremony, which included a presentation of India's indigenous martial art forms, dances and sports, Modi said technology has contributed to a sedentary lifestyle.
Bjoern Michel scored the golden goal in the second half of extra time to help Germany beat Spain 4-3.
The Netherlands beat Olympic and defending champions Australia 6-2 in the final to win their maiden Azlan Shah hockey title.
Roderick Weusthos scored for the Dutch in the 64th minute to take them into the final, against Australia.
India lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Australia in their opening game of Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran is confident of a better finish in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament than the last place the team ended up at last time.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
Will the fans rush back to the stadium once sport resumes? Will training abroad be as hassle-free as it used to be? What about contact sports where social distancing can't really be practised? Some of India's biggest sportspersons -- current and former -- gave their views on future of sports once the action resumes.
Gagan Narang grabbed the spotlight on Friday, winning the men's 50m Rifle 3-position event, for his his fourth gold medal of the Games.
Australia's Jamie Dwyer and Spain's Santiago Freixa bagged the International Hockey Federation's 'Player of the Year' and 'Young Player of the Year' awards respectively.
