IHF secretary Jothikumaran said the team is finalised but Gill would make the announcement.
Taking a cue from the Hockey India League, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) made significant changes in the structure of the game, moving away from two 35-minute halves to a four-quarter format of 15 minutes each in a match.
The Indian Hockey Federation is organising two exhibition matches, featuring top players from India and Pakistanl, and a host of film and television artists, in Chandigarh, on September 11.
Former India Olympian and coach Joaquim Carvalho has moved the Delhi high court, claiming that Hockey India, which is fighting a legal battle with the IHF, is threatening players that they will not be selected for national duty if they take part in World Series Hockey.
The German has taken up a new assignment with the national team of Egypt.
The Indian men's hockey team jumped two places to occupy sixth place in the latest International Hockey Federation (FIH) rankings on the back of its good showing in the Hockey World League Semi-Finals.
India beat Pakistan 3-1 to win the gold medal in men's hockey at the Afro-Asian Games.
Days after granting official recognition to Hockey India, the International Hockey Federation on Sunday confirmed India as host country of the 2010 men's hockey World Cup in March 2010. FIH said India has sorted out its 'internal problems' and so there is no uncertainty over the prestigious event being held in New Delhi.
In what promises a rollicking start to next year's Hero Honda FIH Hockey World Cup, hosts India will take on archrivals Pakistan on the opening day of the mega-event, to be held in New Delhi from February 28 to March 13.
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 second season of World Series Hockey, a tournament not recognised by the sport's world governing body FIH, is scheduled to be played from December 15, 2012 to January 20, 2013, it was announced on Thursday.
The Olympic hockey semi-finalists will play two Tests in Chandigarh ahead of the Champions Trophy.
The Indian Olympic Association-run ad-hoc committee said Harender Singh will be in-charge of the team till 2010 and a foreign coach will appointed.
The Indian Govt. has relegated hockey from priority to general sport because of a string of poor performances of the team.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation on Wednesday recalled senior players Sohail Abbas, Rehan Butt and Zeeshan Ashraf, who had announced their retirement after the team finished bottom of the heap in the World Cup in India. The PHF also recalled Waseem Ahmed and Salman Akbar for a national camp, from June 20, in Karachi, to prepare for a tour of Europe ahead of the Commonwealth and Asian Games.
Armed with a Supreme Court ruling, Hockey India announced that it will hold its much-awaited elections, postponed four times in the past for various reasons, here on August 5.
Legal experts feel that the five-member committee constituted to probe charges of sexual harassment against M K Kaushik, former chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team, has no legal sanctity and does not carry the same weight as one constituted in accordance with the Supreme Court's directive in the Vishaka vs Government of Rajasthan case.
India's goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who will end his illustrious 18-year career after the Paris Olympics, had conceded only five goals in four games at the men's hockey event, which gives him a save rate above 90 percent for the tournament.
Pakistan hockey chief coach Shahnaz Shaikh has claimed that there was a conspiracy plotted against his team following the suspension of Mohammad Tousiq and Amjad Ali meted out in the recently held Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar.
Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer, has been named the title sponsor for the 2010 FIH men's hockey World Cup, to be held in Delhi in March. The announcement was made at a glittering ceremony on Monday, in the presence of International Hockey Federation president Leandro Negre, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi, Hockey India president A K Mattoo and the 1975 World Cup-winning members of the Indian team.
The Birmingham Commonwealth Games is scheduled from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be held from September 10 to 25 this year.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is planning to have India and Pakistan play their home and away matches in Europe if the arch-rivals face off in the Olympic qualifying tournament for a berth at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Italy has replaced Egypt in the men's London Olympics qualifying hockey tournament, to be held here in February next year.
Five teams will play in two divisions of the league, which begins on January 13.
The Indian hockey team has been invited for the first Mini World Cup by hosts Netherlands.
The Indian hockey team will attend a 10-day training camp in Germany for the Champions Challenge tournament.
Shiva Keshavan cannot help feeling that the more things change, the more they remain the same.
The midfielder will lead India at the Azlan Shah tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, from May 5 to 15.
Ranveer Singh met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ahead of the Men's Hockey World Cup opening ceremony.
The IHF selection policy came under fire, with some players saying the selectors must own up responsibility for the national side's poor showing in international tournaments.
India's medal prospects took a hit with the exclusion of hockey, shooting, cricket, badminton and wrestling from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Hockey India (HI) will continue to run the game in the country despite Indian Hockey Federation's revival by the Delhi High Court, secretary Narinder Batra said on Saturday.
The PHF is considering inviting the team for a nine-nation tournament in December.
India's teen wizard Rani Rampal and defender Sardar Singh have made it to the FIH All Stars team, International Hockey Federation announced on Saturday.
The government denied the team permission to go to Malaysia, citing the recent harassment of its IT professionals.
The Indian duo of Prabhjot Singh and Surinder Kaur were named in the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Men and Women World All Star Teams announced on Thursday.
'If he is being spoken in the same breath as Dhyan Chand, then you can image how good he was.'
