On the occasion of International Olympic Day, Sushil Kumar and Saina Nehwal shared their medal-winning memories at the showpiece event.
The National Associations of Australia, England, India, Malaysia, and New Zealand have all put up extremely strong cases in an attempt to lure the sport's top properties to their territory, the FIH said.
'Mood is upbeat as first teams arrive in the Olympic Village,' says India's Chef-de-Mission Gagan Narang
Punjab and Sind Bank Academy beat Local District Hockey Association 2-0 in another match.
Led by Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, India will seek to showcase its ascendency as a sporting power at the Asian Games, which opens formally on Saturday after an unprecedented one-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen settled for a silver medal after he lost in the men's singles final against Li Shifeng of China in straight games at the Youth Olympics.
Former India hockey coach Harendra Singh finds himself on a different turf in the country's battle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic -- supervising arrangements for Indian evacuees from coronavirus-struck nations as Air India's General Manager.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) could take away next year's World Cup in New Delhi unless India forms a single national federation for the men's and women's game, its president Leandro Negre said. He said Malaysia is the standby venue but he was confident India would resolve the matter in time.
The Indian Hockey Federation has questioned the legality of the Indian Olympic Association's move to form a three-member committee to decide whether the IHF or Hockey India is the legal body to run the game, terming the action contempt of the high court order.
Batra secured 63 votes as against his rival's 61 to emerge winner during the online voting process, in which 124 member associations participated.
The government is working with the Indian Olympic Association, Indian Hockey Federation and Hockey India to facilitate a settlement that is acceptable to both the warring factions -- IHF and Hockey India, Sports Minister Ajay Maken informed the Lok Sabha.
If anyone qualifies to be called a legend in Indian hockey after Dhyan Chand, it's Balbir Singh Senior, said iconic Milkha Singh condoling the death of his 'great friend'. Balbir and Milkha competed together at the highest level for the country in their respective games and even worked together for Punjab Sports department in the 1960s.
The rejection of Vinesh's appeal means India's tally from the Paris Olympics will be of six medals which includes one silver and five bronze.
The ad-hoc panel announced that it will host the senior national championships in Jaipur from February 2-5.
India's star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named among the five nominees for the men's Player of the Year honour.
Hockey India has derecognised Air India as its associate member with immediate effect due to non-payment of membership fee.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday announced that India will host the 2010 hockey World Cup. After the FIH board meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, a decision was made that the 2010 World Cup will be held in New Delhi.
Mumbai Hockey Association (MHA), an affiliate of the Indian Hockey Federation, is in a dilemma after a state Government official sought the use of its stadium for conducting IHF's rival body Hockey India's upcoming League.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) welcomed FIH's decision to conduct next year's Olympic Qualifiers in India and said by recognising only Hockey India as the National Federation for the sport, the world body has vindicated its stand.
Hockey greats Vasudevan Baskaran, M M Somaya and Mervyn Fernandis relive India's gold medal-winning campaign at the Moscow Olympics in 1980.
Indian Women's Hockey team leaves for Argentina tour.
Leander Paes feels India will find it tough in singles but the country can hope to win a medal in the Asian Games
Karnataka and Steel Authority of India Limited from Orissa scored hard-fought victories in their respective boys' quarter-final matches to set up an interesting semi-final in the 35th Junior (under-20) National Hockey Championship, organized by Pune District Hockey Association in association with the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation, under the auspices of the Indian Hockey Federation.
Olympian and former India captain Gurbax Singh on Wednesday criticised officials of Hockey India for "running the organisation like mafias".
A record number of 634 sportspersons were on Friday cleared by the Sports Ministry to compete at the Hangzhou Asian Games, surpassing the 572 athletes in the last edition of continental showpiece in Jakarta in 2018.
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
'The concept of an MP IPL team is the brainchild of Kamal Nath.' 'If the Congress government comes to power in the state, he will assemble an IPL team for MP with the assistance of his business contacts.'
A former world champion, Sindhu is one of the favourites to win the women's singles gold medal in Birmingham, having won the silver and bronze in the last two editions at Gold Coast and Glasgow.
Several candidates, including Taranjit Singh Sandhu, the BJP's Amritsar candidate, are promising resumption of India-Pakistan trade via the Attari-Wagah land route.
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.
India's hockey coach Jose Brasa dismissed reports of a players' revolt against him and ruled out quitting his job over the issue. Although Indian hockey circles are abuzz with the news of a revolt by some disgruntled senior players, the Spaniard claimed he enjoys the support of all his wards.
A miffed Indian Olympic Association hit out at the Sports Ministry for not involving it in Saturday's merger talks to resolve the long-standing dispute between Hockey India and the Indian Hockey Federation.
If the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decides to follow the recommendations on reforms suggested by the Justice RM Lodha committee, one could soon find stadiums in Pune, Nagpur, and Rajkot hosting Indian hockey team's 'Test' matches or tennis team's Davis Cup games.
Australian hockey legend Ric Charlesworth says India needs a foreign expert, as, from his experience, Indian coaches are not good enough to fulfill the requirements of modern hockey.
Mariamma Koshy, the head of Hockey Kerala has been appointed the interim president of the Hockey India in place of octagenarian Vidya Stokes, who resigned from the post a few days back.
With an impressive number of votes, 199,477, Rani Rampal was a clear winner of the Athlete of the Year race. Sports fans all over the world voted for their favourite during 20 days of polling in January. Over 705,610 votes were cast during the poll.
Former national hockey coach Cedric D'Souza has been roped in by Delhi Waveriders as their new coach for the second edition of the Hockey India League which starts next month.
Dismissing discrimination charges levelled against it, Hockey India on Friday said it will pay the protesting women hockey players at par with their male counterparts once it has the fund ready.
Deeply hurt by allegations against him during the recent hockey crisis, A K Mattoo resigned as Hockey India president and from other administrative posts in various sport bodies.
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