India, on the other hand, finished runners-up twice in 2010 and 2014 editions.
With clock ticking down fast for the upcoming edition of the Asian Games, Hockey India named a 39-member core probable group for the Senior Men's National Coaching Camp.
India lost 2-4 against the Netherlands in shootout after their return leg FIH Pro League match ended in a 1-1 draw in Rourkela on Wednesday.
Defending champions India beat Korea 3-1 to register their fourth consecutive win at the Hero Asian Champions Trophy.
China stunned Pakistan 2-0 in the shoot-out to enter the final of Hero Asian Champions Trophy for the first time in the history of the tournament.
Rising Indian midfielder Manpreet Singh was named the 'Junior Player of the Year' by the Asian Hockey Federation in its Congress held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Indian men's hockey team beat Great Britain 4-2 in shoot-out to enter the semi-finals and remain on course to win its second consecutive Olympic medal.
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh slammed a brace as the Indian men's hockey team outplayed Spain 4-1 in a FIH Pro League match in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
It was our own mistake that we went to the restricted area without our knowledge, acknowledges India captain Manpreet Singh.
An Army colonel commanding a battalion, a major and a Jammu and Kashmir deputy superintendent of police were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in the higher reaches of Kokorenag area in the valley while one soldier was missing, officials said on Wednesday.
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His son and ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh lit the funeral pyre.
The Indian men's hockey team is looking to extend its impressive run at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, beginning September 23.
Badal, who served as the finance minister in the previous Congress government, said, "Seven years ago, I merged the People's Party of Punjab with your party. I did so with immense hope and an expectation of being integrated into an organisation with a rich history that would allow me to serve both the people of Punjab and its interests to the best of my ability."
Just when you think you have seen enough of him, the genial goalkeeper from Kerala conjures up something special and leaves you pleasantly surprised.
Additional director general of police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said the operation was launched based on specific input and is currently underway.
The self-styled Sikh preacher managed to give police a slip after changing his vehicle on Saturday when police had launched a crackdown against him and his outfit 'Waris Punjab De'.
Security forces on Sunday intensified their operation to flush out terrorists from the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on the second day of encounter that has left two soldiers and a civilian dead.
Several athletes, including the hockey men's and women's teams of India, took part in the flag-hoisting ceremony at the CWG Village on Thursday.
Harmanpreet Singh had also captained the side in the recent series against Australia, where the side fought hard before losing the five-match rubber 1-4.
Gangster Sukhdul Singh alias Sukha Duneke, one of Punjab's most wanted criminals, was killed in the Canadian city of Winnipeg by unidentified people, sources said on Thursday.
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He was detained on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday in Ludhiana and was formally arrested on Friday morning after he was brought to New Delhi by a team of the Economic Offences Wing, Additional Commissioner of Police (EOW) O P Mishra said.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the media needs to remain vigilant and flag shortcomings of the government with a view to improve the effectiveness of governance.
The Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and the four other players who have tested positive for COVID-19 were showing only "mild symptoms" and they were doing well, the doctors from Sports Authority of India said on Saturday.
Security forces sieved through the dense forests of Gadole in Kashmir Valley's Anantnag district for the seventh day on Tuesday, one of Jammu and Kashmir's longest anti-militancy operations that has claimed the lives of three officers and a soldier.
Besides two goalkeepers, the Asian Games-bound team will have six defenders, five midfielders and as many forwards.
India have won eight gold medals in the past, but their last top finish came way back in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka is the men's hockey team's first assignment post Tokyo Olympics.
Officials said Papalpreet Singh is considered one of Amritpal Singh's mentors who had been advising him on various issues.
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The squad includes goalkeepers PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, and defenders Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Jugraj Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, and Gurinder Singh.
Down by an early goal, India staged a magnificent fightback to beat two-time champions Pakistan 3-1 in their second outing of the Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2018, at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, in Muscat, on Saturday.
Jeev said Father's Day on Sunday was 'another sad reminder of what I've lost'.
The team has only one goalkeeper in Sreejesh, which means promising Krishan Bahadur Pathak missed out on an Olympic berth
Women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal and men's skipper Manpreet Singh also wished the paralympians.
Neeraj Chopra, who won India's maiden athletic Gold on his Olympic debut, was awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 Crore by the BCCI
The training camps for both the men and women teams will begin in Bengaluru from Wednesday.
The Indian men's hockey team dished out a dominant performance to launch its title defence with a commanding 3-0 win over hosts China in the Asian Champions Trophy in Hulunbuir, China on Sunday.
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