The foreign players in the PHL have slammed Joaquim Carvalho's allegations that they are not showing enough commitment.
Starting their campaign in style, Maratha Warriors thrashed Chennai Veerans 4-1 in a one-sided match of the Premier Hockey League in Chandigarh on Friday.
P V Sindhu, will have to punch above its weight to salvage any hopes of a medal after being handed a tough draw in the badminton event at the 18th Asian Games.
India must beat Malaysia in their league match on Saturday to enter the final of the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia. Defeat or a draw will earn Pakistan a meeting with Argentina in the title round.
Women formed the core of India's stupendous day four at the 21st Commonwealth Games where a 16-year-old Manu Bhaker delivered a record-shattering shooting gold medal and the table tennis team shocked fancied defending champions Singapore to clinch the top honours for the first time in the event.
Australia thrashed the already qualified Germany 5-0 to secure their place in the final.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the ninth day of the Asian Games, on Monday.
Japan beat Singapore 8-0 to shut out thrice winners Pakistan from medal contention in Pool A at the Asia Cup.
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.
Cricketers and fans around the world are paying tribute to Phillip Hughes via a social media campaign by leaving their cricket bats out and sharing a picture with the message #putoutyourbats on Twitter.
The first phase begins on January 4 in Chennai while the Chandigarh leg is from February 11.
It was India's second victory in three matches in the Akhbar El-Yom hockey tournament in Cairo.
India squandered numerous scoring chances before two late goals sealed their 3-1 victory over Canada in the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey in Ipoh on Sunday. Failing to exert pressure despite taking an early lead, India hung on grimly against several threatening Canadian raids to clinch their second victory in three outings. Chandana Thimmaiah opened the Indian account in the third minute, but Keegan Pereira equalised for Canada in the 23rd minute to be 1-1 level at half-time. Harmanpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 41st minute and Talwinder Singh capitalised on a Sardar Singh cross into the circle in the 67th to seal the fate of the match.
India will desperately look to break the agonising sequence of debacles when they play Pakistan tomorrow in the Rabo Trophy hockey tournament.
