Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh secured narrow 3-2 victories in their respective pool matches in Division A of the senior men's national hockey championship on Friday. Uttar Pradesh overcame a two-goal deficit against Hockey Karnataka, while Madhya Pradesh held off Maharashtra. Other matches saw Haryana defeat Manipur Hockey and Hockey Punjab beat Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu.
Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh have advanced to the Division A semifinals of the 16th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship after securing victories in their respective quarterfinal matches on Sunday.
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Manipur secured victories in their respective pool games, while Punjab and Bengal played to a draw on the sixth day of the Hockey India Senior Men National Championship in Jhansi. Uttar Pradesh defeated Chandigarh 5-0, Madhya Pradesh beat Puducherry 4-2, and Manipur overcame Delhi 5-2.
Fighting India beat Belgium in shoot-out to enter FIH Jr WC semifinals
Arshdeep Singh, Manmeet Singh and Dilraj Singh struck a hat-trick each as India mauled Oman 17-0 to register their second consecutive win in the FIH men's Junior World Cup.
Mohd Konain Dad (7th minute) opened India's account before Dilraj (17th, 50th), Sharda Nand (20th, 50th) struck.
FIH Men's World Cup: India beat Switzerland 5-0 to qualify for quarterfinals
Three-time champions India defeated hosts Malaysia 4-2 to continue their unbeaten run at the Sultan of Johor Cup junior men's hockey tournament in Johor Bahru on Tuesday.
India produced a brave-heart performance, nullifying a two-goal deficit to beat Argentina 4-2 and clinch the bronze medal in the FIH Men's Junior World Cup, in Chennai, on Wednesday.
India stayed on course to make it a hat-trick of men's junior Asia Cup hockey titles, defeating Malaysia 3-1 to enter the final.
The top-scorer at the 10th Sultan of Johor Cup was India's Sharda Nand Tiwari with 7 goals to his name, and the Player of the Match in the Final against Australia was Sudeep Chirmako.
The Indians have won the age group tournament twice, in 2013 and 2014 and finished second best four times in 2012, 2015, 2018 and the last edition of the event in 2019.
