He was blessed with celestial ability, a once-in-a-generation player destined to pull India out of its hockey inertia and lay down for it a new, exciting, path of greatness. Then he was shot and unsure if he would walk, let alone play hockey again. Dhruv Munjal hopes Soorma, the biopic on Sandeep Singh's life, will bring him back where he belongs -- in the spotlight.
Dilip Tirkey, Adrian D'Souza, Gagan Ajit Singh, Sandeep Singh, Viren Rasquinha and Arjun Halappa will leave for Pakistan on September 5.
All the members of the team that won the bronze medal at the Azlan Shah tournament found a place among the probables.
India beat New Zealand 3-2 in a practice match prior to Sultan Azlan Shah hockey.
Dilip Tirkey scored the solitary goal as India beat China 1-0 in their first match of the Asia Cup.
The PHL Trophy, made from Swarovski Crystals, was unveiled in Hyderabd on Tuesday.
India will take on world champions Germany in the opening match of the hockey World Cup.
Australia's Jamie Dwyer and Spain's Santiago Freixa bagged the International Hockey Federation's 'Player of the Year' and 'Young Player of the Year' awards respectively.
Sandeep Singh 's brace from penalty-corners gave Airlines a 2-0 victory over Punjab and Sing Bank in the final
The Indians will be without ace midfielders Viren Rasquinha and Vikram Pillay at the Azlan Shah tournament, which begins on Thursday.
India are looking to make amends for the semi-final loss to the Netherlands in the bronze medal play-off in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur are among many regulars left out of the team, to be coached by Harinder Singh.
They were made to fight by India Juniors for a 1-0 victory in the Shastri hockey tournament.
The Indian hockey team's chief coach said the current team was capable of winning the Olympic title.
Chennai Veerans registered their first victory in the Premier Hockey League.
The camp for the Asia Cup will now commence from Tuesday.
Dilip Tirkey's side will be looking for another good showing when it meets Pakistan in the third Test of the four-Test series.
The former edged past Indian Oil while BSF routed Punjab Police in the semi-finals.
A 3-2 victory gave Pakistan their second victory in the six-nation Junior hockey tournament.
India rallied to hold the Germans 1-1 in their second match of the six-nation junior hockey tournament.
India beat Ireland 6-2 to win the third and last Test in Cologne, Germany.
Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh on Saturday returned to the national team as Hockey India named a strong 18-member squad under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh for the Asia Cup to be held in Dhaka from October 11-22.
Gagan Ajit Singh, Jugraj Singh and Prabhjot Singh are shortlisted Young Player of the Year award, while Devesh Chauhan and Dilip Tirkey are in the running for the senior award.
"I am not as talented as Dhanraj [Pillay] and Dilip [Tirkey] so I'll have to keep fighting to keep my place in the side," said the Indian mid-fielder.
A 3-2 victory enabled India win the second and final Test.
'The Centre should take the matter seriously and ensure creating an opportunity to Srabani Nanda and Amiya Mallick to participate in the Rio Olympics'
India scored twice in each half for a 4-1 win in the Hamburg Masters hockey tournament.
The Indian coach said that his team will make every effort to win at least one game when they take on Spain.
The Indian Hockey Federation announced an experimental side for the January 8-18 tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
Two goals down, India won their Group B match 4-2 and stayed in the hunt for a semi-final berth in the men's hockey tournament.
