Bangalore Hi-Fliers and Chandigarh Dynamos set up a title clash after winning their semifinal matches in the fourth edition of Premier Hockey League in Chandigarh on Saturday.
After being blanked by Spain in Monday's match, England captain Barry Middleton said his team did not play to its potential as they were already assured of a semi-final place in the hockey World Cup.
Spain captain Pol Amat on Sunday said they were always in control of their first hockey World Cup match against South Africa despite the half-time score of 2-2 but need to improve their performance in remaining matches if they are to qualify for semifinals.
Chandigarh Dynamos pipped a spirited Hyderabad Sultans through penalty shoot-out to book a berth in the finals of the fourth Premier Hockey League at the Sector 42 stadium in Chandigarh on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday.
Former champions Bangalore Hi-Fliers kept themselves in the race for a semifinal berth with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Hyderabad Sultans in the Premier Hockey League in Chandigarh on Thursday.
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India's squash ace Dipika Pallikal will be in action against the formidable Nicol David in the semi-final round on Monday, the third day of the Asian Games.
Japan beat Singapore 8-0 to shut out thrice winners Pakistan from medal contention in Pool A at the Asia Cup.
Gurpreet Singh scored thrice to beat Bhopal XI in the semis of the 44th Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Punjab and Sind Bank will lock horns with Indian Oil in the final of the Surjit hockey tournament.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
India's focus on day eight will be centered around tennis mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna who are to take on the US pair of Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram, on Saturday night, in the semi-finals at the Rio Olympics.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
Following is the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 11th day of the Asian Games in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the 10th day of the Asian Games tomorrow.
The hosts beat Kazakhstan 8-0 and will take on South Korea in the semi-finals of the fifth Women's Asia Cup hockey tournament.
Hosts India produced a spirited performance to stun Olympic silver medallist Belgium in the shoot-out and progress to the semi-finals of the Hockey World League (HWL) final after both the teams were locked at 3-3 at the end of regulation time, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
In the medal standings, India were placed eighth with a compilation of seven gold, five silver and 17 bronze.
With the nationwide lockdown in place to fight the spread of COVID-19, the first condolence meeting held on virtual platform. Banerjee had died on March 20 after a prolonged illness while Goswami succumbed to cardiac arrest on April 30.
Sreejesh has a painful right knee due to a ligament injury that generally takes two to three months to heal, a team source said on Wednesday, ahead of India's preliminary league fixture against Japan.
Three-time champions Pakistan became the first team to qualify for the semifinals of the Asia Cup hockey tournament after defeating Malaysia 4-1 in their second Pool A match in Ipoh, Malaysia on Sunday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the eighth day of the Asian Games on Sunday.
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Top-ranked India will take on South Korea in the semi-finals of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy after the Koreans conceded a late equaliser to Malaysia and finished fourth in the round-robin league standings in Kuantan, Malaysia, on Thursday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Rahi Sarnobat beat all expectations to become India's first woman shooter with an Asian Games gold and the low-profile wushu players delivered their best ever performance even in defeat on another high-yielding day for the country at the regional showpiece.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India's defence crumbled in the bronze medal playoff as they crashed to a 1-5 defeat against Great Britain for a fourth-place finish at the World League Semifinals in Antwerp.
Jasjit Singh sent two rasping penalty corner drag flicks into the net as India edged past hosts Malaysia 3-2 to move to the semifinals of the Hockey World League semi-finals in Antwerp.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Led by young flag-bearer Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, the athletes, clad in blue suits, waved to the crowd with small flags in their hands.
The overall tally of six gold, five silver and 14 bronze medals at the end of day six put the country in 8th spot in the table with China leading the pack by quite a distance, having already crossed the 100-mark.
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