Skipper Sandeep Singh continued his goal-scoring spree as India pipped Pakistan 2-1 to reach the final of the five-nation Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Malaysia on Saturday.
Captain Sandeep Singh's brace put India ahead before they conceded a late goal to settle for a 2-2 draw against New Zealand in the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia on Thursday. India and New Zealand both have five points even though Sandeep's men enjoy a superior goal average in the tournament.
Sandeep Singh and Diwarkar Ram scored from penalty-corners as India beat their arch-rivals 2-1 to stay in contention in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
India hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho on Wednesday reiterated that he was not involved in any conspiracy and did not ask three players and the team manager to skip the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
India on Friday pumped in three first half goals to stun fancied Pakistan 3-1 and set up a summit clash with the arch-rivals in the final of the Genting Four-Nation Under-21 Hockey Tournament at the Taman Daya Stadium in Malaysia.
India secured its place in the final round of Tokyo Olympic qualifiers by beating Chile 4-2 in the semi-finals of the women's FIH Series Finals hockey tournament.
India conceded a goal in the dying minutes and lost to European champions The Netherlands 1-2 in the final of the Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament in Chandigarh on Monday evening. The tournament's top-scorer Jeroen Hertzberger converted a penalty-corner in the 66th minute to break Indian hearts, at the packed Sector 42 hockey stadium. Earlier, New Zealand beat Germany 3-2 to take third place.
Joel Baker scored in the last minute of the match to help New Zealand shock World champions Germany 3-2 in the play-off and finish third in the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament in Chandigarh on Monday. The teams were locked 2-2 till the last minute when Baker scored to carve out a memorable victory for his team.
The Indian hockey team arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday after winning a bronze in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup at Ipoh in Malaysia.
In a hard fought match, which saw fortunes fluctuating from one to other side, India and Holland played out a pulsating 4-4 draw in the Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament in Chandigarh on Sunday night.
Eight-time Olympic hockey champions India may not have made the cut for Beijing Games for the first time in 80 years, but four of its coaches will be at the hockey tournament to study the strategy of other participating nations.
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Pakistan's hopes of hosting the Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament received another jolt as Britain, the replacement for Australia, expressed unwillingness to tour the country.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi on Tuesday felicitated the Indian hockey team for their commendable performance at the Azlan Shah Cup and said the team's next priority is to perform at the 2010 World Cup and qualify for the 2012 Olympics. Kalmadi said it is the IOA's responsibility to improve the image of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) after it was in news for all wrong reasons in recent months.
The Lal Bahadur Shastri four-nation women's hockey tournament starting in New Delhi is spiked before it could take-off.
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.
India scored their second successive victory after two defeats to stay in the reckoning in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Argentina handed India their second defeat with a 5-1 thrashing at Azlan Shah hockey on Friday.
Former Olympian Pargat Singh has been named the Indian team's manager for the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Neck-deep in controversies, a young Indian hockey team will begin their campaign at the Azlan Shah tournament on Thursday.
Seasoned players Dilip Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh, Viren Rasquinha, Adrian D'Souza and Sandeep Singh were named among 32 probables for the upcoming Champions Challenge Cup men's field hockey tournament.
India's premier hockey tournament will be played over 22 days, from December 20 in Chandigarh, and have 26 matches.
A last minute penalty-corner conversion by V Raghunath salvaged a 2-2 draw for India against Australia in the four-nation hockey tournament in Perth on Thursday. India looked destined for their second successive defeat in the competition, after a 1-4 drubbing at the hands of South Korea on Wednesday, before Raghunath saved the day.
Goals by Raghunath and Deepak Thakur gave Indian Oil Corporation a 2-0 victory over Indian Airlines in the final.
India suffered a jolt even before kicking off their campaign in the eight-nation Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament with ace midfielder Ignace Tirkey "opting out" of the squad citing "personal reasons".
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India and Pakistan scored resounding victories over Singapore and Bangladesh to finish first and second respectively in their groups.
A dominant India hammered arch-rivals Pakistan 5-1 with SV Sunil striking twice in a round-robin league match of the Sultan Azlan Cup hockey tournament in Ipoh on Tuesday. The highlight of the match was four fantastic field goals from India while the other came from a penalty corner conversion. After their scrappy win over Canada in the last match, the Indians rose to the occasion and looked more organised and purposeful against Pakistan. It took India just four minute to take the lead through Manpreet Singh, who scored with a fierce reverse shot from a tight angle after being fed by Sunil. But Pakistan equalised three minutes later when skipper Muhammad Irfan (7th minute) converted the second of their successive penalty corners. India restored their lead in the 10th minute through Sunil, who scored with a deft touch off Manpreet's shot from outside the circle.
Drag-flicker Diwakar Ram continued his fine form and scored a brace to give India a comfortable 3-1 victory over Malaysia and place in the semi-finals of the men's junior Asia Cup hockey tournament, at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.
India are in the final of the men's Junior Eight-nation Invitational hockey tournament, in Bukit Jalil, Malaysia. With still a match to go, against Holland, in the round-robin league, which is being played on the lines of the Champions Trophy, India, unbeaten with 16 points from six matches and atop the table, are assured of a place in the title round.
The proposed Bangalore event will now be a five-Test series between India and Belgium, the third team that was in the fray.
Pakistan Hockey Federation has finally got clearance from the government to send its national junior team to Lucknow, India for the FIH Junior World Cup next month. A reliable source in the PHF said that the ministry of inter-provincial coordination has informed the federation that the government has given the NOC for participating in the December 8-18 Junior World Cup. "The PHF officials were anxious about getting the NOC to send its team to India next month as the FIH event is scheduled from December 8 to 18th and it is an important event for the future of Pakistan hockey. But now the ministry has informed the PHF that the government has given the clearance," the source said.
The ace drag-flicker was named among 29 probables for the three-nation hockey tournament.
A resurgent India blanked Malaysia 3-0 on Wednesday to put their Azlan Shah Cup campaign back on track and stay on course for a place in the final of the five-nation hockey tournament, in Ipoh, Malaysia. Malaysia lead the table with six points while India and New Zealand are in second and third place respectively, both teams having four points each but India a superior goal difference.
Defending champions the Netherlands received another setback in the Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday when they were held to a 3-3 draw by leaders Germany.
Argentina beat India 2-1 in the final of the Azlan Shah hockey tournament on Sunday. Argentina's clinched the issue in extra-time. Mario Almada got both their goals.
India beat Malaysia 2-1 in their final league match to set up a championship clash against Argentina at the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
India were held by a lower-ranked Malaysia to a 1-1 draw the Lal Bahadur Shastri four-nation women's hockey.
Indian ended with the wooden spoon again in the Four Nation hockey tournament, losing 3-4 to Korea in the bronze medal playoff tie of the second leg of the event in Darwin on Sunday.
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