A day after upsetting world No.3 Australia, India women once again played an entertaining and fast-paced brand of hockey to defeat the United States 2-1 via shootout in an FIH Pro League match in Rourkela on Sunday.
India will next play mighty Australia on Sunday.
India settled for silver after losing to Australia 3-1 (0-0) in penalty shootout in the final of Champions Trophy hockey tournament in London on Saturday. After their spectacular effort to hold World No.1 Australia at 0-0 in regular time, India missed three penalties in the shootout to go down fighting in a morale-boosting clash. SK Uthappa, vice-captain SV Sunil and Surendar Kumar missed the strokes for India.
Six medals from a 117-strong contingent is not ideal but India had its moments of joy, hope, frustration, and heartache.
Pakistan Hockey Federation had sought a loan from the PCB to send the team to Bhubaneswar and clear the outstanding dues of players.
Anupa Barla's late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw for India against hosts Spain in the second game of the five-match women's hockey series, at the Consejo Superior de Deportes Hockey Stadium, in Madrid on Wednesday.
A ruthless Indian women's hockey team mauled lowly Kazakhstan 21-0 to register their second big win at the Asian Games on Tuesday. Goals rained thick and fast in the Pool B match at the GBK Hockey Field with as many as 10 Indians out of 18, who took the field, entering their names in the score-sheet.
India would look to seal a direct quarterfinal berth with a win against Canada in their final Pool C match of the men's hockey World Cup on Saturday.
Former captain Sardar Singh was brought back to bolster the Indian hockey team's mid-field while Birendra Lakra was included to shore up the defence line-up for the upcoming Champions Trophy, beginning on June 23 in Breda, The Netherlands.
Former technical director Ric Charlesworth feels the Indian hockey team has improved in its style of play under coach Jose Brasa but needs to formulate three facets: set long term goals, play as many international matches as possible and privatise the game.
The unceremonious sacking of Rajinder Singh as national coach by the Indian Hockey Federation just three weeks before the Olympics came for heavy criticism from many quarters.
Indian women's hockey team qualified for the Rio Olympic Games .
Baljit Singh Dhillon and Mukesh Kumar were the notable absentees on the first day of the camp.
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'Graham Reid's resignation is his personal decision but at the end of the day somebody has to take the blame for this awful show.'
The Asian Football Confederation tweeted, "94 International Goals. Carried the hopes of a nation! Thank You Asian Football Icon, Sunil Chhetri."
Indian hockey captain PR Sreejesh, who played a pivotal role in his side's 2-1 win over Argentina at the Rio Olympics, said it's his job to "give life" to the team in the dying moments of a match. Leading 2-0 with Chinglensana Singh and Kothajit Singh's strikes in the first three quarters, India survived a final-quarter onslaught from Argentina for a nail-biting win to virtually secure a quarterfinal berth at the men's hockey competition.
The ace striker said coach Joaquim Carvalho, had made the Indian team play an attacking brand of hockey.
The Indian hockey team, which failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics, returned home in the wee hours on Wednesday morning.
Full-back William Xalco will replace the Namdhari defender, who is down with chicken pox, in Indian hockey team at the Commonwealth Games.
The Sports Ministry removed the Rs 2 lakh cap on the salary given to Indian coaches for training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce better results. The move is also aimed at attracting former players to become high performance trainers.
If CAS rules in Vinesh's favour, she will be awarded a joint-silver in the women's 50kg freestyle category.
Canada hockey captain Ken Pereira says it will be extremely tough to beat India in their own backyard at next month's Olympic hockey qualifier, in Delhi.
The ace midfielder rubbished reports that he was dropped from the Asian Games squad for lack of fitness.
Overall, the record stands 1-1 between the two sides as Pakistan had the last laugh in the 2006 Games in Melbourne.
the Karnataka govt announced a reward of Rs two lakh to each of the four hockey players and a coach from the state, who were part of the Asia Cup winning Indian team, hours after national coach Joaquim Carvalho threatended to go on a hunger strike.
The former Olympian identified lack of co-ordination and tactics as the Indian hockey team's main shortcomings.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
India's star drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Tuesday named among the five nominees for the men's Player of the Year honour.
The Delhi high court on Monday cleared the way for the players' participation in the World Series Hockey (WSH), a joint initiative of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Nimbus Sport, if the tournament schedule does not clash with international commitments of the national team.
"The start has been good. In the tournament, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Argentina and Australia are some of the best teams. We have started off well and need to keep the momentum going and continue with same energy," Sardar said on Thursday.
'My target is not just to qualify for the Olympics but also do well at Athens and end up in a good position,' says Indian hockey Chief Coach Rajinder Singh.
With a young Indian team managing an impressive fourth-place finish in the Champions Trophy, hockey coach Michael Nobbs has dropped hints that seniors like Sandeep Singh could be on their way out as he is looking to build a side for the 2016 Olympics.
In an official communication to concerned national sports federations, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has informed them about about the staying arrangements and the need to undergo an RT-PCR test for COVID-19 72 hours prior to their arrival in the UK.
Talismanic midfielder Sardar Singh will lead an experimental 18-member India hockey team, which will be without as many as seven players including senior goalkeeper and vice-captain P R Sreejesh, in the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia next month.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Coach Harendra Singh is unable to explain the inconsistency of his team in the Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
'We tried a few new things in the match today but we still need improvement and that's why we are here, to improve our game in every match'
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided not to take any action against Joaquim Carvalho for his criticism of umpiring in the Chile Olympic Qualifiers, saying it was satisfied with the explanation given by the Indian coach.
The Indian duo of Prabhjot Singh and Surinder Kaur were named in the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) Men and Women World All Star Teams announced on Thursday.
