Defending champions India wear the tag of favourites to win the Junior Men's World Cup hockey tournament in Rotterdam.
Sporting world lost some of its favourite stars this year.
The IHF said he will continue till the 2006 World Cup.
Sarita Lakra scored two goals as India defeated Scotland 3-1 to capture 11th place in the women's Junior World Cup Hockey tournament
The ace striker has been called to the pre-tournament hockey camp after recovering from an injury.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
The former beat Karnataka, while the IHF juniors got past Air India in the semi-finals of the Murugappa Cup hockey tournament.
Mary was back in her preferred 48kg category as she overcame the challenge from younger competitors to make it to the Indian team for the marquee continental event, which is to be held from November 2 to November 11 in the Ho Chi Minh City.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Uproar over the killing of five Indian soldiers on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops on Tuesday led to adjournment of Parliament until noon.
'Everyone wants to get involved when there is success.' 'But what about guaranteeing it?' 'Making sure girls have the opportunity to succeed all the time?'
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday.
India's 572 athletes hope to return home with an overflowing treasure chest of medals.
Virat Kohli sent the shutterbugs into a clicking frenzy as he received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
The 15-year-old from Aizwal, who is also a world youth silver-medallist, lifted a total of 274 kg (124 kg +150 kg) to finish on top.
Neeraj's gold and three other athletics silver medals, along with Saina Nehwal's badminton singles bronze, propelled India's overall medal count to 41 (8 gold, 13 silver, and 20 bronze).
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
At a time when boorish players' behaviour is a cause of concern for cricketing nations, the man earned love, respect, plaudits with his sheer cricketing skills.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Indian shooter Manu Bhaker won gold in women's 10m Air Pistol in Youth Olympics on Tuesday.
India's Manika Batra and Mouma Das lost 3-0 to Tianwei Feng and Mengyu Yu of Singapore in the women's sinlges final.
Star gymnast Dipa Karmakar's coach Bisweshwar Nandi has dismissed the notion that it would have been better had the medalists and other top performers at the Rio Games been given financial before their sojourn to Brazil.
India kept themselves in the hunt for the knock-out stage after eking out a hard-fought 3-2 win over Canada in a Pool C match of the Hero FIH Junior Men's hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday.
Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap knocked out top seed Lee Hyun Il of Korea in the men's singles opening round of the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament in Anaheim, United States.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
2016 is at the halfway stage and the year has already seen some stunning sporting wins, underdogs emerging triumphant on the biggest stages of them all.
'If a person whom Vijender had thrashed earlier is now a World champion, why can't Vijender be champion now too?'
