IOA President PT Usha said Sreejesh was "both an emotional and popular choice within the IOA leadership".
Indian women hockey could never recover from three early setbacks and ended up losing the Hawke's Bay Cup quarter-final 1-3 to Japan, in Hastings, on Thursday.
The KPS Gill-led Indian Hockey Federation is all set to merge with the Indian Women's Hockey Federation on Thursday to strengthen its claim to being the sole representative body for the sport in the country.
Both the Indian men's and women's teams will play against Spain on February 26 and 27 in a two-legged tie, followed by matches (both men's and women's) against Germany on March 12 and 13.
Women's hockey team captain Rani Rampal and men's skipper Manpreet Singh also wished the paralympians.
In the men's category, Netherlands (2465.707) replaced India (2366.990) in the third place based on their impressive results in the FIH Pro League.
Five other elite track and field athletes have also tested positive at the SAI centre in Bengaluru.
An Indian-origin England Under-19 women's hockey player, who had lodged a complaint against Indian captain Sardara Singh of sexual harassment, appeared before the special investigating team set up by the Ludhiana Police Commissioner Parmraj Singh on Wednesday.
Reigning silver medallists India will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in a mouth-watering men's hockey contest of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
She said that home support will be a huge boost for them when they compete in the upcoming FIH Olympic Qualifiers.
Love for Gold and Longing for Husband: Indian hockey captain Savita gears up for Asiad
Hockey India had earlier donated 25 lakhs towards the cause on April 1. The decision to donate an additional 75 lakhs was taken by the Hockey India Executive Board.
Deputy Chef de Mission Balbir Singh Kushwaha said that facilities at the Games Village were good.
India's schedule on Day 7 of the Paris Olympics on Friday.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
Hockey India President Narinder Batra has launched a scathing attack at India's Chef de Mission Rajeev Mehta and the other members of Indian Olympics Association, who are in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. In response to the letter sent by hockey coach Roelant Oltmans to IOA complaining about the lack of basic facilities in the Games Village, Batra shared a picture in which players are made to live in 'unfurnished' apartments. Batra shared this image on social media targeting Mehta and the IOA.
The Indian women's hockey team entered an Olympic semi-final for the first time.
In a first step towards getting FIH recognition, the Indian Hockey Federation and Indian Women's Hockey Federation merged on Thursday to form a single body that will handle the affairs of the game in the country.
The Indian hockey teams at the Olympics are facing a shortage of chairs and Television sets at the Games Village and chief coach Roelant Oltmans has complained that the players' apartments are not properly furnished. In a letter to Chef de Mission of the Indian contingent Rakesh Gupta, Oltmans complained about unfurnished accommodation provided to both the men's and women's hockey teams. "The apartments of the Rio Olympics are not furnished properly," Oltmans, who is also the High Performance Director of Indian hockey, wrote in his letter.
A spirited Indian women's team gave fancied Australia a scare by taking an early lead but eventually lost 1-4 in the final of the Lanco International Super Series Hockey 9s, in Perth, on Sunday.
'Indian hockey will lose out on one of its most important nurseries of good hockey talent.'
They had a golden chance to equalise with Deep Grace Ekka taking the strike from close range as the ball took a deflection from Vandana Katariya but only to ricochet off the crossbar in the second quarter.
Shooter Sanjeev Rajput, judoka Sushila Devi, the women's hockey team were among those who posed in front of the Olympic Rings installed at the Tokyo Olympics Games Village.
Six Indian men's team players -- skipper Manpreet Singh, striker Mandeep Singh, defenders SurenderKumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak -- have tested positive after reaching Bengaluru for the national camp, scheduled to start on August 20.
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Vrinda Karat, member of Politbureau of Communist Party of India, on Thursday agreed with former super cop and former President of the Indian Hockey Federation KPS Gill that an FIR should be filed against the former chief coach of the Indian hockey team MK Kaushik.
Defending champion Indian Railways has been drawn in Group A along with Maharashtra and Kerala in the 2nd Hockey India Senior Women National Championship to be held in Bhopal from October 14 to 23.
The Sahara India Group on Wednesday renewed its ties with Indian hockey by signing a five-year deal to sponsor the national men's and women's teams.
Indian women's team did not find a place in the top 10.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 7, Friday, August 2, 2024:
A look at how India's athletes fared on Day 4, Tuesday, July 30, 2024:
Former India captain Pargat Singh on Saturday filed his nomination for the Hockey India president's post, setting the stage for a showdown with HI interim head Vidya Stokes in the July 28 polls in New Delhi.
Flag-bearers PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal will lead the 78-strong Indian contingent, representing 12 disciplines, on a historic journey down the Seine River.
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST.
Coach Harendra defends junior players' selection for World Cup
The Indian sporting fraternity reacted with disappointment at the (CAS verdict rejecting wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her Olympic disqualification.
'The Paris Olympics has once again blessed the Indian sports marketing landscape with fresh faces and promises.' 'Expect at least one biopic.'
You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044. Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding - and it is this trifecta India needs to work on, systematically, asserts Prem Panicker.
Kaushik had coached both the senior men and women teams.
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