India have won eight Olympic gold medals in the past, but their last top finish came way back in 1980 Moscow Games.
India beat Ukraine 3-0 in U-23 five-nation tournament
The Indian women's hockey team took giant leap towards Olympic qualification with a near-flawless performance to hammer United States 5-1 in the first-leg of the two-match FIH 2020 Olympic Qualifier.
The Indian women's junior hockey team got off to a sensational start in the 7th Asia Cup as they hammered Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 13-0 in their opening match at Changzhou on Saturday.
Skipper Rani Rampal has been rested for next month's Women's Asian Champions Trophy and in her absence vice-captain Savita will lead an 18-strong Indian hockey team.
The Delhi government has pleaded with the Supreme Court to commute death sentence of Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar to life imprisonment on the ground of his mental illness.
The Tokyo Olympics produced many, many, many emotional moments for the athletes and their coaches...
After the 1-5 drubbing from world No. 1 the Netherlands, the Indians lifted their game but it was not enough to get past world No. 3 and Rio Games bronze-medallists Germany in their second Pool A match at the Oi Hockey stadium.
The 1993 Delhi bomb blast case convict Prof Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar was on Friday shifted to Amritsar Central Jail from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
Member of Parliament Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana have "undoubtedly crossed the line of freedom of speech" guaranteed under the Constitution, but mere expression of derogatory or objectionable words may not be a sufficient ground for invoking the charge of sedition against them, a special court in Mumbai has said.
India went down fighting to Argentina 1-2 in the semi-finals of the Olympics women's hockey tournament in Tokyo on Wednesday.
India's chances of going through depends on the result of the last Pool A match between Ireland and Great Britain, later in the day.
Grewal, it is reported, is now lodged in the maximum security Tihar Jail in Delhi, pending formal extradition request from the US for facing criminal charges relating to the death of Kaur.
He allegedly killed his wife, 30-year-old Navneet Kaur, late Thursday in her home in Arizona capital where she lived alone.
Gurjit Kaur struck twice as the Indian women's hockey team beat title holders South Korea 4-1 to register its third consecutive win and also book a place in the semi-finals of the Asian Games, in Jakarta, on Saturday.
Grewal was arrested at Delhi airport and is in judicial custody in India now.
India's chances of going through depends on the result of the last Pool A match between Ireland and Great Britain, later in the day.
The loss will hurt the Indians badly as a gold here would have guaranteed a direct qualification in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The couple had approached the HC seeking that the FIR registered against them by the Khar police in Mumbai on the charge of deterring a police officer from discharging her official duties be quashed.
Rana was elected from Maharashtra's Amravati Lok Sabha seat in 2019. She is an Independent MP backed by the NCP.
Rani Rampal will captain an 18-strong Indian women's team, while experienced goalkeeper Savita will shoulder the duties of vice-captain at next month's Commonwealth Games
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the sixth day of the Asian Games.
Locked inside the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru due to the coronavirus forced restrictions, Indian Hockey players are utilising their free time to hone their English language skills, reading books and watching their favourite movies. The Indian men and women hockey teams are practicing at SAI centre Bengaluru where no unauthorised person can enter the campus.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
At a felicitation function, in Bhubaneswar, to honour the men's and women's Olympics hockey teams, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, an ardent supporter of the game in the country, announced that the state will continue to sponsor the national hockey teams for another 10 years.
India shocked higher-ranked Spain 4-2 to enter the semi-finals in the Junior women's hockey World Cup for the first time in Monchengladbach, Germany, on Thursday.
The Indian women's hockey team rallied from a goal down to script a stunning 2-1 victory over Olympic champions England in its third Pool A match at the 21st Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Sunday.
Indian hockey fans Down Under were in for a rude surprise on Saturday. They turned up in numbers only to see India get mauled by England 6-0 in the women's hockey bronze medal match at the Commonwealth Games.
Grace Stewart's goal in the third quarter was enough to take the home side through for a meeting with New Zealand in the semi-finals.
India's schedule for Tuesday, the fourth day of competition, at the Asian Games in Incheon.
The Supreme Court asked the Centre to take a decision on Khalistani terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's fresh mercy plea by March 27 or else it will decide on the issue of commuting his death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground of his mental condition.
The hits and misses of the week.
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.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Frida
Indian women looked a pale shadow of themselves as USA took full advantage of their complacency during the first two quarters.
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