India's No.1 hockey goalkeeper says he is working hard at the fitness camp to rejuvenate himself.
Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmed have been included in the squad for the Champions Trophy.
At least five of the 12 clubs in the Netherlands are keen to sign Indian stars for the high-profile Dutch Premier League.
India has committed to host the Dutch team for a Test series around the same time.
All the top action from Day 13 of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Thursday.
Maartje Paumen scored her second hat-trick of the women's hockey World Cup as favourites Netherlands beat Australia 4-1 in Pool A on Friday.
Going by current form, India is not in contention for a semi-final berth in the ongoing hockey World Cup and they would have to take their game altogether to a different level to reach the last four stage, according to Germany captain Maximillian Muller.
The much anticipated encounter between India and Pakistan on inaugural day of the hockey World Cup would be one of the most exciting matches of the 12-team quadrennial event, feels veteran Dutch goalkeeper Guus Vogels.
Joyce Sombroek, 29, is a practicing GP and says that with the outbreak of the Coronavirus, we currently find ourselves in a very special situation, as she treats patients affected by the virus.
They suffered their first defeat of the tournament but the Netherlands skipper Tuen de Nooijer is a happy man as they have already realised their aim -- a semi-final berth -- at the hockey World Cup.
Images from the 12th men's Hockey World Cup Pool A final round of matches on Tuesday.
The Netherlands captain Tuen de Nooijer said his side could have defeated New Zealand by a bigger margin had they not wasted their chances galore in the second half of their Pool A match on Wednesday.
The Indian hockey team ended its European tour on a positive note, rallying to hold European champions The Netherlands to a 3-3 draw in the second and final Test at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen.
Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday
India's slim chances of making it to the Beijing Olympics were buried when they were thrashed 4-0 by tournament favourites, the United States in the women's hockey qualifiers in Kazan (Russia) on Thursday.
Jugraj Singh scores a goalden goal to help Chandigarh Dynamos to their first PHL win of the season.
A look at how India's athletes fared at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
India went down fighting 1-3 to Australia via the penalty shoot-out in the final of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, in Breda, the Netherlands, on Sunday.
Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh on Saturday returned to the national team as Hockey India named a strong 18-member squad under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh for the Asia Cup to be held in Dhaka from October 11-22.
Indian eves suffered a severe jolt in their Olympic hockey qualifying campaign when they lost 1-2 to Netherlands Antilles in Kazan on Sunday.
The Netherlands' Tjeerd Steller scored during 'silver time' to enable Orissa Steelers beat Chandigarh Dynamos 1-0 in a Premier Hockey League match.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
Australia thrashed the already qualified Germany 5-0 to secure their place in the final.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Bjoern Michel scored the golden goal in the second half of extra time to help Germany beat Spain 4-3.
Sporting world lost some of its favourite stars this year.
The ace striker has recovered from a knee injury and is likely to be named in the squad for next month's Olympic qualifier.
The Netherlands beat Olympic and defending champions Australia 6-2 in the final to win their maiden Azlan Shah hockey title.
Defending champions India wear the tag of favourites to win the Junior Men's World Cup hockey tournament in Rotterdam.
Netherlands scored a 4-3 win over England to keep their hopes alive of a semi-final berth.
In other matches at the hockey World Cup, India went down to Germany 2-3, while New Zealand routed Argentina 3-0.
India will take on world champions Germany in the opening match of the hockey World Cup.
India's hopes of clinching a berth in next year's World Cup were dashed after a 1-2 defeat by defending champions Korea in the semi-finals of the eighth women's Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
Tomas Argento scored 35 seconds before the hooter to earn Argentina a 1-1 draw in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament.
In another match of the Azlan Shah hockey tournament, Holland rallied from a goal down to beat Argentina.
The Indian men's and women's teams drew Germany and Holland respectively in their opening matches at the hockey World Cup later this year.
