Enter Pakistan. At the last Junior World Cup in Lucknow in 2016, it was a visa problem that denied them entry. This time around the Junior Green Shirts will parade their wares, largely as an ...
South Africa have come to Bhubaneswar with a mission that goes beyond the tournament itself. “We want the general sports community in our country to be more aware of hockey. We want our sport to ...
Belgium finished runners-up to India at the last Junior World Cup in Lucknow five years ago. Their senior team then won the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar, the first-ever title by a Belgian team in any ...
By ERROL D’CRUZ Argentina are an enigma when it comes to men’s hockey. FIH Junior World Cup champions at Rotterdam 2005, the national sides – both junior and senior – oscillate between mediocre and superlative. ...
K. ARUMUGAM USA will attract more than a little attention at the 2021 FIH Men’s Junior World Cup set to start in Bhubaneswar on November 24. For one thing, the team has five players ...
Bhubaneswar, 11 November 2021: Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad will lead the home challenge at the Bhubaneswar Junior World Cup. Its for the first time an Olympic medallist will lead India at the ...
By ERROL DCRUZ Through the seemingly unending gloom following the debacle of the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Indian hockey picked itself up now and then. Often, those sparks were provided by the junior string which needed to ...