Tears of pain had flowed in torrents for 41 years. Today Indian hockey fans eyes’ were awash with joy as their team in blue overcame Germany 5-4 after a thrilling fightback to win the Olympic ...
Sjoerd Marijne, India women’s hockey head coach, the greatest takeaway from the lost semi-final to Argentina on Wednesday was the reality of playing an Olympic semi-final. “The girls had never played in one before. They ...
It was a big day for the Indian sports. Indian women hockey, for the first time in their chequered history, played a semifinal. The girls probably aware that they are on the threshold of making ...
Manpreet Singh, the Indian captain, rued the failure to force an adequate number of penalty corners as a key factor in the defeat to Belgium in the Olympic semifinal on Tuesday. “We entered their ‘D’ ...
S2H Team Belgium once again proved to be India’s Olympic stumbling block, winning the semifinal in Tokyo 5-2 at the Oi Stadium on Tuesday with drag-flicker Alexander Hendrickx’s hat-trick being the highlight. The Red Lions, ...
Indian men’s hockey chief coach Graham Reid urged his team to control emotions in the Tokyo Olympic semi-final against Belgium on Tuesday. The Australian expressed happiness on the 3-1 victory over Great Britain in the quarterfinals ...
S2H Team You really didn’t need to pinch yourself to confirm it wasn’t a dream. That’s if you’ve been following the Indian women’s hockey team’s progress at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. All the same, the women ...
Five years ago Graham Reid took disappointment in his stride. He was the losing coach in the Olympic men’s hockey competition at Rio 2016. It was all so different this time. The Australian was ...
S2H Team Questions hung heavy on the inclusion of youngsters Simranjeet, Dilpreet and Hardik in the Indian forward line for the 2020 Olympics men’s hockey competition. On Sunday at the Oi stadium in Tokyo the ...
K. ARUMUGAM in Tokyo Indian hockey is surely warming the cockles of our hearts. In a remarkable turnaround, Manpreet Singh’s team has shown resilience to pick themselves from the turf after a humiliating defeat to Australia. ...