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India rode on vice-captain Poonam Rani’s golden goal to defeat Japan 2-1 and storm into the final of the sixth Junior women’s Asia Cup hockey championship here on Thursday. After both the sides were locked ...

SYDNEY: Star striker Des Abbott has withdrawn from the Australian men’s team for this month’s London Olympics field hockey tournament with a knee injury, Hockey Australia said on Friday. Abbott will be replaced by Russell ...

BANGKOK: Indian women beat Japan 2-1 via a golden goal by vice-captain Poonam Rani to reach the final of the 6th Junior Asia Cup Championship, on Thursday. India will meet China in the final. China ...

It’s an unsanctioned, privately run tournament held in the sub-continent, seeking to capture the attention of an adoring public and a slice of a huge television rights market. Ownership stakes in the franchises are being ...

Hockey India’s tactic leaves its officials fuming Saurabh Duggal For the first time in the history of Indian hockey, a foreigner has been appointed team manager for the Olympics. But what is seen as a ...

Hockey India cash awards for stalwarts BANGALORE: Hockey India will do a BCCI, in a much smaller scale though, when it honours 34 gold-winning Olympians in New Delhi on June 24. Balbir Singh (Sr) and ...

NADA panel reserves order in D’Souza case The three-member National Anti-Doping Agency panel headed by retired judge Dinesh Dayal on Wednesday reserved the order in the case of former India hockey goalkeeper Adrian D’Souza, who ...

‘Will make full use of training’ Having made the cut for Indian hockey’s final Olympics squad, Danish Mujtaba is happy to fulfill his family’s dreams and keen to make optimum use of the remaining days ...

A seasoned and balanced team for Olympics S. Thyagarajan Any dissection of India’s 16-member hockey squad for the London Olympiad is superfluous. Apart from minor changes, the core stays. The selectors have refrained from indulging ...

P R Sreejesh’s goal is semis berth in Olympics KOCHI: For the past one week, goalkeeper P R Sreejesh was living on a prayer. With goalkeeper Bharat Chettri almost certain to make it to the ...