Hockey

Despite their success in recent years, senior players from the hockey squad were completely ignored by some fans.

Modi praised their performance and commitment, saying that the team has made the country proud.

Raj Kumar Pal, Araijeet Singh Hundal, Jugraj Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, and Uttam Singh all sounded the board for India.

India now won their 13th Olympic medal in men's hockey beating Spain 2-1 in a cagey affair at the Paris Games on Thursday.

India will begin their campaign against New Zealand on July 27 followed by a clash against Argentina on July 29. India will then take on Ireland on July 30, Belgium on August 1 and face Australia on August 2.

Jarmanpreet Singh has been a constant feature for the Indian men's hockey team under chief coach Craig Fulton.

According to New Zealand Indian Sports Association website, the touring 1926 Indian Army hockey team is "significant in both Indian and New Zealand sporting history because it was the first overseas tour by an Indian hockey team".

Desite a valiant effort from the hosts, the Indian men went down to the side from down under 4-6 in a tight encounter. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh netted twice for India in the losing cause while the other goals came from Sukhjeet Singh and Mandeep Singh.

India are placed in Pool B alongside New Zealand, Italy, and the United States, while Germany, former Asian Games champions Japan, Chile and Czech Republic are in Pool A.

Matches will be available on OTT platform JioCinema and Viacom18’s linear channels Network Sports18.

Herman Kruis was appointed as high performance director by Hockey India till September.

Navneet Kaur said Indian women's team is confident of qualifying for their third successive Olympics at the Women's FIH Olympic Qualifiers.

The Indian men's hockey team will begin this year’s campaign with a 4 Nation tournament in Cape Town, South Africa

Ahead of the Olympic Qualifiers scheduled to be held between January 13 and 19, 2024, Indian Women's Hockey team trained with Rupinder Pal Singh to sharpen their penalty corner conversions.

The Indian team went down 2-7 in a tame performance against Olympic champions Belgium on Saturday as the men in blue put up a feeble showing in their second match of the tournament in Valencia.

The tournament will serve as preparatory assignment ahead of the all-important Olympic Qualifiers in Ranchi beginning from January 13.