Jugraj acknowledges his captain Rupinder’s support. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN ROURKELA Guided by veteran Rupinder Pal Singh, a fresh approach to drag-flicking has helped Jugraj Singh to be among the top goal-scorers in the Hockey India League (HIL). Jugraj, who won his India cap in 2022 and has scored 20 goals in 63 international … Read more
Birthday gift: Harmanpreet led from the front. | Photo Credit: BISWARANJAN ROUT Captain Harmanpreet Singh struck a brilliant brace as Soorma Club fought back to beat Delhi SG Pipers 3-1 in the penalty shoot-out in the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here on Monday. Birthday boy Harmanpreet’s double penalty corner conversion … Read more
Kalinga Lancers celebrate a goal. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Dutch forward Thierry Brinkman struck a brace as Vedanta Kalinga Lancers trounced table topper Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers 6-0 to script its first win in the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday. The host, lying low with just one … Read more
Jip Janssen pumped in three goals as Tamil Nadu Dragons got the better of Team Gonasika in a Hockey India League match in Rourkela on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: HIL In a goal-fest of fluctuating fortunes, Dutch drag-flicker Jip Janssen came up with a spectacular hat-trick to guide Tamil Nadu Dragons to a 6-5 win over … Read more
Hardik Singh, Indian field hockey midfielder, during training at Sports Authority of India, NS Southern Centre Bangalore (SAI), inside Jnanabharathi Campus, off Mysuru road, in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR A key member of the Indian team that won successive Olympics bronze medals in Tokyo and Paris, midfielder Hardik Singh is striking a … Read more
Hyderabad Toofans’ Gonzalo Peillat, centre, who netted twice and fellow goal-scorer Arshdeep celebrate a strike along with teammates against Vedanta Kalinga Lancers in the Hockey India League on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement ROURKELA: Hyderabad Toofans rode on German drag-flicker Gonzalo Peillat’s brace to record a second come-from-behind win on consecutive days, as it … Read more
Hyderabad Toofans goalkeeper in action during a HIL 2025 match in Rourkela. Toofans switched between its keepers Vikas Dahiya and New Zealander Dominic Dixon while beating Vedanta Kalinga Lancers in an end-to-end contest at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout The stipulation on fielding a maximum of five foreigners in the … Read more
Rohidas, left, congratulates a visibly delighted Janssen on netting Dragons’ equaliser against SG Pipers. | Photo Credit: Hockey India League Table topper Tamil Nadu Dragons again relied on its gritty defence to get the better of a hapless Delhi SG Pipers 3-2 in a keen contest of the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda … Read more
Forward Koji Yamasaki is the lone Japanese player in the 2024-25 Hockey India League (HIL). In fact, Yamasaki, a member of the Delhi SG Pipers, is the only foreign player from an Asian nation to feature in the HIL’s latest edition. Yamasaki was a member of the 2018 Asian Games gold-medal-winning Japanese team in Jakarta. … Read more
Image used for representation A confident India, coached by PR Sreejesh, will start as firm favourites when they take on Thailand in their opening match of the Junior Asia Cup men’s hockey tournament on Wednesday (Noveber 27, 2024). India have been placed in Pool A along with Korea, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Thailand. With 10 … Read more
Defending champions India started their men’s junior Asia Cup campaign on a rousing note, thrashing lowly Thailand 11-0. | Photo Credit: X/@TheHockeyIndia Defending champions India started their men’s junior Asia Cup campaign on a rousing note, thrashing lowly Thailand 11-0 in a lop-sided Pool A match here on Wednesday. Besides India and Thailand, Chinese Taipei, … Read more
Defending champions India delivered a commanding performance to storm into the semi-finals of the men’s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament with a resounding 16-0 win over Chinese Taipei here on Saturday. Dilraj Singh led the charge with four goals, while Rosan Kujur and Sourabh Anand Kushwaha scored hat-tricks, as India completely outclassed their opponents. With … Read more
India men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh has two Olympic bronze medals in his cabinet but rues about missing out on World Cup glory, an anomaly that he wants to set right in the next edition of the mega event in 2026. India has won three World Cup medals to date – a bronze in … Read more
Yuvraj Walmiki and Pardeep Singh scored two goals each to help Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) to a 5-3 victory over Comptroller and Auditor General XI in a quarterfinal league match of the SNBP 60th Nehru hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday. RSPB confirmed its place in the semifinals. The results (quarterfinal league): … Read more
File photo of former Indian goal-keeper and India junior hockey team coach P.R. Sreejesh. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Having earned his maiden call-up to the national camp in 2004 for the Junior Asia Cup, India’s recent triumph at the tournament with him as coach holds special value for PR Sreejesh. That it is his … Read more
File photo of former Indian goal-keeper and India junior hockey team coach P.R. Sreejesh. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Having earned his maiden call-up to the national camp in 2004 for the Junior Asia Cup, India’s recent triumph at the tournament with him as coach holds special value for PR Sreejesh. That it is his … Read more
Amit Rohidas has been one of the core players of the Indian men’s team for the last five to six years. As the best person for the rushers job during penalty corners in the Indian team, the 31-year-old defender has proved his value time and again. The year 2017 was an important landmark for Amit … Read more
On Friday, eight teams took turns to sweat it out, one last time, a day before Hockey India League version 2.0 kicks off at the Birsa Munda Stadium here, officially the largest for hockey in the world. While some of them went through their final calculations and combinations as the Indians and foreigners in the … Read more
Domene Tomas red jersey of Delhi scores against Gonasika During Hockey India League (HIL) at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Saturday (December 28, 2024). Photo: Vedhan M./The Hindu The much-awaited Hockey India League finally got off the mark at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Saturday (December 28, 2024) and if the … Read more
Alexander Hendrickx and Arthur Van Doren admit that the Belgium team is in transition, continue to hurt after Paris Olympics miss and believe HIL will help the next generation to continue India’s success story | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The understanding and comfort they share has played a big role in Belgium’s dominance in world … Read more
Hyderabad Toofans celebrate a goal during the Hockey India League match against Delhi Pipers, on December 31, 2024. | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Two goals in a space of one minute capitalising on defensive blunders by Delhi SG Pipers and holding nerve in a tense sudden death helped Hyderabad Toofans get its first point after … Read more
Roaring success: Rupinder’s double sealed Tigers’ win. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The rub of the green went Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers’ way as it registered its second win in as many games with a 2-1 victory over Team Gonasika at the Birsa Munda Stadium on Wednesday (January 1, 2025). For a game that was … Read more
The Indian men’s hockey team has had a rare long break in recent months, last stepping on the field for a tournament at the Asian Champions Trophy in September, barring the two games against Germany in New Delhi. That luxury hasn’t been available to coach Craig Fulton, who took a developmental side to Europe in … Read more
Joy-stick: Sorsby’s 53rd-minute strike sent Dragons into the knockouts. | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M In a straight shootout for the last semifinal place, Tamil Nadu Dragons came from behind to hold UP Rudras 2-2 in a tantalising Pool B fixture in the Hockey India League (HIL) to make sure of its spot at the Birsa … Read more
Lee Morton (Ext L) of Team Gonasika who scored the second goal against JSW Soorma Hockey Club during the Hockey India League Match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on January 14, 2025 | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Team Gonasika saw off some anxious moments to beat JSW Soorma Club, which missed the … Read more
Double delight: Jugraj’s exploits were pivotal in a crucial win that could spark a turnaround. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Jugraj Singh struck a fine brace to help Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers return to winning ways with a convincing 5-3 victory over UP Rudras in the Hockey India League at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium … Read more
Joy unbound: The Pipers team is ecstatic after Sangita’s strike against Soorma in their Hockey India League Match at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on January 17, 2025.. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY Delhi SG Pipers’ attacking game enabled it to beat table-topper JSW Soorma Club 2-0 and record its maiden win in the women’s … Read more
Of the many young Indians who feature in the Hockey India League’s new avatar, two — H.S. Mohith and Jashandeep Singh — are among the most privileged. Even though they have not received much game-time — only Mohith has made his debut, in JSW Soorma Hockey Club’s sixth outing — the two consider themselves fortunate … Read more