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World No.2 Argentina beat Indian Women’s Hockey Team 3-2    ~ Sharmila (35′) and Gurjit Kaur (40′) score for India; Chief Coach emphasizes on playing consistently in all four quarters ~   Buenos Aires, 27 January 2021: World No.2 Argentina came up with back-to-back goals in the final quarter, thus overcoming a 1-2 setback to beat…

Indian Women’s Hockey Team hold Argentina Junior Women 1-1    ~ Rani’s goal in the 58th minute helps India hold the home team ~   Buenos Aires, 20 January 2021: In their second match against the Argentina Junior Women’s Team here at Cenard in Buenos Aires, the Indian Women led by striker Rani drew 1-1 in…

“Looking forward to our first match on Sunday,” says Indian Women’s Hockey Vice-Captain Savita    ~ The Team is vying to get in the groove of playing top-quality hockey against the home team ~   Buenos Aires, 11 January 2021: A week since their arrival in Capital city of Buenos Aires, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team is…

HARMANPREET SINGH   Background Born on January 6th, 1996, Harmanpreet belongs to village, Timmowal, in  Jandiala Guru Block of Amritsar.   Harmanpreet’s father Sarabjit Singh is a farmer. Mother’s name is Rajvinder Kaur and has a brother elder by two years, Komalpreet Singh. He plays as a fullback in the Indian Hockey team. He stands…

South Africa’s Gregg Clark appointed as new Analytical Coach for Indian Men’s Hockey Team     ~An Olympian with 250 International Caps for South Africa; Clark brings with him over a decade of coaching experience at the international level ~     New Delhi, 5 January 2021: Olympian Gregg Clark has been appointed as the new Analytical Coach of the Indian Men’s Hockey team until the conclusion…

Countdown to Olympics: “This will be the most important 200 days of our lives,” expressed Indian Hockey Team Captains Manpreet Singh & Rani     ~ The Captains believe the players in respective core groups will have to give their 100 per cent in the next 200 days to be able to achieve their goals at the Tokyo Olympics Games~     New Delhi, 04 January 2021: With only…

Indian Men’s Hockey Core Probable Group to report for National Coaching Camp      ~ The core group of 33 players will report at SAI, Bengaluru on 5 January 2021 ~     New Delhi, 2 January 2021: After a well-deserved break, 33 members of the Indian Men’s Hockey Core Probable Group will return to the National Coaching Camp…

Indian Women’s Hockey Team set to tour Argentina in January   ~ The core group of 25 players and 7 support staff will leave from New Delhi on 3 January 2021 for their first international tour after almost a year ~   New Delhi, 30 December 2020: After nearly a year since they last played an international match,…

Bhubaneswar, 24 December 2020: The wheels to host the prestigious FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup India 2023 started rolling in as Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, today, announced a new world class Hockey stadium in Rourkela city which would be the biggest stadium for Hockey in India with a sitting capacity of 20 thousand. …

“Qualifying for the FIH Junior Women’s World Cup will be our first goal for 2021,” says young defender Mahima Choudhary    ~ The youngster from Sonipat believes their senior compatriots have set the benchmark high with their gritty performances over the past couple of years ~   Bengaluru, 21 December 2020: With the year 2020 drawing…