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[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: He is dutifully dedicated to his current role as the Chief Coach of the US senior men’s team, but every time Team India gets on the hockey pitch, it’s impossible to keep former India coach Harendra Singh away from the action. In fact, the World Cup in Odisha …

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: A disappointed Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey on Monday said captain Harmanpreet Singh‘s “sudden drop in form” was a matter of concern, though lack of penalty corner goals was not the sole reason for the home side’s shock and premature exit from the FIH Men’s World Cup.India lost …

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: The Indian hockey team would like to emulate what happened in Raipur on Saturday. Albeit on an entirely different pitch altogether, an Indian team shocked the living daylights out of a team from New Zealand on home soil. It was the cricketers who did that on Saturday and …

[ad_1] ROURKELA: Hockey India and International Hockey Federation (FIH) have lately often had Hockey India League (HIL) on the discussion table. The HIL, which is considered the reason behind the quality of India’s supply chain and resultant success at the 2016 Junior Men’s World Cup and the Tokyo Olympics, has …

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: In a bizarre incident on Tuesday at the Men’s Hockey World Cup, the Japan team had 12 players on the pitch during a penalty corner set-piece in the dying moments of their Pool B match against South Korea, which ended in a 2-1 win for the Koreans.Had Japan …

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: A day after the news of his absence from India’s last pool game at the Hockey World Cup, star midfielder Hardik Singh‘s suspected hamstring injury has turned out to be a “mild strain” and he is expected to return to action during the knockout rounds.Hardik was helped off …

[ad_1] ROURKELA: A perfect start to their campaign with a dominant win over Spain, notwithstanding, India will face a stern test when they take on an equally impressive England in their second pool match of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup here on Sunday.India outclassed Spain 2-0 with a near …

[ad_1] CUTTACK (Odisha): Men’s Hockey World Cup, 2023 got underway on Wednesday evening with a spectacular opening ceremony at the picturesque Barabati Stadium in Cuttack that was witnessed by thousands of hockey lovers in attendance from across the country and abroad.Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, …

[ad_1] Images of serpentine queues leading up to the gates of the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela is not what the sport is used to. It took mind back to the Lahore World Cup final in 1990, when the National Stadium there took in 60,000 with around 10,000 waiting …

[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: Ahead of the upcoming FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced that each player of the Indian hockey team will get Rs 1 crore if they win the world cup.Patnaik, who visited Rourkela also inaugurated the World Cup Village at the …