[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: The most obvious question since India’s first match of the ongoing Men’s Hockey World Cup has been: “Why hasn’t the team been able to convert any of its penalty corners?” To make matters worse, drag-flick expert and captain Harmanpreet Singh missed a penalty stroke as well against Spain. …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India suffered a body blow to its Hockey World Cup campaign on Monday, losing attacking midfielder Hardik Singh to a hamstring injury, Timesofindia.com has learnt. He has been ruled out of India’s last pool game against Wales, with a serious question mark over his availability for the …
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[ad_1] ROURKELA: With opening jitters over after the first round of games in the pool stage of the Men’s Hockey World Cup, strategies and calculators will start working in tandem from Sunday when the bouquet of the day’s fixtures also offers the match of equals in Pool D between India …
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[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: Jeremy Hayward and Tom Craig scored a hat-trick each, first of the tournament, to hand Australia a convincing 8-0 win over France in a Pool A match of the FIH men’s hockey World Cup here on Friday.While Craig scored three field goals in the eighth, 31st and 44th …
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[ad_1] The 15th edition of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup will be played from January 13 to 29 in the cities of Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in Odisha. Here’s the list of 20-man squads of all 16 participating teams, including the two traveling reserves (alternate players) of each team: ARGENTINAJuan …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan hockey captain Tahir Zaman believes India can reclaim the World Cup title after a hiatus of 47 years if they can handle the pressure of being the hosts and play a consistent game. Zaman, an integral part of Pakistan’s 1994 World Cup-winning team, said playing …
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