New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) on Saturday recommended Sardar Singh for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Sardar has been the captain of the men's team since Nov 2012 and under him, India reached the semifinals of Champions Trophy at Melbourne last year after 30 years. India also won the silver at the second Asian Champions Trophy, Doha last year. In February this year, India also won the FIH World League Round 2, New Delhi, thus qualifying for the FIH World League Round 3.
Sardar was declared Asian Hockey Federation's (AHF) Player of the Year in 2011 and was part of the international hockey federation's (FIH) World Star Team in 2010 and 2011. He was also nominated for the FIH Player of the Year in 2012.
For the Arjuna Award, former captains Danish Mujtaba and Bharat Chetri, current vice-captain V.R. Raghunath, and Tushar Khandekar have been recommended....
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03:41 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: With an aim to make the side physically and mentally fit, Hockey India on Tuesday appointed Matthew Tredrea as the scientific advisor of the senior women's team. Before being appointed with the Indian women's hockey team, the 26-year-old Matthew worked with the Australian professional Rugby League club, Newcastle Knights for almost two years as the assistant strength and conditioning Coach. Matthew has also worked on different assignments as...
04:06 PM, Apr 09, 2013
London: The Hockey India League (HIL) is a key fixture in International Hockey Federation's calender as the event would help in enhancing the possibility of playing the game throughout the year, FIH chief executive Kelly Fairweather said. The inaugural season of HIL finished in February this year, with five teams competing for top honours. "To come back to our (FIH's) philosophy of trying to have hockey throughout the year, this...
07:17 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: With an eye to promote the sport at the grassroot level, Hockey India on Monday formed a High Performance and Development Committee for the year 2013-14 to be headed by its secretary general, Narinder Batra. The 15-member committee includes Olympians, international players and chief coaches while Sports Authority of India will be an invitee member. The Committee will prepare blueprints and ensure that same pattern of coaching is...
03:54 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Hockey India on Sunday appointed South Africa's Gregg Clark as the coach of junior men's national team, just over six months before the 2013 FIH Junior Hockey World Cup to be held in India. Clark brings with him international experience of 7 years as the coach of South African team, which included visits to the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and the 2010 World Cup and Commonwealth Games. The...
01:27 PM, Apr 07, 2013
The home-and-away series to revive the India-Pakistan bilateral hockey ties after nearly seven years was called off on Friday after the Indian government refused to give it a green signal owing to security reasons. ...
05:14 PM, Mar 15, 2013
Pune will host the senior men's national championship from May 28 to June 10, while the women's senior nationals will be held in Lucknow from April 18 to 30, Hockey India (HI) announced on Monday. ...
05:51 PM, Mar 11, 2013
Saving the key players from a burnout, putting youngsters through intermittent tests and keeping expectations to a realistic level is how a team drives to the top. The Indian men's hockey coach, Michael Nobbs, has the exact path laid out for his team. ...
08:58 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Sardar and Ritu won the awards during the mid-term Congress of the AHF held in Kuala Lumpur on last Saturday. ...
05:08 PM, Mar 05, 2013
Pakistan hockey team will step into India for a five-match series beginning April 5, which will end the seven-year hiatus of bilateral series between the two archrivals. ...
10:00 AM, Mar 05, 2013
The sports ministry also sent out a stern warning to Hockey India not to overshoot its budget in future. ...
06:03 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Indian men's hockey team has pulled out of the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, over a disagreement on the cost of airfare between the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India (HI). ...
05:21 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Indian men's hockey team has pulled out of the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, over a disagreement on the cost of airfare between the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India (HI). ...
03:41 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Air India had been a member of HI since 2009 and in 2012 it was demoted to Associate Member. ...
05:55 PM, Feb 23, 2013
During the course, which was held from February 16 to 22, FIH successfully launched Webinar, a new coaching development tool. ...
06:40 PM, Feb 22, 2013
HI secretary general Narinder Batra said on Friday that the national body was planning a women's league in two years. ...
05:36 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Owners of Ranchi Rhinos feel the country will gain heavily from the new concept and will be a force to reckon with in the 2016 Olympics. ...
03:46 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Indian hockey chief coach Michael Nobbs said that he is satisfied with the performances of the players in the Hockey India League. ...
10:28 AM, Feb 15, 2013
A look back at the inaugural edition of the HIL - how it can help India leave the London fiasco behind and build the road ahead. ...
03:12 PM, Feb 11, 2013
