New Delhi: Amit Rohidas will lead an 18-member Indian junior men squad in the European tour from May 23-June 5 in preparation for the World Cup to be held here at the end of the year.
The team will play a total of six matches, including two matches against Belgium on 25 and 26 May, three matches against The Netherlands on May 28, 29 and June 1, and one match against Germany on June 4.
Hockey India selectors Col Balbir Singh, B P Govinda, High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans, Foreign Coach of U-21 Gregg Clark and coach Baljeet Singh Saini alongwith government observer Harbinder Singh selected the squad. Forward Malak Singh will be the vice-captain of the side.
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10:13 PM, May 20, 2013
Bangalore: After a three-year interval, the much-diluted senior men's National Hockey Championship for the Rangaswamy Cup will commence here on Wednesday with defending champions Mumbai taking on hosts Karnataka in the opening fixture. The week-long tournament that concludes on May 16, will see zonal winners Punjab (North), Mumbai (West), Karnataka (South), Jharkhand (East), Uttar Pradesh (Central) and Manipur (North-East) playing one another on a single league basis followed by classification...
04:37 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Ritu Rani scored twice as India defeated Hockey Club Rotterdam 4-3 in their first game played in Rottterdam, Tuesday. According to information received here, Poonam Rani scored first goal for India in the 8th minute. HC Rotterdam tried to reduce the margin in the 13th minute through field goal. In the 19th and 23rd minute, home team struck twice to build pressure on India. In the second half...
06:43 PM, Apr 23, 2013
Former India hockey coach Harendra Singh said that Sandeep Singh will have to work harder in order to regain his position in the national squad. ...
07:42 PM, Feb 25, 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
The entire country is outraged over the brutal killing of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops on the LoC. The ceasefire violations along with the killing and mutilation of Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops have turned into a political war of words in India with the BJP being very vocal and demanding tough action against Pakistan. ...
11:47 AM, Jan 16, 2013
Disappointed he might be on missing out on a bronze medal after losing to Pakistan, but India's hockey coach Michael Nobbs said there were several good signs for his team during the Champions Trophy ...
11:40 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Mumbai: Indian Hockey Federation (IHF)on Friday questioned the legality of Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) move to form a three-member committee to decide whether IHF or its rival Hockey India (HI) is the legal body to run the game, terming the action a contempt of the High Court order. Also reacting to Hockey India's plan to float a new league in competition to its own World Series Hockey, IHF termed it...
07:54 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New Delhi: The beleaguered Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on Thursday came down heavily upon the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for country's poor show at the London Olympics and denounced the three-member committee set-up by the Association to look into the running of the Indian hockey. The IOA had earlier in June formed a three-member committee, headed by former president of the Wrestling Federation of India G S Mander, to look...
09:01 PM, Aug 30, 2012
London: With reputation in tatters, Indian hockey team would look to salvage at least one victory from their disastrous Olympic Games campaign that has pushed them into a playoff to avert the bottom place finish in the 12-team competition. India will take on South Africa on Friday in the playoff to decide the 11th and 12th place, a match-up similar to that of the 2006 World Cup in Monchengladbach, where...
09:38 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Pressure from hockey officials eyeing the Olympic squad manager's position notwithstanding, physiologist David John is all set to be a part of the team bench during the Games here. John's initial nomination as team manager had caused controversy in India as several hockey officials criticised the appointment of a foreigner to that position, prompting Hockey India to amend his status to "stand-in manager." Hockey team officials Friday said placing...
12:16 PM, Jul 27, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable Indian moments at the quadrennial games. Today, a look at India's eight hockey gold medals. Every Indian, since 1928, shares a common optimism when it comes to what to expect from the Olympics: a medal in hockey. An unbeaten run for 28 years, encompassing six yellow metal hung over India's chest, followed by two more in 1964 and...
09:00 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: If there's one Olympic medal dear to every Indian, it has to be hockey. Winner of eight gold medals at the Games but medal-less since 1980, the national game carries India's hopes of a medal every time the team participates in the Olympics. And this year is no different. The talk from a top-six finish is slowly shifting to presence on the podium come August 11. The team's...
12:24 PM, Jul 11, 2012
New Delhi: David John had a rather unenviable task when he took over as physio of the Indian hockey team, a sweet-toothed squad with a number of lightweight vegetarians. So the Australian, rather shrewdly, dropped the idea of a six-pack abs contest and was seen nodding approvingly as the Olympic-bound team, looking sharp and lean, posed for a group photo at a send-off ceremony in Delhi on Sunday. "There is...
04:46 PM, Jun 28, 2012
New Delhi: The nostalgia was palpable and the applause resonated a new-found vigour. The Olympics send-off ceremony for the Indian hockey team here on Sunday turned into a nostalgic affair as Hockey India (HI) chose the occasion to facilitate the game's 34 stalwarts who have an Olympic gold to their name, or as the HI called them 'Golden Greats'. The 16-member Indian Olympic squad, led by skipper Bharat Chetri, leaves...
04:02 PM, Jun 24, 2012
Mumbai: Indian hockey team, which won the bronze medal at the Sultan Azlan cup hockey tournament in Malaysia on Sunday, returned home last night to a warm reception at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport. Coach Michael Nobbs, who faces a Litmus test with the team at the July August London Olympic Games, was cautious in his reaction about the team's mixed performance in Malaysia where they failed to defend their...
01:59 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Two months after an emotional return to the Olympics, the Indian men's hockey team will assess its preparation for the Games against the World Champions Australia, world No. 2 Germany and hosts Great Britain in a four-nation Olympic test event in London from May 2 to 6. While the opposition sounds like a headmaster checking India's improvement, the eight-time Olympic gold medallists will step on the blue pitch,...
10:47 PM, May 01, 2012
Tonight at 10 pm CNN-IBN's Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts, can hockey get back its standing as India's national sport?
12:20 PM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: The aura is long gone and recent performances have been inconsistent, but Indian hockey's former technical adviser Ric Charlesworth, who had a controversial stint with the team, still expects his former wards to qualify for the London Olympics during the qualifiers starting in New Delhi on Saturday. "India still have some very exciting players and can play some fabulous hockey, but perhaps they are not consistent enough and...
10:40 AM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: The FIH has issued a veiled threat to block India's participation in the 2012 London Olympics in case the government does not grant Hockey India the status of a National Sports Federation and if all lawsuits, including the one filed by the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) against it, are not terminated. Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH), the world governing body of the game, shot a letter to Sports...
09:45 PM, Sep 29, 2011
