New Delhi: The national men hockey team's core probables will start their training camp at the Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC), Bangalore on Thursday to prepare for the FIH World League Round 3 (semi-final) to be held at Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 13 to 23. The camp will be on till June 4.
Indian men's team performed well at the recently-concluded preparatory tour to The Netherlands, where it had defeated the national side twice and also played five games against top clubs of The Netherlands.
India qualified for the FIH World League Round 3 (semi-final) by winning all the matches of the Round 2 tournament held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here in February.
The FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) is a qualification tournament for the FIH Men's World Cup 2014 to be held at The Hague, Netherlands....
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04:59 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh says the recent tour of the Netherlands has helped the team identify its weaknesses ahead of the World League Round III to be held next month. "It was a good tour and Roelant Oltmans, Indian Hockeys director high performance, made it sure that we got to play against best clubs. We have learnt a lot on this tour . In fact we have...
05:30 PM, May 10, 2013
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...
03:41 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: Returning to the ground after a well-deserved two months break, captain of the Indian hockey team Sardar Singh feels fitness will be key to their success in the FIH World League semi-finals to be held at Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 13 to 23. After a much-needed rest, the Indian hockey players have assembled at Bangalore to kick-start their preparations for the forthcoming FIH World League semifinals. "The break...
06:35 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Though India went down 3-4 to Australia, their fighting performance makes them the favourites in the second game against Korea on Sunday. ...
09:39 AM, Mar 10, 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
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
India beat Fiji, Oman, China, Ireland and Bangladesh to finish on top at the end of the round-robin World League Round 2. ...
07:38 PM, Feb 24, 2013
The hosts scored two goals in each half to beat China 4-0 and consolidate their position on top of the leaderboard. ...
07:33 PM, Feb 23, 2013
Both the teams are so far unbeaten in the tournament, having scored big wins in their previous two matches. ...
07:35 PM, Feb 21, 2013
This was India's second overwhelming win of the Hockey World League after they beat Fiji 16-0 in their first match. ...
07:36 PM, Feb 20, 2013
VR Raghunath and Danish Mujtaba scored hat-tricks as India expectedly scored heavily against the 70th-ranked Fiji team in their World League opener. ...
10:01 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Danish Mujtaba and VR Raghunath scored a hat-trick while Rupinderpal Singh and Malak Singh got a brace each in the 16-0 hammering. ...
07:34 PM, Feb 18, 2013
On Monday, India men and women teams begin their campaigns in the World League, which is FIH's brainchild and also doubles up as WC qualifier. ...
08:39 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Indian teams got a 1st-round bye but the men need to win the round-robin format and the women should finish among top two to progress to the semi-finals. The league doubles as WC qualifier. ...
04:04 PM, Feb 16, 2013
Delhi and Ranchi are led by world's two best midfielders, India's Sardar Singh and Germany's Moritz Fuerste respectively. ...
07:29 PM, Feb 10, 2013
Delhi Waveriders have nearly sealed their place in the semi-finals with 39 points, 10 more than second-placed Ranchi Rhinos. ...
11:32 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Ranchi, with 27 points, are close at the heels of table-toppers Delhi who are unbeaten so far with 32 points. ...
10:00 AM, Jan 30, 2013
Delhi Waveriders is the only team in the ongoing Hockey India League (HIL) to have an all-Indian support staff and captain Sardar Singh feels their knowledge of Indian conditions and local players has been a major factor in the team's success so far in the tournament. ...
06:55 PM, Jan 25, 2013
