New Delhi: A seven-goal extravaganza on Friday saw India beat South Africa 4-3 in the fourth hockey Test to take a winning lead in the five-match series being played here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. After conceding a 0-1 lead at the stroke of half-time, the hosts went on a goal splurge in the second half, scoring four goals in 13 minutes of an attacking hockey display. However,...
09:57 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: India hockey coach Michael Nobbs' search for a perfect combination for the Olympic qualifiers backfired on Thursday as India lost the third Test 3-1 to South Africa, who kept the five-Test series alive after losing the first two matches here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. Manipur's Kothajit Singh made his India debut in a match that saw some elementary mistakes costing India a number of scoring...
09:48 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian women's hockey team completed a clean sweep in their four-Test series against Azerbaijan after notching up a 2-0 victory in the fourth and final match in New Delhi on Thursday. The Indian women were not at their best but still prevailed over the visitors after they scored twice in the second half through Jaspreet Kaur (44th minute) and Rani Rampaul (68th). With this victory, India kept...
08:36 PM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Promising striker Yuvraj Walmiki is all set to return to India's playing eleven in the third hockey Test against South Africa on Thursday after remaining on the sidelines for nearly one-and-a-half months due to a hip injury. Yuvraj, considered the new rising star of Indian hockey, picked up the injury last month during the first of India's preparatory camps for the Olympic qualifiers in Bangalore. But after four...
12:02 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian women registered a 3-0 victory over a hapless Azerbaijan in the third match on Wednesday to keep their slate clean in the four-Test hockey series at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. Leading 2-0, India played a slow-paced game but it was still enough to thwart the Azerbaijan challenge and take a 3-0 lead, with just one match to go. India created a...
08:12 PM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: Penalty-corner specialist Sandeep Singh's conversion in the dying minutes took India to a narrow 2-1 win in a keenly-contested second match of the hockey Test series against South Africa here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Tuesday. Both the goals South Africa conceded came before the hooter - in the 33rd and 68th minute of the game. After Chingelnsana Singh gave India the lead, Lance Louw...
09:28 PM, Jan 17, 2012
The shouts of 'India, India' that reverberated around the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium during the World Cup and Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi were significantly subdued on a chilly Monday evening. It isn't a domestic hockey event: India are playing South Africa in a Test series, but the ball hitting the hockey stick produced a distinctive echo, confirming no takers for the national game's international rubber. Just over...
03:46 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman have come under criticism after India's disastrous tour of Australia, and a run of seven straight defeats in Tests abroad. ...
12:04 AM, Jan 17, 2012
New Delhi: Indias mens team began its preparation for the Olympic hockey qualifiers with an emphatic 4-0 win in first match of the five-Test series against South Africa here at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Monday. India, who are taking this series as selection trials for the Olympic qualifiers in February, displayed the brand of attacking hockey associated with them. South Africa, who did show some teeth using...
08:58 PM, Jan 16, 2012
The series against Pakistan starting in Dubai on Tuesday is England's first since they became the No. 1 Test team in the World, grabbing the ...
08:31 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women eked out a 2-1 victory over Azerbaijan in the second Test match to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on Monday. The hosts, ranked 13th in the world, played a fast-paced game and repeatedly attacked their opponent's citadel from the left flank in the first half. They scored through Ritu Rani (18th minute) and...
08:03 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: Indian women beat Azerbaijan 3-0 in the first match of the four-match Test series for the Karbonn Cup at the National Stadium on Sunday. India, who led 1-0 at half-time, took the lead through Anuradha Devi in the 19th minute and followed it up with two penalty corner conversions by Soundara Yendala (51st) and Joydeep Kaur (61st). Azerbaijan warded off the initial Indian attacks from Kiran Dahiya and...
05:29 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: He likes to keep a low-profile but India's hockey coach Michael Nobbs isn't leaving anything to chance when it comes to bringing the magic back to Indian hockey, starting with qualification for the London Olympics. Speaking to IBNLive.com on the sidelines of India's preparatory camp for the Test series against South Africa and the Olympics qualifiers, Nobbs touched upon the most debatable topics of India hockey - ranging...
05:31 PM, Jan 14, 2012
India play South Africa in a five-match Test series to warm up for the Olympic qualifiers which follow soon after. ...
08:01 PM, Jan 11, 2012
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With India going 2-0 down in Australia, the talk of town is now to pin the blame somewhere. After all, it is the sixth consecutive ...
01:54 PM, Jan 07, 2012
Indians fans express their disappointment after yet another Test loss, this time in Sydney to Australia. ...
02:25 PM, Jan 06, 2012
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Let's face some hard facts squarely. India are a team on the decline. In two away series they have faced a quality team in England ...
10:07 AM, Jan 03, 2012
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Images of India winning the toss on an overcast morning and electing to bat first on a dampish wicket summon. Batting was going to be ...
05:54 PM, Jan 02, 2012
CNN-IBN Cricket Analyst Harsha Bhogle says India's experienced batsmen need to dig in to do well at Sydney. ...
05:29 PM, Jan 02, 2012
Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody analyses India's loss in the Boxing Day Test, but backs the visitors to bounce back in Sydney. ...
02:21 PM, Dec 30, 2011
