Catch the live updates of the Champions Trophy match between India and England at Melbourne. ...
10:38 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Sreejesh pulled his hamstring during the bronze medal playoff match against Pakistan in Lanco Super 9s International series. ...
10:31 AM, Dec 01, 2012
The Champions Trophy marks the first international assignment for the Indian hockey after the London Olympics. ...
12:01 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: A youthful Indian hockey team will have its first big Test post the London disaster when they play in the Champions Trophy next month. Coach Michael Nobbs wants his wards to see Olympic Champions Germany as their model and hopes they respond well to the changes in the style of play. Ahead of the the December 1-9 Champions Trophy in Australia, they get to compete in nine-a-side Lanco...
10:58 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New Delhi: The young Indian striker Yuvraj Walmiki has put the disappointment of missing the London Olympics behind him to storm back into the blue uniform for the Champions Trophy in Australia. In a team where seven of the experience legs have been shown the door, Walmiki comes back as a breath of fresh air to fulfil a promise he made before an unfortunate hamstring injury put him out of...
02:28 PM, Nov 09, 2012
The 2013 edition of the Champions Trophy will be the last, the previous having been held in 2009 in South Africa. ...
10:08 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New Delhi: Star midfielder Sardar Singh will captain India at the Lanco International Super Series and 34th Champions Trophy as Hockey India (HI) on Monday announced the 18-man squad for the tour of Australia, which will not include penalty-corner expert Sandeep Singh and veteran striker Shivendra Singh on the touring party. Sending a strong signal to the non-performers after the London Olympics debacle, the selectors made as many as seven...
06:25 PM, Nov 05, 2012
India will play South Africa in the tournament opener at Cardiff Wales Stadium on June 6, 2013. ...
03:47 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Patiala: The Hockey India (HI) Selection Committee on Monday ignored custodian Bharat Chhetri and forward Tushar Khandker while trimming down the list of Core Group Men probables to 33 after the three-day selection trials ended at the SAI Centre, Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports (NIS) in Patiala on Saturday. The fitness and performance of all the 48 probables selected for the camp was tested by coach Michael Nobbs; HI...
03:21 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has dropped former captain Sohail Abbas and senior forward Rehan Butt from the 27-probables for the Champions Trophy to be held at Melbourne from Dec 1. The exclusion of the two top players Thursday was surprising, reports Xinhua. Abbas, the world's highest goalscorer, led the national team to a seventh-place finish in the 2012 London Olympics. The PHF, however, included other senior players Waseem...
02:18 PM, Oct 26, 2012
The Champions Trophy will be played over 18 days with the matches scheduled for Cardiff, The Oval and Edgbaston, which will host the final on June 23, 2013. ...
11:00 AM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday announced the list of 48 probables for the national camp at the SAI Centre at the Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports in Patiala from October 15. The camp precedes selection of the Indian team for Lanco International Super Series and 34th Men's FIH Champions Trophy in Australia. The probables were selected by HI Selectors Col. Balbir Singh, BP Govinda and Syed Ali,...
02:55 PM, Oct 09, 2012
The three-week long tournament to be held in England from June 6 to 23 next year. ...
05:39 PM, Aug 21, 2012
New Delhi: After the London Olympics, India will be participating in the 34th Champions Trophy to be held at Melbourne from December 1 to 9 this year. The tournament would be the first top level international event after the Olympics. Apart from India, the other countries participating are Australia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand with the total likely to go upto 8 in total. The tournament will be played...
07:48 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Dubai: Qatar will host this year's Asian Champions Trophy featuring India, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, China and Japan. The Asian Hockey Federation is yet to finalise the dates of the event but local authorities hinted it could be held in November-December this year. "This is a huge boost for Qatar and for the sport of hockey here. Conducting a major event like this will certainly increase the popularity of the...
12:24 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Rosario: Silvina D'Elia scored the lone goal in the first half as Argentina defeated Britain 1-0 on Sunday in the final of the Champions Trophy women's field hockey tournament. The event, seen as a key warm up for this year's London Olympics, has now been won five times by Argentina. In the third-place match earlier on Sunday, the Netherlands defeated Germany 5-4. Japan defeated New Zealand 3-2 for fifth place....
08:50 AM, Feb 06, 2012
Another year passed but the sorry state of Indian hockey refused to change as the prolonged struggle for power between two warring federations once again took centre-stage over the performance of the national team in 2011. Just like a never-ending television soap opera, there seemed to be no immediate solution to the tussle between Hockey India and the de-recognised Indian Hockey Federation, who, after calling a temporary peace, went back...
10:00 PM, Dec 29, 2011
Auckland: Australia became the first team to win the Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament four-straight times when it beat Spain 1-0 in Sunday's final. Eddie Ockenden crashed a penalty corner into the top-left corner of the Spanish net in the 59th minute to give the world champion Australians their 11th win from a record 13 finals appearances. Spain protested the goal and referred the decision to the video referee...
05:02 PM, Dec 11, 2011
Auckland: Australia will face Spain in Sunday's final of the Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament in their bid to become the first team to win the elite eight-team tournament four consecutive times. World No. 1 Australia qualified for the final when they beat host New Zealand 2-1 in their last preliminary match on Saturday to remain unbeaten at the tournament. Spain beat the Netherlands 3-1 to earn the other...
02:25 PM, Dec 10, 2011
Auckland: Australia beat the Netherlands 4-2 on Thursday to reach the final of the Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament, moving one step closer to becoming the first team to win four consecutive titles. Matt Gohdes scored two goals, and his cousin, Australian captain Jamie Dwyer, and Chris Ciriello each had a goal for Australia. Dwyer's goal was his seventh of the tournament and his 25th in Champions Trophy play....
01:31 PM, Dec 08, 2011
