
Pune: The third Hockey India (HI) Senior Men's National Championship will be held at the Shiv Chhattrapati sports complex here and Major Dhyan Chand Hockey stadium, Pimpri from May 28 to June 10.
Speaking to reporters here Friday, organising secretary and also the Joint Secretary of HI Manoj Bhore said the championship, supported by the Maharashtra Olympic Association and the Department of Youth Services, will see 38 teams in action and will be played on a league-cum-knock-out basis.
The teams have been divided into eight pools for the preliminary league. The toppers of each pool will make it to the quarter-final.
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06:16 PM, May 24, 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: 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