Hockey

In the semi-final at the 2018 Asian Games, India led 2-1 at the 40th minute. With sixty seconds to go, they conceded an equaliser against the Malaysians. Conceding late goals has been the Indian team's perennial problem.

India once again reasserted their supremacy over Pakistan as they clinically decimated the arch-rivals 4-0 in the opening match of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Saturday.

Sjoerd Marijne is handing out punishments to erring players training for the Commonwealth Games, the Indian men's hockey team chief coach trying out the unique experiment to inculcate in his wards discipline, which he says is key to achieving success.

The prestigious Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which is in its 27th edition began in 1983 and the Indian team which is led by the veteran Sardar Singh this time have won the title 4 times and shared it with South Korea once.

India beat Malaysia 4-2 in their round robin encounter at the Four Nations Invitational Tournament held here in Melbourne on Thursday.

Narinder Batra on Saturday became the first Indian to be elected the President of the International Hockey Federation after he was voted to the top post by an overwhelming margin during the penultimate day of the 45th FIH Congress, here.

Indian hockey team coach Roelant Oltmans in an exclusive interview told News18 that the political situation does have an impact on the players.

Surender was sent off in the 49th minute of India's last league match, which they won 2-1 to take the top spot in the round-robin league and now await the last couple of preliminary matches before knowing who they play in the semifinal.

Drag-flicker Varun Kumar scored a brace to guide India to a 3-1 win over Germany in their opening game of the four-nation Invitational hockey tournament.

Rupinder Pal Singh slammed six goals as India launched their campaign in the fourth Asian Champions Trophy with a rousing 10-2 victory over Japan in the Kuantan Hockey Stadium.

The sport that lifts India like none other is doing well at the Olympics but let the two wins in three matches be only the stepping stone for now with lots left to do.

India's long-time captain Sardar Singh was on Tuesday replaced by Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh as the captain of the Indian men's hockey squad for Rio Olympics next month.

The 1980 Olympic gold medallist is being treated at the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for a liver ailment as the Sports Ministry and his employer Indian Railways announced that they will take care of all his expenses.

VR Raghunath, Mandeep Singh and Harmanpreet scored for India but Germany made a brilliant comeback in the fourth quarter to play a draw in London.

India couldn't have asked for a sterner dry run than the Champions Trophy, where coach Roelant Oltmans' men can put their preparations to practice against the world's best.

Poonam Rani scored for India in the seventh minute, while Hazuki Nagai equalised for Japan in the 19th minute.