The dates of Hero Honda hockey World Cup to be held in Delhi next year have been rescheduled. The championship will now take place from February 28 to March 13, according to a press release from the Federation Internationale de Hockey (FIH) on Friday.
 
The reason assigned is to ensure a ...

Indian women won their opening match against Australia in the Women's Junior World Cup Hockey in Boston. The last minute goal by Monorama Devi gave Indians a 3-2 win over their opponents.
 
Ritu Rani and Monika Badran of India scored the other two goals in the 45th and 53rd ...

According to Union Sports Minister, M S Gill, World Anti-Doping Agency should be adopted by all the sporting bodies.
 
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Sunday had rejected WADA's anti-doping code due to the controversial "whereabouts" clause that mandates players ...

England clinched the hockey series against India by 3-2 in the third and final hockey test.
 
England won the opener on Wednesday while India levelled the series with a victory on Friday.
 
Vikram Pillay and S.V Sunil in the 3rd and 18th minutes scored two goals, giving India 2-1 lead ...

India levelled the three match series by 1-1 against England by winning the second hockey test.
 
India fought back from a two-goal deficit to win the match that was played at the University of Birmingham .The first goal for India came in the 35th minute by Arjun Halappa,while the other ...

Indian team on the European tour will play with Sahara logo again.
 
The team has been delivered kits with the logo of Sahara following the Calcutta High Court order.
 
The high court passed an injunction, ordering Hockey India (HI) to use Sahara logo.
 
Sahara officials ...

Two-wheeler major Hero Honda will be the title sponsors of the hockey World Cup to be hosted by Delhi in March next year.
 
The deal was signed by International Hockey Federation (FIH) president, Lendro Negre, and managing director and CEO of Hero Honda Motors Ltd, Pawan Munjal, at an ...

Hockey India on Thursday launched its own logo which resembles the Ashoka Chakra in the form of 24 hockey sticks forming a wheel.
 
The 24 spokes of Ashoka Chakra are the inspiration for the logo.
 
The logo was unveiled by Hockey India president A.K. Mattoo, secretary general ...

The 23-member Indian hockey team led by Sandeep Singh will go aboard on a 12-Test European tour starting July 27.
The team will play four Tests against England, and three each against Belgium and Spain at Birmingham, Antwerp and Terassa. 
Their last stop in the 25-day tour will be Amstelveen ...

Jose Brasa has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian hockey team. The Spaniard will start mentoring the men's hockey team from this month's Asia Cup. According to reports, Brasa will come down to India on Sunday (May 3) to sign the contract with the Indian hockey team. He will remain the ...

Showing elegance and efficacy in Sunday's (12th April) summit clash of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, India regained the glittering cup after a gap of 13 years by defeating Malaysia 3-1. This was India’s fourth cup win. Earlier, India had won the cup in 1985, 1991 and ...

Indian Hockey team Skipper Sandeep Singh continued with his splendid performance of goal-scoring and led India to a 2-1 victory over arch rival Pakistan in five-nation Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament on Saturday (11th April). With this win India sealed their place in Sunday's (12th April) final ...

The Pakistani hockey team on Friday (February 13) got its new coach, Shahid Ali Khan. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) made the appointment of Olympian Shahid Ali Khan with a view to prepare a strong team for the Asia Cup in May in Dubai. The decision of inducting Khan was taken at executive ...

Jose Brasa’s appointment as India’s national hockey coach moved a step closer with the Spaniard impressing upon the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President, Suresh Kalmadi, at a meeting in New Delhi on Friday (16th January).
 
After meeting the IOA ad hoc panel members on ...

Pakistan has decided to call off its hockey and squash teams' tour to India showing security concerns. The hockey team was supposed to participate in the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup, scheduled to start in Chandigarh from January 31 while Pakistani team was to defend its Asian Junior title in ...

The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has picked up Pakistan's experienced striker Rehan Butt as the Asia's hockey player of the year. The announcement was made by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF). The coveted award was received by PHF secretary Asif Bajwa on behalf of Rehan Butt at a ceremony on ...

The Indian hockey might shed the past incidents and get back its lost legacy as Maharaj Krishna Kaushik has been appointed as the new coach of the team. Kaushik was once the coach of the team when it clinched the gold medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. The Indian Olympic Association has ...

After a two-year absence, the exalted All-India MCC Murugappa Cup hockey tournament is making a comeback with nine teams in the combat at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai from Sep 4-14. Arun Murugappan, managing director of the group firm Parry Enterprises India Limited, told the event ...

With the help of Diwakar Ram’s goal in the extra time of the game. India clinched the Junior Asia Cup defeating South Korea by 3-2, at Hyderabad. This was Diwakar’s 10th goal of the tournament. Earlier in the match, India was falling short of two goals till the first half of the game ...

The new name of the Indian Hockey Confederation (IHC) is Hockey India and it will be the sole governing body for hockey (men and women) in India. This was decided during a recent meeting of representatives of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) headed by President Suresh Kalmadi as well as ...

Even though the Indian hockey team did not qualify for the impending Beijing Olympics, four players of Indian origin have been inducted into the Canadian hockey team. It is on August 8 this year that the Beijing Olympics will kick start. The four Indians who have been selected to be a part of the ...

The President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Suresh Kalmadi has said that the soon-to-be-held Asian junior men’s hockey championships at Hyderabad from this year’s July 11 to July 18 will be the very first international event following the fresh interest generated for this ...

India suffered a narrow 1-2 defeat to Argentina in the final of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey final on Sunday, May 18, 2008. The victory on Sunday has given the Argentineans their first Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey title. Argentina’s veteran Mario Almada struck a remarkable goal to clinch the ...

India will clash with Argentina on Sunday, May 18, 2008 for the title win of Azlan Shah Hockey tournament. The Indian team booked a birth for itself in the finals after it defeated host Malaysia in the semi-finals played on Saturday, May 17, 2008. By pulling off the narrow 2-1 win, India gathered ...

India defeated Belgium 6-4 to register their second victory in the Azlan Shah Hockey tournament. The win keeps India in contention for the title. Earlier, India defeated Canada 3-1. India displayed some fine hockey in the first half to secure a lead of 5-1. But Belgium fought back strongly in the ...

India defeated Canada 3-1 to register their first win in the Azlan Shah Hockey tournament. India was a goal down to Canada but then fought their way back into the match by playing some fine hockey in the second half. India got nine penalty corners whereas Canada just got one. Canada got the lead in ...

After an emergency meeting called by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday, April 28, 2008, the members unanimously decided to sack the IHF President KPS Gill and suspend the IHF. The decision was taken after Indian Hockey Federation Secretary, K Jothikumaran was caught in a TV sting ...

The beleaguered Indian Hockey Federation came under fresh attacks from the FIH on Sunday, 28 April as it threatened to cancel promoting the Indian Hockey Project and the 2010 World Cup incase the IOA failed to clear the IHF mess. The FIH expressed its disappointment on Indian hockey’s ...

India’s remote chances of making it to the Beijing Olympics were finally dashed as the team led by Mamta Kharab lost to the United States 0-4 in a humiliating defeat. The Indian women’s hockey team was the only hope for the Indian Hockey Federation as the men’s team is already out ...

Indian Women Hockey team crashed to a two-three defeat against Belgium in the Olympic qualifier match being played at Kazan, Russia. The two consecutive defeat of India, first against Netherlands Antilles and on Tuesday 22 April  2008 against Belgium has put on question the chances of ...