Hockey

Under the newly introduced scoring system, a field goal is counted as two and the hosts did enough to defend their early strike to pocket full points from the encounter.

Raghunath, a penalty corner specialist himself, welcomed the new rule and said the pressure will be more on strikers to score field goals.

The team which managed to beat Uttar Pradesh Wizards last year in a third place playoff has made some crucial buys for the 4th edition of the tournament.

Alongside Isberg, Scottish Andy Mair has been appointed the umpire's manager while Muthukumar Balakrisnan from Malaysia will don the role of assistant tournament director, announced Hockey India.

Former India hockey skipper Tirkey says the government departments and PSUs aren't filling their quota of sportspersons' recruitment which is affecting their careers badly.

India ace striker SV Sunil feels their win against defending champion Netherlands will work like a 'tonic' for Indian Hockey but said the team will have to work really hard on some areas to clinch a medal at Rio de Janeiro Olympics next year.

World champions Australia on Wednesday defeated Olympic champions Germany 4-1 to set up a semi-final clash against title holders Netherlands at the Hockey World League (HWL) Final.

India, who trailed the match until the fourth and final quarter, scored through Akashdeep Singh in the 48th minute to bag a point from the Pool B encounter.

India beat No. 1-ranked Australia 3-2 in the third Test with a last-minute goal from Akashdeep, but lost the three-match series, which stood 1-1 after India's win, in a shootout that ended 3-2 in favour of the visitors.

This will be the first ever international match hosted in Raipur, and a lot of crowd support is expected as was seen in the last match at Rajnandgaon.

The Indian hockey team earned their third consecutive win of the eighth Junior Asia Cup by displaying a strong performance to defeat China 4-1 in their final Pool A match at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium.

India went through some anxious dying moments before eking out a close 5-4 win over hosts Malaysia and register their second consecutive win of the eighth junior men's Asia Cup hockey tournament.

Former chief coach Neil Hawgood was supposed to join the Indian women's hockey team as an assistant to Matthias Ahrens this time but in a sudden turn of events.

The popularity of hockey has taken a serious hit, not just in India but globally. These days, Bovelander is trying his bit to revive the game.

India failed to continue their winning momentum, going down to Great Britain 3-4 in their second match of the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament.

The Hockey India maintained that it needs time to prepare its reply to the player's petition challenging the nine-month ban on disciplinary grounds.