Rupinderpal's brace seals bronze for India

Halfback Manpreet Singh was today named the Indian hockey captain for next month's 3 Nations Invitational Tournament in Germany and the World League Semi-Final in England after regular skipper PR Sreejesh was ruled out due to a knee injury. The 3 Nations ...

IMAGE: Mandeep Singh, left, celebrates after scoring a goal against Japan. Photograph: Hockey India Striker Mandeep Singh scored a brilliant hat-trick to hand India a fighting 4-3 victory over lower-ranked Japan in a round robin match of the 26th Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, in Ipoh,  Malaysia, on Wednesday. Having squandered the early lead provided by a penalty corner conversion from Rupinderpal Singh, India were trailing when Mandeep got into his goal-scoring act in the second ...

Defender Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners as India stamped their authority over New Zealand with an assertive 3-0 victory in the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here today. Following a 2-2 draw against Great Britain in the opening ...

India coach Roelant Oltmans praised his players for not conceding a single corner in the bronze medal match of the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, which the team won 4-0 against New Zealand here today. "I don't think New Zealand had one serious shot on the goal ...

A win away from final, Indian hockey team would like to guard themselves against complacency when they square off with hosts Malaysia in what can turn out to be a tricky encounter in the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, on Friday. With defending champions ...

A spirited India squandered a goal lead to lose 1-3 against defending champions Australia in a preliminary league match of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here today. After managing to hold the world champions in the first quarter, India took the ...

Hockey India (HI) on Friday announced a 33-member core probables list for the national camp, which will commence at the Sports Authority of India in Bengaluru from March 14. The national camp under chief coach Roelant Oltmans includes as many as 11 players ...