Manpreet Singh to lead India in tour of Belgium, Netherlands

The Indian hockey team rode on twin strikes from Ramandeep Singh and Chinglensana Singh Kanjugam to register a sensational 4-3 win over Austria in their final encounter of the Europe Tour here.

Indian men's hockey team midfielder Chinglensana Singh Kangujam completed the milestone of playing 150 international matches during his country's 1-3 defeat against Belgium in the second match of the ongoing European tour here on Friday. Manipur-born ...

IMAGE: Sardar Singh in action. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh on Saturday returned to the national team as Hockey India named a strong 18-member squad under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh for the Asia Cup to be held in Dhaka from October 11-22.Sardar, recently awarded the prestigious Khel Ratna Award, was dropped from the Indian team which toured Europe last month but got a recall for next month's event to strengthen the team.Two other key players, who ...

Six uncapped players have been named in the Manpreet Singh-led Indian hockey squad for the tour of Belgium and Netherlands. The European tour begins with India taking on Belgium on August 9 in Boom. Chinglensana Singh has been named Manpreet's deputy while ...

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday. Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen on Thursday clinched the Bulgaria Open International Series title after notching up a hard-fought win over Croatia's Zvonimir Durkinjak in the men's singles final in Sofia.The Uttarakhand shuttler, who celebrated his 16th birthday on Wednesday, beat second seed Zvonimir 18-21, 21-12, 21-17 in a 57-minute match. He had beaten Sri Lanka's Dinuka Karunaratna 21-19, 21-14 in the semi-finals.