Hockey

Eight teams from seven nations in the Americas will take part in the official Rio 2016 hockey test event beginning on Tuesday.

Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh's four goals took life out of Pakistan in the summit clash to give India the trophy.

Hockey India on Tuesday selected Harjeet Singh as the captain of an 18-member squad for the 8th Junior Men's Asia Cup to be held in Kuantan, Malaysia, later this month.

As many as 33 players will be part of the coaching camp where they will be trained for 22 days. The 33 campers consist of four goalkeepers, 10 defenders, nine midfielders and 10 forwards

The Indian hockey team would aim to become a stronger attacking unit during the upcoming away Test series against New Zealand as it prepares for the Hockey World League in November-December, mid-fielder SK Uthappa has asserted.

2016 Hockey India League (HIL) final will be held in Ranchi at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium.

Dabang Mumbai turned out to be early big spenders at the auction, bagging German Striker Fuchs for $96000 while Punjab Warriors splashed $58000 on the India captain.

The Indian junior hockey team are preparing hard and eagerly waiting for the fifth Sultan of Johor Cup where they will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 11.

Oltmans said there is no charge of disharmony against the midfielder, which is in contrast to what Harbinder Singh-led Special Committee had mentioned in its report to HI.

India lost 1-2 to hosts the Netherlands in a league match of the men's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on Wednesday.

"I never had an issue with him at any time. Batra is the only person who can do this job," the former India coach told IBNLive after the news of Van Ass getting fired.

Pakistan men's hockey team slumped to a new low on Friday as it failed to qualify for next year's Rio Olympics after suffering a shocking 0-1 defeat to Ireland.

India beat Pakistan in the Asian Games Final, Pakistan beat India in the Champions Trophy semis. What will happen tomorrow as the archrivals meet at Hockey World League in Belgium - 1930 IST.

Indian men's hockey team fired in a goal two minutes from the final hooter through Ramandeep Singh to pull off a 3-2 win over France in FIH World League Semifinals.

"France will directly replace Azerbaijan in the match schedule and the event will continue as per the existing pools and match times," FIH said in a statement.

While the US progressed to the 5-6 position match, India will play the 7-8 spot playoff on Sunday against Japan.