SAI- Academy defeated Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Centre 5-4 via shootout after both teams were locked at 2-2 in regulation time to clinch the 1st Hockey India Sub Ju...
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren inaugurates the 11th National Women’s Sub-Junior Hockey tournament, in Simdega.
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik meets hockey players at his residence in Bhubaneswar. Patnaik had announced that the city of Rourkela will be the venue for India’s largest h...
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Indian hockey team captain Manpreet Singh after he got married to Illi Siddique of Malaysia, in Jalandhar.
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In this combo file photos, three-time Olympic gold medalist hockey veteran Balbir Singh Sr. during an interview in Chandigarh. Singh, died on Monday after battling multiple health ...
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In this file photo, three-time Olympic gold medalist hockey veteran Balbir Singh Sr. at the launch of the Inspire Institute of Sport, in Vijayanagara, Bellary. Singh, died on Monda...
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Indian hockey players interact with fans after their victory against Australia during FIH (PRO) league match at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. India won by shootout ( 3-1) after d...
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Indian and Australian hockey players in action during FIH (PRO) league match at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. India won by shootout ( 3-1) after drawing the game 2-2.
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Indian hockey players celebrate after the conclusion of a practice match ahead of their match against Australia at FIH Pro League, at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar.
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Indian hockey players celebrate during their match against Belgium in the FIH Pro League at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar. India won the match 2-1.
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Indian hockey players during their match against Belgium in the FIH Pro League at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar. India won the match 2-1.
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Indian players pose for pictures after their victory over Netherlands in the FIH Pro League (Men) 2020 hockey match at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
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India and Netherland players in action during their match at FIH Pro League (Men) 2020 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar,
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Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team players celebrate after defeating New Zealand by 8-2 at the 9th Sultan of Johor Cup, in Malaysia.
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Indian Junior Women's Hockey team players celebrate after scoring a goal against Australia during the 3-Nations Tournament in Canberra. India finished top of the points table despi...
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Hockey Players of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd pose for a group photo with winner's trophy of 123rd All India Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament, in Kolkata. Indian OIl Corporation Ltd b...
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during FIH Olympics qualifyers 2019 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar
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Indian Hockey team captain Manpreet Singh receives a memento from FIH President Narinder Batra after they qualify for upcoming Tokyo Olymic,2020 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, ...
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Indian Women's Hockey team captain Rani Rampal receives a memento from FIH President Narinder Batra after they qualify for upcoming Tokyo Olymic,2020 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubanes...
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Indian supporters celebrate with national flags,at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
The Indian team moved down a rung from the fourth spot it occupied in the January rankings though it accumulated more points -- 2223.458 -- than the previous chart -- 2064.10.
Ajit Pal Singh led India to victory in the 1975 hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. Balbir Singh senior was the team's manager. India have never won a World Cup again
With six Olympic hockey gold medals between them, Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh Senior have been relegated to the backburner by cricket-mad Indians and sports administrators with myopia
Rani Rampal has been playing hockey for close to two decades. She has helped India qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in July-August this year. Rani was voted World Games Athlete of the Year 2019, the first Indian ever to win this award
Given the obstacles lined up against her, no one knows when Bani Singh’s documentary would see the light of day. Instead of the raw emotions—and the jagged backcloth here—that propel players towards achievements, will India have to stay content with another fictionalised, unsatisfactorily executed Bollywood period drama?
Former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey is organising the world’s largest hockey tournament, with 1,458 teams from Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand at 32 venues.