The six-team tournament, featuring Asia's top men's national hockey teams, will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 11 to 19, 2021

Mandeep Singh, captain Manpreet, defenders Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, drag-flicker Varun Kumar and goalkeeper Krishan Bahadur Pathak tested positive for COVID-19

Besides captain Manpreet Singh, defender Surender Kumar, midfielder Jaskaran Singh and drag-flicker Varun Kumar have also tested positive for the coronavirus

With eight gold medals, Indian men's hockey team has been the most successful side in Olympic history but since the 1980 Moscow Games, the country has not had a podium finish

Indian national hockey team's last success at the Olympics Games came 40 years ago in the 1980 Moscow Olympics

India men's hockey team opens campaign against New Zealand while women face the Netherlands in their opener of Tokyo Olympic Games

Ashok Kumar can't help but wonder whether the Manpreet Singh-led Indian hockey team would shape up as nicely next year, as it did this year after a stellar 2019

India resume their FIH Pro League with fixtures against Argentina on April 10 and 11, then meet Great Britain on May 8 and 9, and Spain on May 12 and 13 -- all away matches

The FIH was forced to make a new schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected all sporting events across the world

All Balbir Singh Sr had to do was offer a pep talk over breakfast while managing the Ajit Pal Singh-led side which defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in the final of 1975 Hockey World Cup