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Hockey utsav helps re-establish vanishing family connections: Karnataka CM

He said his father and former Chief Minister of Karnataka SR Bommai had allotted Rs 1 crore towards the construction of a stadium to hold the hockey tournament in Kodagu

Odisha CM Patnaik inaugurates Birsa Munda Stadium, hockey centres

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated multiple sports projects in Sundergarh district, famed for producing many national and international hockey players and athletes. Patnaik, during his two day visit to Rourkela, inaugurated projects including the Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium Complex in Rourkela and three Hockey Training Centres in Bisra, Lahunipara and Manchmara in Sundergarh district. Sundergarh has been the backbone of Sports in Odisha. Not just Hockey it has produced players of repute in athletics and many other disciplines. The projects launched today will enable us to collectively nurture a large spectrum of sports talent from this district and the nearby regions, Patnaik said. The Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium complex in Rourkela features an athletics stadium with 400 meter synthetic athletic track and a natural turf football field with floodlights. The stadium has four galleries with a seating capacity of more than 9,000 spectators, including seating for ...

As Air India restarts its hockey team, a look at Tata's sporting legacy

Some of India's top hockey and football talent has come from the ecosystem the conglomerate as nurtured

Hockey World Cup 2023: India's loss, handling pressure and league's absence

India's head coach Graham Reid has resigned from his position of India's head coach. But should he be the only one held responsible for the Hockey World Cup debacle? Not really, here's why

Hockey: Germany rise to the top in FIH Rankings; Netherlands in 2nd spot

Following the conclusion of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023, there were major movements at the top of the World Rankings in the Men's Outdoor category

Hockey World Cup Final Highlights: Germany beat Belgium, lift third title

Germany vs Belgium Hockey World Cup 2023 Final Highlights: After it finished 3-3 in regulation time and 3-3 in the five-shot Shoot-out, Germany held their nerves to win it in sudden death.

Hockey World Cup final, Germany vs Belgium: Germans out to stop Red Lions

FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Germany vs Belgium Preview: Having crossed all the previous hurdles, two European giants Germany and Belgium will now face off in the final to be crowned champions

India vs SA highlights, Hockey WC: Men in Blue sign off with 5-2 win

India vs South Africa 9-12th place Classification Highlights: India won 5-2 thanks to goals from Abhishek, Harmanpreet, Samsher, Akashdeep and Sukhjeet. It will finish in the top 10 in this World Cup

Hockey WC: Belgium, Germany have unfinished business to settle in final

The two teams are evenly matched; the greater experience of Belgium players gives them a slight edge

Non-existent club culture behind India's early exit from Hockey WC: Oltmans

Former India men's hockey head coach Roelant Oltmans has blamed the lack of tactical awareness and a non-existent club culture for India's early exit in the ongoing edition of the FIH Men's World Cup. India lost the crossover match to New Zealand and failed to make the quarter-finals after going down 4-5 in sudden death. India's current head coach Graham Reid had also voiced concern about the lack of club culture after the Hockey India League (HIL) became defunct in 2017. "There is no club culture in India, that is for sure. And the players need to continue playing games, that this team is lacking," Oltmans, who was at the helm of affairs of the Indian team from 2015 to 2017, told PTI in an interview. "These Indians are fantastic hockey players, no doubt about that. But you need to know what to do at which moment of the game. If all of a sudden, you are 11 against 10, what are you going to do?" added the Dutchman, who also served as the High Performance Director of Indian hockey fr

Hockey World Cup Semis Highlights: Belgium beat the Dutch; GER go past AUS

Hockey World Cup Semifinal, Belgium vs Netherlands Live Updates: Germany beat Australia in the first semi-final 4-3. Now Belgium take on the Netherlands in second to book a meeting with the Germans

IND vs JPN Highlights, Hockey WC: India thrash Japan 8-0 in classification

India vs Japan, Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: The Indian team, after being 0-0 at half time, scored four each in third and fourth quarter to beat Japan 8-0 in the 9-16th place classification

IND vs NZ Hockey World Cup Highlights: India lose shoot-out, bow out of WC

India vs New Zealand Crossover, Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: India will not finish on the podium once again and all the hype of a World Cup medal has come to an end as hosts lose 5-4 in shoot-out

Hockey World Cup IND vs NZ Crossover: Harmanpreet and co eye Last 8 spot

FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 India vs New Zealand Preview: The Indian hockey team will play in the crossover against New Zealand to try and get into the quarterfinal

Indian women's hockey team continues winning streak, beats South Africa 4-0

The Indian women's hockey team continued its winning streak, defeating South Africa 4-0 in its third match to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the four-match series here on Thursday. Having won the first two matches convincingly, the Indians stuck to their basics as they executed the chances really well and played a disciplined structure to stay ahead. The match began swiftly with India creating fine chances in the circle. Rani displayed sublime form in her comeback tour and scored the first goal for India in the second minute. India continued their attacking spree in the second quarter and in the 18th minute, a penalty-corner opportunity was successfully converted by Deep Grace Ekka. India extended their margin and scored their third goal in quick succession when Vandana Katariya executed a brilliant field strike in the 20th minute. While the third quarter remained goalless, India ended the proceedings with a field goal in the 46th minute through young sensation Sangita Kumari.

Hockey World Cup Day 8 Highlights: Australia, Belgium move to quarterfinals

Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 Day 8 Highlights: Australia topped Group A courtesy of two wins and a draw while France stopped Argentina at a 5-5 draw. Belgium topped Group B and Germany finished second

India vs Wales Hockey World Cup 2023: Advantage India for a last 8 berth

FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 India vs Wales Preview: With the advantage of seeing England play Spain first, India could then score more than England to top the group and get to the quarterfinals

Hockey Wolrd Cup: Indian midfielder Hardik Singh to undergo MRI scan

India hockey player Hardik Singh will undergo an MRI scan in Bhubaneswar after suffering a hamstring injury in a World Cup game against England on Sunday in Rourkela

Hockey World Cup Day 5 Highlights: BEL, GER play 2-2 draw; KOR beat JPN 2-1

Hockey World Cup 2023 Day 5 Highlights: Belgium came from behind to draw level against Germany as the game finished 2-2. Earlier in the evening Korea beat Japan 2-1 to get to 3rd spot in Group B

India vs England Hockey World Cup Highlights: It ends in a goalless draw

India vs England, Hockey World Cup 2023 Highlights: None of the two highly competitive teams could score in the entire 70 minutes and as a result, it ended in an exciting, entertaining goalless draw