Page 12 - Indian Hockey Team

Olympics: High chances of India finishing on hockey podium: Baskaran

Padmashri V. Baskaran was the captain when India last won a gold medal in hockey at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow.

Tokyo Olympics: Indian hockey teams look to end 41-year-old medal drought

Indian hockey teams might have dominated the sport in the 20th century, but the Asian side has not claimed a medal in the Summer Olympics since 1980

Tirkey has inspired many to look at hockey as engine of change: Rohidas

Indian men's hockey team defender Amit Rohidas said on Tuesday that it has taken him 12 years to fulfil his dream of being a part of the Olympic squad.

Indian hockey team can break medal drought in Olympics 2021: Dhanraj Pillay

Dhanraj Pillay believes the supremely fit Indian Hockey team going for the Tokyo Olympics has what it takes to finish on the podium and end the medal drought which his generation of players could not

From Neeraj Chopra to Bajrang Punia, the ones India's Tokyo hopes ride on

This time, analysts predict India may win as many as 17 medals

Olympics: Marijne expects Indian women's hockey team to reach quarterfinals

Indian women's hockey team chief coach Sjoerd Marijne expects his wards to reach the quarterfinals of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and says anything less than that would be a big let down. The team will be competing in its second consecutive Olympics in Tokyo having qualified for the Games after a hiatus of 36 years for the Rio Games. India's best-ever finish at the Summer Games was a fourth place finish in the 1980 Moscow Games and Marijne believes the current team has the potential to match it if the players play according to their strength. "The expectations in India are very high. If you are realistic, only two countries are lower ranked than us and that's Japan and South Africa. So, I don't know from where these expectations are based on. "I think probably because we did good in the past in the last four years, but still we have to be realistic. We are focusing on reaching the quarterfinals and that's realistic and from there anything can happen," Marijne said at a virtual medi

Manpreet Singh named captain of men's hockey team for Olympics

Midfielder Manpreet Singh was on Tuesday named captain of the 16-member Olympic-bound Indian men's hockey team, while experienced defenders, Birendra Lakra and Singh, were named vice-captains

Rani to lead Indian women's hockey team in 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

India on Monday named striker Rani Rampal as skipper and Deep Grace Ekka and Savita as two vice-captains of the national women's hockey team for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics

10 Olympic debutants included in Hockey India men's squad for Tokyo 2020

Hockey India on Friday announced the 16-member men's squad for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.

Hockey team preparing for Tokyo Games with Olympic simulation: Ramandeep

Indian men's hockey team is simulating Olympic atmosphere at its training base to prepare for the Tokyo Games in the best possible manner, reveals experienced forward Ramandeep Singh

Indian women's hockey team biological clock already on Tokyo time

The members of the Indian women's hockey team have been training for the upcoming Olympics in such a manner that their biological clock is already set to the Tokyo time

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Birendra Lakra desperate to be in Indian hockey team

He is still unsure about his place in the Indian hockey team but defender Birendra Lakra is determined to make the cut for the Tokyo Games and make it count.

Current hockey team better prepared for Olympics than 2016: Raghunath

Veteran India dragflicker VR Raghunath thinks that the current team is better prepared for the Olympics than the side which finished eighth in the previous edition in Rio de Janerio

I challenge myself to reduce mistakes: Hockey defender Jarmanpreet

Indian hockey team defender Jarmanpreet Singh said that he keeps challenging himself to reduce the margin of error, and that mental fitness is as important as physical fitness in the current scenario

India team getting better on tactical and fitness fronts: Navneet Kaur

Talented forward Navneet Kaur says the Indian women's hockey team lacked experience during the Rio Olympics but the side is much better now as they gear up for the Tokyo Games

Bajrang Punia to P V Sindhu, the ones India's Tokyo hopes are riding on

There are hopes that India may better its tally from 2016, with Olympic analysts Gracenote predicting that the country will accumul­ate a staggering haul of 17 medals

Belief of winning Olympic medal motivates us: Hockey captain Manpreet

India hockey captain Manpreet Singh has said that despite the setback of a postponed European tour due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the team believes it has a good chance to win a medal

Covid-19 effect: India's FIH Pro League matches in Europe postponed

India's FIH Hockey Pro League away fixtures against Spain and Germany later this month have been postponed due to the international travel restrictions imposed

India's hockey legend Balbir Singh Junior passes away at age of 88

Balbir Singh Junior, who was part of the Indian hockey team that won silver at the 1958 Asian Games, has passed away at the age of 88

FIH Pro League: India returns to top level after a year against Argentina

The Indian men's hockey team will return to top-level international competition after more than a year when it takes on Olympic champions Argentina in the first match of the 2-game FIH Pro League tie