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  Alegre brothers to figure in HIL players' auction

  November 02, 2012 20:39 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 1, 2012: The experienced Alegre brothers -- Ramon and David -- are among the leading Spanish hockey players who have signed up to be a part of the Hockey India League Players'

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  Hockey junior probables list pruned to 33

  October 30, 2012 23:01 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 30: Hockey India pruned down the list of junior probables to 33 players during a three-day selection trials which concluded at the Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports, Patiala.HI selectors Balbir Singh,

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  Hockey legend Leslie Claudius hospitalised

  October 27, 2012 18:40 IST

  Kolkata, Oct 27: Legendary hockey player Leslie Claudius has been admitted to a city hospital with a liver ailment, a hospital official said Saturday.“He was admitted to our hospital Tuesday. He has cirrhosis of liver

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  Hockey Champions Trophy: Pakistan drop Abbas, Butt from probables

  October 26, 2012 21:13 IST

  Islamabad, Oct 26: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has dropped former captain Sohail Abbas and senior forward Rehan Butt from the 27-probables for the Champions Trophy to be held at Melbourne from Dec 1.The exclusion

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  UP, Haryana win sub-junior hockey nationals

  October 20, 2012 21:14 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 20 : Uttar Pradesh defeated Punjab 5-4 via a penalty shoot-out in a nerve wracking final of the Sub-Junior Boys Hockey National Championship (North Zone) at Rudrapur, Uttrakhand, Saturday.The match ended in

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  National Hockey: Punjab score 5-1 victory over Indian Universities

  October 17, 2012 20:09 IST

  Bhopal, Oct 17: Punjab posted a 5-1 win over Indian Universities in a Pool D league match of the Women's National Hockey Championship here Wednesday.For Punjab, skipper Amandeep Kaur (2), Ramanjeet Kaur (1), Sangeeta Minz

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  Australian players named for Hockey India auction

  October 16, 2012 19:01 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 16: Four Australian hockey co-captains along with current skipper Jamie Dwyer have made themselves available for the Hockey India League (HIL) starting Jan 5 next year.Mark Knowles, Fergus Kavanagh, Liam de Young

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  National women's hockey: Railways drawn along Maharashtra

  October 13, 2012 17:49 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 13: Defending champions Indian Railways has been drawn in Group A along with Maharashtra and Kerala in the second Hockey India Senior Women National Championship to be held in Bhopal from Oct

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  World Series Hockey from Dec 15

  October 04, 2012 22:22 IST

  Mumbai, Oct 4: The second edition of the World Series Hockey is to be held from Dec 15 to Jan 20 with a total of 45 matches.The tournament, to be played over five weeks, will

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  National Hockey: Air India, Punjab to contest final

  October 02, 2012 8:12 IST

  Bangalore, Oct 2: Air India and Punjab knocked out last year's finalists, Karnataka and Haryana, respectively, in the two contrasting semi-finals of the men's National hockey championship here Monday.While Air India authored a great escape

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  Punjab in national hockey final

  October 02, 2012 8:00 IST

  Bangalore, Oct 2: Punjab scored a comprehensive 4-1 win over defending champions Haryana to enter the final of Hockey India's second senior men's national hockey championship here Monday.Leading 2-0 at half-time, Punjab scored through penalty

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  Chandigarh beat Assam 23-0 in junior national women's hockey

  October 02, 2012 7:49 IST

  Sonepat, Oct 2: Manjeet Rawal and Karishma Singh scored eight goals each as Chandigarh raced to a 23-0 win against Assam in their opening Pool C league game of the second Hockey India Junior Women's

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  Haryana to clash with Punjab in hockey semis

  September 30, 2012 22:17 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 30: Defending champions Haryana and Punjab came through some tricky moments to join hosts Karnataka in the semi-finals of Hockey India's second senior men's National hockey championship here Sunday.Haryana opened the day's quarter-final

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  Karnataka, Jharkhand in national hockey quarters

  September 30, 2012 8:58 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 30: Hosts Karnataka turned in a fine second-half performance to outclass Andhra Pradesh 5-1 while Jharkhand overwhelmed Sashastra Seema Bal 9-1 to book their berths in the quarterfinals of Hockey India's senior National

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  India open campaign with 3-0 win over Wales

  September 30, 2012 8:26 IST

  Dublin, Sep 30: Indian women launched their campaign in the Champions Challenge hockey tournament with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wales in a Group-A match on Saturday.Displaying a fast-paced game, the Indian forged ahead to

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  Top performers in hockey nationals to receive Nano

  September 27, 2012 22:41 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 27: Hockey Karnataka have decided to present a Tata Nano car to the best defender, best forward and best player in the ongoing second senior national men's hockey championship here.The three award winners

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  Punjab enter national hockey quarters

  September 27, 2012 22:30 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 27: The Services crumbled meekly as Punjab, courtesy three goals apiece by Gurjinder Singh and Akashdeep Singh, raced to a 7-2 win in their concluding Pool C game entering the quarterfinals of Hockey

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  HC seeks Centre, IOA replies on IHF plea against rival HI

  September 26, 2012 10:11 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 26: Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on Tuesday moved the Delhi high court challenging the decision of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to declare its rival Hockey India (HI) as the central body

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  Thirty-six teams in fray for hockey nationals

  September 21, 2012 20:20 IST

  Bangalore, Sep 21: In all 36 teams, including defending champions Haryana, have confirmed their participation in the second men's senior National hockey championship commencing here Sunday under the aegis of Hockey India.The teams have been

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  Hockey: Indian Oil, Air India enter final

  September 15, 2012 22:00 IST

  Chennai, Sep 15: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Air India entered the final of the 87th All-India MCC Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament with hard fought victories here Saturday.Joga Singh's 53rd minute goal carried Air

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  ONGC storm into semis

  September 12, 2012 21:53 IST

  Chennai, Sep 12: Holders ONGC booked their berth in the semi-finals of the 87th MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey tournament, defeating BPCL 5-2 in their concluding Group A league fixture here Wednesday.Leading 2-0 at half-time,

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  Ritu to lead India in Champions Challenge 1

  September 10, 2012 19:33 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 10: Ritu Rani will lead the Indian team in the Women's Electric Ireland Hockey Champions Challenge 1 Dublin from Sep 29 to Oct 7 at the National Hockey Stadium in the University

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  Punjab win junior national hockey title

  September 09, 2012 22:35 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 9: Punjab defeated Odisha 4-3 to win the Hockey India Junior Men National Championship at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Sunday.Punjab took lead in the 10th minute with the penalty corner successfully

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  Sohail among 14 Pak stars to sign up for Hockey India League

  September 09, 2012 16:47 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 9: Fourteen Pakistan hockey players, including star penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas, have signed up for the inaugural Hockey India League to be held from January 5 to February 3 next year.The

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  MCC-Murgappa Hockey: Amir Khan's hat-trick sees BPCL drub IOB

  September 08, 2012 20:59 IST

  Chennai, Sep 8: Amir Khan notched a hat-trick to star in BPCL's 4-0 win over Indian Overseas Bank in a Group A fixture for their second successive success in the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup All-India hockey

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  Junior Hockey: Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, SAI Bhopal in semis

  September 07, 2012 20:56 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 7: Punjab set up a high-voltage semifinal clash with defending champions Haryana in the junior boys national hockey championship here while last year's finalist Odisha will battle it out with SAI Bhopal.In the

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  Uttar Pradesh in quarters of national junior hockey

  September 03, 2012 21:44 IST

  Lucknow, Sep 3: Hosts Uttar Pradesh stormed into the quarterfinals of the Junior National Men's Hockey Championship defeating Jharkhand 6-0 in their last Pool D league match at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Monday.Others

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  Hockey India to appoint high performance manager

  August 29, 2012 22:06 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 29: In the aftermath of the London debacle, Hockey India (HI) Wednesday decided to appoint a high performance manager, who will oversee the affairs of all the teams.HI is in talks with