Hockey World Cup 2023 | After finishing on second spot in their Pool, India are forced to play a crossover match to qualify for the Quarterfinals. The Men in Blue face Black sticks on January 22.
Hockey World Cup | India started the 2023 World Cup with a win over Spain. Harmanpreet Singh's men will next face England in their second Pool D game on January 15.
With the victory, India locked their berth in the 2023-24 Pro League.
In the previous World Cup which was held in 2018, Team India failed to cross the quarterfinal hurdles
The match against the world number six side will be played on March 19 and 20 at at the Kalinga Stadium in Bubhaneswar.
Jaskaran added that he would like to have more exposure in the international circuit once the Indian team starts competing again.
The Indian eves recorded excellent victories at the FIH Series Finals and the FIH Olympic Qualifiers last year and their efforts during the course of 2019 resulted in better places in the FIH rankings as well, with the side moving to the ninth position.
Goalkeeper Savita from the women's team said, "My father has been my greatest teacher. He has always guided me, especially in my toughest times when I was injured."
This constant attempt to keep the umpires updated with workshops, online courses, materials, videos and so on has helped several umpires upskill their knowledge, feels experienced international hockey umpire Javed Shaikh.
As her father was an auto driver and mother a house wife, there were days in Rajwinder's growing up years when hoping to eat three meals a day was a luxury.
Lalremsiami, Salima Tete, Rajwinder Kaur, Sharmila are some of the new entrants in the Indian team and have climbed up the ranks swiftly with some commendable performances on the international stage.
While Hockey India has nominated BJ Kariappa and Romesh Pathania for the Dronacharya Award, Parameswaran decided to apply for the coveted award through Hockey Karnataka.
Sunil gave an insight into how they took up special methods to keep themselves engaged.
The players might have been away from the field but men's national team coach Graham Reid utilised the enforced break by following his normal routine -- analysing the opposition and preparing for the future.
While the teams follow the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and guidelines specified by SAI and Hockey India, Manpreet feels the players too have become very conscious of following social distancing and keeping up with hygiene practices.
His deteriorating health adding to the trauma, the 65-year-old Diwan had made a distress call to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra last month, requesting him to take his plea to the higher authorities.
Last month, Diwan had sought help to return from the USA, where he is stuck because of the travel restrictions in place owing to the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc around the globe.
Indian men and women hockey teams are practising at SAI centre Bengaluru where no unauthorised person can enter the campus.
Suraj Lata said that she always thought her husband's behaviour would change, but after he assaulted her at Kapurthala in Punjab in November last year while she was officiating at a tournament, she told to herself that it was enough.
Despite attacking efforts from both sides, it was the two defences that stood out and impressed.
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