Hockey

Defending champions Ranchi Rays came from behind to eke out a 3-2 victory over Kalinga Lancers in the Hockey India League on Monday.

Azad has claimed that there is widespread financial mismanagement in HI, a charge that Batra has already rejected.

Punjab Police on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to look into allegations of "sexual exploitation" against national hockey captain Sardar Singh, levelled by a young British hockey player of Indian origin who was his live-in partne...

Breaking his silence less than 24 hours after a complaint of 'attempt to rape' was filed against him, the India hockey captain has refuted reports of being engaged or harassing the complainant.

The Uttar Pradesh Wizards on Monday defeated host team Kalinga Lancers by 8-6 points in the inaugural match of Coal India Hockey India League 2016 at Kalinga Stadium here.

The fourth edition of the Coal India HIL will see an inflow of international talents for the 34-day long hockey extravaganza. While some big players like Jamie Dwyer and Furste have changed their sides, the likes of Tobias Hauke and Florian Fuchs will mak...

Pakistan Hockey Federation's newly -elected Secretary Shahbaz Ahmed says he will look to repair "strained relations" with Hockey India when he visits the neighbouring country during the South Asian Games next month.

Hockey India's revolutionary rule change for the upcoming HI League in which a field goal will be counted as two could be viewed with a lot of interest by the games world body, FIH, according to Dabang Mumbai coach Jay Stacy.

A bus carrying Argentina's hockey team was on Saturday accidentally hit by a stone in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur where the Hockey World League (HWL) final is being hosted, prompting police to review the whole security arrangements.

"Our target is to play the best hockey here. We have improved as a team but we need to grow more as a unit. So our target will be to improve ourselves going into Rio," Sardar said.

The Indian hockey team will take on reigning World Champions and World No. 1 side Australia in first of the three-match Test series on Thursday.

Indian junior hockey team staged a magnificent comeback to beat Japan 2-1 in their opening match of the Junior Men's Asia Cup Hockey.

Hawgood was also successful as a player. Representing Australia from 1985 to 1991, he won the World Cup in 1986 and finished with the bronze medal at the 1990 edition.

The junior Indian hockey team will open their title defence on October 11 against arch-rivals Pakistan at the Sultan of Johor Cup, to be held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Sardar Singh will lead a 21-member Indian team to the tour of New Zealand, scheduled to from October 2 to 11 in Auckland, Nelson and Christchurch.

Gurbaj, who has already served a month and a half of the nine-month ban on charges of 'groupism', will hence not be part of the FIH Hockey World League finals in December and the 2016 HIL.