Hockey

India defeated South Korea in the semi-finals of the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament here on Saturday to set up a title clash with arch-rivals Pakistan.

Top-ranked India had to dig deep into their reserves to eke out a 3-2 victory over arch-rivals and defending champions Pakistan in a preliminary league match of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey.

The Indian women's hockey team showed tremendous fighting spirit as it came back from a two-goal deficit to hold Japan 2-2 in its opening pool encounter of the Olympics here on Sunday.

The women's team had beaten the same opponents in a classification match in June last year to finish fifth in the World League semifinals and qualify for the Olympics, for the first time after Moscow 1980.

"Maine hockey ke liye apni beti kurbaan kar di, Digvijay." The last heart-felt conversation of India's hockey legend, who succumbed to a liver ailment on Wednesday.

Fresh from a silver-medal winning performance at the Champions Trophy in London, the Indians with regular skipper Sardar Singh back into the side, looked a shadow of their self in the match against Germany.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for winning silver medal in the Champions Trophy.

Former Indian women hockey captain Rajbir Kaur on Friday joined Aam Aadmi Party and alleged that the ruling Akalis are ignoring sportspersons.

The selection committee of the Indian men's hockey team decided to rest skipper Sardar Singh in the 18-member national squad led by goalkeeper PR Sreejesh for the FIH Champions Trophy in London. The decision has been taken in order to keep him fresh for R...

Salman's appointment has been criticised by some noted sports personalities of the country including wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt and sprint legend Milkha Singh who had raised eyebrows over India Olympic Association's (IOA)'s decision.

After a goalless first quarter, Rani gave India the lead in the 19th minute but Yu Qian scored the equaliser for China in the third quarter before Wang Mengyu sealed the match with another goal in the final quarter.

Deepika will captain an 18-member Indian women's hockey team in next month's Hawke's Bay Cup to be held in Hasting, New Zealand in place of regular Ritu Rani, who has been rested.

Delhi Waveriders crushed Kalinga Lancers 6-0 to storm into the semi-finals of the Hockey India League on Wednesday.

With this win Mumbai finish the group stage with 25 points from 10 games while Wizards have 24 points. The last league match of the HIL will be played between Delhi Waveriders and Kalinga Lancers on Wednesday.

A rampaging India stamped their formidable superiority in women's hockey in the region as they steamrolled Sri Lanka 10-0 in the summit clash to clinch gold.

Gaganpreet Singh struck twice as Indian men's hockey team spanked Sri Lanka 3-0 to set up a mouth-watering clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in the finals of the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) on Wednesday.