Field hockey’s elite are set for an exciting tussle in India from Saturday (today) as dominant Australia seek an incredible sixth successive Champions Trophy title. The eastern city of Bhubaneshwar hosts the prestigious eight-nation invitation tournament regarded as the third…
The tournament will be held in the eastern Indian State of Odisha. Although far away from the big metro-cities of India, it is one of the major heartlands of hockey in the country. All matches will be hosted at the…
The countdown to the Champions Trophy has begun and the excitement is only getting bigger with major international teams arriving here almost everyday. With barely three days to go for the tournament to kick off, the Pakistan hockey team reached…
The Indian hockey team began its practice sessions today at the Kalinga Stadium ahead of the Champions Trophy scheduled from December 6. The Indian players warmed up in the evening under floodlights. The team is scheduled to play all its…
Post the Hockey India League (HIL) Players Closed Bid 2014, where the selection of the players for the six different franchise was set in stone, Hockey India (HI) on Tuesday announced the match schedule for the third edition of the…
A new synthetic turf has been laid at the Kalinga Sports Complex, which is all set to host the prestigious Champions Trophy. The eight-nation tournament will commence on December 6 and India stands a fair chance to win the trophy.…
In July, Olympic hopeful Dutee Chand, 18, was abruptly pulled from the track and field roster of India’s national team after successfully training for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The champion sprinter was then tested for hyperandrogenism, a…
The sprinter Dutee Chand leads a quiet, disciplined life. It involves attending classes for 9 hours at the Zonal Railway Training Institute in Bhusaval, a small town in Maharashtra almost 600km from Mumbai. At the institute’s large, leafy campus, Chand…
Laying of synthetic turf for the second hockey ground at Kalinga Sports Complex has begun. The second turf will be used for practice during the upcoming Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held between December 6 and December 14. A state…