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India Hockey Captain Manpreet Singh, Four Other Test Positive For Coronavirus

India Men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh and four other players Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar and Krishan Bahadur Pathak have tested positive for the coronavirus.

India Has Some Of The Best Brains In Hockey: Graham Reid

India men's hockey team coach Graham Reid remark comes as Hockey India has started conducting specialised workshops for the top-level Indian coaches.

India Hockey Team Have A Good Chance To Win A Medal At Tokyo Olympics: Manpreet Singh

Indian men's hockey team skipper Manpreet Singh feels that the current squad is capable of winning a medal in the Olympic games next year.

India's Current Hockey Teams Are Best In Terms Of Their Fitness And Co-Ordination: Bharat Chetri

Bharat Chetri also lauded both men's and women's teams for showing proper co-ordination and said that such type of co-ordination was missing in his playing days.

Sardar Singh Says India Have "Realistic Chance" Of Winning A Medal In Tokyo Olympics

Sardar Singh feels the current team under Manpreet Singh has the potential to break the four-decade-old jinx in Tokyo Olympics next year.

Indian Hockey Team Can Win Medal At Tokyo Olympics, Says PR Sreejesh

PR Sreejesh believes a "much-improved" India has the potential to break its Olympic medal jinx in Tokyo next year.

Former Hockey India President Says He Was Forced To Demit Office Because Of His Religion

Former Hockey India President Mohd. Mushtaq Ahmad resigned from his post after his election was declared violative of the national sports code by the sports ministry.

Hockey Stalwart Ashok Kumar To Receive Mohun Bagan Lifetime Achievement Award

Ashok Kumar scored an important goal in the gold medal match for India against Pakistan in the 1975 World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

Gyanendro Nigombam Named Hockey India President After Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad's Resignation

Hockey India Executive Board named Manipur's Gyanendro Nigombam as the officiating president in Mohd Mushtaq Ahmad's place.

Sandeep Singh Was My "Biggest Inspiration": Mandeep Mor

Mandeep Mor spoke fondly of former India captain Sandeep Singh and called him his "biggest inspiration".

Coronavirus: Hockey Players Focus On Basic Training At Home During Break

The men's and women's hockey teams are enjoying quality time with their families for a few days after being given a month-long break on June 19.

Former India Captain Raises Funds For Lockdown-Hit Hockey Players, Coaches, Groundsmen

Viren Rasquinha has raised Rs 22 lakh to be distributed as one-time benefit among hockey players, coaches and groundsmen working at the grassroots level.

India Hockey Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh Says Reading Motivational Books To Keep Mental Balance During Lockdown

Indian hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh says he fought against his mental demons during the lockdown phase by reading a lot of "motivational" literature.

Players Head Home After Hockey India Grants One-Month Break

Both men's and women's national team players were confined to the SAI Centre in Bengaluru for more than two months because of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Sanitisers During Breaks, Grip Changes: India's Hockey Teams Adapt To New Norms

India's men's and women's hockey teams are adapting to the new norms in place during training which have been put in place due to the coronavirus crisis.

Arjuna Award Nomination Will Motivate Us To Perform Better: Vandana Katariya, Monika

Indian women's hockey team players Vandana Katariya and Monika are elated after being nominated for the Arjuna Awards and believes that this recommendation will motivate them to push harder.

Hockey India Nominates Women's Team Captain Rani Rampal For Khel Ratna Award

Rani Rampal led the team to historic victories in the Women's Asia Cup in 2017, silver at the 2018 Asian Games, and played a critical role in the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in 2019 by scoring the deciding goal that helped India qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.

Hockey Legend Balbir Singh Senior Cremated With State Honours

Balbir Singh Senior, who died at 96 after battling multiple health issues, was on Monday cremated with full state honours.