It was a somewhat perfect end to PR Sreejesh's illustrious career as he guided the Indian hockey team to bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday.
"This is the better way to finish," said PR Sreejesh, ruling out any possibility of reversing his decision to retire from international hockey after inspiring the team to a bronze medal in the Paris Olympic 2024.
The Indian men's hockey team clinched a second successive bronze medal at the Olympic Games for the first time in 52 years with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Spain.
The Indian men's hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday.
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Jose Maria Basterra (40'), Marc Reyne (55') and Marc Miralles (57') featured on the scoresheet for Spain.
Indian custodian PR Sreejesh then produced a decisive save, denying Spain captain Marc Miralles, to earn the win for the hosts.
Skipper Harmanpreet Singh slammed a brace as the Indian men's hockey team outplayed Spain 4-1 in a FIH Pro League match in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
India's hopes of redeeming some pride in the junior men's hockey World Cup remained only a dream as they lost 1-3 to Spain in the bronze medal playoff.
The Indian men's hockey team began its 5-Nation Tournament on a disappointing note, losing 0-1 to lower ranked Spain on Friday.
Indian women's hockey team suffered a 2-3 defeat to Spain in its opening match of the 5-Nation Tournament on Friday.
Spain were superb on the wings and played a close-knit game to crush India 4-1 in a pool match of the FIH junior men's hockey World Cup.
Their campaign has started off positively, but India must guard against complacency when they face Spain in their second Pool C match of the FIH junior men's hockey World Cup
The Indian junior women's hockey team put up a spirited performance to beat Spain 2-1 at the 4-Nations Tournament in Dusseldorf on Tuesday.
Australia have made it to the semifinals of the World Cup on 11 occasions since the 1978 tournament in Buenos Aires.
Marc Reyna and Marc Miralles struck a brace each as Spain outplayed Wales 5-1 in a Pool D match to register their first win in the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup on Sunday
India will next play England, who had thrashed Wales 5-0 in another Pool D match earlier in the day