Hockey India
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

India Draw with Korea as Australia, New Zealand Win Their Matches on Day 1 of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

 April 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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After a spirited start, India were frustrated by Korean defenders, who thwarted many of the moves that India made in the second half of their first match against Korea. The first day of the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament ended at Ipoh with a 2-2 draw for India against Korea. In other matches, Australian […]

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Azlan Shah Hockey India Team

India & New Coach Paul van Ass View Azlan Shah Hockey with High Hopes

 April 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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Six hockey playing nations; India, Australia, Canada, Korea, New Zealand and Malaysia will vie for the title at the prestigious Sultan Azlan Shah Cup being held at Ipoh Malaysia during April 5-12, 2015. India missed the tournament last year, when Australia outclassed Malaysia 8-3 to lift their eighth title in a master-class performance and denied […]

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World Hockey League

Indian Women Beat Poland in the Final of FIH World Hockey League 2 at Delhi

 March 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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The International Hockey Federation or FIH has introduced the World Hockey League to replace qualification tournaments for Olympics and the World Cup. India was bracketed in Round 2 as it could not qualify in the first round teams. The round 2 League matches were held during March 7-15, 2015 in New Delhi, where India emerged […]

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Hockey Women India

Indian Women’s Valencia Hockey Tour Ends with an Icing on the Cake as They Beat Germany in the Last Game

 February 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Indian women’s hockey team finished their Valencia tour on Monday with a closely-contested 2-1 victory over a team of German women. It was a fitting end to the 10-day long trip of the women’s hockey team to Valencia, where all practice matches were played. The historic city is the third largest in Spain after […]

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Ranchi Rays are the Champions of Hero Hockey India League

Ranchi Rays are the Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015, Delhi Third

 February 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an exciting display, Ranchi Rays had the last laugh in the final of the HHIL 2015 that could have gone either way with the decision resting on penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in regulation time. In an intensely fought game, it became a matter of which team could hold the nerves. In the […]

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Hockey India women

Poonam Rani Takes the Battle in HDM’s Goal Despite Indian Women’s Big Defeat

 February 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Hockey India planned the women’s tour to Spain, they included two matches against male teams from Holland not for the purpose of winning those matches. There was no question of Indian women’s hockey team matching the hockey skills of their male counterparts from a premier hockey playing nation. In men and women’s hockey supremacy […]

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Hero Hockey India Title

Finally, Punjab Will Play Ranchi for the 2015 Hero Hockey India Title on Sunday

 February 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Both semifinals on Saturday were engrossing affairs befitting the intensely competed month-long tournament. While the first between Uttar Pradesh Wizards and Ranchi Rays went down to wire and deadlock could only be broken by penalty shoot-out, the second was no less absorbing. Jaypee Punjab Warriors had to produce their best game to fend off defending […]

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2015 Hero Hockey India League Semifinal

2015 Hero Hockey India League Semifinal Line-up: Punjab vs Delhi; Ranchi vs UP

 February 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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The last league game in the 2015 Hero Hocky India League was played on Thursday at Mohali. Like the earlier two games on February 17 and 18, the Mohali match between hosts Jaypee Punjab Warriors and Dabang Mumbai turned out to be a highly entertaining affair. Mumbai played creditably but could not stop the Punjab […]

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Indian Women Hockey

Unique Hockey Experience for Visiting Indian Women to Play With a Team of Strongly Built Men from Holland

 February 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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As per the schedule in Valencia, Indian women team played their last match against a men’s club from the Netherlands on February 19, 2015. It provided a variation for India women’s hockey team and they gained invaluable practice from playing against an unusual combination. Though the visiting Indian women lost the match 1-4, they derived […]

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Hero Hockey League

Ranchi Beat Punjab while UP Wizards Draw a Thriller with Delhi in 2015 Hero Hockey League

 February 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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On February 18 and 19, two of the remaining three league games in the Hero Hocky India League were played at Mohali and Delhi. Though these matches had no impact on the already qualified semifinalists, the results were still important to decide the line-up for the two semifinals on February 21, 2015. In the first […]

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