Lucknow: Rahul Rajbhar will lead the Uttar Pradesh hockey team in the Hockey India Junior Men’s National Championship 2026, to be held from July 28 to Aug 8 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.Team includes Mithlesh Yadav, Satyam Pandey, Ritesh Pandey, Vishal Pandey, Shashi Shekhar Rai, Ajeet Pal, Ujjawal Pal, Lalit Patel (goalkeeper), Shivam Patel, Abhijeet Patel,…
Ashok Kumar Dhyanchand with Bankers Sports Council officials Nagpur: Former Olympian Ashok Kumar Dhyanchand, best known for scoring the winning goal in the 1975 hockey World Cup final, was optimistic of India’s podium finish in Belgium and the Netherlands on Aug 30.Ashok Kumar was in Nagpur to distribute the annual Bankers Sports Council awards on…
KOLKATA: Hockey India’s Ethics Committee has initiated a fact-finding inquiry into complaints filed against former India women’s hockey captain and Executive Board member Asunta Lakra.The development comes a day after it emerged that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports had asked Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute a neutral, fair and transparent committee to…
Sardar Singh, head coach of the men’s U-18 hockey team, being felicitated by VC Renu Vig; and the team at PU during a national coaching camp being held till July 18 ahead of the AHF Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship in Muscat, Oman, later this month Chandigarh: Panjab University Monday welcomed the Indian men’s U-18 hockey…
Bhopal: Remember Nausheen Naz, the 15-year-old girl from Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district, who built her hockey dreams on a broken and discarded stick and was picked for the selection camp for the upcoming Under-18 Asia Cup in Japan? Bringing her incredible stick skills to the fore, the rising teen capped off a commanding display by…
Hockey India (HI) president Dilip Tirkey on Tuesday called for an emergency Executive Board meeting following several cases of sexual harassment, misconduct, ethical violations and disciplinary failures against coaches and officials within the organisation.“These incidents are seriously harming the reputation of HI, Indian hockey, our sponsors and Hockey India League franchises,” the president wrote in…
KOLKATA: The Jharkhand govt has removed hockey coach Sudhir Golla from the Eklavya Hockey Training Centre in Ranchi over absenteeism and harassment complaints, according to an order issued by the Director, Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, dated May 11, 2026.“He has remained continuously absent from training duties and behaved inappropriately with girl trainees. In…
Wrong to remove Sreejesh in just 15 months: Felix (Image: X) KOLKATA: Former India hockey captain Jude Felix came down hard on Hockey India, criticising its handling of PR Sreejesh’s exit and calling it “wrong” to remove him barely 15 months into the role.Felix, who took charge of the junior men’s team in 2017, was…
NEW DELHI: Indian hockey legend PR Sreejesh has escalated his public disagreement with Hockey India, posting a sharp response after the federation defended its decision not to renew his contract as junior men’s team coach.The two-time Olympic medallist, whose 17-month stint ended after India’s bronze-medal finish at the Junior World Cup, used social media to…
