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By PTI BENGALURU: A confident Indian men's hockey team is looking to put brakes on Australia's golden run at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, vice-captain Harmanpreet Singh said on Friday. Australia has won all the…

By PTI JAKARTA: The young Indian men's hockey team produced a spirited performance to beat Japan 1-0 and clinch the bronze medal in the Asia Cup here on Wednesday. After missing out of a place in the title clash on…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Monday said the Indian men's hockey side's main focus is qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning the Asian Games this year besides giving opportunities to…

A historic Olympic medal, notwithstanding, the Indian men's hockey team should try to emulate the benchmark set by Belgium and Australia if it wishes to reclaim the gold in three years time in 2024 Paris Games, said the side's chief coach…

What was PR Sreejesh, the Indian team’s goalkeeper, doing perched on top of the goalpost even as his colleagues celebrated wildly at the Oi Hockey Stadium?“A goalkeeper’s is a lonely job,” Sreejesh said, still sitting there. “Most of the…

Inspired by two former India captains Pargat Singh and Sardar Singh, Manpreet Singh has waited for three Olympics to fulfil not just his dream but also of his idols. Hailing from Mithapur village in Punjab, the talisman of the Indian team…

Indian had won their previous Olympic hockey medal so far back that none of the class of 2021 should have felt the burden of past failures. Still, those reverses were hard to shake off in a nation that showed with celebrations for…

India's four-decade long wait for a hockey medal ended in spectacular fashion at the Oi Hockey Stadium on Thursday. The past masters of the game, with eight Olympic golds – the last one coming at the 1980 Moscow Games, buried years of…

This is such a big, big victory for Indian hockey. I’m just so incredibly proud of this bunch of boys. They have done a brilliant job. To reach a semi-final at the Olympics after more than four decades is such a significant achievement.…

It was heartening to see India defeat Britain in the quarterfinal and continue their run in the Tokyo Olympics. The defeat against Australia was like a wake-up call for us, and the boys have responded very well. The 3-1 victory against…