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  • Indian males’s workforce performs out 1-1 draw with Netherlands

    The Indian males’s hockey workforce performed out a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands, who not too long ago gained the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23 title, in an intensely-fought match on the one hundredth Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation – International Tournament right here.

    India had misplaced to hosts Spain of their opening recreation, however they bounced again on Wednesday with a powerful efficiency.

    In-form captain Harmanpreet Singh scored India’s lone objective within the twelfth minute, and Jasper Brinkman equalised for the Netherlands within the fortieth.

    Getting off the blocks in an attacking mode, India constructed on early momentum.

    They created probabilities within the circle and finally secured an early lead when the workforce earned a penalty nook.

    Although it was the Dutch aspect that earned the primary PC of the match, the flick was dragged extensive to the left of the publish.

    India, nevertheless, made no such error after they had been awarded a PC within the twelfth minute. Harmanpreet was on track when he picked up a wonderful injection by his deputy Hardik Singh and ruthlessly struck it previous the Dutch goalie. The 1-0 lead within the first quarter put India in command.

    In the second quarter, each groups traded PCs however neither may discover success with Krishan Pathak, who stepped in for PR Sreejesh, pulling off some sensible saves.

    India too stored the Dutch goalie Mauritis Visser busy as they earned back-to-back PCs however had been unable to increase their lead.

    Continuing to remain forward with a slender lead at half time, India appeared extra assured of their pursuit whereas the Dutch continued to hunt for that elusive first objective.

    The third quarter started with each groups successful a PC every. Returning to the publish, the skilled Sreejesh remained calm in his endeavour to maintain the opponents from changing a PC whereas Visser too remained as spectacular, stopping India from scoring a second.

    Finally, it was the skilled dragflicker Jasper Brinkman who broke the impasse for the Dutch as he levelled scores with a splendid effort to transform the PC.

    In the dying minutes of the third quarter, India produced a superb counter-attack led by Harmanpreet. But he couldn’t discover the hole to penetrate the circle.

    The fourth quarter remained tense with each groups pushing for a lead. Though they each created a number of probabilities, they might not convert.

  • South Africa’s Craig Fulton is new chief coach of Indian males’s hockey crew

    India on Friday named South Africa’s Craig Fulton as the brand new chief coach of the lads’s nationwide hockey crew that completed a disappointing ninth within the World Cup at dwelling.

    Fulton, who has almost 25 years of teaching expertise, replaces Australian Graham Reid, who give up after India’s dismal present within the World Cup.

    Not simply Reid, the crew’s analytical coach Greg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell Pemberton had additionally tendered their resignations. Reid, although, had guided the Indian crew to a historic bronze medal-winning present on the Tokyo Olympics. Fulton stated he would try to take Indian hockey to the following stage.

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    Craig Fulton of 🇿🇦 is the brand new chief coach of the Indian males’s hockey crew. 🏑

    The South African was the assistant coach of the 2018 World Cup and Tokyo 2020 gold medal-winning Belgian crew. 👏#Hockey | @TheHockeyIndia | @FIH_Hockey pic.twitter.com/adDwNRYgvH

    — Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) March 3, 2023

    “It is an honour to be appointed in the role of chief coach for the Indian men’s hockey team. India has a deep history and legacy of the sport and I look forward to taking this forward with the current team which has some very promising talent,” Fulton stated in a press launch.

    Fulton has proven exemplary ends in his earlier stints as coach. His rise to fame began with a stint with the Irish males’s crew as its head coach between 2014 to 2018 when the crew certified for the Rio Olympics in 2016.

    That was the Irish crew’s first Olympic qualification in 100 years. The historic feat additionally received him the FIH Coach of the Year in 2015.
    Fulton additionally labored as assistant coach with the reigning Olympic champions Belgium en path to the gold medal in Tokyo. He was additionally a part of the Belgian teaching workers throughout their 2018 World Cup win in Bhubaneswar.

    Fulton was named Belgium Coach of the Year this yr.

    In his illustrious profession as a hockey participant with the South African squad, Fulton performed 195 worldwide matches over a span of 10 years. He was a part of the South Africa crew on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. He has additionally performed on the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.

    Speaking on Fulton’s appointment, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey stated, “I’m very happy to state that Hockey India has finalised Craig Fulton for the chief coach’s position with the Indian males’s hockey crew. I’ve had the honour of taking part in in opposition to him and now I stay up for intently working with him on this new section for the lads’s hockey crew.

    “He comes with tremendous experience in coaching and his work ethics induces confidence of raising the team’s performance in world hockey.” Fulton is anticipated to hitch in the course of the upcoming FIH Pro League matches in opposition to Australia and Germany in Rourkela subsequent month.

    India will tackle Germany within the first match on March 10 adopted by return leg on March 13. India will even play Australia, the reigning Commonwealth Games champions, on March 12 and 15.

    In the Pro League matches, Australian David John and BJ Kariappa have been named as interim coaches, together with Shivendra Singh.
    John and Kariappa have been working with the Odisha Hockey Federation.

  • Hockey World Cup 2023: India knocked out after shedding to New Zealand

    The BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” claims it investigated sure points referring to the 2002 Gujarat riots when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief minister of the state. “Some people in India still haven’t gotten over the colonial intoxication. They consider BBC above the Supreme Court of India and lower the country’s dignity and image to any extent to please their moral masters,” Union Minister Kiren Rijiju stated on Sunday.
    Meanwhile, a number of Congress and Trinamool Congress leaders have attacked the federal government over the transfer.

  • India vs Wales Live, Hockey World Cup 2023: Hosts eye a second group stage win in Bhubaneswar

    Hardik Singh, India’s rockstar, is ok; Harmanpreet’s type stays a fear as must-win sport towards Wales lies forward

    Indian Hockey crew captain Harmanpreet Singh and Hardik Singh share a lightweight second throughout their coaching session on the eve of the match towards England at FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, in Rourkela, Odisha. (PTI)

    As if to point out he’s not in ache, Hardik Singh bounces a soccer on the turf a few instances and – conscious that the cameras are following him – launches a flat cross-field go that will’ve made any footballer value his salt proud. And to essentially drive residence his level, he seems throughout, smiles and leaves with out saying rather a lot. Like a lot of the final week, he let his expertise do the speaking.

    Against England on Friday, India’s greatest outfield participant to this point within the World Cup had left the sphere wincing in ache and clutching at his proper hamstring. At that second, it felt like his match was achieved. India coach Graham Reid, too, thought for a second he’d misplaced a participant who, together with his prancing runs mixed with wristy stick-work that’s a throwback to the yesteryears, has sparked the assaults. [Read more]

  • Don’t be disheartened should you concede, transfer to subsequent degree: coach Graham Reid to Indian hockey gamers

    Indian males’s hockey group coach Graham Reid has warned his gamers in opposition to getting caught up within the second and suggested them to lift their recreation to the subsequent degree in the event that they concede a objective in subsequent month’s FIH World Cup.

    Reid believes a optimistic mind-set is critical whereas enjoying in a serious match just like the World Cup.

    India will open their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Spain in Rourkela on January 13, the primary day of the match.

    “You (Indian players) sort of get caught up in the moment when you play an event of this magnitude (World Cup). Don’t let yourself get caught up in the moment. It could get quite daunting when you lose the ball, or concede a goal,” stated Reid, who was a part of the Australian facet through the 1990 World Cup in Lahore.

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    Let’s be proud we’re the one metropolis on the earth internet hosting it consecutively.#HockeyComesHome #HWC2023@CMO_Odisha @HUDDeptOdisha @sports_odisha @TheHockeyIndia

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    — BMC (@bmcbbsr) December 25, 2022

    “It is important to develop ‘the next thing’ mentality. You can’t change what happened so you just move on to the next task at hand, stay focused on what’s to be done,” he added.

    Describing how the Australian group ready for the World Cup in 1990, Reid stated shutting the thoughts to the “raucous spectators” and “playing silently” had carried out the Kookaburras a world of fine throughout his enjoying days.

    “In the lead up (to the 1990 World Cup), we played smaller games, and played silently — we were not allowed to talk. A recording of the crowd on loudspeakers would play in the background and we learnt not to rely on calling out but had to get used to turning around and looking,” he stated in a launch issued by Hockey India.

    “We had to learn to blanket out the sound. And this time in Odisha, it will be just as important for us to be prepared for the crowd.” Reid admitted that because of the highly-competitive nature of contemporary hockey, it was very tough to choose the favourites for the mega-event, which can be staged collectively by Bhbaneswar and Rourkela.

    “It is so difficult to pick a team. If I think about it today, I could pick Australia, Belgium and India; and tomorrow I could come back with Netherlands, Germany and India,” he stated.

    “Of course, I would put India in the top three because if we play well, we have a good opportunity to get there. Any of these top eight can win this World Cup. It is both daunting and exciting at the same time.” Recollecting the match in opposition to India through the 1990 World Cup, Reid stated the objective he scored was particular to him.

    “I bear in mind enjoying in opposition to India and enjoying in opposition to Jagbir. When we squared off in the beginning, I bear in mind wishing him. We shared a very good rapport.

    “I happened to score a goal in that game and it was a highlight for me because scoring goals when you are playing as an inside forward in those days wasn’t as prolific as it is today,” he stated.

  • Indian hockey groups to play Test sequence towards Kookaburras and Hockeyroos in Adelaide

    India Men’s and Women’s hockey groups will lock horns with Australia’s flagship nationwide males’s and ladies’s hockey groups, the Kookaburras and Hockeyroos in a blockbuster check sequence in Adelaide.

    Hockey Australia, in an official press word, knowledgeable that the Men’s staff will tackle world primary ranked Kookaburras in a 5-match sequence between 26 November and 4 December 2022 at MATE Stadium, the house of South Australia’s Hockey One League franchise, Adelaide Fire.

    The Indian males’s staff, at the moment ranked fifth on the planet, is coached by Australian and former Kookaburra Graham Reid. They will go away for Australia after enjoying back-to-back double-headers towards Spain and New Zealand within the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 season in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

    It would be the first worldwide matches the Kookaburras could have performed since they beat India for the Gold Medal on the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. (Source: AP)

    “This is a great opportunity for both the Indian Men and Women’s Team as these matches will serve as an ideal preparation ground ahead of marquee events like the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela 2023 and the Asian Games next year,” acknowledged Hockey India newly elected President Dilip Tirkey.

    “Playing against a world-class team like Australia will prove beneficial for both our Men and Women’s Hockey Teams. I wish them the very best, and thank Hockey Australia for organising these Test matches.”

    It would be the first worldwide matches the Kookaburras could have performed since they beat India for the Gold Medal on the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK.

    While the Hockeyroos vs India sequence is scheduled to happen in May 2023 (dates to be confirmed).

    The sequence would be the first time the Kookaburras have performed in Adelaide since a Test Series towards Malaysia in July 2009.

    A senior nationwide Indian hockey staff has not performed in Australia because the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

    “Australia and India have developed a fierce rivalry on the hockey pitch in recent times. Coupled with there being a large and passionate Indian population in Adelaide, there is no doubt this series will be a hot ticket to get hold of and attract terrific crowds,” Hockey Australia CEO David Pryles stated.

    For each males’s groups, the sequence will likely be invaluable hit outs in preparation for the 2023 Men’s World Cup being held in India in January.

    Series schedule-
    Kookaburras v India Series
    MATE Stadium, Adelaide
    Match 1 – Saturday 26 November (4.00pm native time, 4.30pm AEDT)
    Match 2 – Sunday 27 November (4.00pm native time, 4.30pm AEDT)
    Match 3 –Wednesday 30 November (6.30pm native time, 7.00pm AEDT)
    Match 4 – Saturday 3 December (4.00pm native time, 4.30pm AEDT)
    Match 5 – Sunday 4 December (4.00pm native time, 4.30pm AEDT)

  • Dilip Tirkey elected new Hockey India president

    Former India captain Dilip Tirkey, who was the front-runner for the submit of Hockey India president, was elected unopposed for the highest job on Friday.

    Hockey India elections have been scheduled to be held on October 1 however the outcomes have been declared prematurely as there have been no contestants for any of the posts, paving the way in which for the incumbent candidates to be elected unopposed as per the federation’s Constitution.

    Tirkey was elected after Uttar Pradesh Hockey chief Rakesh Katyal and Hockey Jharkhand’s Bhola Nath Singh, who have been within the fray for the president’s submit, withdrew their nominations on Friday.

    Thanks @DrSYQuraishi & @FIH_Hockey for conducting easy elections of @TheHockeyIndia. I’ll be sure that Indian hockey reaches to new heights.@CMO_Odisha @Media_SAI @IndiaSports activities pic.twitter.com/romj3xJQwR

    — Dilip Kumar Tirkey (@DilipTirkey) September 23, 2022

    Bhola Nath has been elected unopposed as secretary basic.

    The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has authorised Tirkey and his group’s appointments.

    In a letter, the FIH mentioned that when the variety of contesting candidates for any submit is the same as or lower than the variety of posts, they shall be deemed to have been elected unopposed as per election by-laws on the Hockey India web site.

    “Therefore, we are pleased to observe that the Executive Board of Hockey India stands elected as has been put on the website of Hockey India and that the posts election was unanimous for all posts,” it mentioned.

  • Ex-India skipper Tirkey favorite to grow to be hockey federation president

    After athletics, cricket and soccer, Indian hockey appears to be on track to get an ex-player as its chief.

    Former nationwide staff captain Dilip Tirkey, one of many most-capped India internationals, has emerged as a frontrunner to grow to be the president of Hockey India. The 44-year-old player-turned-politician and administrator filed his nomination papers on Sunday for the Hockey India polls, which shall be held on October 1.

    Tirkey is presently the president of the Odisha hockey affiliation and was eligible to contest the nationwide physique’s elections on that foundation. A state official mentioned Tirkey had the backing of a majority of associations and no different main candidate had filed a nomination by the point of the deadline (1 pm on Sunday). The candidatures shall be formally introduced on Monday.

    Tirkey, too, was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India that he was assured of getting the requisite numbers to grow to be the brand new president of the federation. “I have been in talks with a lot of states. The entire North-East is with me. Bengal, Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura all are backing me. Besides, I have been in talks with other states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and they have given a positive response. So, I am confident,” he instructed the information company.

    Submitted my nomination for the put up of President, Hockey India with the blessings of all. I’m dedicated to take Indian Hockey to new heights. pic.twitter.com/hvYgtshogJ

    — Dilip Kumar Tirkey (@DilipTirkey) September 18, 2022

    Hockey India was ordered to conduct recent elections after a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court, in its order, famous that the posts of life president and life member have been unlawful and never in sync with the National Sports Code. It added that the put up of CEO within the managing committee, too, was unlawful whereas additional noting that the executive setup of Hockey India was ‘illegally constituted’.

    Consequently, the court docket appointed a three-member Committee of Administrators to run the day-to-day affairs of Hockey India. The federation appealed the choice within the Supreme Court in August however the Bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and JB Pardiwala selected to not intrude with the Delhi High Court’s order, whereas asking the CoA to expedite the election course of to make sure easy conduct of the Men’s World Cup in January 2023.

    Current development

    Earlier this month, the All India Football Federation too needed to bear the same course of following an intervention from the court docket and it ended with player-turned-politician Kalyan Chaubey changing into the brand new president. Tirkey is now in competition to steer the hockey physique.

    “He has the support of most of the members so, in my view, he will have no problem in becoming the next president,” mentioned Hockey Maharashtra chief Manoj Bhore, who is likely one of the voters within the election. “Dilip has been a distinguished player, has led the national team, and after his playing career, has done a lot for hockey in Odisha. He is the ideal person to lead Hockey India.”

    The former defender, with greater than 400 appearances for India, joined Biju Janta Dal after his taking part in profession was over and was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. He has additionally been concerned in operating hockey in Odisha, the state that has emerged because the nerve centre of world hockey within the final eight years.

    Tirkey mentioned his focus shall be to work on the grassroots and likewise revive the game in areas the place it was as soon as thriving. “I would like to strengthen the grassroots programme. I will work towards identifying the reasons behind the decline of hockey in those states where it was popular and produced players, and take corrective steps and revive the game there. We will visit those places and work towards the development and promotion of hockey,” he was quoted as saying by PTI.

  • Hockey world cup in India below menace: International federation to dispatch delegation for talks with authorities, CoA

    The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has expressed issues over Hockey India’s ‘ability’ to host the World Cup in January subsequent 12 months, after the court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) failed to answer its letter despatched final week. The world physique has demanded the CoA current an in depth timeline for drafting Hockey India’s structure and conducting elections to make sure India continues to stay the host of the World Cup.

    Due to the dearth of response from the CoA, the FIH and the Asian Hockey Federation are planning to dispatch a delegation to India to carry talks with the federal government in addition to the CoA.

    The World Cup, FIH’s flagship occasion, is scheduled to be held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29, 2023.

    On Wednesday, FIH’s chief govt Thierry Weil wrote to the three members of the CoA – former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, retired Supreme Court decide Anil Dave and former India worldwide Zafar Iqbal – saying that any additional delay in drafting Hockey India’s structure and conducting elections would solely add to their issues concerning the World Cup.

    In his letter, Weil wrote: “In all honesty, the fact that you have not reacted at all to our letter from last week is giving us concerns as to Hockey India’s ability to host the upcoming FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup, which is of paramount importance for us. To that extent, should Hockey India Constitution-drafting and elections be delayed any further, this will seriously increase our concerns.”

    The Delhi High Court positioned Hockey India below a CoA for violation of the Sports Code in May. The courtroom was listening to a petition filed by former India captain Aslam Sher Khan, who challenged the appointment of former FIH and Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra as Hockey India’s ‘life president’. The courtroom struck down the place, which led to Batra resigning as the pinnacle of each sporting our bodies.

    The FIH despatched its stern letter to the CoA on the day it appointed its interim president, Egypt’s Seif Ahmed.

    The world physique stated they’re keen to ‘provide any assistance required to amend the Constitution in line with the rules laid-down by the Government of India’. However, it added that the elections should be held ‘expeditiously’.

    “We would like to reiterate that elections should take place expeditiously to allow the newly (sic) Executive Board of Hockey India to have adequate time to properly organise the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup, which is scheduled from 13th to 29th January 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela,” Weil wrote within the letter.

    Hockey isn’t the one sport that has been put below stress by its world physique due to the appointment of the CoA and the drafting of the structure. The All India Football Federation, too, is dealing with a FIFA ban after the Supreme Court appointed a CoA to draft its structure and run the day-to-day affairs. Quraishi and Dave are part of the AIFF CoA as nicely.

  • Hold elections to keep away from jeopardising 2023 Men’s World Cup: FIH to inform Hockey India CoA

    The International Hockey Federation (FIH) will write to the Committee of Administrators governing Hockey India, asking it to conduct elections and keep away from “jeopardising” the lads’s World Cup to be held in Odisha in January.

    FIH to ask Hockey India to carry elections quickly to keep away from jeopardizing World Cup (AFP Photo)

    HIGHLIGHTSFIH warned Hockey India to carry elections quickly to keep away from jeopardizing World CupFIH on Friday took the choice to ship official communication to the CoAThe world governing physique’s subsequent assembly of the manager board will likely be held on November 3

    The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has requested the Committee of Administrators (CoA) governing Hockey India to conduct elections as quickly as doable to keep away from jeopardizing the Men’s World Cup to be held in Odisha in January 2023.

    The govt board of the FIH on Friday took the choice to ship official communication to the CoA at its assembly in Terrassa, Spain on the sidelines of the Women’s World Cup.

    “FIH will send an official communication to the Committee of Administrators of Hockey India with a request to have elections for India’s hockey governing body held as soon as possible, in order not to jeopardise the upcoming FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup scheduled in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in January 2023,” the FIH said on Saturday.

    The world governing physique’s subsequent assembly of the manager board will likely be held on November 3 forward of the FIH Congress that will likely be held just about on November 4-5, 2022.

    Hockey India’s state of affairs is predicted to be reviewed once more in FIH’s subsequent govt board assembly.

    The Delhi High Court in May positioned Hockey India beneath a three-member CoA after observing that the federation had violated the National Sports Code.

    The courtroom ruling got here on a petition filed by former India participant Aslam Sher Khan, who had challenged Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra’s appointment as a life member of Hockey India.

    The High Court held that HI’s appointment of Batra as its life member and Elena Norman as CEO had been unlawful, and thus the executive setup of the nationwide federation was inaccurate or unlawful.

    SA to host Indoor World Cup in Feb ’23

    Meanwhile, South Africa was confirmed as host of the following FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup, which was postponed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

    The occasion will likely be held in Pretoria from February 5-11.

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