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  • CWG 2022: Manpreet Singh vows to return again stronger in opposition to Australia after 0-7 defeat – Won’t say they’re invincible

    Commonwelath Games 2022: Indian skipper Manpreet Singh mentioned that his workforce will try to study from their errors after they subsequent face Australia in males’s hockey.

    Manpreet Singh of India. Courtesy: AP

    HIGHLIGHTSIndia misplaced 0-7 to Australia within the gold medal matchIndia gave away 5 objectives in an area of 18 minutesManpreet Singh additionally sustained a shoulder damage

    Indian skipper Manpreet Singh reckoned that the Australia males’s hockey workforce isn’t invincible by any stretch of the creativeness. On Monday, August 8, India misplaced 0-7 to the Aussies, led by Colin Batch, within the gold medal match of the Commonwealth Games 2022.

    India appeared out of kinds to a big extent as they conceded as many as 5 objectives within the house of 18 minutes. Australia additionally gained their seventh gold medal in a row on the CWG after they first completed on prime method again in 1998.

    The 30-year-old Manpreet admitted that his workforce wasn’t on prime of its recreation and made fairly just a few errors. However, he vowed to make a comeback in opposition to the Aussies by making use of extra strain on their opponents within the matches going ahead.

    “I won’t say they are an invincible team. They also have XI players we too have XI players. It’s who avails the opportunity wins the match. But we made some mistakes and conceded easy possession today. We need to work on that. We can beat them if we play our best,” Manpreet was quoted as saying to PTI.

    “We need to put more pressure on the Aussies in upcoming tournaments. We’ll watch these matches and we’ll come back strong,” he acknowledged.

    “It was not our A-game today and we kept conceding silly goals. We have a lot to learn. Not getting a PC is one of the areas we have to work on, distribute the ball well in the midfield,” Manpreet mentioned.

    Manpreet additionally talked in regards to the damage that he sustained in the course of the second quarter of the match after a nasty collision with Aran Zalewski. After colliding together with his opponent, Manpreet was seen holding his left shoulder. “I’m going for an X-ray but it’s painful and seems like a fracture,” Manpreet added.

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  • Commonwealth Games 2022: Hockey skipper Manpreet Singh desires India to ‘not underestimate’ any opposition

    Indian hockey skipper Manpreet Singh has urged his group to not underestimate any opposition within the Commonwealth Games 2022. On Sunday, July 31, Manpreet’s males are set to begin their marketing campaign in opposition to Ghana in a Pool B match.

    Last 12 months, India received an Olympic medal after 41 years after beating Germany within the bronze medal match. Back in 2010 and 2014, they received silver at New Delhi and Glasgow respectively.

    Apart from Ghana, India will even face England, Canada and Wales in Group B. Manpreet, who is about to play his three hundredth worldwide match, desires his group to remain focussed all through the match.

    “Our philosophy this time around at the Commonwealth Games 2022 is to ‘zoom out and zoom in’. Our coaches have told us to zoom out and visualise what we have to achieve. We want to win a medal, but how can we achieve the same? “The very first thing that we’ve got to do just isn’t underestimate any group,” Manpreet was quoted as saying.

    “Secondly, we’ve got to make sure that we carry out our greatest match by match and concentrate on our sport plan,” he added.

    Head coach, Graham Reid, in the meantime, said that the team had adjusted to the playing conditions in Birmingham.

    “It’s surprisingly chilly right here. Each day, we get stunned and hold questioning whether or not the summer time is coming anytime quickly. Everyone is now settled in. The first few days, we had been getting everybody accustomed to all the pieces within the Village in order that when the matches begin, individuals are very acquainted and cozy,” Reid said.

    “We centered on getting accustomed to the pitch, the taking part in circumstances, and getting ourselves tailored to the environment,” he added.

    As far because the upcoming sport is worried, India haven’t confronted Ghana because the 1975 World Cup. Back then, India defeated them 7-0.

    India will even wish to make amends after they didn’t make a podium end on the Gold Coast in 2018.

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  • CWG 2022: Gold Coast failure to assist India at Birmingham, says India males’s hockey group captain Manpreet Singh

    The Indian males’s hockey group captain Manpreet Singh believes that his group will be taught from the errors dedicated 4 years earlier at Gold Coast 2018 and provides a greater efficiency on the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

    Six-time champions Australia are the recent favourites in Birmingham and the Indians should beat them at some stage if they’re to clinch gold. But, Manpreet stated his gamers usually are not breaking a sweat as but considering over their potential conflict with the Kookaburras.

    “Right now, we are focusing on the group stage matches and not thinking about Australia at all. Everyone is of the opinion that we give our best in these matches and then think about what Australia has to offer when we face them,” Manpreet stated at a digital press convention forward of the Games.

    The Indian group begins its marketing campaign with a gaggle match in opposition to Ghana on Sunday.

    Australia have gained each one of many six Commonwealth Games hockey tournaments up to now.

    “As a team, we have set a goal that we have to win a medal in Birmingham and we can feel the weight of expectations as well. However, in order to reach that stage, we have to give our absolute best in each game and not take any opposition lightly,” he added.

    The 30-year-old, who will likely be making his three hundredth look for India when he seems in opposition to Ghana, termed his enjoying profession as a roller-coaster journey, stuffed with ups and downs.

    “The journey has been absolutely special. It has also been a sheer honour to play for India for so long. The game has taught me so many things about life.

    “I made my debut in 2011 when India gained the Asian Champions Trophy. However, the very subsequent yr, London Olympics was disastrous as we couldn’t win a single sport. We improved by leaps and bounds within the subsequent few years by profitable some massive occasions. So, it has been a roller-coaster journey for me,” Manpreet said.

    Head coach Graham Reid, who has been at the helm of affairs since 2019, said he’s fully aware of what the players are capable of achieving in Birmingham.

    “We have nice expectations from one another in Birmingham. Yes, there will likely be enormous expectations from the Indian followers as nicely, wanting us to win a medal. But these are exterior pressures and we can not do a lot about it. We can solely management what’s inside our grasp,” Reid stated.

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  • Manpreet Singh to steer full-strength crew as Hockey India proclaims squad for Commonwealth Games 2022

    Hockey India on Monday named a full-strength males’s crew for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Manpreet Singh is again to steer the crew, and drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh has been named as his deputy.

    While PR Sreejesh is a part of the full-strength 18-member squad, goalkeeper Suraj Karkera and forwards Shilanand Lakra and Sukhjeet Singh, who had been a part of the FIH Pro League, are lacking from the squad.

    Notably, Hockey India had initially determined to ship a second-string crew to the Commonwealth Games as the main target was on the Asian Games, which is a qualifier for the Paris Olympics in 2024. However, with the Asian Games getting postponed as a consequence of Covid-19 issues in host nation China, the emphasis is on doing effectively on the Commonwealth Games, beginning July 28.

    The Indian crew has been grouped in Pool B together with England, Canada, Wales and Ghana. The two-time former silver medallists will start their marketing campaign on July 31 in opposition to Ghana. India had completed fourth on the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

    Manpreet led the Indian crew to a historic bronze medal on the Olympic Games in Tokyo final 12 months and he’ll take over the reins from Amit Rohidas, who was the captain for the FIH Pro League tour of Belgium and the Netherlands.

    CAMP IN BENGALURU BEFORE CWG

    “We have gone with a tried-and-tested team for the Commonwealth Games. These players have the experience of playing top teams in high-pressure games in the FIH Pro League which was good exposure for us ahead of the prestigious quadrennial event,” chief coach Graham Reid stated.

    “After a brief break when we return home from the Netherlands, we will resume camp in SAI, Bengaluru where we will analyze our performance against Belgium and Netherlands.

    “While there are various takeaways from this outing in FIH Pro League, there absolutely are a number of areas that we will enhance upon forward of the Commonwealth Games.”

    INDIA MEN’S HOCKEY SQUAD FOR CWG 2022

    GOALKEEPERS: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak

    DEFENDERS: Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (VC), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh.

    MIDFIELDERS: Manpreet Singh (C), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma

    FORWARDS: Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek.

  • Manpreet to steer India in FIH Pro League; Jugraj, Abhishek to make debuts

    Star midfielder and Olympic bronze medal-winning captain Manpreet Singh will lead a 20-member robust Indian hockey crew within the double-leg FIH Pro League ties in opposition to South Africa and France to be held between February 8 to 13.
    Manpreet will likely be assisted by ace dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh.
    Young dragflicker Jugraj Singh and striker Abhishek are the 2 new faces in thesquad.
    Jugraj, who’s from Attari, got here into the senior nationwide camp for the very first time this time after he impressed the nationwide selectors in the course of the first Hockey India Senior Men Inter Department National Championship, the place he turned up for Services Sports Control Board.
    Abhishek, alternatively, is a striker who was earlier a part of the junior program and had performed for the India colts in Sultan of Johor Cup in 2017 and 2018.

    🚨 TEAM NEWS 🚨
    Hockey India names a 20-Member Indian Hockey Men’s Team for the FIH Pro League matches that are going to be held in South Africa beginning eighth February onwards.
    To take a look at all of the names, click on on the hyperlink talked about 👉 https://t.co/ylvymcWuUV#IndiaKaGame
    — Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 27, 2022
    From Sonepat, Haryana, Abhishek additionally did effectively for Punjab National Bank within the maiden Senior Men Inter Department National Championship which helped him earn a spot within the senior nationwide camp for the primary time.
    The 20-member squad additionally consists of goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak; defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh and Jugraj.
    The midfield will likely be below the watchful eyes of Manpreet and in addition consists of Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Shamsher Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad.
    The ahead line consists of Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh and Abhishek.
    “After a three-week camp in Bengaluru, a team has been selected that includes 14 Tokyo Olympians and two debutants,” India’s chief coach Graham Reid mentioned in an announcement.
    Keeping in thoughts the COVID-19 pandemic, India will journey with 4 further gamers apart from retaining 5 stand-byes in hand.

    “We have tried to decide on an skilled group that won’t solely give us an amazing alternative to begin this season of the FIH Hockey Pro League in a constructive method, it displays the top quality of opposition we’ll encounter within the opening video games.
    “We are also using this opportunity to debut two new players. Jugraj Singh, a versatile defender/midfielder who adds to our dragflick options and Abhishek is a strong, fast striker who loves scoring goals,” the Australian added.
    The Indian crew will depart for South Africa from Bengaluru on February 4.
    India will play France of their first match on February 8 earlier than squaring off in opposition to hosts South Africa the subsequent day.
    The Indians will once more play France on February 12 after which end off their engagements in opposition to South Africa the subsequent day.
    Both the two-match ties will likely be held at Potchefstroom, South Africa.

    Indian hockey squad:
    Goalkeepers: P R Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak.
    Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh (Vice-captain), Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh.
    Midfielders: Manpreet Singh (Captain), Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
    Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh, Abhishek.
    Standbys: Suraj Karkera, Mandeep Mor, Raj Kumar Pal, Sumit, Gursahibjit Singh. PTI SSC

  • Indian hockey prepares for subsequent Olympic cycle, beginning with Asian Champions Trophy

    Manpreet Singh couldn’t cease smiling whereas reflecting how a lot life has modified for him since that historic August morning, when he led the Indian hockey group to its first Olympic medal in 41 years.
    He now has a college named after him in his hometown Mithapur. He is the recipient of the nation’s highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna. Last month, his spouse gave delivery to their daughter. “It’s tough to express in words how much everything has changed,” Manpreet says.
    Not only for him.
    His teammate, drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh obtained married weeks after coming back from Tokyo, the place he’d scored a purpose in India’s dramatic win over Germany within the bronze-medal match. Manpreet teased his deputy for being holed up at a college campus in Bhubaneswar for the nationwide camp, days after getting hitched.
    The smiles, the laughter and the banter captured the temper of the group that’s nonetheless basking within the afterglow of Olympic success. Even as they proceed to benefit from the honeymoon interval, the rebuilding part for the Paris Olympics cycle has begun.
    It will replicate on Tuesday when India play their first match because the Games. They will take the sector towards South Korea in Dhaka of their opening match of the Asian Champions Trophy, which obtained delayed by a number of months as a result of pandemic. The group will put on a vastly totally different look in comparison with the one which received the medal in Tokyo 4 months in the past.
    Almost half of the gamers from the squad – together with inspirational goalkeeper PR Sreejesh – which completed on the rostrum in Tokyo, have been rested as head coach Graham Reid seems to be to rebuild the aspect, in addition to add to its depth, forward of a busy 2022, the 2023 World Cup and, finally, the Paris Olympics.

    Apart from Sreejesh, forwards Simranjeet Singh – who scored two objectives within the bronze-medal match – Gurjant Singh and Mandeep Singh, midfielder Nilakanta Sharma and defenders Amit Rohidas and Surender Kumar haven’t been included within the squad that has travelled to Dhaka. Centre-half Vivek Sagar Prasad has been rested after he led the U-21 group on the latest Junior World Cup whereas two members from the Tokyo group, defenders Rupinderpal Singh and Birendra Lakra, have introduced their retirements.
    Eye on the long run
    Reid, who has barely had any break because the Olympics, had mentioned whereas saying his choices that the gamers had been chosen with an concept to construct a ‘deep and strong squad’. “While selecting this team, we now must have our eyes on the future. It takes a deep and strong squad to build sustained success so players have to be given opportunities to perform,” he mentioned.
    Indian males’s hockey group for the Asian Champions Trophy. (Hockey India)
    The sharp decline in continental hockey, which has coincided with India’s regular progress, means the Asian Champions Trophy is a perfect stage for Reid to experiment.
    The match, the place India are the co-winners of the earlier version with Pakistan after the ultimate was washed out, doesn’t maintain any big-picture significance – the Asian Games gold medallists get an Olympic berth, the Asia Cup winners qualify for the World Cup however the Asian Champions Trophy gives no such context.
    The competitors obtained diluted much more after Malaysia, a group that continually punches above its weight and has been a continuing irritant for India, pulled out attributable to Covid-related issues. Pakistan, whom India play on the December 17, left for Dhaka with out their two goalkeepers after they had been denied visas. Siegfried Aikman, Pakistan’s new coach, must make do with the junior group goalkeepers who already had Bangladesh visas.
    Aikman’s former group, Asian Games gold medallists Japan, will hope to construct on the momentum they’ve gained due to the Olympics whereas South Korea, India’s first opponents, are not any extra a power they as soon as had been.
    In a shortened Olympic cycle, this provides Reid sufficient house to check gamers to arrange the group first for the Asian Games, the place India can seal the Olympic delivery, after which deal with the World Cup at residence adopted by the Paris Games.
    Filling Sreejesh’s sneakers
    Reid’s rapid focus will likely be on figuring out a alternative for Sreejesh, a seemingly inconceivable activity given the heroic function he performed in serving to India step on the Olympic podium. The veteran goalkeeper, a constant performer for a significant a part of the final decade, is prone to stay the first-choice custodian within the quick time period. The group administration, nevertheless, has hinted at wanting past him for the Paris Olympics. By then, Sreejesh will likely be 36 years outdated.
    This provides Krishan Pathak (24), a reserve on the Olympics, the possibility to stake a declare for a everlasting spot after spending years because the group’s backup goalkeeper. Suraj Karkera, who has been within the core group for the final Olympic cycle however didn’t get sufficient probabilities, too will get a possibility to indicate why he’s rated extremely by friends.
    “Suraj has come in for Sreejesh. He has been playing well for a long time and in Dhaka, he can show how much he has improved since the last time he played for India,” Manpreet mentioned.
    Karkera, 26, is acutely aware of the problem that awaits him. “It is always going to be hard to fill his (Sreejesh’s) shoes. We have been learning from him for so long. He shares his knowledge with all of us during goalpost training and gives us a lot of tips. So, I have a big responsibility,” he mentioned.

    The subsequent one week in Dhaka will even be essential for ahead Akashdeep Singh, who will look to claw his means again into the group after being dropped for the Olympics, and half a dozen younger gamers who will look to current their circumstances.
    Reid’s experimentation is prone to proceed even throughout subsequent 12 months’s FIH Pro League. But because the Olympic medallists make a return to the sector, their sights are firmly set on the following goal, the Paris Games. Tuesday will mark the start of a brand new journey in that course.
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    New-look India
    With an eye fixed on subsequent 12 months’s Asian Games, the 2023 World Cup and the Paris Olympics, coach Graham Reid has named a vastly totally different squad in comparison with the one which completed on the rostrum in Tokyo. Below are the gamers who had been unnoticed, and people who have been included:
    Goalkeepers:
    In: Suraj Karkera; Out: PR Sreejesh; Retained: Krishan Bahadur Pathak
    Defenders:
    In: Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep Mor; Out: Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Rupinderpal Singh, Birendra Lakra (each retired); Retained: Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar
    Midfielders
    In: Jaskaran Singh, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh; Out: Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad; Retained: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sumit
    Forwards:
    In: Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra; Out: Simranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh; Retained: Shamsher Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh
    India’s schedule:
    December 14: vs South Korea; December 15: vs Bangladesh; December 17: vs Pakistan; December 19: vs Japan; December 21: Semifinals; December 22: Final

  • New cycle begins as Indian males tackle Korea in Asian Champions Trophy

    Olympic bronze medallist Indian males’s hockey staff will begin its new cycle with a bunch of children aiming to show their mettle when it begins its Asian Champions Trophy marketing campaign towards Korea right here on Tuesday.
    India have gained this prestigious occasion thrice since its inception in 2011 and have gained the earlier two editions held in 2016 in Kuantan, Malaysia and 2018 in Muscat, Oman.
    India will play their opening match towards Korea on December 14, adopted by their match towards hosts Bangladesh on the following day (December 15).
    Their third match might be towards arch-rivals Pakistan on December 17 and on December 19, they tackle Asian Games Champions Japan. The semi-finals and remaining might be held on December 21 and 22 respectively.
    Skipper Manpreet Singh emphasised on getting off to begin.
    “Korea is a good team and are very capable of slowing down our attack. In this same venue during the Asia Cup in 2017, we had drawn (1-1) against them in the league stage. Hence, it’s important we don’t get complacent against them and ensure our basics are right when we play them tomorrow,” he mentioned.

    Speaking concerning the significance of the match, Manpreet mentioned, “The tournament is quite an important one for us as it is our first tournament after the Tokyo Olympics. The new cycle has started for us. If we start well, then our confidence levels will go high,” he mentioned.
    Several children have been given an opportunity within the India squad for the match, and Manpreet went on to clarify why doing properly for them right here might be essential.

    “Youngsters have been given a chance to be a part of the squad because some of them were unable to get a chance over the past two years as the focus was on the core team preparing for the Olympics. The youngsters have been working hard for quite a while, and hence, they have been given a chance to prove themselves,” he added.
    Speaking on the staff’s health ranges earlier than the beginning of the match, the Indian skipper mentioned: “We are in fairly fine condition. We targeted quite a bit on our health on the current camp in Bhubaneswar.
    “We are looking forward to see how the other Asian teams have shaped up over these past two years. The tournament will be a good test for our squad,” he signed off.
    In the earlier version of this occasion held in Muscat, India had collectively lifted the title together with Pakistan as the ultimate was known as off on account of incessant rains.

  • Hockey India proclaims 20-member males’s squad for Asian Champions Trophy

    Hockey India on Friday named 20-member males’s squad for the Asian Champions Trophy to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist India will start their marketing campaign on December 14 towards Korea, adopted by their match towards hosts Bangladesh on December 15.
    Their third match will probably be towards arch rivals Pakistan on December 17 and the very subsequent day on December 18 India will tackle Malaysia adopted by their match towards Japan on December 19.
    The semi-finals will probably be performed on December 21 adopted by the ultimate on December 22. The earlier version was held in Muscat, Oman, the place India had collectively lifted the title together with Pakistan as the ultimate was known as off as a result of incessant rains.
    Manpreet Singh will captain the aspect together with Harmanpreet Singh as his deputy.
    The workforce contains goalkeepers Krishan B Pathak and Suraj Karkera.
    Harmanpreet Singh will lead the cost together with Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar and Mandeep Mor within the defence.

    Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh and the skilled Akashdeep Singh will patrol the mid-field.
    The ahead line will probably be led by Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh, Gursahibjit Singh and Shilanand Lakra.

    “While selecting this team we now must have our eyes on the future. It takes a deep and strong squad to build sustained success so players have to be given opportunities to perform,” mentioned head coach Graham Reid.
    “We have picked a workforce that has an excellent mixture of expertise and youthful guys who may have their likelihood to indicate what they will do. It is a busy match schedule and given the Covid-19 scenario FIH & AHF have allowed 18 gamers to be chosen every recreation out of a larger squad of 20.
    “We are looking forward to the challenge,” he added.
    Squad
    Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Suraj KarkeraDefenders: Harmanpreet Singh (VC), Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Mandeep MorMidfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh (C), Jaskaran Singh, Sumit, Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh, Shamsher SinghForwards: Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra

  • Olympic medal profitable hockey stars to hitch nationwide camp on Sunday

    Members of the historic Olympic bronze medal profitable Indian males’s hockey crew, together with skipper Manpreet Singh and veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, will be a part of the continued nationwide camp in Bhubaneswar on Sunday forward of subsequent month’s Hero Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka. The nationwide camp already started on November 10 sans the members of the bronze medal profitable facet.
    Manpreet and Sreejesh will likely be conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award on Saturday right here earlier than they go away for the camp. The different gamers who will be a part of the camp on Sunday are Harmanpreet Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Hardik Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and Varun Kumar who have been all conferred with the Arjuna award for his or her historic efficiency in Tokyo Olympics.
    Vivek Sagar Prasad, who can also be in New Delhi for the Arjuna award ceremony, will be a part of the senior Camp after his marketing campaign with the India junior crew on the FIH males’s Junior World Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar from November 24 to December 5. The 30-member core possible group will camp in Bhubaneswar until December 9.
    The core group additionally contains Akashdeep Singh, Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Krishan B Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Jaskaran Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Raj Kumar Pal, Gursahibjit Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Shilanand Lakra, Mandeep Mor, Ashis Kumar Topno and Suman Beck. “It will likely be good to have the senior males’s crew prepare in Bhubaneswar because the climate right here is nearly much like that of Dhaka. It will likely be nice for the crew to coach in these situations and get acclimatised.

    “We will also be playing a few internal matches between the senior and the junior core probables that will surely help in our preparations for the Junior World Cup,” chief coach Graham Reid stated in a launch. “The season next year will be busy for the senior squad with back-to-back major international tournaments and it will be great to kick off the year by defending the Asian Champions Trophy.”
    The Asian Champions Trophy will likely be held from December 14 to 22 when defending champions India, Pakistan, Korea, Japan, Malaysia and hosts Bangladesh will vie for high honour.
    Senior males’s core group:
    Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak, Suraj Karkera.
    Defender: Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Dipsan Tirkey, Mandeep Mor, Ashis Kumar Topno, Suman Beck.
    Midfielder: Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Hardik Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Raj Kumar Pal.
    Forward: Simranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh.

  • Manpreet added to Khel Ratna winners; sports activities ministry okays 35 Arjuna awardees

    Olympic bronze-winning Indian males’s hockey staff captain Manpreet Singh was on Tuesday added to the checklist of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardees, taking the overall variety of this 12 months’s winners to an unparalleled 12, with the ceremony scheduled for November 13 on the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
    Manpreet was initially advisable for the Arjuna award however he joined veteran goalkeeper P R Sreejesh because the second hockey participant within the checklist of awardees for the very best sporting honour.
    The different outstanding Khel Ratna winners this 12 months embody Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Olympic silver-medallist wrestler Ravi Dahiya.
    Among 35 Arjuna awardees are most of India’s Paralympic medal winners and cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Mithali Raj.
    “The awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13th November, 2021 (Saturday) at 1630 hrs,” the sports activities ministry introduced.
    It was held on-line final 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The Khel Ratna award is given for the spectacular and most excellent performances by a sportsperson over a interval of earlier 4 years.
    Given the unprecedented Olympic and Paralympic efficiency, the variety of awardees was anticipated to be excessive this 12 months.
    India received seven medals within the Olympics and notched up 19 medals, together with 5 gold, eight silver and 6 bronze medals on the Paralympics within the nation’s finest ever present on the two sporting extravaganzas.
    A complete of 10 coaches had been picked for the Dronacharya awards.
    In the life-time achievement class, T. P. Ouseph (Athletics), Sarkar Talwar (Cricket), Sarpal Singh (Hockey), Ashan Kumar (Kabaddi) and Tapan Kumar Panigrahi (Swimming) had been picked for the honour.
    The winners within the common Dronacharya class had been: Radhakrishnan Nair P (Athletics), Sandhya Gurung (Boxing), Pritam Siwach (Hockey), Jai Prakash Nautiyal (Para Shooting) and Subramanian Raman (Table Tennis).
    Gurung, moreover being an assistant coach within the nationwide camp, can also be the non-public coach of Olympic bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain, who will obtain the Khel Ratna only a 12 months after being bestowed the Arjuna award.
    Sajjan Singh (Wrestling) was chosen for Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achievement together with former world and Asian champion boxer Lekha Ok.C, Abhijeet Kunte (Chess), Davinder Singh Garcha (Hockey) and Vikas Kumar (Kabaddi).
    This 12 months’s awards choice committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma (former Judge of Supreme Court) and included three-time Paralympic medal-winning javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, former cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, and ex-world champion boxer L Sarita Devi amongst others.
    The awardees:
    Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award:
    Neeraj Chopra (Athletics), Ravi Kumar(Wrestling), Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing), P.R Sreejesh (Hockey), Avani Lekhara (Para Shooting), Sumit Antil (Para Athletics), Pramod Bhagat (Para Badminton), Krishna Nagar (Para Badminton), Manish Narwal (Para Shooting), Mithali Raj (Cricket), Sunil Chhetri (Football), Manpreet Singh (Hockey).
    Arjuna Awards:
    Arpinder Singh (Athletics), Simranjit Kaur (Boxing), Shikhar Dhawan (Cricket), CA Bhavani Devi (Fencing), Monika (Hockey), Vandana Katariya (Hockey), Sandeep Narwal (Kabaddi), Himani Uttam Parab (Mallakhamb), Abhishek Verma (Shooting), Ankita Raina (Tennis), Deepak Punia (Wrestling), Dilpreet Singh (Hockey), Harman Preet Singh (Hockey), Rupinder Pal Singh (Hockey), Surender Kumar (Hockey), Amit Rohidas (Hockey), Birendra Lakra (Hockey), Sumit (Hockey), Nilakanta Sharma (Hockey), Hardik Singh (Hockey), Vivek Sagar Prasad (Hockey), Gurjant Singh (Hockey), Mandeep Singh (Hockey), Shamsher Singh (Hockey), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (Hockey), Varun Kumar (Hockey), Simranjeet Singh (Hockey), Yogesh Kathuniya (Para Athletics) Nishad Kumar (Para Athletics), Praveen Kumar(Para Athletics), Suhash Yathiraj (Para Badminton) Singhraj Adhana (Para Shooting), Bhavina Patel (Para Table Tennis), Harvinder Singh (Para Archery) and Sharad Kumar (Para Athletics).
    Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar:
    Manav Rachna Educational Institution and Indian Oil Corporation Limited for encouragement to sports activities by way of Corporate Social Responsibility.
    Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy:
    Panjab University, Chandigarh.