The Indian men’s hockey team has received a jolt ahead of their Paris Olympics semifinal against Germany and are already at a disadvantage in their quest for a place in the final after 44 years.The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists will have only 15 players available to play the last-four clash instead of a full squad…
NEW DELHI: When you talk about the Indian men’s hockey team victory it cannot be without the mention of PR Sreejesh, the man who always stands like a rock at the goal post and denies the opposition’s attempts to score.And in the Paris Olympics quarterfinals against Great Britain on Sunday, it all boiled down to…
Every time adrenaline gushes through Harmanpreet’s forearms to send those drag-flicks whizzing past defenders and bring the opponent post crashing down in Paris, mind goes back to the January evening of 2023 in Bhubaneswar. A dejected India skipper, carrying the nation’s hopes on his penalty-corner skills, appeared clueless. The ball almost refused to roll up…
India’s victory over Australia in Paris on Friday, which was the first such instance since 1972 in men’s hockey at the Olympics, helped them finish second in Pool B and book a quarterfinal with Great Britain as the pool fixtures concluded on Friday to decide the line-up for the last-eight stage. This is how the…
