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Mental Conditioning Coach Paddy Upton To Help Indian Men’s Hockey Team In Paris Olympics | Hockey News
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Mental Conditioning Coach Paddy Upton To Help Indian Men’s Hockey Team In Paris Olympics | Hockey News

[ad_1] It's mind over matter for Hockey India as the sports body hired renowned South African mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton to assist the men's national team in the Paris Olympics. Upton, who played a role in India winning the 2011 Cricket World Cup, will be a part of the support staff of the country's men's hockey team in Paris. He was also there when the team won gold medals at the recent Asian Champions Trophy and Asian Games. Indian men's hockey team chief coach Craig Fulton confirmed to PTI that Upton will be with his wards at the Olympics."We have Paddy Upton, he will be with us in Australia (for Test series). We will be using him wisely. For sure he will be there for Olympics with us," Fulton said when asked about the mental conditioning coach's services.Fulton, who is als...
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Aim Is To Upgrade Our Tokyo Bronze To Gold In Paris: Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey News
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Aim Is To Upgrade Our Tokyo Bronze To Gold In Paris: Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey News

[ad_1] Having clinched a bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics, Indian men's hockey team will look to upgrade to gold in the upcoming Paris Games, said skipper Harmanpreet Singh. The record eight-time gold medalists had fought hard from a 1-3 deficit to beat Germany 5-4 in the bronze play-off at Tokyo in 2021, ending their 41-year wait for an Olympic medal. Prior to that, India's last Olympic medal was a gold in the Moscow Games in 1980. "Tokyo was a monumental moment, and we're determined to carry that momentum into Paris. Our goal is straightforward -- to upgrade the colour of the medal by aiming for gold," Harmanpreet said in a Hockey India release, reacting to their Paris draw."Taking it one step at a time, our initial focus is on advancing through the group stage and securing a spot in the...
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India Look To Continue Recent Domination Over Netherlands In Pro League | Football News
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India Look To Continue Recent Domination Over Netherlands In Pro League | Football News

[ad_1] The Indian men's hockey team would look to continue its recent domination over the Netherlands with an outright win when the two sides meet in the return leg match of the FIH Pro League in Rourkela on Wednesday. India have had a good run in the Pro League so far with the team led by drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh winning two out of their five games in regulation time. India's resilience saw them defeat the Dutch and Spain in shootouts, earning valuable bonus points. Their solitary defeat came at the hands of Australia but that too from a winning position.India are currently placed...
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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Suffers 1-2 Loss To China In FIH Pro League | Hockey News
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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Suffers 1-2 Loss To China In FIH Pro League | Hockey News

[ad_1] The Indian women hockey team's disappointing run in the FIH Pro League continued as it lost 1-2 to China in Rourkela on Monday. India took the lead in the seventh minute through Sangita Kumari's field goal but China equalised in the 14th minute through Gu Bingfeng (penalty corner), who scored his second goal of the match in the 53rd minute through a penalty stroke. India had lost to China by the same 1-2 margin in their earlier match on February 3 in Bhubaneswar. India earned five penalty corners in the match -- as against four by China -- but as is their wont, they could not conv...
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Local Girls Sunelita And Jyoti Excited For Homecoming As India Set To Play Maiden International Game In Rourkela | Hockey News
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Local Girls Sunelita And Jyoti Excited For Homecoming As India Set To Play Maiden International Game In Rourkela | Hockey News

[ad_1] While the Indian Women's Hockey Team are set to play their maiden international match at the majestic Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium on Monday, it will be a homecoming for Rourkela girls Sunelita Toppo and Jyoti Chattri. Speaking ahead of India's return FIH Pro League fixture against China, both Sunelita and Jyoti, who are graduates of Odisha's rich ecosystem, expressed their excitement at the prospect of playing in front of their family in Rourkela. Sunelita, who honed her skills at SAI Sundargarh, represented Odisha in the National Games in Gujarat in 2022, after which she was picke...
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PR Sreejesh Hands India Win Over Netherlands In FIH Pro League | Hockey News
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PR Sreejesh Hands India Win Over Netherlands In FIH Pro League | Hockey News

[ad_1] Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh turned out to be the saviour as the Indian men's hockey team defeated world number one Netherlands 4-2 via a shoot-out in the FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Sreejesh made three fine saves in the shoot-out to hand India the bonus two points after both the teams were locked at 2-2 at the end of regulation 60 minutes. Netherlands took one points from the match. In the shoot-out, skipper Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay and Shamsher Singh scored for world number three India. In the regulation time, Hardik Singh (13th minu...
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Harmanpreet Singh’s Brace Hands India 4-1 Win Over Spain In FIH Pro League | Hockey News
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Harmanpreet Singh’s Brace Hands India 4-1 Win Over Spain In FIH Pro League | Hockey News

[ad_1] Skipper Harmanpreet Singh slammed a brace as the Indian men's hockey team outplayed Spain 4-1 in a FIH Pro League match in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Harmanpreet converted a penalty corner in the seventh minute before scoring from the spot in the 20th minute. Jugraj Singh also converted a penalty corner in the 24th minute while Lalit Kumar Upadhyay scored a field goal in the 50th minute to register the easy win for India. Spain's lone goal came from a penalty-stroke conversion by Marc Miralles in the 34th minute. The match also marked veteran midfielder and former captain Manpreet S...
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Accused Of Rape, Varun Kumar Withdraws From FIH Pro League, Takes Urgent Leave To Fight Legal Battle | Hockey News
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Accused Of Rape, Varun Kumar Withdraws From FIH Pro League, Takes Urgent Leave To Fight Legal Battle | Hockey News

[ad_1] Accused of rape under the stringent POCSO act, Arjuna award-winning Indian hockey player Varun Kumar has withdrawn from the FIH Pro League in Bhubaneswar to explore his legal options against the allegation, which he described as a "calculated attempt to extort money" from him. The 28-year-old has been granted "urgent leave" from national duty by Hockey India after he stated that the incident has taken a toll on his "physical and mental health". Varun has been booked by the Bengaluru Police after a woman accused the defender of sexually abusing her multiple times when she was a mino...
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FIH Pro League: Indian Women Lose 0-3 To Australia, Suffer Third Consecutive Loss | Hockey News
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FIH Pro League: Indian Women Lose 0-3 To Australia, Suffer Third Consecutive Loss | Hockey News

[ad_1] The Indian women's hockey team lost 0-3 to third ranked Australia, completing a hat-trick of defeats in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023-24 in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. Australia captain Grace Stewart (19th minute), Tatum Stewart (23rd) and Kaitlin Nobbs (55th) were the goalscorers for the winners in the match played at Kalinga Stadium. India started the match on the offensive, forcing Australia to concede a penalty corner in the second minute of the game but an alert visiting side goalkeeper Zoe Newman averted the danger. Both the teams created significant goal-scoring opportunitie...
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