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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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FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024: Profligate India Lose 0-1 To USA | Hockey News
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FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024: Profligate India Lose 0-1 To USA | Hockey News

[ad_1] A profligate Indian team squandered chances galore to lose 0-1 to lower-ranked United States of America in its opening match of the FIH Women's Olympic Qualifier in Ranchi on Saturday. Ranked sixth in the world, India dominated the possession and created numerous scoring chances, including as many as seven penalty corners, but failed to breach the American defence. USA, ranked 24th in the world rankings, scored the solitary goal of the match through Abigail Tamer in the 16th minute of the Pool B match. The defeat would make India's road to Paris tougher as it will be up against st...
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Argentina Sojourn For Indian Hockey Team Before Chile World Cup | Hockey News
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Argentina Sojourn For Indian Hockey Team Before Chile World Cup | Hockey News

[ad_1] Bracing up for the World Cup in Chile, the Indian junior women's hockey team will be training and playing practice matches in neighbouring Argentina to get acclimatised to the conditions, head coach Tushar Khandker said on Thursday. The tournament is scheduled to be held from November 29 to December 10 in Santiago, and Hockey India has named its squad. "We will have our training and practice matches in Argentina before heading to Chile, so that will help us in acclimatising to the conditions and setting the tempo for the Junior World Cup," Khandker said.India are grouped along with Germany, Belgium and Canada in Pool C. They will begin their campaign against Canada on November 29 before taking on the European sides Germany and Belgium on November 30 and December 2 respectively in ...
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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Reclaims Best-Ever 6th Position In World Rankings | Hockey News
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Indian Women’s Hockey Team Reclaims Best-Ever 6th Position In World Rankings | Hockey News

[ad_1] India women are now placed sixth ahead of England in world rankings.© X (formerly Twitter)The Indian women's hockey team has reclaimed its best-ever sixth place ranking in the world following its stupendous show in the just-concluded Asian Champions Trophy and the Hangzhou Asian Games. India are now placed sixth ahead of England with 2368.83 rating points. The Indian women were placed eighth before the Asian Games but the bronze medal at the continental showpiece and the title triumph at Asian Champions Trophy in Ranchi, where they remained unbeaten, has catapulted the side back to its best-ever world ranking, last achieved during the FIH Pro League in June last year.The Netherlands continued to be ranked as the best women's hockey team in the world with 3422.40 points, followed b...
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India To Host Women’s FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | Hockey News
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India To Host Women’s FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers | Hockey News

[ad_1] The FIH on Friday moved the Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers to Ranchi, India from Changzhou, China. The development comes after the Chinese Women's Hockey Team earned direct qualification to the Paris 2024 Olympics by winning the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2022. Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers will be held at Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh AstroTurf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi, Jharkhand from January 13 to January 19, 2024. Apart from India, seven national teams from across the globe will travel to Ranchi for the Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in their bid to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. It must be noted that the nations that will finish in the top three will confirm their berth in the next year's Olympics.Also, the other three FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers...
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Indian Women Beat Thailand 5-4 In Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier | Hockey News
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Indian Women Beat Thailand 5-4 In Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier | Hockey News

[ad_1] India continued their unbeaten run in the Women's Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier after registering a hard-fought 5-4 win over Thailand in their third match of the tournament at Salalah, Oman on Sunday. For India, skipper Navjot Kaur (1st minute), Monika Dipi Toppo (1st, 7th), Mahima Choudhary (20th) and Ajmina Kujur (30th) were on target. Thailand's goals were scored by Piresram Anongnat (3rd), Aunjai Natthakarn (10th, 14th) and Suwapat Konthong (19th). The Indian women had registered a 7-1 win over Japan in their second match of the tournament on Saturday night.This was after the Indians started their campaign with a 7-2 thrashing of Malaysia on Friday.On Sunday, India got off the blocks at a rampaging pace, putting pressure on the the Thailand defenders from the word go.Nav...
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