Indian hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh wants “the best possible and timely treatment” so that he can return to the field.
Battling with a career-threatening eye injury, Baljit wants to regain his vision.
Baljit, who is undergoing treatment at the AIIMS after being hit at his right eyeball during a training camp in Pune, said he was [...]

Germany coach Uli Forstner was delighted with his team’s 3-1 win over Netherlands in the Standard Chartered Bank FIH Men’s World Cup 2009 final.

Said Forstner: “This is a dream come true. I’m not only happy with the victory but with also the way we played. In the second half, we won all our one-on-one challenges. [...]

Olympian Sylvanus Dung Dung hailed India’s historic triumph in the Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia on Sunday after more than a decade.
Sylvanus said he was thrilled to learn the team has opted for a “centre forward”, indicating return to the traditional 5-3-2 attacking formation.
“I don’t know the exact formation. But I was very happy [...]

India reached the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup after defeating arch-rivals Pakistan 2-1 in Ipoh on Saturday.
Skipper Sandeep Singh continued his goal-scoring spree as India pipped Pakistan to reach the final of the five-nation Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The in-form Sandeep, leading goal scorer for his side in the tournament, struck twice in the [...]

The FIH has threatened to shift next year’s hockey World Cup out of India unless an elected federation is in place.
The FIH has given the ad-hoc committee which is currently running the sport in the country, six months to put in place a democratically elected federation.
An FIH delegation, led by President Leandro Negre, [...]

India blanked Malaysia 3-0 to put their Azlan Shah Cup campaign back on track and stay on course for a place in the final.
Arjun Halappa (19th minute) and captain Sandeep Singh (31) sounded the board to put India 2-0 ahead by breather and GS Chandi then rounded off the tally with his 62nd minute [...]

India will have to come out all guns blazing against Malaysia in their second round robin encounter of the Azlan Shah.
Stung by the shocking draw against debutants Egypt in the opening match, India would have to pull up their socks.
The eight-time Olympic champions, put up a shoddy performance against newcomers Egypt, conceding a last-gasp goal [...]

A goal each by Sandeep Singh and Dilip Tirkey helped India beat New Zealand 2-0 in the fourth hockey Test.
The Indians also lifted the series with a 2-0 margin.
Tirkey and Sandeep scored both the goals from penalty corners after a goalless first half.
After the change of ends, the visitors were impressive on their counter-attacks and [...]

In a hard fought match, India and Holland played out a pulsating 4-4 draw in the Punjab Gold Cup hockey tournament.
The match which saw fortunes fluctuating from one to other side had India trailing 0-2 at one stage, but than they fought back strongly and made amends for their early defence lapses.However, India let go [...]

India started their campaign in the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup hockey on a winning note, defeating New Zealand 2-0.
India forced New Zealand on the backfoot right from the start and earned their second penalty corner in the 17th minute.
Rajpal Singh and Arjun Hallapa combined well to earn the penalty corner.
Skipper Sandeep Singh made [...]