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Indian hockey teams announced for Asian Games with notable changes in squads | Hockey News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Indian men's and women's hockey teams have been announced for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, with notable changes in the squads. The men's team sees the exclusion of veteran striker Akashdeep Singh and young talent Karthi Selvam, while Lalit Upadhyay makes a comeback to the squad.The Hockey India selectors have dropped three players—Akashdeep Singh, Karthi Selvam, and defender Jugraj Singh—from the victorious side of the Asian Champions Trophy held in Chennai earlier this month. Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh and midfielder Hardik Singh will retain their roles as captain and vice-captain for the Asian Games.Jugraj Singh's spot has been taken by Sanjay, while Lalit Upadhyay and Abhishek replace Akashdeep Singh and Karthi Selvam, respectively. The team boasts ...
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India off to winning start, thrash China 7-2 in Asian Champions Trophy | Hockey News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Varun Kumar each netted two goals, propelling the team to a dominant 7-2 victory against China in the opening match of their Asian Champions Trophy hockey campaign at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Thursday.The Indian side wasted no time in taking control, with Harmanpreet showcasing his penalty corner expertise to score twice in the 5th and 8th minutes. Varun Kumar followed suit, adding two more penalty corner goals in the 19th and 30th minutes, solidifying India's lead.Not content with just penalty corners, India exhibited their attacking prowess in open play, with Sukhjeet Singh (15th), Akashdeep Singh (16th), and Mandeep Singh (40th) brilliantly finding the back of the net.While China managed to respond with goal...
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Indian hockey’s Fulton era begins with need to phase out fading stars and blood fresh faces

In happier times, when he effortlessly dribbled past players on a hockey turf, Simranjeet Singh binged on Messi videos; visualising the Argentine maestro with a hockey stick or him in the former Barcelona star’s club colours. Quite naturally, Simranjeet turned to his other favourite sport even in times of despair. It wasn’t Messi he looked up to, however. When a nagging knee injury forced the attacking midfielder, one of India’s heroes during the Olympic medal-winning campaign, away from the sport, he turned to Messi’s former Barcelona teammate, Neymar Jr, for inspiration. “For me, Neymar served as an inspiration as despite getting injured numerous times, he has always made a strong comeback,” Simranjeet, who has played in just one international match since the Tokyo Games (against Paki...
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Hockey World Cup: India beat South Africa, finish joint 9th, lowest ever by a host nation | Hockey News – Times of India

BHUBANESWAR: India's campaign in the Men's Hockey World Cup ended with a second consecutive win in the placement playoffs at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Saturday. Fans in Odisha once again took every available seat in the 20,000-capacity stadium to stand with the home team in what has been an otherwise sorry campaign for India, who beat South Africa 5-2 to end in joint-9th position along with Argentina.It's the worst ever finish by a host nation in a men's World Cup. India broke its own record of an 8th-place finish in Delhi 2010, which it held jointly with Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur 2002) and Argentina (Buenos Aires 1978). As it happened: India vs South AfricaLike against Japan, India dominated the South Africans as well. But while Japan's open play allowed the Indians mo...
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India vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I: Bowling woes, top order wobbles bother India | Cricket News – Times of India

RAJKOT: There is no quick-fix solution to this problem, but India will look to quickly address the serious issue of talented pacer Arshdeep Singh delivering too many no-balls when they take on Sri Lanka in the third and deciding match at the SCA Stadium here on Saturday.Returning after an illness-induced layoff, the left-arm seamer bowled five no-balls, the most by any bowler in a match in the history of T20Is, in the second game in Pune. With Shivam Mavi and Umran Malik too delivering a no-ball each, India ended up bowling seven noballs. The resultant free-hit ‘freebies’ played a huge factor in Sri Lanka winning a high-scoring game by 16 runs to level the series on Thursday.A long-term solution to the no-ball malaise is going back to domestic cricket and practising hard, something whic...