Hockey

Australia were shocked 2-5 by Great Britain while Belgium spanked lowly Canada 7-2 in high-scoring second round Pool A matches of the Hockey World League (HWL) Final, here on Sunday.

Hockey India (HI) nominated former president Vidya Stokes as the life president in its just-concluded fifth Congress here on Monday.

The session tickets in the group stages have been priced from Rs 50 denominations and every ticket holder will be allowed to view all the matches of that day for which they hold the tickets.

Defending champions India defeated Australia 1-0 in their last league match to enter the final of the fifth men's Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament on Saturday.

In the final game of the tour tomorrow, India will look to continue their attacking strategy and look for early goals to keep pressure on New Zealand.

India won the last two editions of the six-team invitational tournament which also features Australia, Britain, Pakistan, Argentina and hosts Malaysia.

The last time they played each other was in the Hero Hockey World league Final 2014 here and it was the Black Sticks who came out triumphant.

HI President Narinder Batra on Monday revealed the new rules to the media ahead of the players auction on Thursday where 272 players will go under the hammer.

India continued their goal-scoring spree as they routed Singapore 12-0 in their second Pool A match of the seventh Women's Junior Asia Cup.

India started their campaign at the seventh women's Junior Asia Cup on a resounding note by humiliating DPR Korea by 13-0 on Saturday.

India forward player Ramandeep Singh’s two spectacular goals within a minute helped the Indian team to outplay Spain by 4-2 in the match played in Terrassa, Spain.

Uttar Pradesh Wizards have retained five players, including Sreejesh and Raghunath for the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Hockey India League.

Interestingly, Sardar's long-time girlfriend Ashpal has often been seen tagging @8_SardarSingh in her tweets but the India captain seems to have never objected.

HIL defending champions Ranchi Rays on Friday retained their captain Ashley Jackson of England for a whopping $95,000 for another two seasons.

Coaches and administrators at war, allegations of indiscipline against players and a performance graph bobbing up and down the average line - is it really practical to expect India break its Olympics jinx amid all this mess?