Hockey

Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and Chile skipper Camila Caram have been appointed co-chairs of the new FIH Athletes Committe, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced on Wednesday.

The FIH Athletes Committee serves as a consultative body and makes recommendations to the FIH Executive Board, FIH Committees, Advisory Panels and other bodies.

Jul 28, 2022 14:07
NEW DELHI: Double Olympic medallist badminton ace PV Sindhu and Indian men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh were on Wednesday named the country's flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games to be held Thursday in Birmingham.
Jul 27, 2022 07:07
NEW DELHI: Twenty weeks? Seriously? The International Hockey Federation (not surprisingly) stated on Tuesday that it is not satisfied with the reply of the Committee of Administrators governing Hockey India, to their previous letter and "cannot accept the turnaround time of 20 weeks" for adopting a new Constitution and put in place a duly recognised and democratically-elected board.
Jul 27, 2022 07:07
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The deadline to receive nominations for the elections to the position of FIH president and to the four open positions of EB Ordinary Member has been set for 26 August (midnight CEST). The elections will be held on 5 November, during the FIH Congress, which will be staged virtually on 4-5 November.
Jul 21, 2022 14:07
MUMBAI: What is the common factor between Hockey India and the All India Football Federation? The principals assigned by the judiciary to administer the two national sports bodies are the same - Justice (Retd.) Anil Dave and former CEC SY Quraishi. It is also no coincidence that the world bodies running hockey and football respectively - FIH and FIFA - have serious issues with the way HI and AIFF are being managed.
Jul 18, 2022 17:07
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has declared it will write to the Committee of Administrators governing Hockey India, asking it to conduct elections and avoid “jeopardising” the men’s World Cup scheduled to be held in Odisha in January.
Jul 18, 2022 16:07
NEW DELHI: IOS Sports and Entertainment have announced the on-boarding of wrestler siblings Geeta and Babita Phogat to their ever-growing sports family. Hailing from a family of wrestlers, the Phogat sisters, Babita and Geeta have represented India on the world stage.
Jul 18, 2022 14:07
NEW DELHI: Veteran sports administrator Narinder Batra on Monday resigned as president of International Hockey Federation (FIH) with immediate effect and also gave up his membership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In three separate letters, Batra officially tendered his resignations from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), IOC and FIH respectively.
Jul 11, 2022 17:07
MUMBAI: Femina honours the Indian women’s hockey squad in its July 2022 issue, detailing the stories of struggle and ambition of the 16 team members, and their commitment to achieve a common goal – glory for India.
Jul 05, 2022 18:07
NEW DELHI: A division Bench of the Delhi High Court Monday refused to stay an order by a single judge of the court that had restrained veteran sports administrator Narinder Batra from discharging any function as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president.
Jun 27, 2022 17:06
NEW DELHI: Veteran sports administrator and FIH president Narinder Batra was on Friday ordered to stop functioning as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president by the Delhi High Court "in a contempt proceeding", a month after it asked him to relinquish the top job. A vacation bench of Justice Dinesh Sharma passed the order on a contempt petition filed by Olympian and hockey World Cup winner Aslam Sher Khan.