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Paris Olympics 2024: India Beat Ireland To Top Group

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  The Indian men’s hockey team registered the 2nd win of the tournament with a comfortable win over Ireland in Paris on 30 th July 2024. It was a great start for the Indian team as they earned a penalty corner in the very first minute, the shot was well blocked by Ireland's defense. India was awarded a penalty stroke with Manpreet Singh fouled inside the D. Harmanpreet Singh converted a stroke into a goal in the 11 th minute to give a 1-0 lead. India kept the pressure on Ireland's defense with aggressive intent. At the end of the first quarter, India led 1-0. The second quarter saw the Indian team lose a review for a penalty corner. India earned three penalty corners before Harmanpreet Singh converted the fourth one into a goal in the 19 th minute to double the lead. India played attacking hockey keeping pressure on Ireland's defense as they ended the first half with a scoreline of 2-0. India began the third quarter on an aggressive note putting enough pressure on ...

Indian men’s hockey team announced for Commonwealth Games 2022

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 The Indian men’s hockey team for the prestigious 2022 Commonwealth Games has been announced to be played from 29 th July till 8 th August. Manpreet Singh has been handed the charge for prestigious event. Hockey India thought about sending a second-string side for CWG due to the short gap between CWG and Asian Games. However, with the Asian Games postponed to next year due to the COVID situation in China, HI decided to send a strong unit for the prestigious event. In the 2018 edition, India finished fourth losing to England by 0-6 in the bronze medal match. This time around they have been clubbed in Group B with England, Canada, Wales, and Ghana. They will begin their tournament on 31 st July against Ghana. Under the captaincy of Manpreet Singh, the Indian team won a historic bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics after a gap of 41 years. They recently featured in the FIH Pro Hockey League tournament where they finished 3 rd losing both their matches to the Netherlands. The tea...

FIH Pro Hockey League Men’s: Indian team stun defending Olympic Champions in a thrilling encounter

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 The Indian men’s team returned to FIH Pro Hockey League with a thrilling win over defending Champions Belgium in a thrilling encounter played at Antwerp on Saturday. India began the first quarter on a good note with two back-to-back penalty corners. The second one was brilliantly saved by the Belgian goalkeeper. Akashdeep Singh missed a golden chance of scoring a goal. Belgium earned their first penalty corner, but PR Sreejesh produced a stunning save. Both teams played end-to-end hockey. Belgium got their second penalty corner but again PR Sreejesh came to the rescue. Hardik Singh was given a green card for a stick tackle. It was a superb game of hockey by both India and Belgium. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained 0-0. Shamsher scored a brilliant field goal with a brilliant move by Lalit Upadhyay in the 18 th minute to give India a 1-0 lead. The defending Champions Belgium made it 1-1 with Charlier deflecting it into a goal in the 21 st minute. Both teams ...