Former Indian women’s hockey team captain Elvera Britto died on Tuesday due to old age related problems. She was 81. Elvera, the eldest of the three famous Britto sisters (others are Rita and Mae), ruled the domestic circuit from 1960 to 1967, guiding Karnataka to seven national titles. She represented India against Australia, Sri Lanka…
Tokyo Games 2020 (July 23 – August 8): History-making Indian hockey women lose hard-fought bronze battle
August 6, 2021The history-making Indian women’s hockey team’s dream of securing its maiden Olympic medal remained unfulfilled as it lost 3-4 to Great Britain in a hard-fought bronze play-off matchat the ongoing Games this morning. The Indian women had already created history by entering the semifinals of the Games for the first time. But the maiden Olympic…
India Hockey teams create history
August 2, 2021Women enter maiden Olympic semifinals; Men back in Medal Race after four decades Led by Rani Rampal, the Indian women’s hockey team created history this morning by advancing to their first semi-final in the history of the Olympics with a 1-0 win over Australia at Tokyo Olympics 2020. Gurjit Kaur scored her maiden Olympics goal…
Indian women’s hockey team register their first win
July 30, 2021Archer Deepika Kumari eliminated, shooters crash out The Indian women’s hockey team registered their first win of the campaign, sealing a 1-0 win Vs Ireland. Thanks to Navneet Kaur, who scored the goal in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Deepika Kumari crashed out of the quarterfinals in the Women’s Archery Individual event, losing to South Korea’s…
Asian Games 2018: Women’s hockey team settle for silver
September 1, 2018Jakarta: India continued to swell its overall medal tally, with the women’s hockey team taking a silver, while sailors gave a silver and bronze, even as the squash teams had opposite results in the semi-finals and boxer Amit Panghal entered the finals on 13th day of the 18th Asian Games on Friday. Among others, middle-weight…
Women’s Hockey WC: India Thrash Italy 3-0 to set up Quarter-final date with Ireland
August 1, 2018London: Indian women’s hockey team produced a stellar performance to ease past lower-ranked Italy 3-0 in the cross-over match and progress to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. India discovered scoring ways to finally end Italy’s World Cup adventure through a field strike from Lalremsiami (20th minute) and two penalty corner goals from Neha Goyal…
World Cup Women’s Hockey: India hold USA to 1-1 Draw; Progress to knock-outs
July 30, 2018London: Under pressure, Indian women’s hockey team produced a spirited performance to come back from a goal down and hold higher-ranked USA to a 1-1 draw in their last Pool B match and progress to the knock-out stages of the World Cup on Sunday. The draw enabled India to keep their campaign afloat in the…
Indian eves win Hockey Asia Cup
November 6, 2017Kakamigahara (Japan) : Indian women’s hockey team created history as they beat China in a tense shootout to lift the Women’s Asia Cup after 13 years, while qualifying for next year’s women’s World Cup as Continental Champions, in Japan’s Kakamigahara Kawasaki Stadium, yesterday. It was Indian skipper Rani Rampal who scored the winning goal for…
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