un Indian Junior Women's Team Win 3-Nations Hockey Tournament Despite Loss to Australia in Final Game By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 8 Dec 2019 12:01:07 +0530 The Indian junior women's team lost 1-2 in their final game of the 3-Nations hockey tournament to Australia but still finished top of the points table. Full Article
un FIH Unveils New Match-based World Ranking System for 2020 By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:06:49 +0530 International Hockey Federation changed the world ranking system from tournament-based calculation to match-based. Full Article
un Hockey India Directs AIPSCB to Withdraw Punjab Police, J&K Police From All India Police Championship By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 07:08:07 +0530 Hockey India had banned Punjab Armed Police, Jalandhar and J&K Police Hockey teams for three months for indiscipline and unruly behaviour. Full Article
un Good Performance in 2020 Jr Asia Cup Priority for Indian Junior Men's Hockey Team By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 12:09:15 +0530 The Indian Junior men's hockey team will be vying to qualify for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup at the Asia Cup next year. Full Article
un India Women's Hockey Team Defender Sunita Lakra Announces Retirement Due to Injury Breakdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 12:45:59 +0530 Sunita Lakra cited knee injury, that would require another surgery, and a lengthy recovery process for her decision to retire. Full Article
un India Announce FIH Hockey Pro League Squad, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam and Sumit Return By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 05:37:44 +0530 Chinglensana Singh Kangujam and Sumit returned to the Indian Men's Hockey Team as Hockey India announced the 20-member squad for the FIH Hockey Pro League 2020. Full Article
un SAI and Hockey India Launch 7 High Performance Hockey Centres Across the Country By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 07:22:57 +0530 Sports Authority of India and Hockey India announced the establishment of the high performance hockey centres in seven different locations across India. Full Article
un FIH Award a Huge Motivation to Work Harder for Country: Vivek Sagar Prasad By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:28:24 +0530 Vivek Sagar Prasad received the FIH Rising Star of the Year award. Full Article
un FIH Announce India as Hosts for Junior Men's World Cup 2021 By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:53:34 +0530 FIH Junior Men's World Cup 2021 will be held in India, the International Hockey Federation announced. Full Article
un FIH Pro League: HI Announce 24-man Squad With Manpreet Singh Leading India against Australia By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:16:44 +0530 Manpreet Singh was named as captain as the 24-man squad was announced by Hockey India for the FIH Pro League clash against World No.2 Australia. Full Article
un Hockey India Contributes Rs 25 Lakh to PM Cares Fund for Fight against Coronavirus Pandemic By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 12:27:28 +0530 Hockey India pledged to donate Rs 25 lakh in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
un Dhanraj Pillay Donates Rs 5 Lakh to PM CARES Fund in Fight against Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:12:36 +0530 Indian hockey legend Dhanraj Pillay contributed Rs 5 lakh to the PM-CARES Fund to aid in the fight against coronavirus. Full Article
un FIH Celebrates UN International Day of Sport for Development and Peace By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:51:00 +0530 The International Hockey Federation celebrated the United Nations International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, asserting the message of unity and support has never been more relevant with the world is facing a health crisis due to coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
un Coronavirus Impact: No International Hockey Events for India Till June By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 08:02:49 +0530 Indian hockey team, the senior as well as junior men's and women's, will not play international matches till June due to the coronavirus. Full Article
un Hockey India Donates Rs 21 Lakh to Odisha Chief Minister's Relief Fund to Fight Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 02:13:20 +0530 Hockey India made its contribution to Odisha Chief Minister's Relief Fund saying the state has always shown huge support for the sport. Full Article
un FIH Hockey Pro League: New Zealand Unable to Travel, Tie Canceled Due to Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 06:29:26 +0530 The New Zealand men's hockey team will not be travelling to India for the FIH Hockey Pro League due to the coronavirus pandemic Full Article
un Coronavirus Lockdown Has Brought Indian Hockey Team Together: SV Sunil By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:39:50 +0530 SV Sunil said that the coronavirus lockdown will help the Indian hockey team prepare well for the Tokyo Olympics. Full Article
un Wife, Daughter In Same City But Coronavirus Lockdown Keeping SV Sunil At Training Base By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 05:37:47 +0530 SV Sunil's wife Nisha and their one-year old daughter Shanvita are just 20km away from the SAI Centre in Bengaluru, where he is training woith the Indian hockey team. Full Article
un Indian Women's Hockey Team to Raise Funds to Feed Poor and Migrant Families During Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 12:02:05 +0530 Indian women's hockey players will give a new challenge on social media and tag 10 people on their social media handles, to take up the challenge and donate Rs 100 to the fundraiser. Full Article
un FIH Hockey Pro League Season 2 Extended By One Year, To Run Through June 2021 Now By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:35:08 +0530 FIH Pro League has been postponed by one year till June 2021 after a slew of matches were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
un FIH Hockey Pro League Season 2 Extended Until June 2021 Due to Coronavirus By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:10:51 +0530 The FIH has also announced that the window for season 3 of the league will be from September 2021 to June 2022. Full Article
un Coronavirus Delay Gives Indian Men's Hockey Team Chance to Utilise Time and Give it Best in Tokyo, Says Varun Kumar By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:47:34 +0530 Indian men's hockey team defender Varun said they were not sure when they would be able to resume outdoor training due to coronavirus crisis. Full Article
un Will Use Next 12 Months to Earn Place in Tokyo Olympics-bound Squad: Dilpreet Singh By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 05:09:36 +0530 Dilpreet Singh revealed it was chief coach Graham Reid's pep talk during a junior training camp that motivated him to work hard and reclaim his spot in the senior side. Full Article
un Team Has Become Much More Aggressive Under Graham Reid: Gurinder Singh By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 6 May 2020 03:42:31 +0530 Gurinder Singh said Graham Reid spent time on the development of each player during the national camp last November. Full Article
un Hockey India Condoles Demise of Kodava Hockey Festival Co-Founder Pandanda Kuttappa By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 05:17:50 +0530 Hockey India condoled the demise of Pandanda Kuttappa, a legendary figure in the region of Coorg who gave the sport the world famous Kuttani, family hockey tournament. Full Article
un Senior Hockey Players to Undergo Coaching Course Online Amid Coronavirus Lockdown By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 04:44:17 +0530 The basic coaching course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively. Full Article
un Book Excerpt: Mahabharata Retold in ‘Shakuni: Master of the Game’ By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 1 Jul 2019 03:47:15 +0530 This re-telling of Mahabharata from the perspective of Shakuni delves into how the heir of Gandhara used the Padavas and the Kauravas as pawns in an intricate and clever power play that culminated in an epic battle of 18 days. Full Article
un Book Excerpt: Amitav Ghosh Tackles Climate Change And Migration In 'Gun Island' By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 02:23:30 +0530 Weaving old folklores with modern-day adventures, Ghosh again tries to draw readers attention towards climate change. Full Article
un Amitav Ghosh on New Book Gun Island, Our Changing World and the Uncanniness of It All By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:47:02 +0530 Amitav Ghosh says he feels fortunate and privileged to be able to make a living from writing, which according to him, is the only thing he knows how to do. Full Article
un Jim Corbett Birth Anniversary: 5 Books by British Hunter-author You Must Read By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:36:46 +0530 On his 144th birth anniversary, here's taking a look at 5 books written by Jim Corbett that you must read. Full Article
un Booker Prize 2019 Longlist: Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood on the List, Winner to be Announced in October By www.news18.com Published On :: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:27:20 +0530 Before the final announcement of the Booker Prize 2019 winner, here’s a list of all the books that has been nominated this year. Full Article
un When Amitav Ghosh Found Climate Change to be Stranger Than Fiction By www.news18.com Published On :: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 12:01:51 +0530 Ghosh's novel leaps from the United States, to the Sundarbans mangrove forest between India and Bangladesh, to Italy, places where rising temperatures and water levels have uprooted human and animal lives and upended political systems. Full Article
un Shiv Sena's Anti-Bihari Rhetoric Has an Underlying Irony That Traces its Origin to Bal Thackeray’s Father By www.news18.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:10:04 +0530 While his son Bal Thackeray and grandsons Uddhav and Raj were to take a political position against north Indians, Prabodhankar traced the roots of Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu caste -- the same caste to which the Thackeray family belongs -- to Bihar. Full Article
un Book on RAW's Founding Father to Hit Stands Soon By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 05:30:19 +0530 A new book on the life and times of legendary spymaster RN Kao, founding father of India's external intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), will hit the stands soon, announced publishing house Bloomsbury. Full Article
un Colours of the Mountain Author Da Chen Dies at 57 By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Dec 2019 03:20:12 +0530 Chen died of lung cancer on December 17, his wife, Dr Sun-Ling Chen, told a publication on Tuesday from the family's home in Temecula, California. Full Article
un Jeevan Samvad, Hindi Series on Depression and Suicide, Launched in Book Form By www.news18.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:04:50 +0530 News18.com Hindi editor Dayashankar Mishra has written about mental health issues while combining both an Indian traditional viewpoint and the modern aspect. Full Article
un Tahira Kashyap to Launch New Book 'The 12 Commandments of Being a Woman' By www.news18.com Published On :: Sun, 8 Mar 2020 06:28:21 +0530 On International Women's Day, author-filmmaker Tahira Kashyap Khurrana announced on Instagram that she will be writing her new book The 12 Commandments of Being A Woman. Full Article
un Ex-Refugee Bayern Munich Star Alphonso Davies Raises Funds for Those Forced to Flee By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:04:39 +0530 Alphonso Davies, who started his life in a refugee camp in Ghana, said it would be disastrous if coronavirus reaches any of the world's many refugee camps. Full Article
un Divided Beliefs Over Ligue 1 Fate After French PM's Announcement, League Delays Decision By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:36:22 +0530 French Football Federation president felt the Ligue 1 season was over while Lyon president was not sure of the same. The league is yet to take a decision. Full Article
un Fresh Questions Over Football Restart as New Research Says Players at Risk of Covid-19 Spread to Lungs By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:37:21 +0530 The research suggests due to strenuous exercise, elite athletes are more likely to inhale Covid-19 particles and direct them to the lower areas of the lung. Full Article
un Italian Footballers' Union Furious at Government's Ban on Team Training By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:07:07 +0530 Italian footballers' union was unhappy with PM's announcement that individual athletes could begin training from May 4 but no team sports' practice could take place. Full Article
un Manchester United Wont Travel to India for Pre-season: Report By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:13:48 +0530 Manchester United were reportedly planning to play a match against East Bengal in Kolkata. Full Article
un Lionel Messi is So Fast; That Free Kick was Unbelievable: Liverpool's Jordan Henderson By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:25:09 +0530 Jordan Henderson praised FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi for his pace and said that the sublime free kick the Argentine scored in the Champions League against Liverpool left him speechless. Full Article
un ISL Side Odisha FC Announces Contract Extension For Shubham Sarangi Till 2023 By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 08:49:32 +0530 Shubham Sarangi extension of his contract with Odisha FC and will stay on at the Indian Super League side till 2023. Full Article
un Manchester United Given Permission to Trial Safe Standing at Old Trafford By www.news18.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:38:39 +0530 Manchester United insist work can be carried out on the project whilst respecting social distancing guidelines to ensure it is ready for when fans can return. Full Article
un Former Leeds United and England Defender Trevor Cherry Dies Aged 72 By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:36:13 +0530 Trevor Cherry was a member of the Leeds United side that won the English top flight in 1973-74. Full Article
un Swiss Football League Set to Resume on June 8 Behind Closed Doors By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:57:40 +0530 With the Swiss government easing coronavirus lockdown, they plan to allow the football season to restart in June. Full Article
un Dutch Coach Gertjan Verbeek Quits A-League's Adelaide United Over Uncertainty Around Covid-19 Impact By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:12:13 +0530 Gertjan Verbeek said his future as the head coach at Adelaide United was 'insecure' given the situation around the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
un Indian Football Legend Chuni Goswami Dies Aged 82 Due to Cardiac Arrest By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:57:34 +0530 Former India football captain Chuni Goswami, passed away in Kolkata due to cardiac arrest. Full Article
un India's Greatest! Football Will Always Remember Him: AIFF Leads Tributes for Chuni Goswami By www.news18.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:37:45 +0530 Indian football mourned one of it's greatest heroes Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami, who passed away in Kolkata after suffering a cardiac arrest. Full Article