Sukhjeet Singh is one of the five debutants — Sanjay, Abhishek, Rajkumar Pal, and Jarmanpreet Singh — who have joined the 11 members of Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist team for the Paris Games.

Harmanpreet’s men, who chose to skip the opening ceremony to concentrate on the match at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, will be vying to improve their medal colour in Paris

It predated hockey’s Games debut and after 100 years, it will incidentally host the same sport; Harmanpreet sees this as motivation and wants to make it all the more memorable by winning gold

Lucas Martinez gave Argentina the lead in the 22nd minute before Harmanpreet converted India's 10th and last penalty corner to pick up a crucial point from the game.

With two wins and a draw, India has gathered seven points from three matches and has almost made it to the quarterfinals.

Harmanpreet Singh-led outfit has lifted its game steadily in the Olympics and is likely to throw a different challenge against Great Britain

Harmanpreet, Sukhjeet, Lalit Upadhyay and Raj Kumar Pal scored for India in the shootout, which had more drama in store than one expects in pure action.

As soon as Rajkumar Pal scored the winning goal in the shoot-off, an emotional Dhanraj, glued to the TV at home, jumped in joy.

“Sreejesh is a legend, he is one of the best we have. He is saving us from day one. But when you ask him, he will say it was a team effort, so team first, then individuals,” said Harmanpreet.

Dilip Tirkey, who was present at the stadium to witness the match, praised the Indian team for defending well after Amit Rohidas’ expulsion owing to a foul early in the second quarter.

India won last of their eight Olympic gold medals way back in the 1980 Moscow Games. Paris provides them a great opportunity to make history.

Netherlands dominates Spain 4-0 in men’s hockey semi-final at Paris Olympics, advancing to first final since 2012.

India went down fighting against Germany 3-2 and will be up against Spain in the bronze medal play-off

Sreejesh, who would play his last international match in the third place encounter against Spain on Thursday (August 8), said winning a medal should be the team’s priority

The Indian men’s hockey team won against Spain for the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics on August 8.

The bronze medal was indeed a fitting farewell for the goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh. India wins back-to-back medals in hockey after 52 years.

The Indian team was successful in its ‘win it for Sreejesh’ campaign to make the stalwart’s last dance a memorable one before carrying him on their shoulders like a victorious warrior.

India clinched the bronze for the second consecutive time.

At that time, it cost around ₹10,000, which was a big sum for an ordinary farmer like me. But I did what I had to and bought him the kit, says P.V. Raveendran, father of goalkeeper and two-time Olympic medallist P.R. Sreejesh

For its rich history and the folklore stuff Indian hockey has provided for 96 years in the Olympics, it is not surprising when the countrymen react emotionally to an Olympic high.

Since relinquishing captaincy after the Tokyo Olympics, there has been a second wind to Manpreet’s career and performance, playing with a lot more freedom.

As we celebrate National Sports Day, we honour Major Dhyan Chand’s legacy

With four wins out of as many games, defending champions India are leading the points table, followed closely by Pakistan.

It has been a commanding performance from the Indians as they excelled in every department — be it forwardline, midfield or defence.

In the second match of the day, former champion BPCL edged out Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu 2-1

Playing in the tournament for the first time, Maharashtra came roaring back from being 0-2 and then 1-3 down

The last time India faced Germany was in the semifinal of the Paris Olympics, where the European giants emerged victorious

For the last 10 years, the capital's Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, once considered the spiritual home of the game, has not hosted any international match.

The host is struggling with a few injuries; Harmanpreet will have Vivek Sagar Prasad as his deputy while the visiting team will sport a new look

India turned the table in the second half, with goals from Sukhjeet Singh (34th and 48th), skipper Harmanpreet Singh (42nd and 43rd) and Abhishek (45th) to level the two-match series.

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Ramanathapuram tops southern districts in enrolment

Governor’s office has sent a request to shift children to other schools.

Prince of Arcot offers to renovate Madrasa-e-azam school.

Faculty, students pitch in with contributions to pay salary for new recruits

This includes children who have never enrolled in schools and dropouts.

Calm down and prepare your body and mind to meet the challenge of the Boards.

Lack of career advancement, transfer policy leave principals bitter, as teaching vacancies climb to 12,044

The implementation of State flagship programmes in the government schools and hostels to be the focus of the inspection.

The issue is being blown out of proportion, says D.P. Saklani, reacting to the controversy over the removal of sentences on Gandhiji and the RSS; Congress president Kharge says the BJP cannot erase history, no matter how hard it tries

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