PR Sreejesh, left, and Harmanpreet Singh (Photo: Video grab) India’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh celebrated his 29th birthday with a pitch-side party that soon turned into a cake-smash event on the sidelines of the Hockey India League (HIL) being played at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela. On Monday, after Harmanpreet guided Soorma Hockey…
India’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh kissing his Paris Olympics bronze medal (Photo Credit: @13harmanpreet on X) NEW DELHI: Two penalty shootout attempts, when compared, can tell the story of Harmanpreet Singh’s transformation from a player who virtually thought of walking away to becoming one of the world’s best defenders and, now, the recipient of India’s…
NEW DELHI: Ace shooter and multiple-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker, world chess champion D Gukesh, Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh, and para-athlete Praveen Kumar have been announced as the recepients of the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award — the country’s highest sporting honour. Bhaker made history as independent India’s first athlete…
A team struggling to find its way back into international hockey against the Olympic bronze medallists is a contest between unequals. But as Pakistan chief coach Tahir Zaman put it, “An India-Pakistan match is always a game of nerves.” With the downslide of Pakistan hockey, much of their storied rivalry with India has been watered…
