The Indian men's hockey team secured their berth for the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday, thrashing France 8-1 in the final of the qualifiers at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here.

The Indian men's hockey team secured their berth for the 2012 London Olympics on Sunday, thrashing France 8-1 in the final of the qualifiers at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here.

The failure to qualify for 2008 Beijing Olympics still fresh in mind, the Indian hockey team would be desperate to avoid a repeat of the debacle and give the dying national sport a new lease of lif

Promising India striker Yuvraj Walmiki was on Thursday ruled out of the remainder of the men's hockey Olympic qualifier tournament due to a hamstring injury.

Walmiki sustained the injury during Indi

Having been brought back to earth by the marauding South African women, the Indian team have their task cut out in the qualifiers, when they face Italy in their final league encounter, at the National

India defeated Italy 1-0 to enter the final of the women's hockey Olympic qualifier at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here on Friday.

India play South Africa in the final on Saturday.

India knocked Poland out of the men's hockey Olympic qualifier, beating them 4-2 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Friday.

The Indian men's and women's teams on Friday night made it to the finals of the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers, the former with a come-from-behind 4-2 win over Poland and the latter scraping past Ita

In a major step aimed to promote the game among non-playing nations, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Wednesday announced its ambitious World League starting later this year, which will se

The Indian women's hockey team's unbeaten run in the 2012 London Olympics qualifiers ended on Wednesday with a 2-5 defeat against tournament favourites South Africa in their fourth match.

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