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Fiancée accuses Indian hockey captain of attempt to rape

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Ludhiana: The Punjab Police is investigating a complaint from a British national who has alleged that she was sexually exploited by her fiance and Indian hockey team captain Sardar Singh, police said on Wednesday.

The complaint has been made by the woman who hails from Leeds in England and was the first Sikh player in the Britain under-19 women’s hockey team, said the police in Ludhiana. Investigation of the case has been marked to the Koom Kalan police station in Ludhiana district. Police station in-charge S. S. Nagra confirmed that the matter was being probed following a complaint.

The woman had complained to Ludhiana Police Commissioner P. S. Umranangal who marked the enquiry into it. The woman alleged that Sardar Singh had got engaged to her in 2014 and she became pregnant recently after both had a physical relationship. She said the hockey skipper forced her to go for abortion and after that he started avoiding her. The complainant said that she met Sardar in 2012 after becoming friends through a social networking site.

(Agencies)

Indian hockey juniors trounce Pakistan 5-1

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India trounced Pakistan 5-1 in their title defence of the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament.

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Johor Bahru: India trounced traditional rivals Pakistan 5-1 to make an emphatic start to their title defence of the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament here on Sunday.

Ajay Yadav (fifth minute), Sumit Kumar (23rd), Armaan Qureshi (27th), Parvinder Singh (34th) and Santa Singh (45th) scored for the defending champions, who put up a completely dominating show.

The onset of the game saw the Indians going immediately on the attack, not wanting to waste any time and in the fifth minute, India scored their first goal Ajay made the most of a clean pass inside the circle, giving no chance to the Pakistani goalkeeper to react.

With the initial goal, India intensified their attack further, keeping the Pakistan defence busy all through. Mid way into the first half, India were awarded their first penalty corner but the opportunity was missed as the Pakistan goalkeeper cleared the danger.

Pakistan counter attacked and were given a penalty corner, but they were unable to capitalise as the Indian goalkeeper was alert and in control.

In the counter-attack, vice-captain Dipsan Tirkey passed the ball from the left flank to Sumit who was right in front of the goal box and made no mistake in finding the nets in the 23rd minute.

Four minutes later, Harmanpreet Singh hit the ball into the opponents D and Parvinder Singh received it before passing it to Qureshi, who completed the job cleanly, giving India a 3-0 lead.

While Pakistan were trying to get some rhythm back, India had another game plan as they ventured to add another goal right before going into the break. It was in the 34th minute when Parvinder through a brilliant field goal took the scorecard to 4-0.

The second half saw a similar game plan by the young Indian side as they continued putting pressure on the opponents. But Pakistan finally opened their account in the 45th minute as Muhammad Dilber scored a field goal.

Half way into the session, Pakistan had another chance on the goal through a penalty corner but was yet again denied by the Indian defence.

In the very next minute, India were again on the attack when Harmanpreet from the left flank saw an opportunity with Santa standing right in front of the goal post. Harmanpreet passed it to Santa and the later was quick to pounce on the opportunity and make it 5-1.

With five goals in their kitty, India yet again upped the ante as they were seen regularly attacking Pakistan thereafter.

In the 68th minute, Pakistan got another penalty corner to their name but was hit off target, giving India the 5-1 triumph.

The Harendra Singh-coached India face Britain on Monday.

(PTI)

India beat New Zealand 3-1 to square Hockey series

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India went in to attack right from the start which helped them build the initial pressure over the hosts. (Photo Credit: Twitter/HockeyIndia)

India went in to attack right from the start which helped them build the initial pressure over the hosts. (Photo Credit: Twitter/HockeyIndia)

After losing their opener, the Indian hockey team came back strongly to beat New Zealand 3-1 in the second game to level the four-match bilateral Test series 1-1 here on Wednesday.

Unlike the previous match where the visitors lost 0-2, India lifted their tempo and displayed attacking hockey which helped them score three goals, one each coming from the sticks of Ramandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Nikkin Thimmaiah.

India went in to attack right from the start which helped them build the initial pressure over the hosts. The opening minutes saw Chinglensana Singh attack from the right flank as he entered the D of the opponents, but the alert New Zealand defence thwarted the attempt.

Keeping constant pressure, World No.8 India earned a penalty corner in the 10th minute but the ball was hit wide of the post.

But only three minutes later, Birendra Lakra gave a crucial cross to Ramandeep who opened the account for India on a rebound, giving his team the lead.

India continued their attacks in the second quarter. A brilliant move by Dharamvir Singh caught the New Zealand defence on the back foot but his shot was blocked by an observant Black Sticks goalkeeper.

The Kiwis in turn capitalised on a counter attack, but could not break the Indian defence.

In the 23rd minute, the hosts were awarded with a penalty corner but Indian custodian P.R. Sreejesh came out with a brilliant save to make sure India went into halftime with a 1-0 lead.

At the restart, an unmarked Gurjinder Singh had a great chance to double the lead in the 33th minute but he deflected the ball wide of the post. New Zealand immediately counter attacked and won a penalty corner two minutes later Sreejesh stood tall and cleared the danger yet again.

New Zealand kept on pressing hard for their equaliser throughout the third quarter and they were successful when Kane Russell, in the 45th minute, converter a penalty corner chance for the much needed equaliser to go into the last 15 minutes 1-1.

Both sides tried out different strategies to score the goal in the last quarter but it was India who were rewarded for being consistent with their attacks when Manpreet Singh’s accurate pass to Upadhyay helped India take the 2-1 advantage in the 52nd minute.

Then in the last minute of the match Thimmaiah put it completely beyond New Zealand’s reach when he scored his side’s third goal to level the series for the India.

The third match between the two sides will be played on October 9 at Christchurch.

(IANS)

Indian hockey team beats New Zealand A 3-1

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Auckland: The Indian men’s hockey team outplayed New Zealand A 3-1 to get its Kiwi tour off to a positive start here on Friday.

Akashdeep Singh (third minute), Ramandeep Singh (20th) and Nikkin Thimmaiah (26th) scored for the visitors, who will play their second match on Saturday.

During the match, the first quarter started with New Zealand A going on the attack and earning two back-to-back penalty corners in the first few minutes. India’s star goalkeeper P.R. Sreejesh displayed his quick moves to thwart both the attempts.

Later Ramandeep was seen brilliantly dribbling past the defenders and gave a beautiful pass to fellow forward Akashdeep, who was quick to put the ball into the nets without giving any chance to the New Zealand custodian in the third minute.

After conceding a goal, New Zealand A players attacked again and looked for opportunities to score the equaliser. However, the Indian defenders restricted their moves and maintained pressure on the home team.

In the second quarter, centre-half Sardar Singh-captained India started with fierce attacks and kept the ball moving in the other half. In the 20th minute, Ramandeep sneaked into the defence line and scored a spectacular field goal, taking the score to 2-0.

Inspired by Ramandeep’s goal, defender Gurjinder Singh raced into the Kiwi circle and passed the ball to forward Thimmaiah, who outfoxed the defenders with his dribbling skills and made it 3-0 in the 26th minute. With this marvellous field goal, the Indians were in the lead 3-0 by the end of the second quarter.

Trailing 0-3, the New Zealand players managed to keep the ball in the Indian half and tried to create opportunities. In the 36th minute, they earned a crucial penalty corner and successfully converted it for their opening goal.

The Indians counter-attacked the home team and created pressure again. New Zealand were now playing a defensive game and kept their goal post protected. The scorecard stood 3-1 by the end of the third quarter in India’s favour.

In the fourth quarter also Indian forwards Ramandeep, Akashdeep and Nikkin kept the defenders busy and played most of the game in the opponent’s half. After a series of attacks from India, the match finished 3-1 in favour of the Asian Games champions.

(IANS)

Karnataka Hockey goalkeeper T Antic Sagayam passes away

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Bengaluru: T. Antic Sagayam (57), one of the outstanding hockey goal keepers of Karnataka has passed away this morning at St. Philomina Hospital, Bangalore after a brief illness. He was employed with BEML, Bangalore and played for its hockey team for more than two decades in an exemplary manner and was instrumental in the team winning State Super Division Hockey League title at least on seven occasions.

He represented the Karnataka State both in the Junior and Senior National Hockey Championships. In the Junior National Hockey Championship, he played in the years between 1976 and 1979 and thereafter in the Senior National Hockey Championships conducted at various places from the years 1978 to 1986.

Apart from playing in the Junior and Senior National Hockey Championships, Antic Sagayam played for Karnataka in several All India Hockey events as well as in the South Zone Hockey Championships from the years 1978 to 1984.

As he was an outstanding hockey goalkeeper, he was called upon to attend the national coaching camps as a probable player of the Indian Hockey Team for the World Cup 1981, Asiad 1982 and Olympics 1984.

His funeral mass and cremations were held late this evening. KSHA has lost one of the outstanding hockey players who served the Association in an exemplary manner and condole his death.

Indian women hockey team qualifies for Olympics after 36 years

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New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team will return to the Olympics after a long gap of 36 years as it qualified today for next year’s Rio Games, courtesy England making it to the final of the ongoing Euro Hockey Championships in London.

England’s semifinal victory over Spain, coming after the Netherlands’ win over Germany in the other semifinal in the European Championships freed one quota place as both the finalists have already qualified for the Olympic Games.

India took the quota place on the basis of its fifth-place finish in the women’s Hockey World League Semifinals in Antwerp, Belgium last month.

International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed that Indian women’s team has qualified for the Rio Games.

“India qualified after England defeated Spain in the semi-finals of the Unibet EuroHockey Championships in London, which ensured that the only teams — The Netherlands and England (as Great Britain) — who can now win the event have already qualified for Rio through the Hockey World League Semi-Finals,” the FIH said in a statement.

“The winner of the EuroHockey Championships will qualify for the 2016 Olympics as European continental champions, opening up a further qualification spot which India secure as the team who ranked highest at the Hockey World League Semi-Finals not already qualified,” it said.

Indian women’s team now join nine other teams, who have already qualified for 2016 Rio Games — Korea as Asian Games champions, Argentina as Pan Am Games champions and Great Britain, China, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and the USA through the Hockey World League Semi-Finals.

Indian women’s hockey team last featured in an Olympics in the 1980 Moscow Games, where they finished at a respectable fourth position.

Hockey India applauded the historic achievement of the women’s hockey team.

“It is a proud moment for Hockey India and the whole country. We have been waiting for this for the last 36 years and this achievement is the sweetest and the most memorable among all our previous feats in recent times,” HI President Narinder Batra said in a release.

“I congratulate all the players and coaching staff who made this dream real and this achievement also shows their commitment toward their responsibilities. Hockey India thanks all the coaches who trained these players at their respective academies, parents, sponsors and the entire hockey fraternity, who continuously motivated the players and without their support, we could not have achieved this success. I am sure the girls will make us proud at the Olympics,” he said.

Hockey India Secretary General Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad said: “The Olympics qualification is indeed a great achievement for the Indian Women Team and the Indian hockey fraternity. The players and the Coaching Staff have done a commendable job and they are still training hard for the 2016 Olympic Games. Hockey India is doing its part and fulfilling all the requirements of the team.

“I congratulate the whole team and the people who have been working hard behind the scene to achieve this success. However, the job is still half done and the team now has to set a new aim of clinching the first Olympic medal,” he said.

India are the 10th team to qualify for Rio Olympics. The last two participating teams will be confirmed in the 2015 Africa Cup for Nations in Egypt and 2015 Oceania Cup in New Zealand in November.

The Indian women’s team will commence its outing from August 7 in the Rio Olympics.

(Agencies)

St. Joseph Indian High School wins St. Germain OBA Hockey tournament

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Bengaluru: The finals of St. Germain OBA Hockey tournament played at KSHA was a gala affair. The prestigious hockey annual tournament was conducted with great pomp and glitter.

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A one of a kind tournament where for the first time in India a school hockey tournament final was being played in floodlights.

A huge crowd of spectators and school children were seen cheering their respective schools.

St. Germain High School, known for its magnificent arrangement lived up to expectation.

There was a guard of honour for the chief guest of the day. Mr. Umakanta Bijapur general manager, Bank of Baroda and to the addition commissioner of police Chandra Shekhar who was the chief guest along with the pride of St. Germain High School and ex captain & coach of Indian hockey team and ex Olympian Jude Felix.

In a thrilling finals played by Rashtriya Military School vs. St. Joseph Indian High School for the juniors. Good display of stamina, skill and speed was displayed by both the teams and in a fast paced game.

RMS beat St. Joseph 2-1 in the last minute thriller through penalty corner.

St. Joseph Indian High School beat St. Joseph brand square 5-0 in a one sided final. St. Germain juniors were placed 3rd and St. Germain seniors were placed 4th.

The tournament was conducted by OBA and sponsored by Bank of Baroda which was a huge success. The credit of organizing the tournament goes to Sydney D’Silva and the OBA team.

The prizes were given by Jude Felix, Bank of Baroda Manager Umakant Bijapur and the principle of St. Germain.

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St. Germain High School hockey tournament in floodlight

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Bengaluru: St. Germain High School, one of the prestigious schools in Bengaluru are having their annual OBA hockey tournament, sponsored by Bank of Baroda.

The tournament has been in inception since 1999 by the OBA of St. Germain High School under the able leadership of the then president Leo Devdas, under who the sports foundation committee was formed and has continued the tournament with the support from the Karnataka State Hockey Association.

The tournament started in 1999 was a huge success and was sponsored by Dr. Thomas Chandy. The tournament, is open to all schools in Bengaluru and many prestigious schools have been taking part in the tournament.

This year, the OBA committee headed by Mani Maran are organizing the hockey tournament. Speaking to Nasheman.in Mr. Maran said that we want to promote school hockey in a big way and we will be having the finals in floodlights. He said this is the first time in India a school hockey tournament final is being played in floodlights.

Rolling trophies for winners & runner ups will be given and certificates to all participating players. Speaking to Nasheman.in, Mr. Krishnamurthy honorary secretary of KSHA said that hockey should be protected and requested the media to highlight hockey and advised students to join the free hockey academy.

The finals will be played on Wednesday 12th August in KSHA stadium starting from 4.30 PM.

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India claim Sultan Azlan Shah bronze beating South Korea on penalties

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India continued their dominance over South Korea and claimed a podium finish at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia with a 4-1 win on penalties in the bronze-medal playoff.

After the regulation period ended in a 2-2 draw identical to the result of the league phase encounter between the two, India outclassed the Koreans in penalty shootout, where PR Sreejesh once again turned out to be the hero making as many as three saves.

For India, Akashdeep Singh, Sardar Singh, Rupinderpal Singh and Birender Lakra scored in the shootout to give India the win.

Earlier, the last two quarters following half-time failed to produce any goals as the teams went into the breather at the end of 30 minutes locked 2-2.

Nikkin Thimmaiah (10th min) and Satbir Singh (22nd) were the scorers for India during the regulation period. South Korea drew level twice through goals by Hyosik You (19th) and Hyunwoo Nam (28th) to take the match to a shootout.

India scored both their goals though field strikes while Korea scored from penalty corners.

For India, who had earlier drawn 1-1 with Korea in the league stages, the victory came on the back of a stunning 4-2 win over world champions and title holders Australia yesterday at the Azlan Shah Stadium.

India’s vice-captain and goalkeeper Sreejesh had a fantastic day under the bar as he not only made numerous saves in the entire 60 minutes, but also turned out to be India’s hero in the shoot-out, denying two Korean efforts to help his side register the much-needed victory.

The only blemish for India was penalty corners. The Sardar Singh-led side failed to secure a single set piece but their back-line as usual crumbled under pressure and gave away seven short corners.

Both the teams were slow to get off the block and were sloppy in the initial few minutes.

It was India who had the first shy at the goal in the sixth minute but Akashdeep Singh shot wide after a scramble inside the circle.

Three minutes later, Korea secured their first penalty corner but Nam Hyunwoo’s effort couldn’t get past the defence of an agile Indian goalkeeper, Sreejesh.

The Indians took the lead in the next minute through last match’s hero Nikkin. Dharamvir Singh started the move and passed the ball to SK Uthappa, who beat a few Malaysian defenders to enter the circle from the right flank and then neatly pushed the ball towards Nikkin and he made no mistake in slapping the ball home from close range.

After a relatively sedate start, the Indians started to get into the groove as time passed by.

Five minutes into the second quarter Korea got their second penalty corner and You Hyosik scored from a rebound with a reverse shot after Jang Jonghyun’s dragflick was well saved by Sreejesh.

India restored their lead two minutes later through Satbir’s fine field effort. After stealing the ball at the midline, Satbir played a delightful one two with Dharmvir Singh before tapping in the ball pass Korean keeper Hong Doo Pyo.

But an unnecessary foul by Ramandeep Singh reduced India to 10-man in the last two minutes of the second quarter and that cost them dearly.

With India one man short, the Koreans piled on the pressure and managed to earn three penalty corners in succession, the last of which was converted by Hyunwoo with a powerful flick that beat Sreejesh all ends up as both the teams went into halfway break locked a 2-2.

After the change of ends, Korea had the first shot at the goal but Hyosik’s reverse hit sailed over the bar.

Then Satbir was denied in the 39th minute when his reverse hit was blocked by the Korean goalkeeper.

Korea went on the offensive in the fourth and final quarter and earned two more penalty corners but India custodian Sreejesh was up to the task.

In the 50th minute, Satbir once again came close to ensuring the lead for his side but his gentle touch from Birendra Lakra’s cross was well anticipated by the Korean goalkeeper.

It was nerve-wrecking final three minutes as Korea went all out in search of the winner, but the Indian defence did enough to hold the rampaging Koreans and take the match into shoot-out.

In the shoot-out, the Indians were clinical and converted their tries with consummate ease.

But credit should go to Sreejesh as he pulled off two brilliant saves to deny Kim Kihoon and Kim Juhun, and secure the third place finish for India.

(Agencies)

Indian women lose 1-2 to China in Hawke's Bay Cup hockey

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Hastings: The Indian women’s hockey team lost 1-2 to China in the opening match of the Hawke’s Bay Cup at the Hastings Sports Park here on Saturday.

While Anuradha Thokochom scored for India in the 31st minute, Mengyu Wang (34th) and Qian Yu (38th) gave China the victory in the eight-nation tournament.

Both the teams in their bid not to allow easy goals ensured a strong defence, resulting in the first two quarters being goalless.

Real action was witnessed in the third quarter when India finally opened their account one minute into the third quarter.

Immediately into the second half, India broke the shackles and scored as Anuradha slammed the ball past the New Zealand goalkeeper.

China came roaring back to contention and equalised in the 34th minute when they earned a penalty corner that was converted by Mengyu.

Stung by the equaliser, India counter attacked immediately. But China struck again in the 38th minute as Qian scored a field goal.

The rest of the session saw India attacking and trying to look for the equaliser but failed to do so.

Centre-half Ritu Rani-led India attacked in the last quarter, maintaining a good ball possession but were unable to equalise and lost the game 1-2.

In the next match on Sunday, India will take on the United States.

(IANS)

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