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Salima Tete retains captaincy for FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers as returning head coach Sjoerd Marijne names his first squad | Hockey News

Salima Tete retains captaincy for FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 Qualifiers as returning head coach Sjoerd Marijne names his first squad | Hockey News

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Salima Tete will continue to lead the Indian women’s hockey team as Hockey India on Sunday announced a 20-member squad for the World Cup 2026 Qualifiers to be held in Hyderabad from 8 to 14 March, the last chance to qualify for the marquee tournament later this year. This will be Dutchman Sjoerd Marijne’s first official assignment after being reappointed as head coach. A couple of notable absentees from the squad are former captain Savita Punia and forward Deepika. The Indian Express understands Savita made herself unavailable for personal reasons while drag-flicker Deepika, who missed the Asia Cup last year due to an injury, is in rehab and hasn’t made the cut to the main squad. india finished second at the Women’s Asia Cup after losing to China in the final and missed out on automatic qualification to the World Cup. Hosts India, England, Scotland, Korea, Italy, Uruguay, Wales, and Austria will be competing for three qualification spots at the FIH Hockey World Cup Belgium & Netherlands 2026 set to be held in August. The …

Individuals over team: How India’s Junior hockey World Cup hopes ended tamely and brutally exposed frailties | Hockey News

Individuals over team: How India’s Junior hockey World Cup hopes ended tamely and brutally exposed frailties | Hockey News

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In his post-match analysis after the 5-1 win against India at the FIH Junior World Cup in Chennai on Sunday, German coach Mirko Stenzel was full of praise for his side’s defence throughout the night and the intensity in the first quarter, more than the attacking unit that pumped in the five goals. But one line of his post-match analysis stood out: “To beat the individual-skilled players from India the way we did is incredibly hard.” It was evidently meant as a compliment to India’s style of hockey, but it also gave a glimpse into why Germany were able to thwart the hosts’ attacking forays on the night effectively. Just by blocking of passing lines and staying within their structures, Germany barely allowed India to have any attacking joy. When the scoreline reads 1-5 in favour of the opposition, it’s easy to think that the defence had a nightmare outing – and to an extent, that was true as PR Sreejesh said later that the silly mistakes proved costly. But India’s problems were compounded by …

How an inspired substitution helped India win its only Hockey World Cup till date | Hockey News

How an inspired substitution helped India win its only Hockey World Cup till date | Hockey News

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India has won the Olympic men’s hockey gold medal no less than eight times, but the 1975 World Cup victory has not been repeated in the subsequent half a century. In fact, not once have managed even a podium finish in the 13 editions of the marquee tournament since that day in Kuala Lumpur, despite hosting three of the last four World Cups. It lends some lustre to the achievement 50 years ago and looking back, two of the main architects of that triumph, Ashok Kumar and Aslam Sher Khan, term the semi-final against hosts Malaysia the toughest encounter. Facing the home team in front of 50,000 fans at the Merdeka Stadium, India went down twice before an inspired substitution from coach Balbir Singh Senior turned the tables on Malaysia. Story continues below this ad “Coach saab told me that he believes I can save the match with six minutes left. He was visibly tense as the match was getting into its final stage,” Khan told The Indian Express on the sidelines of the centenary …