Hockey

'The news has been broken to me by the High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans via an e-mail; but I haven't had an official communication with Hockey India yet,' Van Ass confirmed IBNLive.

Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners as India outplayed New Zealand 3-0 to post their second consecutive victory in the Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament on Sunday.

It was a heart-breaking moment for the partisan crowd and Belgian goalkeeper Jeremy Gucassoff, who played a gallant game today to thwart repeated raids by the Australian strikers.

This is Britain's biggest victory in a hockey international against Indian men, the previous best being the 3-0 win at the Seoul Olympics.

"Both teams played this match in the true spirit of sport. This camaraderie should continue," said India captain Sardar Singh.

New Zealand pulled off the biggest surprise of the ongoing World League Semi-finals with a 2-0 win over World Cup silver medalists Australia in the women's preliminary league.

Australia displayed their prowess in a 6-1 drubbing of Pakistan in the preliminary league of the hockey World League Semifinals at the KHC Dragons Stadium.

The win , courtesy goals from Devindar and Yuvraj Walmiki and skipper Sardar Singh, takes India top of Pool A with two consecutive wins.

Manpreet, Walmiki and Ramandeep came to the party as India won their first match 3-2 against France in the FIH Hockey World League (semi-final).

Indian men's team on Thursday posted a 3-1 win over Great Britain in their fourth practice match ahead of the Fintro Hockey World League Semi-Final 2015.

Belgians had the last laugh as they scored the winner in the 52nd minute through another field strike

Speaking about the tournament starting June 20, Ritu said she is extensively working on holding the possession of the ball and improving her short passing skills.

"The team is shaping up well. Our new game plan of 10 attacking and 10 defending gives the extra boost to the mid-field position," said Sardar.

Forward Anuradha Devi says the Indian women's hockey team is a more confident bunch under new coach Mathias Ahrens as it prepares for the FIH World League semi-finals.

India dropped 4 key players, including Rupinder and Uthappa, from their 18-member men's squad for the HWL semi-final.

Dharamvir Singh achieved the milestone during India's 4-2 win against Australia in a Sultan Azlan Shah Cup league match on Saturday.