The Indian team made a resounding start to its FIH Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup campaign by securing a commanding 12-0 victory over Canada. India began the match with an attacking approach, and swiftly secured an early advantage as Annu scored two early goals through penalty corners. Despite having a healthy lead, the Indian team showed no signs of slowing …
The Indian junior women’s team kicked off its Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2023 campaign in emphatic fashion, defeating Uzbekistan 22-0 in its first game of the tournament in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, Japan on Sunday. India began the contest on the front foot; attacking Uzbekistan with regularity courtesy of which it was able to take an early lead in the game …
Competing in the Junior Davis Cup Finals that concluded on Sunday, India finished 14th losing all but one match against Mexico. “There’s no textbook way,” Yuki Bhambri, the former junior world No 1 and Grand Slam champion, said. By then, one should at least start playing a few events and once your junior career progresses and you see where you …
Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Zahra Muffaddal Deesawala beat Aidin Burns and Mikena Fulton of USA 5-1 for the bronze medal in junior mixed skeet event of the Shotgun World Championship in Osijek, Croatia. Britain beat the other Chinese team 6-4 for the gold, while Italy beat Slovakia 4-1 in the shoot-off after the teams were tied 5-5 in the other …
Highlights The Indians, one of the pre-tournament favourites, were handed a shock 4-5 loss by France India won their second pool match against Canada 13-1 to bring themselves back in the title run In both the matches, India created numerous scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise on them Their campaign might be back on track following a massive win over …
Indian junior women’s defender Simran Singh, who is still finding her feet in the junior international circuit, expressed that the aspiring hockey players in the country are very lucky to have role-models such as Deep Grace Ekka and Gurjit Kaur. The 19-year-old, who has played three matches for the junior team so far, said that she has learned a lot …
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