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Punjab Warriors
Jaypee Punjab Warriors (abbreviated as JPW) is a field hockey team based in Chandigarh, Punjab that plays in the Hockey India League. It is owned by Jaypee Group. Former Australian coach Barry Dancer serves as the head coach for the team while former India player Jagbir Singh has been taken on board as an advisor and coaching staff. Franchisee Details Ownership Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL) or Jaypee Group is the owner of the franchise. Jaypee Group is a well diversified infrastructural industrial conglomerate in India. Over the decades, it has maintained its salience with leadership in its chosen line of businesses — Engineering and Construction, Cement, Power, Hospitality, Real Estate, Expressways, Agri Business as well as Sport. It has developed India’s premier motorsports destination – Buddh International Circuit – at Greater Noida near New Delhi. 2017 squad Statistics Fixtures and Results 2013 * Goals For: 29 (2.07 per match) * Goals Against: 34 (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardara Singh
Sardara Singh (born 15 July 1986), sometimes referred as Sardar Singh, is an Indian former professional field hockey player and captain of the Indian national team. He usually plays the center half position. Sardara became the youngest player to captain the Indian team when he led the side at the 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015. On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to P. R. Sreejesh, the goalkeeper of Indian Team. On 12 September 2018, Sardara announced his retirement from international hockey. He played 314 matches during 12 years in his career. Early life Sardara was born in Haryana's village Sant Nagar in Sirsa District to Gurnam Singh, a RMP doctor, and Jasveer Kaur, a housewife. Career Sardara Singh made his debut for India in the junior team during India's 2003–04 tour of Poland. He made his senior debut against Pakistan in 2006. He also plays for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Noida
Greater Noida is a planned city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city was created as an extension to Noida area under the ''UP Industrial Area Development Act, 1976''. Situated south-east of the capital city of New Delhi, it takes around 30 minutes to travel between the cities via the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. The city is administered by Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA). History In the early 1980s, the Government of India realised that the rapid rate at which Delhi was expanding would result in chaos. Hence, they planned to develop residential and industrial areas around the capital to reduce the demographic burden. Before Greater Noida City, two areas had been developed—Gurgaon, across the border from Haryana, and Noida, across the border with Uttar Pradesh. Greater Noida Notified Area – 38000 Ha (380 km2) comprising 124 villages. Noida's infrastructure was carefully laid out, but the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Van Der Horst
Robert Adriaan van der Horst (; born 17 October 1984) is a Dutch former field hockey player who played as a defender and currently the assistant coach of the first men's team of Oranje-Rood. He played a total of 272 caps for the Dutch national team, which makes him the seventh most capped Dutch player of all time. He scored 14 goals in his international career which lasted from 2004 until 2016. The defender was the captain of the national teams that finished fourth at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics and won a silver medal in 2012. He played club hockey for Oranje Zwart, Rotterdam and Oranje-Rood. Club career He played in the youth ranks of Oranje Zwart for two years before he got into the first team, in which he played for eight seasons. After those eight seasons, he joined HC Rotterdam. He wanted to leave Oranje Zwart after those eight seasons because he felt that he had so much responsibility for his team and club that it was at the expense of his own development as a hockey pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardar Singh
Sardara Singh (born 15 July 1986), sometimes referred as Sardar Singh, is an Indian former professional field hockey player and captain of the Indian national team. He usually plays the center half position. Sardara became the youngest player to captain the Indian team when he led the side at the 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015. On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to P. R. Sreejesh, the goalkeeper of Indian Team. On 12 September 2018, Sardara announced his retirement from international hockey. He played 314 matches during 12 years in his career. Early life Sardara was born in Haryana's village Sant Nagar in Sirsa District to Gurnam Singh, a RMP doctor, and Jasveer Kaur, a housewife. Career Sardara Singh made his debut for India in the junior team during India's 2003–04 tour of Poland. He made his senior debut against Pakistan in 2006. He also plays for his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Orchard
Simon Orchard (born July 1986) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League. He is a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team and has won several medals with them including gold at the 2009 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, gold at the 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup and gold at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. Personal Orchard was born in July 1986 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. His hobbies include playing golf and playing his guitar. He took up hockey at the age of 11. He is married to Airlie Ogilvie, formerly of the Hockeyroos. Field hockey Orchard plays for New South Wales in the Australian Hockey League. He played in a June 2010 game for the New South Wales against the Tassie Tigers that New South Wales won 6–3. He scored a goal in the game. National team Orchard is a member of the Kookaburras. In January 2008, he made his senior national team debut at the Five Nations men's hockey tournament i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Gohdes
Matthew Gohdes (born 18 May 1990) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He made his debut for the Australia men's national field hockey team in 2009 during a five-game test series in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Gohdes is from Rockhampton, Queensland. His cousin is former national team teammate Jamie Dwyer. Gohdes never played a game with his cousin until he was named to the national team. His flatmate was teammate Matthew Swann. Gohdes is married to fellow former Australian representative, Jill Gohdes. The couple married in December 2015 and have one child. Field hockey Gohdes plays in the Australian Hockey League for the Queensland Blades. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League. He played for the Queensland Blades in the first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baljit Singh Boparai
Baljit Singh may refer to: *Sant Baljit Singh, spiritual leader (guru) in the Sant Mat tradition *Dr Zeus (Baljit Singh Padam), Bhangra musician from the UK *Baljit Singh Chadha, businessman from Canada *Baljit Singh (cricketer, born 1977), Danish cricketer *Baljit Singh (cricketer, born 1981) *Baljit Singh (Italian cricketer), Italian cricketer * Baljit Singh Dhillon, field hockey midfielder from India *Baljit Singh (field hockey, born 1986), field hockey defender from Malaysia *Baljit Singh (field hockey, born 1987) Baljit Singh s/o Sarjab Singh ( pa, ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Balajīta sigha; born 15 January 1987) is a field hockey player from Kluang, Johor, Malaysia. Baljit is the 2008 top scorer in the Malaysia Hockey League The Malaysia Hockey ..., field hockey defender from Malaysia * Baljit Singh Saini, field hockey defender and midfielder from India {{hndis, Singh, Baljit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardik Singh
Hardik Singh (born 23 September 1998) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for the Indian national team. International career After becoming the vice-captain of the Indian junior team, he made his senior international debut at the 2018 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and was part of India's squad at the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup and 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup. Personal life Singh's father Varinderpreet Singh Ray, who works as a police officer, played for India, and grandfather Preetam Singh Ray was a hockey coach with the Indian Navy. He regards his paternal uncle and former Indian drag-flicker Jugraj Singh as his mentor. His aunt Rajbir Kaur also played internationally for India while her husband Gurmail Singh participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics where India won the gold medal. References External links Hardik Singhat Hockey India Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men and women hockey in India. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbir Singh Sandhu
Harbir Singh Sandhu (born 27 March 1990) is an Indian field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ... player who plays as a defender. Sandhu was first selected for the national team for the 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy. He was part of India's provisional delegation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games but was denied accreditation after a background check by the United Kingdom Home Office. References 1990 births Living people Field hockey players from Amritsar Indian male field hockey players {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varun Kumar (field Hockey)
Varun Kumar (born 25 July 1995) is an Indian professional field hockey player who plays as a Field hockey#Positions, defender for Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League and the India men's national field hockey team, Indian national team. Career Born in Punjab, India, Punjab, Kumar belongs from Dalhousie, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. Kumar first started to play hockey when he was in school. He represented his home state of Punjab in the Junior National Championships in 2012 and did very well, earning a call-up to the junior national team. Injury soon after the tournament kept Kumar quiet for two years before he did very well in the 2014 Junior National Championships and was recalled into the junior national team. Kumar soon managed to sign with the Punjab Warriors in the Hockey India League. He was retained for the 2015 Hockey India League season, 2014 season. After the season, he was retained for a period of two years for the 2015 and 2016 seasons of the league. Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Knowles (field Hockey)
Mark William Knowles (born 10 March 1984) is the Australian field hockey captain. He has played professional hockey in the Netherlands for HC Rotterdam. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. He has been the captain of the Australia men's national field hockey team the Kookaburras since 2014. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2014 World Cup, the 2005 and 2012 Champions Trophy. Personal Mark Knowles is from Rockhampton, Queensland. He lives in Brisbane with his wife, Kelly (sister of Australian Hockey teammate, Jamie Dwyer) and their two sons. Field hockey Knowles played professional hockey in 2008 and 2011 in the Netherlands for HC Rotterdam. He plays for the Queensland Blades in the Australian Hockey League. In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his team. National team Knowles is the captain of the Australia men's national field hockey team. In 2006, he represented Australia at the Azlan Shah tournament i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Ciriello
Christopher Ciriello (born 1 October 1985) is an Australian field hockey player. He plays for the Victorian Vikings in the Australian Hockey League. He made his senior national team début in January 2008. He earned a gold medal at the 2010 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games, as well as a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal Ciriello is from Endeavour Hills, Victoria. In 2004, he worked part-time at JB HI-FI and was in his first year at the Australian College of Natural Medicine where he was studying remedial therapy. That year, he lost because of his busy personal and sport schedule that included training up to six times a week, with some days having two practices. His father and grandfather were both hockey players before him, and he himself took up hockey at the age of 4. He now lives in Perth with his wife Heidi Ciriello. Field hockey Ciriello had a hockey scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport in 2004. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
