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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] |
Sirsa District
Sirsa district is the largest district of Haryana state. Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located on National Highway 9 and from the capital Delhi. Etymology The district is named after its headquarters, Sirsa. The name, Sirsa is derived from its ancient Sanskrit name ''Sairishaka'', which is mentioned in the Mahabharata, the Ashtadhyayi and the Divyavadana. In ''Mahabharata'', Sairishaka is described as being taken by Nakula in his conquest of the western quarter. It must have been a flourishing city in the 5th century B.C. as it has been mentioned by Panini. There are a number of legends about the origin of the name of the town. Its ancient name was Sairishaka and from that it seems to have been corrupted to Sirsa. According to local tradition, an unknown king named Saras founded the town in the 7th century A.D. and built a fort. The material remains of an ancient fort can still be seen in the south-east of the present town. It is about 5 km in circumference. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey At The 2018 Asian Games – Men's Tournament
The men's field hockey tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Field, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 20 August to 1 September 2018. Competition schedule Qualification Squads Pools composition Teams were seeded following the serpentine system according to their FIH World Ranking as of July 2018. Preliminary round ''All times are local Indonesia Western Standard Time (UTC+7).'' Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- Final round Classification round Eleventh place game Ninth place game Seventh place game Fifth place game Medal round Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match Statistics Final standings Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as hosts Goalscorers See also *Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament References External links Men Asian Games 2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). It took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014. Glasgow was selected as the host city on 9 November 2007 during CGF General Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, defeating Abuja, Nigeria. It was the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with around 4,950 athletes from 71 different nations and territories competing in 18 different sports, outranking the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. Over the last 10 years, however, Glasgow and Scotland had staged World, Commonwealth, European, or British events in all sports proposed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including the World Badminton Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey At The 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's Tournament
The Men's field hockey event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium from 4–14 October 2010. The Gold medal was won by Australia, who won their fourth consecutive Commonwealth title, Beating India 8–0 in the final. New Zealand beat England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ... 5–3 on penalty strokes to snatch bronze. Umpires Twelve umpires for the men's event were appointed by the International Hockey Federation. *Richmond Attipoe (GHA) *Will Drury (WAL) *Gareth Greenfield (NZL) *John Hrytsak (CAN) *Andrew Kennedy (ENG) *Satinder Kumar (IND) *Martin Madden (SCO) *Albert Marcano (TRI) *Tim Pullman (AUS) *Haider Rasool (PAK) *Nathan Stagno (GIB) *Peter Wright (RSA) Results Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 4352 athletes from 71 The Commonwealth, Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It was also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 Asian Games, 1951 and 1982 Asian Games, 1982. The 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, opening and 2010 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India and the second time they were held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey At The Commonwealth Games ...
Hockey (known as field hockey in Canada) is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1998. Hockey is a core sport and must be included in the sporting program of each edition of the Games. Men's tournament Results Summary :* = ''host nation'' Team appearances Women's tournament Results Summary :* = ''host nation'' Team appearances Medal table Total Men Women References {{Commonwealth Games women's field hockey tournament winners Sports at the Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2016 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the fourth edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia from 20 to 30 October 2016. India defeated the defending champions Pakistan 3–2 in the final to win the trophy for the second time. Teams Umpires Eight umpires were selected to officiate at the tournament: ;Neutral Umpires *Murray Grime (AUS) *Peter Wright (RSA) ;National Umpires *Rawi Anbananthan (MAS) *Ilanggo Kanabathu (MAS) *Raghu Prasad (IND) *Haider Rasool (PAK) *Shin Dong-yoon (KOR) *You Suolong (CHN) Results ''All times are Malaysia Standard Time Malaysian Standard Time (MST; ms, Waktu Piawai Malaysia, WPM) or Malaysian Time (MYT) is the standard time used in Malaysia. It is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The local mean time in Kuala Lumpur was originally GMT+06:46: ... ( UTC+08:00)'' Round robin ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Fifth to sixth place classification First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2012 Men's Asian Champions Trophy was the second edition of the Men's Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament was held from 20 to 27 December 2012 in Doha, Qatar. The top six Asian teams (India, Oman, Pakistan, China, Malaysia and Japan) participated in the tournament, which involved round-robin league among all teams followed by play-offs for final positions. India entered the tournament as the defending champion, but lost to Pakistan in the final by a score of 5-4. Teams Fixtures ''All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3 UTC+03:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +03:00. In areas using this time offset, the time is three hours later than the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be wri ...)'' Round robin ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Fifth place game Third place game Final Statistics Final standings # # # # # # Goalscorers References External links2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Hockey Champions Trophy
The Men's Asian Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011). It features Asia's top six field hockey teams during that hockey season competing in a round robin format. India and Pakistan are the joint most successful teams in this tournament's history. India and Pakistan are the joint defending champions of the Men's Trophy as they were declared joint winners of 2018 Men's Asian Champions Trophy. Results Summary :* = ''host nation'' :^ = ''title shared'' Team appearances See also *Men's Hockey Asia Cup *Women's Asian Champions Trophy The Women's Asian Champions Trophy is a biennial women's international field hockey competition contested by the best five women's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Hockey Federation. The tournament has been won by three diffe ... References External linksAsian Hockey Federation {{International field hockey Champions Trophy Asian Champions Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 37th and the last edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for men. It was held from 23 June to 1 July 2018 in Breda, Netherlands. The tournament will be replaced by the Hockey Pro League (HPL) in 2019. Australia won their 15th title by defeating India in the final after penalties. Qualification Alongside the host nation, the defending champions, the last Olympic, World Cup and World League champions qualified automatically. The remaining spots were nominated by the FIH Executive Board, making a total of 6 competing teams. If teams qualified under more than one criterion, the additional teams were invited by the FIH Executive Board as well. * (Host nation) * ( Defending champions and champions of the 2014 World Cup and 2016–17 World League) * (Champions of 2016 Summer Olympics) * (Invited by the FIH Executive Board) * (Invited by the FIH Executive Board) * (Invited by the FIH Executive Board) Squads Head coach: Germán Orozco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Champions Trophy
The Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) was an international field hockey tournament held by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). History Founded in 1978 by Pakistan's Air Marshal Nur Khan and the Pakistan Hockey Federation, it featured the world's top-ranked field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. A biennial women's tournament was added in 1987. The Champions Trophy was changed from an annual to a biennial event from 2014 onwards, due to the introduction of the Hockey World League (HWL). The 2018 edition was the last edition of the Champions Trophy and the tournament was replaced by the Men's FIH Pro League and the Women's FIH Pro League in 2019. In the men's tournament, Australia won the tournament fifteen times, Germany ten and the Netherlands eight times. Pakistan is the only Asian champion, with three titles to its name including the first two in 1978 and 1980. In the women's tournament, Argentina and the Netherlands won the trophy seven times. Australia have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup
The 2017 Men's Hockey Asia Cup, also known as the Hero Men's Asia Cup 2017 due to sponsorship reasons, was the tenth edition of the Men's Hockey Asia Cup. It was held from 11 to 22 October 2017 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The winner of this tournament qualified for the 2018 World Cup in India. India won their third title after defeating Malaysia 2–1 in the final, while Pakistan captured the bronze medal, beating South Korea 6–3. Qualified teams Sri Lanka withdrew and were replaced by China. Results ''All times are local (UTC+6).'' Preliminary round Pool A ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- Fifth to eighth place classification 5–8th place semi-finals ---- Seventh place game Fifth place game First to fourth place classification Super 4s ---- ---- Third place game Final Statistics Final standings Qualified for the 2018 World Cup as hosts Goalscorers See also * 2017 Women's Hockey Asia Cup References {{Men's Hockey Asia Cup Hockey Asia C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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