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Is this the End of the ‘Playing’ Road for Indian Forward Akashdeep Singh?

Getting ‘picked’ and ‘dropped’ from the national team is part and parcel of any player’s journey. It’s never a ‘pleasant

The dust has more or less settled on the Indian men’s hockey team’s Olympics bronze medal-winning celebrations and it’s time

Player Country Goals Tournament Timeline Venue Harmanpreet Singh India 9 2023 Asian Champions Trophy Chennai Jang Jong-Hyun South Korea 10

Player Goals Opponent Tournament Venue Roop Singh 10 USA 1932 Olympics Los Angeles Dhyan Chand 8 USA 1932 Olympics Los

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Indian hockey endured a ‘never-before-seen low’ when they failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 80

India first played Ireland at the 2013 Hockey World League Round 2 at New Delhi, where they won 3-2. Matches

Player Goals Harmanpreet Singh 10 Amit Singh 5 Amit Rohidas 3 Akashdeep Singh 2 Lalit Upadhay 2 Jugraj Singh (Junior)

India first played South Korea at the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games, where they won 2-1. Matches Played 60 India Won

India first played Japan at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics where they won 11-1 riding on three hat-tricks by Dhyan