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Indian Women's Hockey Team Leaves For Asian Games

The Indian women's hockey team is well prepared and will look to seal an Olympic berth with a good show at the Asian Games, said skipper Savita ahead of the side's departure for Hangzhou, China. The Indian women's hockey team, which is placed in Pool A along with Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong China and Singapore, left for China on Tuesday night. The quadrennial event gets underway in Hangzhou on September 23. India will open their campaign at the prestigious event against Singapore on September 27.

Antim Panghal Shocks Reigning World Champion Olivia Parrish, Reaches Semifinal

Antim Panghal shocked reigning champion Olivia Dominique Parrish en route to the World Championship semifinals, raising hopes of locking a quota for the Paris Olympics even as other Indian contenders bit the dust in their respective categories in Belgrade Wednesday. The two-time U20 champion Panghal slipped to a 0-2 deficit at the start of the bout against the American but edged her rival 3-2 in the women's 53kg opening round. She later outplayed Poland's Roksana Marta Zasina by technical superiority and followed that up with a 9-6 win over Russian Natalia Malysheva, who is competing as a neutral athlete.

Indian Women's Hockey Team Leaves For Asian Games

The Indian women's hockey team is well prepared and will look to seal an Olympic berth with a good show at the Asian Games, said skipper Savita ahead of the side's departure for Hangzhou, China. The Indian women's hockey team, which is placed in Pool A along with Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong China and Singapore, left for China on Tuesday night. The quadrennial event gets underway in Hangzhou on September 23. India will open their campaign at the prestigious event against Singapore on September 27.

Wrestling body explains why it let Russian champions compete at worlds despite pro-war rally

Three Olympic champions from Russia were cleared to compete at the wrestling world championships this week because they were judged to have been pressured to appear at a pro-war rally in Moscow last year.

'Handling Pressure Will Be Key In Asian Games': Indian Women's Hockey Coach Janneke Schopman

Indian women's hockey coach Janneke Schopman believes handling pressure will be crucial for her team as it will enter the upcoming Asian Games as one of the "favourites". "I believe the mindset the players have as individuals and as a team will make the difference. Can we perform under pressure and deal with the circumstances handed over to us? "We have talked about this over the past couple of months and what it means to not be the underdogs like we were in Tokyo but being the favourites," Schopman said on the latest episode of Hockey Te Charcha, a podcast series launched by Hockey India.

Atanu Das In Focus As Recurve Archers Hope To Shake Off Asian Games 'Jinx'

He may no longer be the India No. 1 recurve archer, but the seasoned Atanu Das is fully aware of the responsibility of not only bringing out the best in him but also the team as they look to overcome the Asian Games 'jinx'. Recurve archery, an Olympic discipline, has been on a downward spiral and its slide has ironically coincided with the rise in the compound section, where India now boast of two recently-crowned world champions in Ojas Deotale and Aditi Swami.

Victor Wembanyama reaffirms Olympic commitment for France - ESPN

PARIS — Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal with France at the Paris Olympics.

'Handling Pressure Will Be Key In Asian Games': Indian Women's Hockey Coach Janneke Schopman

Indian women's hockey coach Janneke Schopman believes handling pressure will be crucial for her team as it will enter the upcoming Asian Games as one of the "favourites". "I believe the mindset the players have as individuals and as a team will make the difference. Can we perform under pressure and deal with the circumstances handed over to us? "We have talked about this over the past couple of months and what it means to not be the underdogs like we were in Tokyo but being the favourites," Schopman said on the latest episode of Hockey Te Charcha, a podcast series launched by Hockey India.

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Indian Women's Hockey Team Leaves For Asian Games

Antim Panghal Shocks Reigning World Champion Olivia Parrish, Reaches Semifinal

Indian Women's Hockey Team Leaves For Asian Games

Wrestling body explains why it let Russian champions compete at worlds despite pro-war rally

'Handling Pressure Will Be Key In Asian Games': Indian Women's Hockey Coach Janneke Schopman

Atanu Das In Focus As Recurve Archers Hope To Shake Off Asian Games 'Jinx'

Victor Wembanyama reaffirms Olympic commitment for France - ESPN

'Handling Pressure Will Be Key In Asian Games': Indian Women's Hockey Coach Janneke Schopman