Hockey: Hockey India on Sunday (November 7) announced a historic decision to award cash incentives for players from both men's and women's team after winning a match
Hockey: India edged out Australia in the penalty shootout by 5-4 to clinch their third Sultan of Johor Cup title on Saturday
Harmanpreet's total points tally stood at 29.4 points and he became just the fourth player in the world to win the title for 2nd successive time.
Earlier on Friday, Uttar Pradesh Hockey chief Rakesh Katyal and Hockey Jharkhand's Bhola Nath Singh, withdrew their nominations.
The teams issued a joint statement, stating that the former India coach levelled the allegation against Manpreet for the publicity of his book.
In the previous World Cup which was held in 2018, Team India failed to cross the quarterfinal hurdles
Earlier in the day, PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sharath Kamal won gold medals for India.
Earlier, the men's hockey team of India advanced to the final after defeating South Africa.
Ghana's hunt for their first goal went in vain as India completely dominated the one-sided match.
The multi-sport extravaganza is scheduled from 28th July to 8th August.
The camp is set to conclude on July 23 ahead of the team's departure for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Varinder was also part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 1972 Munich Olympics and the silver medal at 1973 World Cup in Amsterdam.
In the upcoming event, India are placed in Pool B. The other teams are England, China, and New Zealand.
India and USA are once again set to lock horns in the second match of the tie on Wednesday.
India's men's & women's hockey teams have flown out to Belgium to compete in the FIH Pro Hockey league which will give them enough game time ahead of the mega event.
The Indian women's team is comfortably placed at the third spot in the FIH Pro League table with 22 points in eight games. As of now, they are just behind table toppers Argentina (38 points) and the Netherlands in second place (26 points).
India, who had topped the five-team league standings with three wins and one draw en route final, ended their campaign with an unbeaten record.
Korea will now take on Malaysia in the final on Wednesday, while India will play Japan in the third-fourth place classification match
Just a day after Malaysia's Razie Rahim scored a hat-trick in a thrilling contest that ended in a draw, defending champions India would look for a win against South Korea to proceed into the finals of the Asia Cup men's hockey tournament.
In the Super 4s, India, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia will play each other once with the top two teams progressing to the final.
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