Mandeep Singh latest Indian hockey player to test positive for COVID-19
Other Sports | August 10, 2020 10:25 ISTEarlier, captain Manpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar and Krishan Pathak had also been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Earlier, captain Manpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar and Krishan Pathak had also been diagnosed with COVID-19.
India's last success at the quadrennial sporting extravaganza, though, came 40 years ago in the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where they won the last of their eight gold medals.
The Indian men's hockey team is currently ranked fourth in the world and Sreejesh believes that the side can come back with an Olympic medal if it puts its best foot forward.
On Friday, barring a few, most of the team members returned to their native places after being granted the break.
Applications like Zoom call or Google Meet have now become the 'in-thing' replacing 'team huddles' or 'team meetings'.
Valmiki -- who last played for India in 2016 -- said the experience is good for him as it keeps his mind away from the uncertainty around his sporting career.
In January last year, Balbir Sr was discharged from PGI after spending 108 days in the hospital, where he underwent treatment for bronchial pneumonia.
Indian forward Udita has said that he idolises senior hockey players Rani Rampal and Vandana Katariya and has learned a lot from them.
The course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively.
Indian hockey striker Vandana Katariya has said that she has evolved as a player in the past 13 years, and enjoys mentoring the youngsters coming in the national side.
The 20-year-old had shown a lot of promise when he made his senior India debut in 2018 and was touted as the next big thing in Indian hockey.
Diwan said that he was supposed to fly back to India on April 20, but due to the ongoing situation, his travel dates have been pushed.
Things are gloomy everywhere in the wake of the pandemic but Reid and his boys have managed to keep their motivation level high.
The biggest takeaway from the year was the progression of some junior players into the senior fold under new chief coach Graham Reid, who took charge of the senior men's team in April this year.
The Indian team registered its fourth consecutive win in their Belgium tour as they defeated the hosts 2-1, thanks to goals from Amit Rohidas and Simranjeet Singh.
Harmanpreet Singh yet again scored a brace as Indian men's hockey team thrashed Spain 5-1 for their third consecutive win, here on Sunday.
India will play in a Three-Nations Tournament starting December 3 in Australia, where the team will play against the hosts and New Zealand.
2018 turned out to be a year of 'what-could-have-been' for the eight-time Olympic champions.
Manpreet Singh will lead India's 18-member hockey squad for the FIH World Cup but the experienced Rupinder Pal Singh and SV Sunil missed out.
World No. 5 India goes into the tournament as the highest-ranked Asian nation and tackling Oman should not be a problem for the side at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
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