Deep Grace Ekka

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'Realistic' Sjoerd Marijne wants India women’s hockey team to play to potential, targets QF berth

The Dutch coach said if they fail to reach the quarter-finals, it would be a big disappointment for the players, who have made a lot of sacrifices to realise their dreams in these difficult times.

Sharmila Devi, Deep Grace Ekka score in Indian women's hockey team's 2-2 draw with Argentina junior women

In a well-contested match, goals from young Indian striker Sharmila (22nd) and the experienced Ekka (31st) were cancelled out by strikes from Argentina's Paula Santamarina (28th) and Brisa Bruggesser (48th).

Indian women's hockey team's Salima Tete says she's determined to be a consistent performer

Speaking about the Olympic preparations, the 18-year-old said that the Indian players are on the right track.

Mix of youth and experience will help team's chances at Olympics, says defender Deep Grace Ekka

"It's great to have a great balance of youth and experienced players in our defence line. We are guiding the youngsters to get even better at their game and I am sure after a few months we will get even better as a defence unit," Ekka said.

Indian women's hockey team coach Sjoerd Marijne says smaller group of 25 probables in national camp will raise quality of training

Last year, the Indian women's team produced some outstanding performances as they won the FIH Women's Series Finals Hiroshima, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Test Event in Japan, and the Olympic qualifiers

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Hockey India name 22 players for senior women's national camp ahead of qualifiers against USA

India women's team chief coach Sjoerd Marijne said that the team is feeling upbeat after a good tour of Great Britain and will look to get used to the pitch at Bhubaneswar

Hockey India picks 18-member women's team for Tokyo Olympics test event; to compete against Australia, China and Japan

India, currently no. 10 in the FIH Rankings, will face tough challenges in world no. 2 Australia, China (11th) and hosts Japan (14th) at the Tokyo Olympics test event to be held from 17-21 August

Hockey India name 33 probables for women's national coaching camp in Bengaluru, team to train under chief coach Sjoerd Marijne for four weeks

India women's team will be taking part in a camp at SAI Bengaluru for next month's FIH test event in Japan, with Australia and China also participating

Hockey India names 33-player squad for Women's national camp aimed at working on fitness, ball-handling speed and strength

The India team led by striker Rani Rampal did well in its recent tour of Spain where it enjoyed one win (5-2), suffered one loss (2-3) and drew twice (1-1 and 2-2) against the home team,

Top India stars to turn up at Senior Women's Hockey National Championship in Hisar

Top India stars will turn up for their respective state units and employers when the 9th Senior Women's Hockey National Championship begins on Friday.