Australian hockey captain Aran Zalewski has revealed that playing India away from home in an important Olympic year will help his side prepare and improve with Australia on a great run of form. They've bounced back from two defeats with two wins over Great Britain in the FIH Hockey Pro League.

Keeping an eye on the 2018 Hockey World Cup, the Odisha state government has decided to double Kalinga Stadium sitting capacity by two times, a state government official announced. Apart from that, the second hockey turf inside the stadium premises will also be completed by July this year.

The journey towards the Hockey World League (HWL) Finals and the Hockey World Cup 2018 is well and truly underway with London hosting ten of the world's best international sides. Five entries for the next year's Grand Finale at Odisha are on offer at the HWL semi-finals beginning tomorrow.

Hockey India, today, named the Indian team to take part in the 3 Nations Invitational Tournament in Dusseldorf, beginning on June 1 followed by the Men’s Hockey World League Semi Final London starting June 15. The 18-member team will play two matches each against hosts Germany and Belgium.

After gaining confidence from a scintillating 5-0 whitewash in the Series against Belarus earlier this month, the Indian Senior Women's team led by striker Rani departed for West Vancouver in the early hours of Thursday morning to take part in the World League Round 2 starting on 1 April 2017.