Indian hockey team

Deepika’s rise from a small town in Haryana to leading India’s triumph at the 2024 Women’s Asian Champions Trophy tells a story of determination.

The native village of Team India captain Manpreet Singh and his teammates Mandeep Singh and Varun Kumar, Punjab’s Mithapur is on cloud nine after Indian men's hockey team won a historic bronze at the Tokyo Olympics


"All played brilliant hockey, but as always some were superb: Prithipal Singh, who scored 11 of India's 22 goals in the tournament will be remembered particularly for he was like the Rock of Gibraltar," said legendary radio commentator Melville De Mellow, when describing the Indian team's performance in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

She was only 14 when she made her debut to the senior Indian Women’s hockey team as the youngest player.

The viral video showed the old lady crying after losing almost everything in the Kerala floods.

The role of Tapan Das, played by Akshay Kumar is inspired by Kishan Lal, the former captain of the Indian hockey, a fiery right winger on the field and a true sportsman.

Sandeep Singh--the ex-captain of Indian national hockey team who survived a near-fatal gunshot and went on to win the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup for India just three years later.