Hockey

Alongside Isberg, Scottish Andy Mair has been appointed the umpire's manager while Muthukumar Balakrisnan from Malaysia will don the role of assistant tournament director, announced Hockey India.

Hanif Khan has returned to the national squad as its manager and head coach nearly two and half years after he was sacked from the same role by the national hockey federation.

After a stellar performance against Great Britain in the previous match, India are looking to maintain their consistency in semi-finals against Belgium on Saturday.

Belgium defeated Argentina 2-1 in a keenly-contested fourth and final quarterfinal to set up up a semifinal showdown against hosts India in the ongoing Hockey World League (HWL) Final.

India will face Great Britain in the quarter-finals here on Thursday after the British drew 3-3 with Belgium to top Pool A in the Hockey World League (HWL) Final.

The defeat, India's second, meant they finished bottom of Pool B without a single win; but thanks to tournament's format, the hosts will still progress to the QF to play Pool A toppers.

Gonzalo Peillat scored a brace in the third and 60th minute while Joaquin Menini scored in the 24th minute to hand the visitors a comfortable victory.

Additional prizes of Rs.1 lakh each were announced for Harmanpreet Singh, the highest scorer of the tournament (15 goals), and Vikas Dahiya, the best goalkeeper of the eight-nation meet that concluded on Sunday.

Hawgood was also successful as a player. Representing Australia from 1985 to 1991, he won the World Cup in 1986 and finished with the bronze medal at the 1990 edition.

India registered their second victory in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament here defeating Argentina 3-2 on Wednesday.

India began their campaign in style by thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan 5-1 in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament here on Sunday.

India will start their title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan in the 5th Sultan of Johor Cup junior hockey tournament on Sunday.

In the final game of the tour tomorrow, India will look to continue their attacking strategy and look for early goals to keep pressure on New Zealand.

India won the last two editions of the six-team invitational tournament which also features Australia, Britain, Pakistan, Argentina and hosts Malaysia.

Nikkin's pass to Uthappa helped the Karnataka player to put the ball into the nets brilliantly as India led 1-0.

However, striker Akashdeep Singh remained the biggest earner among the Indians taking home a whopping $84,000, bought by UP.