"Experienced player Navjot Kaur had tested positive for Covid 19, however is showed no symptoms," read a Hockey India statement on the 27-year-old who had been in isolation for the past two days.
Just like their male counterparts, the Indian women returned empty-handed from the last edition of the Games in Gold Coast, finishing fourth after being routed 0-6 by England in the bronze medal play-off match.
On Saturday, the denotified President of the PHF, Brig (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar announced the appointment of former international, Saeed Khan as the new secretary-general in place of Asif Bajwa.
FIH chief executive says Court-appointed CoA has ignored them, says meeting with govt and Indian officials in August could determine the fate of World Cup.
Ahmed played for Egypt's national team in 1968 and has a long association with the sport as an umpire and technical official.
In three separate letters, Batra officially tendered his resignations from the IOA, IOC and FIH respectively.
Guided by a Hindi teacher who became a hockey coach, Abhishek overcame a life-threatening injury to become one of the young stars of Indian hockey
The High Court held that HI's appointment of Batra as its life member and Elena Norman as CEO were illegal, and thus the administrative setup of the national federation was erroneous or illegal.
The 26-year old exuded confidence that the Indian team will be able to buck the trend in the Birmingham CWG starting later this month.
Despite winning dozens of penalty corners during the World Cup, India were undone by their inability to convert the chances.
The Indian women's hockey team crashed out of the FIH World Cup title race after losing 0-1 to co-hosts Spain in a hard-fought crossover match
Francisca Tala, who scored the solitary goal against the defending champions proposed to her boyfriend after the match.
Vandana Katariya gave India the equaliser with 34 seconds left in the third quarter after China had taken the lead in the 25th minute.
India open World Cup campaign with 1-1 draw with Olympic nemesis, but need to improve quickly for a worthwhile challenge against China.
Ahead of the FIH women's World Cup, the Janneke Schopman-coached team imported football training technology to help women hockey players scan the field in a blink of an eyelid, make fewer touches on the ball and craft a good pass in a split second
The Indian women's hockey team would be eager to settle scores against a side which shattered their bronze medal hopes in last year's Tokyo Olympics.
The Indian men's team is currently in Bengaluru preparing for next month's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Singh, 75, was a gold medallist at the 1975 Kuala Lumpur Hockey World Cup and won bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Lakra's friend was found dead inside his flat in Bhubaneswar in February this year
Varinder Singh was part of the gold-medal winning Indian team at the 1975 men's Hockey World Cup
The International Hockey Federation (IHF) will review their policy on the involvement of transgender athletes in women's sport.
Besides Rani's exclusion, there are no further surprises as India went or a tried and tested squad, which has been playing together for a long time.
The Indians were under immense pressure from the very onset as the Netherlands earned back-to-back penalty corners in the opening five minutes.
Hockey India (HI) had initially decided to send a second-string team to the CWG due to the short turnaround time between the Birmingham event and the Hangzhou Asian Games, which is a qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Gurjit's (37th, 61st minutes) two penalty corner conversions and Lalremsiami's (4th) field strike cancelled out Agustina Gorzelany's (22, 37th, 45th) hat-trick to take the match into the shoot-out.