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  Hockey India on Sunday announced the 28-member core probable group for the Senior Men’s National Coaching Camp, scheduled to commence on 21st April and last until 13th May at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru. The camp is important as the Indian Team will look to fine-tune their preparations ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The team returns to camp after playing a five-match Test series in Australia. After this camp, the team will travel to Belgium and London for their next two legs of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24, where they will be up against Argentina, Belgium, Germany and Great Britain. The core group of the National Coaching Camp includes goalkeepers Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera and defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit, and Amir Ali.  The midfielders called up to the camp include Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Raj...

The Indian men's hockey team put up a valiant fight but lost 3-2 to Australia at Perth in its final game on Saturday to finish the five-match Test series winless. Australia, third in the FIH rankings, won all their games convincingly against the fifth-ranked Indian hockey team, who were unable to prevent a whitewash despite scoring the opening goals in the last two matches. Captain Harmanpreet Singh (4') and Boby Singh Dhami (53’) found the back of the net for India on Saturday while Jeremy Hayward (20’), Ky Willott (38’), and Tim Brand (39’) scored the goals for the Kookaburras. India tried to set the tempo in the first quarter by keeping more of the ball possession. The approach paid dividends as they breached the Australian hockey team's defence multiple times and earned consecutive penalty corners. While the first chance went begging, Harmanpreet Singh capitalised on the second and expertly fired a grounded shot with precision to give India the lead. India upped the ant...