{"id":6404,"date":"2012-05-21T13:37:46","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T13:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6404"},"modified":"2012-05-21T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T13:37:46","slug":"sandeep-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6404","title":{"rendered":"Sandeep Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3345\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sandeep-singh.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sandeep Singh\" width=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sandeep-singh.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sandeep-singh-150x142.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Name of the Sportsperson<\/strong>: Sandeep Singh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discipline<\/strong>: Hockey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Birth<\/strong>: 27-2-1986<\/p>\n<p><strong>State<\/strong>: Haryana<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements and Awards<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<br \/>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He was the highest goal scorer with 16 goals in the recently concluded London Olympic qualifiers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He scored five goals against France in the finals to take India to London Olympics<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He became the captain of the team in January 2009<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At a time he was said to have the best speed in the world in Drag flick (speed 145km\/h)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 India won Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2009 under his captaincy after a gap of 13 years<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He won the Arjuna Award in 2010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile: <br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sandeep Singh is one of the world\u2019s most dangerous drag-flicker at the current moment and is considered as India\u2019s best chance to win a medal in upcoming London Olympics. The India men&#8217;s national field hockey team has qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after a gap of 8 years. <\/p>\n<p>The team had a convincing victory over France in the finals of the Olympic qualifiers by beating France 8-1. Sandeep Singh, was the star of the final against France\u00a0 scoring five goals &#8211; including a hat-trick &#8211; all from penalty corners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3345\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sandeep-singh.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Sandeep Singh\" width=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sandeep-singh.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sandeep-singh-150x142.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Name of the Sportsperson<\/strong>: Sandeep Singh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discipline<\/strong>: Hockey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Birth<\/strong>: 27-2-1986<\/p>\n<p><strong>State<\/strong>: Haryana<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements and Awards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[771],"class_list":["post-6404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey-profiles","tag-sandeep-singh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sandeep Singh - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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