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Goalie Akash Chikte’s new goal!

Updated On: 29 October, 2026 09:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Ashwin Ferro

Former India hockey goalkeeper Akash Chikte, whose international career was derailed by a doping cloud in 2018, looks to succeed in new chapter as head coach of Indian Armed Forces team that will tour NZ next month

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Akash Chikte (left) during a coaching session at the Army Hockey Node in Jalandhar. Pic/Special Arrangement

Akash Chikte (left) during a coaching session at the Army Hockey Node in Jalandhar. Pic/Special Arrangement

2017
Year in which Akash Chikte was named Sportsman of the Year by SJAM

Life has finally come full circle for former India hockey goalkeeper Akash Chikte, who has bagged his first international hockey assignment since a 2018 doping ban derailed his promising career.

Chikte has been named Head Coach of the Indian Armed Forces team for next month’s New Zealand tour which is part of the 100-year celebration of sporting ties between the two nations.

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