Author: stick2hockey
Belgium, by lifting the World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, suggested that winds of change have begun to sweep world hockey’s top podium. Coming after Argentina’s triumph at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Belgium’s success has ...
There’s an Oceania touch to the Red Lions, the dramatic World Cup winners in Bhubaneswar. And it goes way back, before Shane McLeod, the Kiwi coach whose tutelage has seen Belgium rise up the rankings, ...
Belgian sport burst into euphoria after their hockey team lifted the Odisha World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Sunday after a heart-stopping shootout against three-time champions the Netherlands. Winning the country’s first ever team sport world ...
Neighbours last clashed for top honours in the World Cup 43 years ago. In an epic battle, India beat Pakistan 2-1 to win their first – and only – World Cup title in Kuala Lumpur, ...
It’s all too familiar for England. This is their third semifinal defeat in the World Cup and after two fourth-place finishes at New Delhi 2010 and The Hague 2014, the team has to pick itself ...
Just one goal separated India from the Netherlands in the rousing World Cup quarterfinal clash at the Kalinga stadium.But, in hindsight, there was a plethora or reasons that made for a Dutch 2-1 victory over ...
India coach Harendra Singh calls the 15,000 full-throated support for his team his 12th player. In that case it will be 12 vs 12 when his team faces three-time champions Netherlands in the World Cup ...
He brings with him the know-how of marketing a billion-dollar sport like football. Thierry Weil, former marketing director of Fifa, however, exudes a passion for hockey even while learning the sport he had little knowledge ...
Hockey, a celebrated family sport, can produce some poignant moments. One such occurred on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar after England beat Ireland 4-2 to make the cross-overs of the World Cup at the expense ...
Australia narrowly missed equaling one record but set another. Playing China, the defending champions and World No.1 team, pumped in eleven goals without reply in a World Cup pool B match at the Kalinga Stadium ...
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