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Hindustan Times: Colleges nurture sporting talent on campus By Musab Qazi MUMBAI: When the Indian hockey team bowed out of the Olympics last Sunday, Mohammad Ali Farooqi, the principal of Rizvi College in Bandra, was ...

Hindustan Times: Academy where Sakshi trained, hockey school shut since July 2015 By Saurabh Duggal India’s Rio bronze medal winner Sakshi Malik, along with 17 other national and international wrestlers, were trainees of the wrestling ...

Times of India: Britain dethrone the Netherlands to take gold in women’s hockey RIO DE JANEIRO: Britain beat defending champions the Netherlands on Friday to take home their first women’s Olympic gold medal, winning 2-0 ...

Hindustan Times: Married teammates eye women’s hockey gold RIO DE JANEIRO: Married couple Kate and Helen Richardson Walsh aim to cap their personal journey with sporting glory at the Olympics by helping Britain to a ...

Times of India: Jude Menezes: The Indian link in NZ hockey’s medal quest By Alok Sinha RIO DE JANEIRO: Waiting for Narsingh Yadav inside the Games Village on Tuesday afternoon, one came across a section ...

Indian Express: Argentina hold off Belgium to take men’s hockey gold Both Argentina and Belgium had beaten the odds in Rio to make their first Olympic final. Argentina beat Belgium 4-2 to claim the Olympic ...

The Hindu: Argentina to fight it out with Belgium Argentina and Belgium reached the Olympic Games hockey final for the first time on Tuesday as defending champion Germany and fellow favourite the Netherlands came up ...

Indian Express: Great Britain’s women beat New Zealand to secure final place Great Britain beat New Zealand 3-0 in women’s hockey, with two late penalty goals securing a place in the final against mighty Netherlands. ...

Indian Express: Dutch women reach hockey final after shootout The shootout ended 4-3 after normal time of the tight contest finished at 1-1. The Netherlands came out top in a sudden death shootout against Germany ...

Hindustan Times: MP: Tribal girl defies odds, eyes India hockey jersey By Rohit Soni The story of Saghu Davar can be that of a typical teenage tribal girl in a Madhya Pradesh town. She lives ...