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Indian women’s hockey coach Neil Hawgood has always been straightforward in assessing his wards. “Pathetic“, “just not there“, “learning, but lacking in mental strength…“ are some of the terms he had used to describe their ...

CHENNAI: Championship leader, Azlan Shah Kamaruzaman of Malaysia, astride a Honda, clinched the vital pole position clocking a lap record of one minute, 42.909 seconds in the SuperSport 600cc class in the third round of ...

Indian junior women’s hockey team rewarded The Indian junior women’s hockey team was felicitated by Hockey India here on Wednesday for its third-place finish at the FIH junior World Cup in Monchengladbach, Germany. All players ...

Shootout strategy had been worked out before Cup began: Neil Hawgood Rohan Puri, TNN NEW DELHI: “Our decision to play goalkeeper Bigan Soy in the penalty shootout was decided three weeks back. She was the ...

Sports ministry announces cash award for junior women hockey team PTI NEW DELHI: The sports minister Jitendra Singh announced a cash prize of Rs 50,000 to each member of the junior women’s hockey team, who ...

Junior women team’s bronze-medal feat inspiring: Oltmans PTI NEW DELHI: The women team’s bronze-medal winning effort in the Junior World Cup couldn’t have come at a better time for Indian hockey as the feat has ...

Hawgood hopes junior women WC feat will inspire senior men’s team NEW DELHI: “Inspiration comes from different places and different persons”, according to Indian women hockey’s chief coach Neil Hawgood who hoped that the junior ...

Junior hockey World Cup bronze may mean nothing for girls Biswajyoti Brahma NEW DELHI: Winning the historic bronze medal in the junior hockey World Cup might have brought the Indian girls in the limelight, but ...

‘Cameo girl’ eyes the senior ranks Principal Correspondent Bigan Soy is still in a state of disbelief. Her 15 minutes under the bar during penalties in India’s bronze medal match against England in the women’s ...

‘We kept getting better and better’ Y. B. Sarangi The smile on captain Sushila Chanu’s face reflected the unexpected and unprecedented success the women’s hockey team had achieved by bagging the bronze medal in the ...