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Despite losses, Brasa wins hearts Uthra G Chaturvedi Right after India drew 3-3 against South Africa in their last league game, displeasure was written all over coach Jose Brasa’s face. He was seen animatedly shouting ...

Goal rush: 160 and counting Uthra G Chaturvedi A lot has changed in hockey since 1971 when the first World Cup was played. For starters the goal tally has seen a dramatic up swing. From ...

Total hockey at its best M.S. Unnikrishnan Tribune News Service A kaleidoscope of moves, methods, modes, goals, systems, speed, one-touch hockey, quick interchange of positions and much more provided an enchanting spectacle in the 10-day ...

Semis battle gets underway Prabhjot Singh Tribune News Service When top four teams of the world are scheduled to play each other in a country whose national sport had been hockey, one would have expected ...

Big boys play tonight in the hockey World Cup New Delhi: Four consecutive wins on the trot, 23 goals in the preliminary league, a record margin (12-0) of victory against South Africa. The signs are ...

India have to learn the art of winning NEW DELHI: The group stage is over, India are in line to finish seventh and there is little excitement about that. Hockey has come home after years ...

Turf trauma queers World Cup pitch NEW DELHI: A senior Sports Authority of India (SAI) official, in his post on a social networking site recently, had criticised the Indian hockey team’s below-par showing in the ...

Asia falls flat at World Cup NEW DELHI: Former Olympians and coaches on Wednesday lamented the poor showing by Asian teams at the hockey World Cup, saying Europe and Australia were now the masters of ...

India top revenue contributor, World Cup hugely successful: FIH NEW DELHI: India contributed a major chunk of revenue earned by the International Hockey Federation and the ongoing World Cup is commercially a huge success, the ...

Man to man marking against India, says Argentine coach Argentina coach Pablo Lombi has some special plans for hosts India when the two teams face each other in a play-off for the seventh-eight positions at ...