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Shivendra Singh gets a three-match ban Sports Reporter NEW DELHI: India striker Shivendra Singh has been handed a three-match suspension for “deliberately raising the stick” and causing “physical assault without serious injury” to Pakistan player ...

Champion Germany rallies to hold Korea S. Thyagarajan DELIGHTED: Germany’s Florian Fuchs and Christoph Menke celebrate the former’s strike against Korea in a Pool A match on Monday. New Delhi: Battling a two-goal deficit at ...

German coach pats team Y.B. Sarangi NEW DELHI: German coach Markus Weise was relieved that his young team was mature enough to make a difficult comeback and hold a tough side like Korea. Weise lauded ...

Loyola claims title Sports Reporter Chennai: Loyola claimed the Reverend Father Francis memorial hockey title after prevailing 2-1 over St. Joseph’s (Bangalore) in the final here on Monday. The patchy grass covering resulted in the ...

Rave reviews for referral system NEW DELHI: The video referral system introduced for the first time in the World Cup hockey tournament got rid of one of its criticisms when it started showing the replays ...

Black marketeers cash in on craze for hockey NEW DELHI: The stifling security arrangements for the Hockey World Cup may have allayed fears but keeping black marketeers at bay, it seems, is a different proposition ...

Disorder continues to dog Hockey World Cup The chaos and the confusion continues. If one thought things would improve once the event started, he was grossly mistaken. If it was bad outside, it was worse ...

We played calmly, says Indian coach Brasa NEW DELHI: After the big win over Pakistan in their tournament opener, coach Jose Brasa had an advice for his players — don’t get carried away. Brasa was ...

Brit grit stuns mighty Aussies in Hockey World Cup NEW DELHI: After 14 penalty corners and innumerable video referrals, favourites Australia lay beaten by a determined England 3-2 in a major upset in the second ...

Kalmadi announces Rs 1 lakh each for players, support staff NEW DELHI: The Indian players and the support staff would be rewarded with Rs one lakh each for the superb 4-1 win over Pakistan in ...