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Indian Express: On medal path, India face Belgium’s golden generation By Mihir Vasavda India will play its biggest match in nearly two decades, when Roelant Oltmans’ side will meet Belgium in the quarterfinals of the ...

Indian Express: Error-prone India eye Olympic semifinal berth after 36 years By PTI India won against Ireland and Argentina but lost two close encounters against reigning Olympic champions Germany (1-2) and Netherlands (1-2). A win ...

New Indian Express: Dutch women ready for quarters challenge after beating Germany RIO DE JANEIRO: Olympic women’s titleholder the Netherlands defeated Germany 2-0 on Saturday to reach the field hockey quarterfinals unbeaten and with a ...

Times of India: Rio Olympics: India lose 0-5 to Argentina, campaign over in women’s hockey RIO DE JANEIRO: The Indian women’s hockey team suffered a humiliating 0-5 loss against higher-ranked Argentina in their final Pool ...

Indian Express: Doubts over SV Sunil’s participation in hockey quarters SV Sunil was stretchered off the pitch after he suffered an injury by crashing against the sign boards during the match against Canada. Uncertainty hovered ...

Indian Express: I am not pleased with team’s performance against Canada, says Roelant Oltmans Canada rallied twice to earn a draw as Roelant Oltmans’ team finished the group phase with seven points from five matches. ...

The Hindu: Igniting hockey spirit By T. Saravanan Untiringly producing national and state-level players for over four decades, Reserve Line Sports Club has become a good breeding ground for aspiring hockey players. Three years from ...

The Tribune: Indian women outplayed by USA The Indian women’s hockey team yet again produced a lacklustre performance as it was outplayed by United States of America 0-3 to slump to its third successive loss ...

Indian Express: Getting two yellow cards was a gamechanger, says coach Roelant Oltmans Manpreet Singh who was the captain, insisted that the team would have to work on its penalty corner conversion. India chief coach ...

Indian Express: PR Sreejesh rues India failing to convert penalty corners Raghunath and Rupinder Pal Singh failed to convert five back to back penalty corners in the end as India suffered second loss. India’s men’s ...