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Hindustan Times: Hockey World League Finals: India stun Britain to enter semis By B Shrikant India continued their roller-coaster ride in the Hero Hockey World League Final. After a poor start and superb performance against ...

New Indian Express: Gent-lemen’s Guide to Redefining Hockey RAIPUR:As India’s training session gathered pace on Tuesday, Roelant Oltmans preferred to oversee it while another Dutch, Roger Van Gent, the newly appointed strategic coach of the ...

Indian Express: Birender Lakra shines outside spotlight Birender Lakra’s, 25, has had a meteoric rise as India’s most reliable fixture in the defence in the last 18 months. By Mihir Vasavda Very recently, Birendra Lakra ...

The Hindu: Paid to play rink hockey By NandaKumar Marar Rink Hockey League looks inward and focus is on encouraging local talent, in contrast to sporting leagues elsewhere in which foreign faces and crowd-pullers from ...

Times of India: It’s time for us to win a medal in a major tournament: Oltmans RAIPUR: India’s chief coach Roelant Oltmans is a “proud” man after his side stunned Great Britain 2-1 to enter ...

New Indian Express: Hockey 5s May Be Included in Olympics RAIPUR: If the president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), Leandro Negre, has his way, there could be two versions of the sport in future ...

Times of India: HWL Final: Great Britain tops pool, to meet hosts India in quarters RAIPUR: India will face Great Britain in the quarterfinals here on Thursday after the British drew 3-3 with Belgium to ...

Indian Express:Jalebi fails to hit sweet spot Directionless dribbling inside D costing India at the Hockey World League Finals, feels new strategic coach Roger van Gent. Roger van Gent has been in India for three ...

Times of India: HWL Final: Oltmans defends misfiring strikers ahead of quarters RAIPUR: India’s forwardline might be facing a lot of flak for its poor show in the ongoing Hockey World League (HWL) Final here, ...

The Hindu: Australia bounces back to hammer Canada Hurting from the huge defeat to bitter rival Great Britain, Australia went all out against a hapless Canada to register a 6-0 victory in its last Pool ...