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The Indian Express: Former Pakistan hockey coach critises India’s apology demand Shahnaz Sheikh was the coach of the Pakistan hockey team when the unsavoury incident happened in Bhubaneshwar. Reacting strongly to Hockey India president Narinder ...

Times of India: Batra’s demand is excuse to bar players from HIL: Former Pak coach KARACHI: Reacting strongly to Hockey India president Narinder Batra’s demand for an unconditional apology from Pakistan players for their boorish ...

Times of India: Top hockey teams for Bengaluru Cup announced BENGALURU: Hockey Karnataka’s second Bengaluru Cup All-India tournament will be held from October 10 to 19, it was announced here on Monday with former India ...

The Hindu: Indian hockey team to tour New Zealand in October The Indian hockey team will tour New Zealand to play a bilateral Test series from October 2 to 11. They will play two practice ...

The Tribune: ‘Would love to have Pak players, but not with bad behaviour’ Still awaiting an apology from Pakistan over its players’ behaviour in last year’s Champions League hockey tournament, Hockey India president Narendra Batra ...

Times of India: At school I realised I wasn’t fit for hockey: Dravid BENGALURU: Before taking up cricket, the game that enticed Rahul Dravid most was hockey but the former India cricket captain soon realised ...

Indian Express: Field goal set to be counted as ‘two’ in HIL The move is aimed at increasing the percentage of field goals and encouraging attacking hockey. The teams generally look for a foot and ...

The Tribune: Hockey girls lose to Japan in semifinals Changzhou (China), Sept 12 India missed out on a chance to enter the final after losing the shoot-out battle against Japan in a closely fought semifinal ...

Hindustan Times: No recognition for Indian women hockey’s team Indian women’s hockey team has qualified for the Olympics after 36 years. But despite the historic achievement, the team’s captain, Ritu Rani, is disappointed. “A lot ...

Tribune: India beat Malaysia 9-1, enter semis Changzhou (China), Sept 10 Skipper Rani Rampal slammed a hat-trick as India thrashed Malaysia 9-1 in their last league game to qualify for the semifinals of the women’s ...