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New Delhi: A silver medal in the recent Asia Cup has virtually assured India a place in next year’s World Cup and the team’s High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans feels the erstwhile champions of the ...

It was a campaign well begun for Indian Overseas Bank and BPCL in the MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament on Thursday. IOB registered a 6-3 win against South Central Railway in Pool A, while BPCL, ...

NEW DELHI: Out of action for the past three months, Indian hockey colts will finally get to play at competitive level in the upcoming Sultan of Johor Cup, and chief coach Gregg Clark said it ...

Five nations along with India have placed their bid infront of the International Hockey Federation to host the 2018 Hockey World Cup. Apart from India, the other countries to bid are England, Australia, Malaysia and ...

Scaling new heights Even before he was announced as Player of the Tournament, last week’s Asia Cup felt like the time V.R. Raghunath broke through. It can be inaccurate to pinpoint one single competition or ...

Oman registers first win in Asia Cup Hockey Oman clinched their first win of the Asia Cup hockey when they defeated Bangladesh 4—2 in a Group B tie at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh ...

Sreejesh, defenders do it for India S.Thyagarajan An exemplary display by the defenders and gallant goalkeeping by Sreejesh helped India cruise into the semifinals, defeating defending champion South Korea 2-0 in the Asia Cup hockey ...

Pakistan recall Salman Akbar for Asia Cup KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday recalled goalkeeper Salman Akbar for next week’s Asia Cup hockey tournament in Malaysia, which represents their last chance to qualify for the 2014 World ...

‘There will be no let up in practice’ Uthra Ganesan Roelant Oltmans is a hard taskmaster but not above having a few laughs after a tough training session. It’s another matter that the boys tend ...

Bigan, Indian hockey’s iron lass – Chaibasa goalie scripts World Cup bronze A.S.R.P. MUKESH Ranchi, Aug. 5: The iron nerves of Jharkhand goalie Bigan Soy (20) played a huge part in the nail-biting minutes of ...