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National game now a national shame! Despicable incompetence lets down fans S. Thyagarajan Among a handful of failures at the London Olympics, the performance of the Indian hockey team stands out as appallingly pathetic. Even ...

Belgium beats India 3-0 in hockey Belgium beat India for the first time in Olympic hockey on Tuesday, getting a 3-0 victory. The Belgians finished third in Pool B behind semifinalists the Netherlands and Germany, ...

Australia, Netherlands storm into men’s hockey semis LONDON: World champions Australia outplayed Pakistan 7-0 today to ease their passage into the semifinals of the Olympic Games men’s hockey competition, while The Netherlands also stormed into ...

Now, Belgium thrash India in hockey at Olympics Alok Sinha One wondered what the Indians looked more desperately for in their last round-robin game against Belgium – a win or blessed scoring shoes, magic wands, ...

Memories of 1986 World Cup return to haunt India in hockey Memories of the bottom-place finish at the 1986 World Cup here returned to haunt the Indian hockey team, who will now have to lift ...

We’ve let India down, says hockey coach We’ve let India down, says hockey coach LONDON: India hockey coach Michael Nobbs has apologised for his team’s embarrassing Olympic Games performance, claiming they have let down the ...

Narinder Batra should resign for misleading nation: Ex-coach Carvalho “I want Batra to resign as he misled the nation over the participation of WSH players in the Olympics saying they would not be allowed by ...

London Olympics: Netherlands stun world champions Germany London Olympics: Netherlands stun world champions Germany The Netherlands players celebrate a goal by teammate Mink van der Weerden during their men’s hockey preliminary match against Germany at ...

India slump to 1-4 defeat against South Korea LONDON: India crashed to their fourth successive defeat in the Olympic hockey competition today as they suffered a humiliating 1-4 reversal against South Korea. India are the ...

Players have let India down, says coach Nobbs LONDON: India coach Michael Nobbs apologised to the hockey fans of the country, saying the players had let the nation down with their insipid display as the ...