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  Success, off-field storms make 2015 eventful for Indian hockey

  December 24, 2015 20:45 IST

  New Delhi: On-field achievements often jostled for space with off-field drama as Indian hockey endured a rollercoaster year during which the players scripted historical feats but coach Paul van Ass' acrimonious ouster and Gurbaj Singh's

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  Hockey India: KPS Gill charges Arun Jaitley of 'conflict of interest'

  December 23, 2015 22:53 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to put further pressure on Arun Jaitley, banned IHF president KPS Gill on Wednesday urged the the Delhi government to probe the Union Finance Minister's "conflict of interest" in the national hockey

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  India drops a place to 7th in latest FIH rankings

  December 19, 2015 10:03 IST

  New Delhi: The bronze medal in the recently-held Hockey World League (HWL) Final, notwithstanding, India dropped a place to the seventh position in the latest International Hockey Federation (FIH) for men. Only last month, the Indian

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  CIL earmarks Rs 14 crore to sponsor Hockey League

  December 16, 2015 23:30 IST

  Kolkata: The Board of mining behemoth Coal India Limited has allocated Rs 14.73 crore for the title sponsorship of the fourth edition of "Hockey India League" for the 2016 season."The amount includes the sponsorship fee

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  HWL: India beat Netherlands via penalty shootout to bag bronze medal

  December 06, 2015 22:28 IST

  Raipur: A spirited India broke their 33-year-old medal jinx in a major international tournament as they came back from two goals down to stun defending champions Netherlands in the shoot-out after both the teams were

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  HWL: India lose 0-1 to Belgium in semifinals

  December 05, 2015 20:58 IST

  Raipur: Inconsistency continued to haunt India as they conceded an early goal to lose 0-1 to Belgium and crash out of the title race of the Hockey World League Final here today.India conceded a soft

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  HWL: Inspired India beat Great Britain 2-1, enter semis

  December 04, 2015 7:25 IST

  Raipur: Leaving behind their disappointing league campaign, India produced an inspired performance to upstage World No.4 Great Britain 2-1 and enter the semifinals of the Hockey World League (HWL) Final at the Sardar Vallabh Bhai

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  HWL: India lose 1-3 to Netherlands, finish last in pool

  November 30, 2015 21:22 IST

  Raipur: An inconsistent India lost 1-3 to the Netherlands to slump to their second defeat in the tournament and finish at the bottom of Pool B at the HockeyWorld League (HWL) Final here today.Netherlands took

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  HWL Final: A chance for teams to assess Olympic preparations

  November 26, 2015 23:20 IST

  Raipur: Their berths in next year's Olympics secured, all the eight participating teams in the Hockey World League Final are looking at the elite tournament as a platform to assess their strengths and weaknesses with

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  Indian hockey colts demolish Pakistan 6-2 to emerge Asian champs

  November 22, 2015 22:48 IST

  Kuala Lumpur: Harmanpreet Singh successfully converted four penalty corners as India overpowered traditional rivals Pakistan 6-2 in the final of the 8th Junior Men's Asia Cup hockey tournament at the Wisma Belia Hockey Stadium here

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  India humiliate Oman 9-0 to enter Junior Asia Cup semifinal

  November 19, 2015 18:54 IST

  Kuantan (Malaysia): Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh slammed a hattrick as India humiliated a lowly Oman 9-0 to enter the semifinal of the eighth junior men's Asia Cup hockey tournament, here on Thursday.Besides, Harmanpreet who found the

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  Sardar Singh to lead India in Hockey World League Finals

  November 04, 2015 13:00 IST

  Bengaluru: Veteran midfielder Sardar Singh will lead the 18-member Indian hockey squad in the eight-team Hero World League Finals to be held in Raipur from November 17 to December 6.The squad announced today in the

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  Indian junior team lose to Britain in Sultan of Johor Cup final

  October 19, 2015 15:47 IST

  Johor Bahru: The Indian junior men's hockey team ended runner-up in the Sultan of Johor Cup after losing nail-biting penalty shoot out 3-4 to Great Britain, in Johor Bahru on Sunday.The teams were level 2-2

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  India beat Malaysia 2-1 in Sultan of Johor Cup hockey

  October 16, 2015 0:00 IST

  Johor Bahru (Malaysia): The India junior men's hockey team continued its winning form as it edged past hosts Malaysia 2-1 in their fourth league match of the Sultan of Johor Cup here on Thursday.India earlier

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  Pakistanis must be allowed to play in HIL: Dhanraj Pillay

  October 12, 2015 17:07 IST

  Bangalore: Former Indian men's hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay on Monday batted for the participation of Pakistani players in the Hockey India League (HIL) and suggested the league authorities siphon off some money for setting up

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  India hold New Zealand in final match to win hockey series 2-1

  October 12, 2015 11:11 IST

  Christchurch: India held hosts New Zealand to a 1-1 stalemate in the concluding game, thus winning the four-match hockey series 2-1 here on Sunday.Nick Ross helped the hosts surge into the lead in the 41st

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  India look to clinch hockey series against New Zealand

  October 10, 2015 18:38 IST

  Christchurch: Having registered two consecutive victories, a confident India will look to claim a bilateral hockey series triumph when they face New Zealand in the fourth and final match here on Sunday.After going down in

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  India beat New Zealand 3-1 to square Hockey series

  October 07, 2015 18:39 IST

  Nelson (New Zealand):After losing their opener, the Indian hockey team came back strongly to beat New Zealand 3-1 in the second game to level the four-match bilateral Test series 1-1 here on Wednesday.Unlike the previous

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  Beighton Cup to be held from October 1

  September 30, 2015 16:19 IST

  Kolkata: The 120th edition of one of the world's oldest hockey tournament -- the Beighton Cup -- is scheduled to be played at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) ground here from Thursday.A total of

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  India, New Zealand to play six-match hockey Test Series

  September 22, 2015 14:56 IST

  New Delhi: As part of their preparations for next year's Olympic Games, India will compete against New Zealand in a six-match hockey Test series from October 2 to 11 in Auckland, Nelson and Christchurch."While India will play the first two matches against the New Zealand. A team

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  Disappointing return for Sardar Singh at HIL auction

  September 17, 2015 16:04 IST

  New Delhi: Indian national team captain Sardar Singh turned out to be damp squib as he bagged just USD 58,000, even as Germany's Moritz Fuerste drew the highest ever bid in the history of Hockey

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  Germany's Fuerste sold to Kalinga Lancers for $105,000

  September 17, 2015 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: Ace German playmaker Moritz Fuerste broke the hundred thousand dollar mark to be sold for $105,000 to Kalinga Lancers at the Hockey India League (HIL) players' auction at a posh hotel here on

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  Narinder Batra rules out Pakistan players participatin in HIL

  September 14, 2015 21:00 IST

  New Delhi: Hockey India president Narinder Batra today ruled out Pakistani players participation in future editions of Hockey India League (HIL), saying they will not be considered until they apologise for their "unacceptable behaviour" during

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  Meet the national level hockey player forced to become a coolie

  September 12, 2015 14:52 IST

  Ambala: Tara Singh of Ambala won several medals as a national level hockey player. But life has not treated him well since then.He says he was promised a government job but it never materialised. After

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  Indian women's hockey team qualifies for 2016 Rio Games

  August 29, 2015 9:24 IST

  New Delhi: Indian women hockey team today booked their tickets to the 2016 Rio Games, first time since 1980 Olympics.In 1980 games, India had finished a commendable fourth.India joined the nine teams already qualified for

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  Indian beat Spain 4-2 to win hockey Test series

  August 14, 2015 8:52 IST

  Terrassa (Spain):  Indian hockey team ended their European tour on a high as they comfortably beat Spain 4-2 in the final encounter to win the three-Test series by 2-1 margin, here on Thursday.Forward Ramandeep Singh

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  India beat Spain 2-0 in Europe hockey tour

  August 12, 2015 18:48 IST

  Spain:  Indian men's hockey team returned to winning ways and defeated hosts Spain 2-0 in the fourth match of the ongoing tour of Europe, here today.After emerging winners against France in the two matches of

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  Hockey India suspends 'Indisciplined' Gurbaj for 9 months

  August 10, 2015 18:05 IST

  New Delhi:  Senior India hockey player Gurbaj Singh was today suspended for nine months for indulging in groupism and creating disharmony within the team, a decision which might shatter the experienced midfielder's dream of playing