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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

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  Hockey: India clinch second successive win against France

  August 06, 2015 4:39 IST

  Wattignies (France):  After clinching the opener 2-0 India men's hockey team outclassed France 4-1 in the second match of the Europe Tour at the Wattignies Sports Centre here on Wednesday.Gurjinder Singh scored twice, Amir and

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  Indian women's hockey camp from Saturday

  August 05, 2015 14:13 IST

  New Delhi: Following its fifth place finish at the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Finals in Belgium, the Indian women's team will now assemble for a preparatory camp at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here

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  India hockey team takes on France in Euro tour

  August 02, 2015 17:32 IST

  Le Touquet (France): The Indian hockey team will play their first match after the ouster of chief coach Paul van Ass and the appointment of high performance director Roelant Oltmans in his place.They will take

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  Roelant Oltmans to be India hockey coach till Olympics

  July 25, 2015 18:39 IST

  New Delhi: High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans was today appointed coach of the Indian hockey team, replacing Paul van Ass, who was unceremoniously sacked after a bitter spat with Hockey India President Narinder Batra.The 61-year-old

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  Indian hockey juniors hold England 1-1

  July 25, 2015 5:02 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands):  India held England 1-1 in a league match of the men's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on Friday.Nilakanta Sharma (11th minute) cancelled out Luke Taylor's strike in the same minute as

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  'Autocratic' Batra was just finding ways to fire me: Paul Van Ass

  July 24, 2015 17:40 IST

  New Delhi: The special committe's recommendation to remove him as India's hockey coach did not come as a surprise to Paul van Ass, who said an “autocratic” Hockey India president Narinder Batra was just finding

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  Paul van Ass set to go as India hockey coach

  July 24, 2015 18:24 IST

   New Delhi: India's hockey coach Paul van Ass' brief tenure is all set to end following a bitter public spat with Hockey Indian President Narinder Batra after a special committee today recommended his removal from

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  India jump to eighth spot in world hockey rankings

  July 24, 2015 6:13 IST

  Lausanne (Switzerland):   Riding on their fourth-place finish in the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-final, India leapfrogged South Korea to take the eighth spot in the latest International Hockey Federation (FIH) rankings released on Thursday.Asian

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  Indian hockey juniors lose 1-3 against Belgium

  July 22, 2015 6:08 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands):  India went down 1-3 against Belgium in a league match of the men's Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on Tuesday.After winning the first two matches against Germany and New Zealand, the

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  I am fired as Indian hockey coach, claims Van Ass

  July 20, 2015 21:21 IST

  New Delhi:   Indian men's hockey team chief coach Paul van Ass today claimed that he has been fired by Hockey India following his alleged public altercation with federation president Narinder Batra."As far I know