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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

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  Indian hockey juniors outplay New Zealand 3-0

  July 20, 2015 8:00 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands): Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners as India outplayed New Zealand 3-0 to post their second consecutive victory in the Volvo International Under-21 hockey tournament here on Sunday.Apart from drag-flicker Harmanpreet (6th

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  Indian junior hockey eves lose 0-1 to Dutch

  July 20, 2015 0:02 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands): India lost 0-1 to the Netherlands in their first match of the women's Volvo Invitational Under-21 hockey tournament here on Sunday.The Netherlands managed to win through Carmen Wijsman's field goal in the

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  Hockey India to evaluate team's performances

  July 19, 2015 16:57 IST

  New Delhi:  As part of its preparation for the 2016 Olympics, Hockey India (HI) will evaluate the performance of the national teams in the recently held Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Finals in Antwerp.While the men's team

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  Indian hockey juniors hammer Germany 3-0

  July 19, 2015 9:35 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands): India overpowered Germany 3-0 to kick off their Volvo Invitational Under-21 Hockey Tournament campaign on a positive note here on Saturday.Armaan Qureshi (29th minute), skipper Harjeet Singh (46th) and drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh

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  Indian junior hockey eves face Dutch challenge

  July 18, 2015 17:07 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands): The Indian women's junior hockey team is all set to face a tough challenge as it clashes with the Netherlands at the six-nation Volvo Invitational Under-21 Tournament here on Sunday.The Indians will

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  Indian junior hockey team eyes winning start

  July 17, 2015 17:04 IST

  Breda (The Netherlands):  The Indian junior hockey team will look to make a positive start in the Volvo International Under-21 Tournament when it faces Germany here on Saturday.After claiming the Sultan of Johor Cup title, India,

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  Indian hockey eves arrive to grand welcome

  July 06, 2015 16:32 IST

  New Delhi : Having all but booked a berth in next year's Rio Olympics, Indian women's hockey team today arrived here early morning to a grand welcome amidst beating of drums and loud cheers.A large

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  Hockey World League: Indian men thrashed 5-1 by Great Britain

  July 06, 2015 8:17 IST

  Antwerp, Belgium: India were thumped 5-1 by Great Britain in the third place playoff at the Hockey World League (HWL) Semifinals at the Brasschaat Municipal Park in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday.For Britain, Alastair Brogdon, Chris