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  Hockey India launches online academy

  December 17, 2014 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: Hockey India (HI),in its endeavour to nurture young talent, Wednesday announced the launch of an online academy platform that will also help coaches at the grassroots.The initiative 'Hockey India On-line Academy Platform' is

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  Peshawar attacks: Welcome planned for Pak hockey team cancelled

  December 16, 2014 20:11 IST

  Lahore: A grand welcome planned for Pakistan's hockey team which won a silver medal in Champions Trophy was today called off after a brazen Taliban attack on a military-run school that killed at least 160

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  Indian hockey players shine in Champions Trophy

  December 15, 2014 19:09 IST

  Bhubaneswar: India may not have finished on the podium in the hockey Champions Trophy, but the Indian players displayed tremendous skills throughout the eight-nation tournament with four of them bagging individual awards. India, who finished fourth,

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  Pak coach Shahnaz advocates good relations with India for sake of sport

  December 15, 2014 8:18 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Pakistan coach Shahnaz Sheikh sought to bury the issue related to the behavior of his players after victory against India, saying the two neighbouring countries need to play against each other to lift hockey

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  Champions Trophy: Loss against Pakistan was haunting us, says Roelant Oltmans

  December 15, 2014 7:10 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Indian players lacked energy in the bronze medal match against Australia as the heart-breaking defeat against Pakistan kept haunting the side, said High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans.India had a golden opportunity to break their

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  Germany beat Pakistan 2-0, bag 10th Champions Trophy title

  December 14, 2014 22:31 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Olympic champions Germany clinched the Hero Champions Trophy title with a convincing 2-0 win over Pakistan in the summit clash, snapping their five-year old jinx in the elite eight-nation event at the packed Kalinga

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  Loss against Pakistan was haunting us, says Oltmans

  December 14, 2014 21:01 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Indian players lacked energy in the bronze medal match against Australia as the heart-breaking defeat against Pakistan kept haunting the side, High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans said here Sunday.India had a golden opportunity to

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  Champions Trophy: India lose to Australia 1-2, miss bronze medal

  December 14, 2014 19:49 IST

  Bhubaneswar: India wasted a golden opportunity to break their 32-year-old medal jinx in the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament after going down to Australia 1-2 in a hard-fought bronze medal play-off match of the eight-nation

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  FIH suspends 2 Pakistani hockey players for indecent behaviour

  December 14, 2014 19:20 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Sunday suspended two Pakistani players Amjad Ali and Mohammad Tousiq from playing in the Champions Trophy final after they were found guilty of making obscene gestures towards spectators

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  Security tightened for Champions Trophy final

  December 14, 2014 16:25 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Security has been tightened for Hero Champions Trophy hockey final between Pakistan and Germany here today, particularly in view of unpleasant scenes witnessed after a high voltage India-Pak semi final last night."Elaborate security arrangements

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  No FIH event in India till Pak players are punished: Hockey India

  December 14, 2014 15:57 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Taking strong exception to FIH's "weak" censure to Pakistani players for their obscene behaviour after beating India in the Champions Trophy semifinal, Hockey India (HI) today decided that it would not host any event

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  Pakistani Hockey players remove shirt, make obscene gestures to Indians; coach apologises

  December 14, 2014 12:10 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Soon after their 4-3 win over India in a high-voltage semifinal of the Hero Champions Trophy Hockey tournament, Pakistani players went into a frenzy mode and started celebrating their victory in a wild fashion.Players

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  No action against Pakistan players after coach's apology: FIH

  December 14, 2014 9:01 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Saturday said that there will be no further action against Pakistani players as their coach tendered an apology for wild celebrations after their win against India in the

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  FIH exploring possibility of Indo-Pak matches in Bangladesh

  December 14, 2014 9:00 IST

  Bhubaneswar: International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Leandro Negre Saturday said FIH is exploring the possibility of organising an India-Pakistan test series in Bangladesh since it wasn't possible to hold any matches between the neighbouring nations

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  We didn't take our chances today, says disappointed Oltmans

  December 14, 2014 7:25 IST

  Bhubaneswar: India's High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans blamed his side's 3-4 defeat against arch-rivals Pakistan on wasting numerous scoring opportunities in the high-voltage second semifinal of the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.India wasted

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  FIH orders inquiry into Pakistani players' indecent behaviour

  December 14, 2014 7:30 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Pakistani players shamelessly hurled obscene gestures towards Indian fans and media after their win over India but no action will be taken against them as their coach Shahnaz Sheikh has apologised to the FIH

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  India suffer close 3-4 defeat against Pakistan

  December 13, 2014 23:16 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: A misfiring India squandered a golden opportunity to create history as they went down 3-4 against arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-voltage semifinal of the Hero Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.Muhammad Arslan Qadir (17th

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  Champions Trophy: Germany edges Australia 3-2 to reach final

  December 13, 2014 19:51 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: Olympic champion Germany knocked out five-time defending champion Australia 3-2 on Saturday to reach the Champions Trophy field hockey final.Nine-time champion Germany, in its first final since 2009, awaits the winner of the other

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  Champions Trophy: Peillat fires Argentina to 5th place playoff

  December 13, 2014 16:14 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Argentina will face the Netherlands in Sunday's fifth place playoff at the hockey Champions Trophy here while England and Belgium will compete for the seventh place following the South American's 2-1 win against the

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  Champions Trophy: Netherlands see off Belgium

  December 13, 2014 14:30 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The Netherlands eventually saw off Belgium in a penalty shoot-out to earn a fifth place playoff from the opening game of day five at the hockey Champions Trophy here Saturday.Early on, there looked to

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  Champions Trophy: Tickets for semifinal matches sold out

  December 12, 2014 21:34 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: The tickets for tomorrow's semifinal matches of Hero Men's Champions Trophy, including the clash between arch rivals India and Pakistan, have been sold out, the organisers said today.Hockey fans at Kalinga Stadium here were

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  Roelant Oltmans: Tough matches will prepare India for 2016 Rio Olympics

  December 12, 2014 21:00 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Having masterminded Belgium's ouster from the Champions Trophy Hockey tournament with a perfect strategy, India's high performance director Roelant Oltmans is eyeing many such encounters before the team gets ready for the 2016 Olympic

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  Champions Trophy: Pakistan hockey community excited about India clash in semi-final

  December 12, 2014 20:40 IST

  Karachi: Pakistan's hockey community is anticipating an exciting semi-final against arch-rivals India in the Champions Trophy but they believe a win is an absolute necessity for the future survival of the cash-strapped sport in the

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  Champions Trophy: India-Pakistan set for enthralling clash

  December 13, 2014 5:11 IST

  Bhubaneswar: High on confidence, the Indian team will lock horns with arch-rivals Pakistan in the semifinal of men's hockey Champions Trophy at Kalinga stadium here Saturday.India beat Belgium 4-2 in a thrilling last eight match

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  Champions Trophy: Tickets in demand for Indo-Pak semis

  December 12, 2014 17:08 IST

  Bhubaneswar: It was a mad rush at ticket counters here Friday to purchase tickets for the India-Pakistan hockey Champions Trophy semi-final Saturday with fans expressing their keenness to watch the marquee match between the two

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  Champions Trophy: Confident India face resurgent Pakistan in semifinal

  December 12, 2014 15:04 IST

  Bhubaneswar: A cracker of a contest is on the cards when a confident India takes on a resurgent Pakistan in what promises to be a battle of attrition between the two traditional rivals at the

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  Champions Trophy: India hammer Belgium, set-up semifinal date with Pakistan

  December 11, 2014 21:51 IST

  Bhubaneshwar: India produced an inspirational performance with a magnificent come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Belgium to set-up a mouth-watering semi-final clash against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy hockey tournament, here today.It was a fantastic comeback after

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  Champions Trophy: Germany down England to reach semis

  December 11, 2014 21:29 IST

  Bhubaneswar: Germany booked a semi-final date with Australia following a hard fought 2-0 win over England in the quarter-finals of the hockey Champions Trophy here Thursday.The Germans started the game in menacing fashion, winning five