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  Asia Cup Hockey: India to face Malaysia in semifinal

  August 29, 2013 9:04 IST

  Ipoh (Malaysia): India set-up a semi-final clash with hosts Malaysia after they thrashed neighbours Bangladesh 9-1 to finish on top in Pool B in the Asia Cup hockey at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Stadium

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  Hockey India League proposes franchise for Odisha

  August 28, 2013 19:06 IST

  Bhubaneswar: The Hockey India League (HIL), a professional league for field hockey competition in the country, has displayed interest in owning an Odisha-based franchise for their second edition to be held in January next year.A

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  Asia Cup: India beat South Korea, qualify for semis

  August 26, 2013 19:34 IST

  Ipoh (Malaysia): India qualified for the semifinals of the Asia Cup hockey tournament with a 2-0 win over defending champions South Korea at the Azlan Shah Stadium here Monday.V. Raghunath converted a penalty corner in

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  Indian hockey is more professional now: Kurtz

  August 26, 2013 16:36 IST

  Ipoh (Malaysia):  One the first foreign coaches to have worked with the Indian team, German Oliver Kurtz feels that Indian hockey has become more professional now, the lack of which resulted in the eight-time Olympic

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  China qualify for women's Hockey World Cup

  August 25, 2013 15:29 IST

  New Delhi: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed that China has become the latest women's team to qualify for the 2014 World Cup.The much anticipated joint men's and women's event takes place at the

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  Asia Cup hockey: India crush Oman 8-0 as Mandeep scores a hat-trick

  August 24, 2013 22:38 IST

  Ipoh (Malaysia):  Young striker Mandeep Singh netted a hat-trick as India blanked minnows Oman 8-0 to start their 9th Asia Cup Hockey Championship campaign on a perfect note at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium here

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  Asia Cup hockey: India eye morale-boosting opener against Oman

  August 23, 2013 16:48 IST

  Ipoh (Malaysia): The ignominy of missing out on a World Cup berth looming large over its head, an under-pressure Indian men's hockey team would be hoping to open its campaign in the ninth Asia Cup

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  South Korean men's team qualify for 2014 Hockey World Cup

  August 18, 2013 18:35 IST

  New Delhi: South Korea become the eighth men's team to qualify for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup, with four more places up for grabs at the upcoming continental championships in Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa,

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  The forgotten hero of Indian sports: Hockey goalkeeper Shankar Lakshman, 'Rock of Gibraltar'

  December 22, 2013 6:50 IST

  New Delhi: Shankar Laxman, the hockey goalkeeper who stood between gold for India and brutal Pakistan onslaughts in the finals of 1964 Tokyo Olympics and 1966 Bangkok Asian Games, died uncared for and unsung.Laxman represented

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  Hockey player Bigan Soy gets Rs.5 lakh from Jharkhand govt

  August 09, 2013 20:57 IST

  Ranchi, Aug 9: The Jharkhand government Friday handed over a Rs.5 lakh cheque to hockey player Bigan Soy, who was part of the Indian hockey team which won the bronze in the junior world cup

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  Haryana announces Rs.5 lakh for women's hockey team players from state

  August 06, 2013 11:24 IST

  Chandigarh, Aug 6: The Haryana government Monday announced a Rs.5 lakh reward for each of the six players from the state who were part of Indian team team that won a bronze medal in the

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  Accolades, rewards for junior women's hockey team after podium finish

  August 05, 2013 20:39 IST

  New Delhi/Chandigarh/ Bhubaneswar, Aug 5: The "historic" feat achieved by the Indian team in winning the bronze medal in the junior women's World cup in Germany Sunday has brought them accolades and rewards from all

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  Cash award for Odisha's hockey girls

  August 05, 2013 18:32 IST

  Bhubaneswar, Aug 5: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday announced a cash award of Rs.1.25 lakh each for the four players from the state who were a part of the historic bronze medal winning Indian

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  Chak de! Indian girls win historic bronze at junior Women's hockey World Cup

  August 04, 2013 21:45 IST

  Monchengladbach, Aug 4: Indian girls created history by winning country's first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup as they pipped England by 3-2 on penalties, riding on striker Rani's dazzling show,

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  Junior India girls reach hockey World Cup semis

  August 01, 2013 18:50 IST

  Mönchengladbach (Germany), August 1: India advanced to the semifinal of the FIH Women's Hockey Junior World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Spain on Thursday.In the quarterfinal match, Spain took an early lead through Xantal

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  Punjab lift IHF Federation Cup

  July 28, 2013 23:26 IST

  New Delhi, July 28: Punjab won the Indian Hockey Federation's (IHF) Federation Cup in a thrilling battle beating Uttar Pradesh 4-3 in a penalty shootout after the match was tied 1-1 during regulation time at

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  Make me coach, I promise to deliver results in one year: Dhanraj Pillay

  July 22, 2013 19:18 IST

  New Delhi, July 22: Former captain Dhanraj Pillay has expressed his desire to be the coach of the Indian hockey team and claims that if given a free hand he can deliver results in within

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  Sports Ministry recommends Dhyan Chand's name for posthumous Bharat Ratna

  July 20, 2013 11:57 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 20: The clamour may have been for Sachin Tendulkar but the Sports Ministry has recommended hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand's name for India's highest civillian honour -- the Bharat Ratna."The letter recommending

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  Mahadik appointed video analyst of Indian hockey team

  July 19, 2013 17:44 IST

  New Delhi, July 19: Hockey India (HI) Thursday announced the appointment of former India international Dhananjay Mahadik as video analyst of the men's national team.Mahadik, with 64 international caps, represented India in the 2010 World

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  IHF Federation Cup to be held July 23-28

  July 19, 2013 17:45 IST

  New Delhi, July 19: The Indian Hockey Federation's (IHF) Federation Cup will be held here July 23-28 at the Shivaji Stadium.The tournament is being organised by the Hockey Association of Haryana in association with Delhi

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  Hockey India appoints Staniforth as goalkeeping coach

  July 18, 2013 14:04 IST

  New Delhi, July 18: Hockey India (HI) on Thursday appointed Dave Staniforth as strategic analyst and goalkeeping coach of the senior and junior men's hockey teams.HI secretary general Narinder Batra said he believed in focussed

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  B'day Spl: Major Dhyan Chand - The forgotten hero of Indian sports

  August 29, 2015 13:42 IST

  New Delhi: There was a time when hockey players of rival countries used to complain that Major Dhyan Chand had some glue on his hockey stick with which he used to control the ball while

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  Hockey India set to appoint foreign goalkeeping coach

  July 16, 2013 18:18 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 16: With the all-important Asia Cup round the corner, Hockey India is all set to hire a specialist foreign goalkeeping coach for the Indian men's team ahead of the August 24 to

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  'Indian coaches not good enough for modern hockey'

  July 10, 2013 19:03 IST

  New Delhi, July 10: Australian hockey legend Ric Charlesworth is in favour of a foreign coach for India as he feels Indian coaches “are not good enough to fulfil the requirements” of the modern-day game.“I

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  Hockey India appoints M K Kaushik as Coach

  July 10, 2013 15:02 IST

  New Delhi, July 10:  Hockey India today appointed Olympic Gold Medalist  Maharaj Krishan Kaushik as coach of the senior men's hockey team.Kaushik will assist Roelant Oltmans, Director, High Performance, who will now take the charge

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  Hockey: I wasn't sacked, I quit myself, says ousted coach Nobbs

  July 09, 2013 19:20 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 9 :  Sacked Michael Nobbs today said he was not “pushed out” from Indian hockey team chief coach's position, instead he willingly resigned from the job owing to his deteriorating health condition.Nobbs'

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  Former coach Carvalho slams Nobbs' performance as hockey coach

  July 02, 2013 17:12 IST

  Mumbai, Jul 2 :  Former national hockey coach Joaquim Carvalho today hit out at the performance of his successor Michael Nobbs, saying the Australian has not done anything worthwhile to galvanise the sagging fortunes of

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  Argentina, India to explore cooperation in hockey, other fields

  June 17, 2013 22:36 IST

  New Delhi, June 17 :  After football, hockey could be another field for possible cooperation in training between Argentina and India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Monday after talks with visiting Argentinian Foreign Minister