[ad_1] A cracker of a contest on the cardsBHUBANESWAR: At the 2012 London Olympics, as the Germany hockey team celebrated their gold-medal feat, Belgium were on their way home, having finished fifth. The Red Lions went back to the drawing board. Over six years they reinforced their strengths, worked on …
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[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: Spain’s adventure of riding an open-top tuk-tuk (auto rickshaw) went awfully wrong here on Wednesday, injuring their national federation president and former referee Santiago Deo.The Spanish team, which lost to Australia 4-3 in the quarterfinals of the Men’s Hockey World Cup on Tuesday, perhaps were on their way …
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[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: With the scoreboard pressure clearly telling after England’s comfortable win over Spain, India succumbed and were almost held by debutants Wales, until Akashdeep Singh rescued the hosts with a stunning goal and skipper Harmanpreet Singh finally opened his goal account off a drag-flick for a 4-2 win at …
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[ad_1] ROURKELA: India and England tested each other but neither found the goal that could have opened the doors of the quarterfinals for the winner of the Pool D game here at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium (BMHS) on Sunday.In the end, it was England who benefited from the deadlock …
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[ad_1] ROURKELA: “The really great teams in the world make their decisions on the pitch.” Coach Graham Reid was trying to make a point that he wants Indian players to soak responsibility and live by it each time they get onto the pitch at the ongoing Men’s Hockey World Cup.It …
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[ad_1] Images of serpentine queues leading up to the gates of the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela is not what the sport is used to. It took mind back to the Lahore World Cup final in 1990, when the National Stadium there took in 60,000 with around 10,000 waiting …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Men’s Hockey World Cup will enter its 15th edition in the new year on January 13, 2023, with India hosting the showpiece event for the fourth time.The January 13-29 tournament will be co-hosted by two cities in the state of Odisha. Last year’s venue, the Kalinga …
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