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Sensational Australians Yield Stunning Performance to Shock the Dutch in World Cup Final

 June 17, 2014   R K Gupta

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It was victory out of the dream book for Australian men at The Hague as the curtain came down in the Rabobank Hockey World Cup on Sunday. Famously known in the hockey parlance as the Kookaburras, Australia’s men’s team went to the World Cup final with the single-mindedness of a purpose. Their opponents were considered […]

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Legendary Lammers Lead Dutchwomen To A Deserved Victory In Hockey World Cup Final

 June 15, 2014   R K Gupta

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Playing her last and 200th hockey international match on Saturday, Kim Lammers was simply superb as she played brilliant hockey in her farewell game that saw Netherlands defeat Australia 2-0 in the final of the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014. While Lammers retired in glory at the end of an engrossing final, the entire Dutch […]

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Dominant Australian Men and their Fighting Women Reach Finals of Hockey World Cup

 June 14, 2014   R K Gupta

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Of eight teams in the men’s and women’s semifinals taken together, six came from three nations and the other two were; USA women and England men. A notable absentee was Germany, from where neither the men nor the women’s team could enter the last four. There were no surprises about men and women teams from […]

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Indians lose their last league game to Australia in World cup hockey

 June 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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With the league phase of the Rabobank World Cup in the Netherlands drawing to a close, Australian men are table toppers in Group A. They were joined by England, who met Belgium on Monday’s must-win last league game. Australia’s last league encounter was with India, in which they stamped their superiority in men’s hockey by […]

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Victory for Out-of-Contention India At Last As World Cup Hockey Nears End of League Phase

 June 9, 2014   R K Gupta

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On June 6 & 7, six matches in Pool B and another six in Pool A were played in the Rabobank Hockey World Cup. Except the drawn men’s game between Korea and South Africa on Friday, every match ended with a decisive margin. In an upset Pool B game, Argentinian men thrashed the mercurial Black […]

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Argentina Shock Germany As Black Sticks Rout South Africa at Rabobank Hockey World Cup

 June 6, 2014   R K Gupta

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On fourth day at Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands, tournament favorites Germany suffered an unexpected defeat in men’s pool B, when underdogs Argentina beat them 1-0. In an earlier match, New-Zealand men decimated South Africans 5-0. In the last men’s game on Wednesday, hosts Netherlands secured the top berth in pool B, winning a […]

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India Suffer Another Last Minute Curse At Rabobank Hockey World Cup at The Hague

 June 4, 2014   R K Gupta

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Indian men played brilliant hockey on Monday in their second league match against England but it seemed their misfortune would not stop trailing them. For the second time in three days, they lost just as the final hooter was about to sound. It happened in their first match against Belgium and the script was same […]

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Highpoints of The Hague’s Hockey Action On Day 2 of the 2014 Rabobank World Cup

 June 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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Second day at Hockey World Cup saw all league matches from Men’s and Women’s pool B. Germany’s World’s no. 2 men’s hockey team defeated South Africa 4-0; USA women shocked England with a 2-1 win; Argentina women were superb in their 4-1 victory over South Africa; Netherlands men defeated Argentina 3-1; New-Zealand men beat South […]

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India will wait for the conclusion of Oceania championship to confirm their World Cup qualification.

Indian Hockey: There journey to qualify for World Cup 2014!

 September 4, 2013   Kruti Mehta

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There was a time when India was known for its hockey. We were the world champions and Hockey was considered as the National game of India. Time change, things change. This quote tells the present situation of the Indian Hockey team. With the changing time, the Indian Hockey has undergone a big change. The situation […]

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