Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament

India Score Consolation Win Over Canada, Australia to Meet Either Korea or New Zealand in Sunday’s Final

 April 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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India finally won a match in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament. But the win came against minnows Canada, who also fought well to make it difficult for the Asian Games champions. In the hoop-la and undue build-up leading to high expectations before the Malaysian tournament, India’s performance left a lot to be […]

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India Out of Title Race at Azlan Shah Cup Hockey, Fail to Win after Three Matches

 April 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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It is abundantly clear that the top spot in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament will be contested by Oceania rivals Australia and New Zealand. Both teams have convincingly won all three of their matches and there is no way they can be challenged by any other team at this stage. In the matches […]

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After the Draw with Korea, Heartbreak for India as They Lose To New Zealand

 April 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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Three matches were played on the second day of 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament at Ipoh in Malaysia on April 6, 2015. In the first, Canada put behind their big defeat by Australia on opening day and played a spirited game against Korea. They took an early lead in the match before finally losing […]

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Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

India Draw with Korea as Australia, New Zealand Win Their Matches on Day 1 of Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey

 April 6, 2015   R K Gupta

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After a spirited start, India were frustrated by Korean defenders, who thwarted many of the moves that India made in the second half of their first match against Korea. The first day of the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament ended at Ipoh with a 2-2 draw for India against Korea. In other matches, Australian […]

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Azlan Shah Hockey India Team

India & New Coach Paul van Ass View Azlan Shah Hockey with High Hopes

 April 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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Six hockey playing nations; India, Australia, Canada, Korea, New Zealand and Malaysia will vie for the title at the prestigious Sultan Azlan Shah Cup being held at Ipoh Malaysia during April 5-12, 2015. India missed the tournament last year, when Australia outclassed Malaysia 8-3 to lift their eighth title in a master-class performance and denied […]

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World Hockey League

Indian Women Beat Poland in the Final of FIH World Hockey League 2 at Delhi

 March 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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The International Hockey Federation or FIH has introduced the World Hockey League to replace qualification tournaments for Olympics and the World Cup. India was bracketed in Round 2 as it could not qualify in the first round teams. The round 2 League matches were held during March 7-15, 2015 in New Delhi, where India emerged […]

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Indian Women’s Valencia Hockey Tour Ends with an Icing on the Cake as They Beat Germany in the Last Game

 February 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Indian women’s hockey team finished their Valencia tour on Monday with a closely-contested 2-1 victory over a team of German women. It was a fitting end to the 10-day long trip of the women’s hockey team to Valencia, where all practice matches were played. The historic city is the third largest in Spain after […]

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Ranchi Rays are the Champions of Hero Hockey India League

Ranchi Rays are the Champions of Hero Hockey India League 2015, Delhi Third

 February 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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In an exciting display, Ranchi Rays had the last laugh in the final of the HHIL 2015 that could have gone either way with the decision resting on penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in regulation time. In an intensely fought game, it became a matter of which team could hold the nerves. In the […]

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Hockey India women

Poonam Rani Takes the Battle in HDM’s Goal Despite Indian Women’s Big Defeat

 February 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Hockey India planned the women’s tour to Spain, they included two matches against male teams from Holland not for the purpose of winning those matches. There was no question of Indian women’s hockey team matching the hockey skills of their male counterparts from a premier hockey playing nation. In men and women’s hockey supremacy […]

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Finally, Punjab Will Play Ranchi for the 2015 Hero Hockey India Title on Sunday

 February 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Both semifinals on Saturday were engrossing affairs befitting the intensely competed month-long tournament. While the first between Uttar Pradesh Wizards and Ranchi Rays went down to wire and deadlock could only be broken by penalty shoot-out, the second was no less absorbing. Jaypee Punjab Warriors had to produce their best game to fend off defending […]

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