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| Friday, January 30, 2009 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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The Schedule for the Punjab Gold Cup is now available. The Cup will start tomorrow and finish with the Final on 9th.
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| Friday, January 30, 2009 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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It’s interesting to read that Harendra Singh, Indian hockey coach, feels that the four nations Punjab Gold Cup will kick start India’s campaign for the Commonwealth Games and the World Cup.
Brings us to the question whether we will ever have a campaign in this endless quest for a World Cup medal; the last time we won a World Cup medal was in 1975. It was gold.
Now 34 years later, we have a disbanded Indian Hockey Federation with a certain KPS Gill sulking. The Ad-Hoc committee is like a motley group of robbers who have all come together to ensure that Gill never comes back. And probably hockey.
But Harendra does believe that the come-back, yet another one, has been kick started with the Punjab Gold Cup. Harendra is an optimist. When you perpetually live in nostalgia and under the faded glitter of eight Olympic gold medals, optimism is like a medal around your neck. And Harendra wears his with aplomb.
It would be nice to see Col Balbir Singh as manager on the Indian team bench. He was the coach when...
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| Wednesday, January 28, 2009 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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Chennai, Jan 26
India has been clubbed with Netherlands and New Zealand in Group-D in the Men's Junior World Cup hockey, scheduled to be held in Singapore and Johor Bahru in Malaysia from June 7-21. Poland and Singapore are the other teams in Group-D, an International Hockey Federation (FIH) release said today. The 20 teams in the fray have been divided into four groups, with defending champions Argentina figuring in Group-A, the release said. The draw for the BDO Women's Junior World Cup, which is scheduled in Boston, USA from August 3-16, would be released by the middle of next month, the release added.
Groupings:
Group-A: Argentina, Belgium, Egypt, Pakistan, Russia.
Group-B: Australia, Chile, Germany, Japan, South Africa.
Group-C: England, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, USA.
Group-D: India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore.
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| Monday, January 05, 2009 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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| Friday, August 01, 2008 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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Former hockey boss KPS Gill says the people who run the Olympic body have no idea about the game
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| Friday, July 18, 2008 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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The International Hockey Federation, the game's world governing body, today formally awarded the hosting rights of 2010 men's World Cup to India.
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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South Korea thrashed Japan 4-2 in the second semi-final to set up a title clash against defending champions India in the sixth Junior Asian Cup Hockey tournament here at the Gachibowli stadium.
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| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | By Sundeep Misra on |
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KPS Gill, the sacked President of the disbanded Indian Hockey Federation, will represent India in the Asian Hockey Confederation's executive committee meeting here on Thursday.
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
| Covering all Indian Hockey Tournaments. |
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