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Optimism rules
Friday, January 30, 2009By Sundeep Misra on
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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Punjab Gold Cup Schedule
Friday, January 30, 2009By Sundeep Misra on

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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India gets tough draw for Men's Jr World Cup hockey
Wednesday, January 28, 2009By Sundeep Misra on
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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