India finished eighth in the 12-team FIH Hockey World Cup held here. Coach Jose Brasa is satisfied with the performance and the players are happy. Why? Because this is India's best finish since the 1994 World Cup in Sydney, reports B Shrikant.
The international hockey federation, FIH, president, Leandro Negre, passed a damning judgement on Indian hockey officials, saying, “The ego of some people was preventing the FIH from solving the Hockey India (HI) affiliation issue”. HT Correspondent reports.
England head coach Jason Lee feels the fourth-place finish in the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, their second best result in the quadrennial event, should augur well for the country's hockey.
Striker Prabhjot Singh lost his cool and showed his middle finger to an irate crowd that booed the players after India lost to Argentina 2-4 to finish eigth in the 12-team Hockey World Cup in New Delhi today.
Contrary to popular belief that the controversy surrounding the Indian hockey team's captaincy had been sorted out before the start of the World Cup, comes the startling revelation the team is still a divided house. And it, probably, showed in India's performance, reports Saurabh Duggal.
A day after the Pakistan Cricket Board penalised some of their top stars for the team’s poor performance in Australia early this year, the hockey establishment and former players reacted in a similar manner after the team finished 12th and last in the Hockey World Cup on Thursday.
When Spain take on South Korea on Friday for 5th-6th position, there will be some Indian hearts beating for the Spaniards. A group of nine children from Andhra Pradesh will be rooting for Spanish players, some of who have nurtured their hockey dreams, reports HT Correspondent.
Germany are on the verge of making history at the Hockey World Cup. A victory in the final would ensure them a unique distinction — of winning the quadrennial event three times in a row, reports
Saurabh Duggal.
Argentina coach Pablo Lombi has some special plans for hosts India when the two teams face each other in a play-off for the seventh-eight positions at the Hockey World Cup here on Friday.
The National Assembly (NA) Sports Standing Committee will grill Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) officials and national players following the team’s disastrous showing in the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
Chief coach, Jose Brasa, who had set a fifth-eighth position as his target, was satisfied with the performance and said it was an “important step in the improvement curve” and that India would have to build on it during the Asian Games in China later this year, reports HT Correspondent.
Over the years, opinion has been divided on whether the artificial turf has caused standards to plunge in the sub-continent.
After being blanked by Spain in today’s match, England captain Barry Middleton said his team did not play to its potential as they were already assured of a semifinal place in the hockey World Cup.
Sohail Abbas returned to the Pakistan team at the Hero Honda FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup after a four-year hiatus. But his presence failed to inspire the team as they went down to India, England, South Africa and Australia and will now be playing for the 9th to 12th spot.
A day after former India captain Pargat Singh questioned the selection of the national hockey team, another Olympian Ashok Kumar concurred with him saying players like Sandeep Singh and Prabhjot Singh do not deserve to be in the side.