When it comes to top-class planning in hockey, nobody does it better than Belgium, says former Indian player V Bhaskaran. read more

The Odisha World Cup shows us that India needs to catch up with other countries, says former hockey star Dilip Tirkey. read more

The Indian hockey team let go of an opportunity of beating Holland who were not at their best, says former field hockey player V Bhaskaran. read more

Former Indian hockey coach Col Balbir Singh tells us why it’s time for an overhaul. read more

Belgium won a tense penalty shootout 3-2 against three-times champions Netherlands to win their first men’s hockey World Cup title at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium on Sunday read more

Alexander Hendrickx (45th, 50th minutes) converted two penalty corners, while Tom Boon (8th), Simon Gougnard (19th), Cedric Charlier (42nd) and Sebastien Dockier (53rd) were the other goal scorers for Belgium. read more

Belgium’s domestic structure is club-driven. In the last one decade, the Belgium association has helped clubs generate funds. Since the money is pumped into clubs, players are benefitting. read more

De Bruyne has suffered two separate knee injuries since helping Belgium finish third in Russia and has played barely any part in City’s defence of their Premier League title. read more

Here’s a look at the teams which will fight it out in the semi-final of the Hockey World Cup 2018. read more

It was a pure case of Belgian strikers against the German defence throughout 60 minutes as the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallists entered their maiden semi-finals in the history of the quadrennial event. read more

Four Indian team members – captain Manpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh and Krishan Pathak – who were watching the crossover games (Belgium vs Pakistan and Netherlands vs Canada) from West Stand VIP enclosure were rudely ejected by HI’s CEO Elena... read more

Netherlands were fluid, maintained their formation for almost the entire game and created as many as 38 circle entries in comparison to Canada’s six. read more

Belgium will surely have the upper hand against Pakistan. Ranked No 3 in the world, and unbeaten with two wins, Belgium will look to comfortably beat the four-time winners and earn a last-8 clash against Germany. read more

Gareth Bale struck his first goal in the league since the start of September to lift Real to a fourth win in five matches and move the European champions up to fourth place. read more

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