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Wary of India's '12th man', New Zealand look to 'influence' the World Cup pre-quarterfinal

BHUBANESWAR: One thing that remains unchanged for foreign teams visiting Odisha is the packed stands. The challenge goes beyond the playing field, where communication amid deafening roars can become a problem. At the ongoing Men's Hockey World Cup, the decibels went a notch higher in Rourkela with 20,000 fans cheering…

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Injured India midfielder Hardik Singh ruled out of Men's Hockey World Cup

BHUBANESWAR: India's best player of the pool stage, Hardik Singh, has been ruled out of the Men's Hockey World Cup here because of a hamstring strain that hasn't fully recovered to allow him to play further role in India's campaign.

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Hockey World Cup: Harmanpreet Singh needs to find dragflick form

BHUBANESWAR: With three weeks to go for the World Cup, Indian drag-flickers attended a special camp under Dutchman Bram Lo -mans. Given the paucity of time during the week-long programme, the two-time Olympic gold medallist focused more on technique and grip.

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India to face holders Belgium if they win crossover match against NZ

ROURKELA: Hosts India will face defending champions Belgium in the quarterfinals of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup if they beat New Zealand in the crossover match in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

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Paris 2024 to be last Olympics hockey tournament on watered turfs: FIH

BHUBANESWAR: Forty-eight years after hockey was first played on watered artificial surface at the Olympics, the sport will adopt a greener and sustainable technology that will allow hockey to be played on a non-watered pitch.

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Hockey World Cup: Record-breaking Dutch slot 14 past hapless Chile

BHUBANESWAR: Netherlands powered into the quarterfinals of the FIH World Cup with a record performance against Chile in Group C.

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Only World Cup medal is missing from my cabinet, hope to win this time: PR Sreejesh

BHUBANESWAR: Star India men's hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has achieved almost everything in his 17-year-long illustrious career, except for a World Cup medal and he wants to fulfil his "dream" this time in the ongoing showpiece at home.

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Hockey World Cup: The penalty corner dilemma - criticise drag-flickers or laud defenders?

BHUBANESWAR: The most obvious question since India's first match of the ongoing Men's Hockey World Cup has been: "Why hasn't the team been able to convert any of its penalty corners?" To make matters worse, drag-flick expert and captain Harmanpreet Singh missed a penalty stroke as well against Spain. India…

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Hockey World Cup: India's game of 'numbers' in race to quarters, but Wales have nothing to lose

BHUBANESWAR: The day after India's goal-less draw with England at the Hockey World Cup in Rourkela, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh tweeted: "Be on your toes, this is not going to be easy anymore."

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Dutee Chand says she’s ‘unaware’ but NADA provisionally suspends her for failing test

BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA: “My life is full of challenges. Let’s see what happens,” Dutee Chand told TOI when contacted regarding her testing positive for a banned substance.

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Hockey World Cup: India preparing for 17 vs 18 against Wales?

BHUBANESWAR: It's difficult to find a player who can be the team's engine room as well as an attacker, whose blazing runs past defenders remind people of a Dhanraj Pillay or a Shahbaz Ahmed. Hardik Singh's rise, and particularly his form in the ongoing Hockey World Cup, has set the…

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Hockey World Cup: 12 Japanese players on the pitch, FIH investigates

BHUBANESWAR: In a bizarre incident on Tuesday at the Men's Hockey World Cup, the Japan team had 12 players on the pitch during a penalty corner set-piece in the dying moments of their Pool B match against South Korea, which ended in a 2-1 win for the Koreans.

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Belgium play out 2-2 draw against Germany in Hockey World Cup

BHUBANESWAR: Defending champions Belgium found the equaliser with six minutes left in the match to play out a thrilling 2-2 draw against Germany and keep themselves in the hunt for a direct quarterfinal qualification in the FIH Men's World Cup on Tuesday.

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Hockey World Cup 2023: India's Hardik Singh 'okay' for now, it's just a 'mild strain'

BHUBANESWAR: A day after the news of his absence from India's last pool game at the Hockey World Cup, star midfielder Hardik Singh's suspected hamstring injury has turned out to be a "mild strain" and he is expected to return to action during the knockout rounds.

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We will try to execute penalty corners against Wales: Manpreet Singh

BHUBANESWAR: India were found wanting in penalty corner conversions in their first two matches in the FIH Men's World Cup, but midfielder Manpreet Singh is hoping that the home side will hit the target against Wales on Thursday.

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Hockey World Cup: Argentina, under Ranconi, geared to emulate football team's feat

BHUBANESWAR: Celebrations in Argentina haven't stopped following their FIFA World Cup victory last month, and there's no reason they should. They have won the coveted trophy for the first time since Deigo Maradona led them to victory in Mexico in 1986.

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Hockey World Cup: Belgium warm up late, slam 5 past Koreans

BHUBANESWAR: Victor Wegnez put up a masterclass of penalty corner defence as defending champions Belgium beat South Korea 5-0 to begin their title defence in style at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.

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The world flocks at Kalinga for hockey extravaganza

BHUBANESWAR: The city skipped a heartbeat on Friday as the World Cup kicked off after a long wait at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday. It was the first time that a city is hosting a Hockey World Cup on two successive occasions and people came from all over the world…

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Hockey World Cup: Australia go on an 8-0 rampage

BHUBANESWAR: Australia were expected to be hungry to perform at this World Cup after missing out on gold in Tokyo and winning just a bronze at the 2018 edition of the tournament. But not many would have anticipated what transpired at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday. Playing their first…

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Hockey World Cup: Soon to be 40, Lee Nam Yong to lead Korea's charge

BHUBANESWAR: Lee Nam Yong will become one of the oldest to play in a hockey World Cup when South Korea face off against defending champions Belgium at Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday. The skipper will turn 40 this year and is hoping to lead a successful campaign for the Asians…

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Dutch prescribe sign language to beat crowd uproar

BHUBANESWAR: The Netherlands hockey team came agonizingly close to winning their fourth World Cup title in 2018 in Bhubaneswar but lost out to Belgium in the summit clash via the tie-breaker.

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Former India hockey stars fancy World Cup medal

MUMBAI: Ever since India clinched a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Indian hockey fans have started to dream big. Could they do something special at the FIH World Cup, which gets underway at Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in Odisha from Friday?

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Men's Hockey World Cup 2023: Everything you need to know

The curtain over the 15th FIH Men's Hockey World Cup will rise on January 13 when the 2016 Olympic champions Argentina and South Africa line up at Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium -- one of the two venues for the showpiece event.

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Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik builds world’s largest hockey stick using sand and 5000 hockey balls

BHUBANESWAR: When the people arrive at the Biju Patnaik airport in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, they are sure to be welcomed by the beautiful sand art that depicts the mythologically-significant monuments of the erstwhile state. This time, not only will the visitors traveling for the FIH Odisha Hockey men’s World Cup be…

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Men's Hockey World Cup 2023: 15 Interesting facts and trivia

The 2023 Men's Hockey World Cup will begin in less than a week in the Indian cities of Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in Odisha.

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