Diabytes
2017 HWL Final News
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The Indian men's team were at the sixth spot since the beginning of this year and maintained its position throughout 2017.
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It was a fitting end to the eight-nation tournament which witnessed a keen battle between world's best two teams.
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Rathore reiterated that the Central Government will do everything possible in its capacity to support the athletes and raise the bar of sports in the country.
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Depleted German side might have lost the bronze-medal play-off match at the Hockey World League Final, but India coach Sjoerd Marijne praised the visitors for their spirited show, saying that they completely surprised the home team with their "structured" system.
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SV Sunil (21st minute) and Harmanpreet Singh (54th) got India the goals they needed, while it was reserve goalkeeper Mark Appel, playing his second match in a row as striker, who scored off a 36th-minute slap-push from skipper Mats Grambusch to draw his team level.
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Some 12-13 members of the Olympic silver medallist Belgium team scaled the boundary wall of the official hotel, Sandy's Tower, and walked a few kilometres (2.8km to be precise), trying to make a clandestine entry into the stadium.
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Earlier in the tournament, the Germans had blunted India’s counter-attacking tactics in the league phase winning that match 2-0.
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Germany, winners of 2008 and 2012 Olympics, will now meet hosts India in the bronze-medal playoff at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.
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The all-play-quarterfinal format existing in the FIH's four-tier HWL has come in for some criticism from a few teams which have failed to progress beyond the last-eight stage despite finishing on top in pool stages.
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Like Kirsten, Marijne promotes building relationships and encourages players to spell their thoughts out, not be hesitant. Kirsten had a more mellowed captain in Dhoni to do that easily in comparison to Wright who had to give the aggressive Ganguly more space. And it worked, in both the partnerships.
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'Inconsistent' is the perfect word to sum up India. If one day the Indians are brilliant, the very next day they might give a lacklustre performance.
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India, bronze medallist in 2015, finished last in Pool B after garnering just one point from one draw and two losses and will now take on the world No. 2 side in the knockout round after the Red Lions topped Pool A following their 3-0 win over Netherlands.
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Despite having the better share of chances in their final Pool B match against Germany, the hosts could not execute them and went down 0-2.
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Quite often, the true stories of the battle get lost in the glow of victory, but the background to such journeys always remains close to the heart of all achievers.
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