Fih Olympic Qualifiers 2019
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'You still have 30 minutes' — Rani Rampal, Sjoerd Marijne recall historical second-half goal that booked India's ticket to Tokyo Olympics
Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal and coach Sjoerd Marijne recall half time talks, strategy, and learnings from the second tie against USA of the FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India women's hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne stresses on consistency after narrow 6-5 win on aggregate against USA in qualifiers
The India women's team sealed its place in next year's Games after beating USA 6-5 on aggregate despite losing the second match 1-4 against the visitors in the double-leg FIH Olympic Qualifiers

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Indian men's hockey team thrashes Russia 7-1 in second-leg to book ticket to Tokyo
Eight-time winners India qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after thrashing Russia 7-1 (11-3 on aggregate) in the second game of the two-legged FIH Qualifiers for men on Saturday.

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Rani Rampal's timely goal helps India book Tokyo Olympics berth despite loss in second leg against USA
Indian women have now qualified for back-to-back Olympics having sealed it in Rio de Janeiro after a gap of 36 years. The women's team first participated in the Quadrennial extavaganza in 1980 where the men's team last won their gold medal.

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Russia played really well, not surprised by their impressive performance, says India coach Graham Reid
Rankings hardly have any significance in professional field hockey and world number 22 Russia proved that by their performance against eight-time Olympic champions India despite ending on the losing side, believes chief hockey coach Graham Reid

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Mandeep Singh's twin strikes save India blushes against minnows Russia in first-leg
Mandeep Singh struck twice as a below-par India struggled past minnows Russia 4-2 in the first-leg of the two-match hockey Olympic Qualifier on Friday.

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Indian men wary of complacency; Sjoerd Marijne looks to capitalise on women's team's newfound confidence
With no disrespect to Russia as an opponent, knowing fully well that matches in the Olympic Qualifiers in different parts of the world have run close, it will still be a tall order, probably the upset of the year or even the last decade if Russia put it across India

Daily Bulletin: India, Germany expected to sign 20 agreements today; govt officials in 20 US-allied countries targets of WhatsApp hack; day's top stories
Here are today's top stories: Angela Merkel to hold talks with Narendra Modi today, 20 agreements expected to be signed; Tamil Nadu govt issues ultimatum to striking doctors to report for work by today; and more

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: India men's coach Graham Reid tells his players to 'treat every team with respect' ahead of Russia clash
Against Russia, India will start as clear favourites to win both the matches and seal their place in next year's Tokyo Olympics but Reid is very well aware that one bad day in office can ruin his team's Olympic dream.

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Here's all you need to know ahead of India's qualification matches in upcoming tournament
Both the India teams will play back-to-back matches against Russia and USA on Friday and Saturday and the aggregate winners at the end of the two-match qualifier (each for men and women) will seal their places in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2019: Higher-ranked India must guard against complacency as men, women gear up for Russia, US
India's men have won their last five games against Russia, scoring 30 goals and conceding seven. The women’s team’s record against the USA, though, is not encouraging. The US have won 16 of 29 games, losing four, and drawing nine.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: India women's hockey team wants to experience feeling of qualifying again after Rio Games, says midfielder Sushila Chanu
It was a disastrous performance for India in the Rio Olympics as the team crashed out in the preliminary stage after losing four matches and drawing one

Lalit Upadhyay, Rupinder Pal Singh return to Indian men's hockey team for tour of Belgium
India's coach Graham Reid said that the tour of Belgium will be the perfect preparation for the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers match against Russia in Odisha

Hockey India name 33 probables for senior men's national camp ahead of Olympic qualifiers
The three-week camp will be conducted from the SAI Bengaluru campus from 2 September and will be supervised by Indian men's hockey coach Graham Reid

Hockey India name 33 probables for women's national coaching camp in Bengaluru, team to train under chief coach Sjoerd Marijne for four weeks
India women's team will be taking part in a camp at SAI Bengaluru for next month's FIH test event in Japan, with Australia and China also participating