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A little less than a year back, the India womens hockey team travelled to the Tokyo Olympics without a game in four-and-a-half months. Despite the lack of matches, largely due to the pandemic, the Rani Rampal-led team finished an unprecedented fourth. File photo of coach Janneke Schopman with India women s hockey players Twitter/TheHockeyIndia They start World Cup on Sunday after six months of intense competition against the best in the w stanley mug orld and after winning bronze in the Asia Cup and Pro League. stanley thermos Last time Olympics there was not much preparation but this time every team is well prepared and will give a good fight. We got a good opportunity to play against top teams in the Pro League which has boosted our skills and confidence, said India midfielder Sonika, who returns to the squad after two years. History is not on Indias side. The worlds No. 8 team has qualified for half of the 14 editions, their best coming in the first edition in 1974 when they finished fourth. India failed to qualify in 2014 and were eighth out of 16 teams in 2018. But things changed after Tokyo and India will be no pushovers in Terrassa and Amstelveen鈥攖he two cities hosting the quadrennial event. Led by Savita Punia, they have notched up important wins against higher-ranked teams in the Pro League and were ranked No. 6 in May. Janneke Schopman, India chief coach, has tried stanley cup out various combinations during the four-month Pro League, especially in attack which will miss striker Rampal who Bxka Tension mat le yaar KKR s mantra ahead of clash against Pune
French title winners Paris Saint-Germain brought English champions Leicester City down to earth with a comfortable 4-0 win in the exhibition International Champions Cup in Los Angeles on Saturday. Paris St Germain s Edinson Cava stanley cup ni celebrates scoring a goal with his teammates. Reuters Photo A sell-out 25,667 crowd was treated to passages of sumptuous midfield interplay as PS stanley mug G gave the naive Foxe stanley cup s a taste of what to expect at Europes top table as they head into their first Champions League campaign. PSG attacked relentlessly, playing neat triangles in midfield and looking to play mercurial Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani in through the channels while Javier Pastore whipped in dangerous crosses from the left. The threat was largely cancelled out early on by captain Wes Morgan and his center back partner Robert Huth, with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel having little to do. But PSG got the breakthrough in the 26th minute when Daniel Amartey clumsily brought down Jonathan Ikone in the area and Cavani sent Schmeichel the wrong way from the spot. Leicester City defender Danny Simpson L and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Lucas Moura R battle for the ball during their International Champions Cup match. AFP Photo Leicester clawed their way back into the play with several promising attacks, including a stinging free kick from Algerian star midfielder Riyad Mahrez which PSG keeper Alphonse Areola just kept out. But les Rouge et Bleu doubled their lead seconds be
A little less than a year back, the India womens hockey team travelled to the Tokyo Olympics without a game in four-and-a-half months. Despite the lack of matches, largely due to the pandemic, the Rani Rampal-led team finished an unprecedented fourth. File photo of coach Janneke Schopman with India women s hockey players Twitter/TheHockeyIndia They start World Cup on Sunday after six months of intense competition against the best in the w stanley mug orld and after winning bronze in the Asia Cup and Pro League. stanley thermos Last time Olympics there was not much preparation but this time every team is well prepared and will give a good fight. We got a good opportunity to play against top teams in the Pro League which has boosted our skills and confidence, said India midfielder Sonika, who returns to the squad after two years. History is not on Indias side. The worlds No. 8 team has qualified for half of the 14 editions, their best coming in the first edition in 1974 when they finished fourth. India failed to qualify in 2014 and were eighth out of 16 teams in 2018. But things changed after Tokyo and India will be no pushovers in Terrassa and Amstelveen鈥攖he two cities hosting the quadrennial event. Led by Savita Punia, they have notched up important wins against higher-ranked teams in the Pro League and were ranked No. 6 in May. Janneke Schopman, India chief coach, has tried stanley cup out various combinations during the four-month Pro League, especially in attack which will miss striker Rampal who Bxka Tension mat le yaar KKR s mantra ahead of clash against Pune
French title winners Paris Saint-Germain brought English champions Leicester City down to earth with a comfortable 4-0 win in the exhibition International Champions Cup in Los Angeles on Saturday. Paris St Germain s Edinson Cava stanley cup ni celebrates scoring a goal with his teammates. Reuters Photo A sell-out 25,667 crowd was treated to passages of sumptuous midfield interplay as PS stanley mug G gave the naive Foxe stanley cup s a taste of what to expect at Europes top table as they head into their first Champions League campaign. PSG attacked relentlessly, playing neat triangles in midfield and looking to play mercurial Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani in through the channels while Javier Pastore whipped in dangerous crosses from the left. The threat was largely cancelled out early on by captain Wes Morgan and his center back partner Robert Huth, with goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel having little to do. But PSG got the breakthrough in the 26th minute when Daniel Amartey clumsily brought down Jonathan Ikone in the area and Cavani sent Schmeichel the wrong way from the spot. Leicester City defender Danny Simpson L and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Lucas Moura R battle for the ball during their International Champions Cup match. AFP Photo Leicester clawed their way back into the play with several promising attacks, including a stinging free kick from Algerian star midfielder Riyad Mahrez which PSG keeper Alphonse Areola just kept out. But les Rouge et Bleu doubled their lead seconds be