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FIH Hockey Pro League: Craig Fulton’s vision of control over chaos is a work in progress as India edge out Ireland

Ned was just a nickname until it became a motivation mantra of sorts that could well be plastered on the walls inside the dressing room. Ned – Never Ending Dream.The acronym was born when ‘Ned’ started his own company more than a decade ago. When he moved to hockey coaching and took charge of Ireland, it became a rallying cry for the underdogs’ quest to qualify for the Olympics for the first time since 1948. In 2018, it became Belgium’s motto as they lifted their first World Cup. Ned’s dream now continues with India, the team he now coaches. Ned is Craig Fulton. The South African who, with his emphasis on defensive structures, transformed Ireland and turned Belgium into an unstoppable force. “He made us very tough to beat. We were defensively very good in that period,” says Michael Robs...
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Hockey Junior World Cup: Profligate India pay the price, lose 4-1 to Germany in semifinal

It is not often you hear a half-time interview in hockey that is as insightful and opinionated as the one Germany’s Rein van Eijk gave during the semifinal against India at the FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur.His team had taken the lead at the very end of the half, with the hooter going just as India conceded a Penalty Corner. Eijk, though, had no qualms in admitting his side was lucky. “Definitely a very important goal but it’s undeserving that we are in the lead right now, India are really taking us apart, we have no control over the game. We have to step up or otherwise, they are going to score 3 or 4 or 5 goals if we play this way, we have to clean up a few things. India played a fantastic half and we are very lucky at the moment,” the coach said. We...