MOQ: Our Man In Madrid: Malaysia must find own style 
IS the highly-disciplined and rigid German style suitable for Malaysia? This is a tricky but vital question after Malaysia's failure to qualify for the Athens Olympics and the removal of Paul Lissek as head coach. 
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MOQ: The Netherlands is champion
In a pulsating contest embellished by elegance and controlled aggression and counter-attacks, the Netherlands triumphed in the pre-Olympic hockey competition on a cloudy evening from a peach of a golden goal by Ronald Brouwer.
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MOQ: Pakistan clinches bronze after beating India
Pakistan avenged the five-run loss conceded by its cricketers to India Saturday by defeating India 4-2 at the men's Olympic qualifying field hockey tournament here.
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MOQ: Pakistan beat India 4-2 to take bronze in Olympic Qualifiers
Pakistan maintained their supremacy over India with a commanding 4-2 victory to finish on the victory podium in the Olympic Hockey Qualifiers here at the Club de Campo on Saturday.
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MOQ: Poland claim 9th place, Japan wooden spoon
Poland claimed the ninth place in the competition with a 4-2 win over disappointing Malaysia in a classification match of the Olympic Hockey Qualifiers here at the Club de Campo on Friday.
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MOQ: Pakistan get the better of India in 3rd place play-off   x2
India failed to carry their cricketing success on to the hockey turf as they were beaten 2-4 by Pakistan in the bronze medal play-off of the Olympic qualifying tournament here on Saturday.
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MOQ: Pakistan lands bronze
It was not a classic duel, but it certainly had some exhilarating moments.
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MOQ: Netherlands win Olympic qualifying tournament 
Netherlands beat Spain to win an emotionally-tinged men's Olympic qualifying field hockey tournament.
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MOQ: Pakistan defeat India in qualifying round of Olympics x6
Pakistan National Hockey team Saturday defeated Indian National Hockey team by 4-2 goals in qualifying round of Athens Olympics held here and managed to clench third position from among 6 teams qualifying for the Olympics.
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MOQ: India finish fourth after losing to Pakistan  x35
Pakistan beat India 4-2 to finish third in the men's hockey Olympics qualifying tournament here today.
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MOQ: South Africa team off to Athens x3
South Africa earned the last place at the Athens Olympics for field hockey after beating Belgium on penalty strokes at the men's qualifying event on Saturday.
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MOQ: South Africa qualify for Athens Olympics x40
South Africa, trailing 1-2 with five seconds left, squeezed out a 6-5 aggregate win against Belgium via the tie-breaker to qualify for the hockey competition of the Athens Olympics here today.
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MOQ: Malaysia: How low can you go?
MALAYSIA, lacking in urgency, were well beaten 4-2 by Poland at Club de Campo yesterday.
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MOQ: Spain, Holland in title tilt today; India take on Pak
The Indians seem to lack the killer punch. The vault into the top two is proving to be a difficult process for the blue shirts.
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MOQ: Spain overcome tragedy to beat Pakistan
Spain and Holland reached the final of the men's Olympic qualifying field hockey tournament here on Thursday but the competition was overshadowed by the terrorist bombings in the city which claimed 192 lives.
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MOQ: MJHL teams must name squads on March 26
Teams taking part in the Malaysia Junior Hockey League (MJHL) will have to register their players on March 26. The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) have decided to call all the participating team for a meeting and finalise the team list.
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MOQ: India start favourites vs Pak for third place  x2
It will be a duet Saturday. The cricket is the big ticket stuff, in Karachi, but here the two teams meet again to decide on the third place team at the Olympic hockey qualifying tournament.
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MOQ: Great Britain take heart from final flourish
Great Britain ended their Olympic qualifying tournament here with a 3-2 victory over New Zealand. Having already completed the main job of securing a place in the Athens Games this summer, yesterday's win was a bonus and brought a rather flattering fifth-
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MOQ: Britain beat Kiwis to snatch fifth place 
Great Britain grabbed an early Olympic Games (news - web sites) boost by beating New Zealand 3-2 to take fifth place in the men's Olympic qualifying field hockey tournament.
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MOQ: Great Britain see off New Zealand 
Great Britain's men's hockey team clinched fifth place at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Madrid, thanks to a 3-2 victory over New Zealand.
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MOQ: Canada 11th at Olympic field hockey qualifier  x3
The Canadian men's field hockey team will arrive home from Madrid, Spain, winners.
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MOQ: Great Britain Finish in Style x33
Great Britain's rocky start to the Olympic qualifying tournament was totally forgotten as they beat New Zealand 3-2 to secure fifth place overall in Madrid.
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MOQ: Poland finish 9th, Canada 11th
Canada overcame Japan 3-2 to finish 11th in the men's Olympic hockey qualifying tournament in Madrid on Friday.
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MOQ: Spain enter finals
Hosts Spain with a last minute goal by Santiago Freixa, snatched a dramatic 3-2 win against Pakistan to advance to the final of the Men's Olympic hockey qualifying tournament here.
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MOQ: Bombing casts shadow over GB victory
Great Britain defeated Belgium 2-1 yesterday to qualify for the Olympics in Athens, although the victory was overshadowed by the bombings in Madrid just a few hours earlier.
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MOQ: Spain enter finals
Hosts Spain with a last minute goal by Santiago Freixa, snatched a dramatic 3-2 win against Pakistan to advance to the final of the Men's Olympic Hockey Qualifying Tournament here.
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MOQ: South Africa hockey team hopes to court Olympic justice
Athens is looking further and further away for the South African men's hockey team.
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MOQ: Holland roar into final by beating India 4-2
Defending Olympic champions Holland roared into the final of the Olympic Hockey Qualifiers with a 4-2 triumph over India here at the Club De Campo on Thursday.
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MOQ: FIH decide to carry on despite terrorist attacks
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided on Thursday to carry on with the Olympic Hockey Qualifiers here at the Club de Campo even as more than 180 people were killed in terrorist attacks on the citys three train stations.
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MOQ: Great Britain qualify for Olympics in top six
Great Britain booked their place at the Olympics after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Belgium ensured a top-six finish here at the men's qualifying tournament.
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MOQ: At the worst, Malaysia can finish in 10th spot
MALAYSIA beat Japan 3-2 to qualify for the ninth-10th playoff in the Olympic Qualifiers at the Club de Compo ground in Madrid yesterday.
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MOQ: Malaysia: A plan hatched, more promises ... now only time will tell
THE National Sports Council (NSC) will not ditch hockey despite the disastrous outing in Madrid. Instead, a game plan has been hatched to elevate the standard over the next five years.
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MOQ: Poland shades Canada at Olympic field hockey qualifier x3
The Canadian men's field hockey team will try to accomplish two things Friday: post its first win in Madrid, Spain, and not finish last at an Olympic qualifying tournament.
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MOQ: Kiwis book Athens berth
New Zealand, playing with grit and determination, earned a ticket to Athens as they scored a 3-2 win over South Africa in an encounter, although exciting, was overshadowed by the bomb blasts in the Spanish capital here on Thursday.
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MOQ: Indians fail Dutch test
Taeke Taekema and Matthijs Brouwer struck two goals each as India's hopes of reaching the finals of the men's Olympic hockey qualifying tournament were dashed with a 2-4 loss against the Netherlands here on Thursday.
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MOQ: Subdued Great Britain claim Athens berth
Never can such an anti-climax have greeted qualification for the Olympics as, in spite of Britain's 2-1 win over Belgium to book their place in Athens, the players were in no mood to celebrate.
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MOQ: NZ team eager to leave Spain as soon as possible
New Zealand hockey team qualifies for Athens, but the celebrations are muted after the deadly bomb blasts in Madrid
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MOQ: Spain and Netherlands reach final on day of tragedy
Spain and the Netherlands reached the final of the men's Olympic qualifying field hockey tournament but the competition was overshadowed by the terrorist bombings in the city which claimed 192 lives.
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MOQ: We conceded easy goals: India coach
Madrid: Indian coach Rajinder Singh on Thursday blamed some poor defence work for his teams 2-4 loss to Netherlands in the semifinals of the Olympic qualifying hockey tournament.
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MOQ: Great Britain beats Belgium
Though Madrid plunged into chaos, turmoil and grief due to horrendous bomb blasts, hockey activity at the Club de Campo in the pre-Olympic competition went on schedule, albeit on a low-key affair.
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