Foreign input needed to boost junior programme
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A youthful India take on a physically stronger and determined South Africa in the first tie of the five-match hockey Test series tomorrow with much at stake for both the teams.

Who will cry for Premachandran, Uday Prabhu?
Is KK Premachandran's omission from the list of Arjuna Awardees justified ?

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