Tokyo spotlight offers game big chance to restore fading appeal
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Daniel Leussink
Netherlands' Eva de Goede (L) challenges Argentina's Luciana Aymar during their women's gold medal hockey match at the Riverbank Arena at the London 2012 Olympic Games August 10, 2012. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
TOKYO - In a few weeks hockey players line up in Tokyo for the 24th time at the summer Olympics, knowing some fear its days as a core sport in the Games could be numbered unless they can put on a show to kickstart a revival in its waning global profile.