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India’s loss shocking after dominating first half

S. Sabanayakan


SHODDY DISPLAY: India’s Varinderjeet Singh and Roshan Minz try to stop Waqas Akbar of Pakistan.

DHAKA: India put up a shoddy display to lose to Pakistan 5-4 in tie-breaker after 1-1 stalemate at the regulation and extra time in the final of the 11th South Asian Games hockey competition at the Moulana Bhasani Stadium here on Sunday.

DHAKA: Senior duo of Dharamvir Singh and Varinderjeet Singh misfired in tie-breaker as India had to content with a silver after going down to arch-rivals Pakistan 4-5 in a keenly contested hockey summit clash in 11th South Asian Games on Sunday.

Ireland 1 - 2 Belgium

Ireland played Belgium for the second time earlier today. A day's rest resulted in Ireland looking brighter and playing better hockey than in Friday's match.

The Canadian men’s national field hockey team defeated the United States 2-0 Sunday afternoon in their first of a four test match series in California.

Keegan Pereira and Dave Jameson scored the goals for Canada.

Field Hockey Canada media release

The Canadian men’s national under-17 team defeated Mexico 1-0 Sunday afternoon in the opening match of the first ever Men’s Pan American Youth Championship.

USA 3, Chile 1

The USA defeated Chile, 3-1, in their first game of competition at the 2010 Youth Pan American Championship.

By Patrick Rowley

Rufus McNaught-Barrington scored his first premier league goal for Exeter University in the last minute to snatch a 4-3 win for the bottom club over leaders Surbiton when the men’s outdoor England League resumed after the winter break.

By Patrick Rowley

England striker Chloe Rogers made a successful switch from indoor to outdoor hockey, scoring two cracking goals for Leicester as the new indoor champions defeated Reading 4-1 at Sonning when the English League resumed after the winter break.

The NBA in Tallaght set the scene for the inaugural National Trophy Finals Day. Railway Union and Hermes clashed for the forth time in eight days, this time to be crowned National indoor champions and a chance to represent Ireland in Europe next year.

Menzieshill and VWS Dundee Wanderers were crowned champions as the Subway National Indoor League season came to an exciting conclusion at the Bell’s Sports Centre in Perth on Sunday. Three men’s teams were in contention at the start of play, however Inverleith’s opening  5-3 win over Western Wildcats all but finished their challenge. Goals from Dick (2), and single strikes from Harris, Grassick and Milne secured the points. Then it was up to Menzieshill to lay down their marker and this they did in style with a 6-1 mauling of VWS Dundee Wanderers with Thomson(2),Wilson(2), Tilston and Stibbles all on the impressive score sheet.

By Jugjet Singh

SAPURA proved a point when they overpowered favourites Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) to reach the final of the Malaysia Hockey League TNB Cup on Saturday.

By S. RAMAGURU


KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional and Sapura will be meeting each other for the first time in a Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) final and both sides have it in them to make a memorable outing on Friday at the Tun Razak Stadium here.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional defender Baljit Singh wants to keep intact a perfect record of being on the winning side in a Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) final.

Due to Internet problems I have been unable to update the Malaysian Hockey blog on a regular basis.

Two new caps, Natasha Fitzsimons and Cathryn Finlayson, join the Black Sticks Women to take on arch-rivals Australia in the upcoming series this month (February 8-17).

Ric Charlesworth has again proven that he still has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to coaching, today selecting a player with only three games experience in his 18 man Hero Honda FIH 2010 World Cup squad.

S. Thyagarajan

Chennai: With the choice limited to 21 and complexities confronting the administration multiplying by the hour, the hockey selection committee was compelled to do a tight rope walking while picking up the squad for the World Cup.

K. Arumugam

The Indian team has been announced for the home World Cup on Saturday after traial. This is at least what the official version, as its press release states.

CHENNAI: The crisis on the captaincy issue of the Indian hockey squad deepened on Sunday with chief coach Jose Brasa adamant on pushing his case that Prabhjot Singh should be made the skipper of the World Cup side.

NEW DELHI: Some of the players are peeved at the "arbitrary" decision taken by Hockey India (HI) in appointing Rajpal Singh as captain after the team management announced that Prabhjot Singh would lead the Indian team in the World Cup starting on February 28.

NEW DELHI: Some of the players are peeved at the "arbitrary" decision taken by Hockey India (HI) in appointing Rajpal Singh as captain after the team management announced that Prabhjot Singh would lead the Indian team in the World Cup starting on February 28.

K. Arumugam

We had enough of negativity. Now the scale, and the frequency of it is emerging dangerously to engulf the World Cup itself.

OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi: Irked by Hockey India’s (HI) decision to ignore the chief coach’s recommendation to appoint Prabhjot Singh the captain for the World Cup, some of the senior players are planning to raise the issue in the team meeting.

Age Correspondent

New Delhi: The upcoming Hockey World Cup will be a good rehearsal for security during the Common-wealth Games later this year. The Delhi police, which has beefed up security for the event will install around 150 CCTV cameras in the National and Shivaji Stadiums.

Delhi Police will take the security arrangements for the hockey World Cup in New Delhi from Feb 28-March 13 as the dry run for the Commonwealth Games to be held in October, sources said.

NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru PG College, Bhopal, beat Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, 2-1 in the semifinals of the SAIL 17th Nehru champion colleges hockey tournament at the MP State Women’s Hockey Academy, Kampoo, Gwalior, on Sunday.

Bangalore: The State Super Division hockey league will be held at Madikeri from March 27 to April 18.