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England’s men and women have named their squads for this weekend’s FIH Hockey Pro League games; the first international matches in front of a home crowd for two and a half years.

England's Shona McCallin is back from injury PIC: England Hockey

A home international in London will be played in front of a crowd for the first time in two and a half years this weekend when England start their Pro League summer.

India will play Belgium on 11th and 12th June followed by matches against the Netherlands on 18th and 19th June


Amit Rohidas (Source: Hockey India)

Hockey India on Thursday named the 20-member Indian Men's Hockey Team who will take on hosts Belgium and Netherlands in the last leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2021-22 season. The current table toppers India will play Belgium on 11th and 12th June in Antwerp, Belgium followed by matches against the Netherlands on 18th and 19th June in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Amit Rohidas will continue to lead the Indian men’s hockey team in the last leg of the 2021-22 edition of the FIH Pro League in Belgium and the Netherlands.


There are no big surprises in the squad as the Indian team management continues to test various combinations ahead of a busy calendar year.   -  Biswaranjan Rout

Amit Rohidas will continue to lead the Indian men’s hockey team in the last leg of the 2021-22 edition of the FIH Pro League in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Fellow Seoul '88 gold medallist Steve Batchelor and Imran Sherwani's son Zac are part of the 'Going For Gold' London Marathon team that will raise money for Alzheimer's UK. Credit: Alex Wallace

England Hockey are pleased to announce a range of activity supporting Alzheimer’s Research UK at the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League home games against the Netherlands on Sunday 5 June.

The Men’s Asia Cup will burst into action on 23 May in Jakarta, Indonesia, with eight teams in action.

The Indian team will be up against Japan, Pakistan and hosts Indonesia in Pool A


Indian Hockey Team for Asia Cup

The Indian men's hockey team, led by Olympic bronze medallist Birendra Lakra, on Friday left for Jakarta to defend the Asia Cup title.

By Jugjet Singh


Malaysia’s coach, Arul Selvaraj. - NSTP file pic

Be thinkers, not followers.

That's the mantra of national coach Arul Selvaraj for his players since he took over in 2020.

Talking about his future and his comeback, the ace drag-flicker said that he wants to give back to the sport, which has made him the person he is today.

By Ashim Sunam


India drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh (Photo | Hockey India)

BENGALURU: After the highs of a bronze medal finish at the Tokyo Olympics, key members, including Rupinder Pal Singh and Birender Lakra, had called it quits. However, they were both called for the Indian camp and were ready for a comeback to international hockey with the former originally named captain for the Asia Cup, starting May 23.

The Drumquin native and former Omagh Academy pupil retired from international hockey at the end of last year


Shirley McCay

Being Ireland’s most capped athlete is one that sits easy with Co Tyrone hockey legend Shirley McCay.

Roc Oliva has signed off on his Atlètic Terrassa career on a high note following his unexpected appearance in the Spanish Final Four, lifting his tenth title with the club.

Surbiton will welcome GB and England’s Izzy Petter back to the club for the 2022/23 season.

KARACHI: Karachi Hockey Association (KHA) Secretary Haider Hussain called on Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Director General Muhammad Ali Shah at his office on Thursday, in which Shah assured that KDA would play its due role in the promotion of hockey.

Barry Middleton receives his honour from the Duke Of Cambridge PIC: Twitter

Record cap great Barry Middleton was among a host of current and former Team GB sports stars who received honours at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

Men

Estadio Betero, Valencia
All times GMT +2

17 May 2022 11:30     ESP v FRA (RR)     4 - 2
18 May 2022 11:30     ESP v FRA (RR)     1 - 0

Sportcentrum Wilrijkse Plein-Antwerp
All times GMT +2

20 May 2022 20:30     BEL v ESP (RR)    
21 May 2022 20:30     BEL v ESP (RR)          

Ernst Reuter Sportfeld, Berlin
All times GMT +2

21 May 2022 16:30     GER v ARG (RR)    
22 May 2022 14:30     GER v ARG (RR)    

Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre, London
All times GMT +1

21 May 2022 13:00     ENG v FRA (RR)    
22 May 2022 12:00     ENG v FRA (RR)       

Men's Pool standings

Women

Estadio Betero, Valencia
All times GMT +2

17 May 2022 13:30     CHN v ARG (RR)     1 - 3
18 May 2022 13:30     CHN v ARG (RR)     1 - 3

Sportcentrum Wilrijkse Plein-Antwerp
All times GMT +2

20 May 2022 18:00     BEL v ESP (RR)    
21 May 2022 18:00     BEL v ESP (RR)    

Ernst Reuter Sportfeld, Berlin
All times GMT +2

21 May 2022 13:30     GER v ARG (RR)      
22 May 2022 11:30     GER v ARG (RR)        

Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre, London
All times GMT +1

21 May 2022 15:30     ENG v CHN (RR)    
22 May 2022 14:30     ENG v CHN (RR)    

Women's Pool standings

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After the six-goal thriller the previous day, Spain and France men's side confounded spectators and each other with an equally fast-paced match but with only one goal to show for their efforts. It took until the final moments of the game for Red Sticks' Joaquin Menini to finally find a way past the excellent Arthur Thieffry in the French goal.

By Neil Shefferd


Argentina's women won a tenth straight FIH Pro League match this season with a 3-1 victory over China today ©Getty Images

Spain’s men and Argentina’s women both won their second matches in as many days as International Hockey Federation Pro League action continued in Valencia.

Uthra Ganesan

The Asian body is prepared to hold an independent qualifying event if Asian Games are not held by September 2023

The Asian Hockey Federation says it is closely monitoring the situation in China where the Games are to be held.

The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on Wednesday said it will conduct the Olympic qualifiers independently if the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games are not held by September next year.

The Indian men's team will play Malaysia, Pakistan, Poland and hosts Switzerland in the event, which will be held on June 5 and 6.


FILE PHOTO: Gurinder Singh will captain the Indian side.

Defender Gurinder Singh will lead a nine-member Indian men's hockey team at the inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey 5s, to be held in Lausanne, Switzerland next month.

Pakistan are one of the three Asian nations – with India and Malaysia – participating in the upcoming ‘Hero FIH Hockey5s Lausanne 2022’.

Ahead of the 15th edition of the FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup taking place in Spain and the Netherlands (1-17 July), we’re conducting a series of exclusive interviews with the participating teams. Today: Eunbi Cheon (KOR).

Shane McLeod guided Belgium to unprecedented success PIC: Reuters/Bernadett Szabo

Shane McLeod, who led Belgium to world No.1 and the Olympic men’s title last year, has returned to the Red Lions as an assistant coach.

The 2022 Jakarta Indonesia Asian Cup, will officially open its curtains on May 23 to June 1, 2022 at the Gelora Bung Karno Hockey Stadium, with the match also offering automatic tickets to the 2023 Hockey World Cup scheduled to take place in India in January 2023.

Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Robertson has been confirmed as Scotland’s new women’s hockey captain as the build-up continues towards the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in July, and the EuroHockey qualifiers in France at the end of August.

The Minister of Sports has released €30,000 to promote women’s hockey.


Hockey is on the rise, even more so since the world title and gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics won by our men's team. The Francophone Hockey League found that there were more new registrations of male players than female.

Hockey is on the rise, even more so since the world title and gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics won by our men’s team. The Francophone Hockey League found that there were more new registrations of male players than female.

by Helge Schütz


Delron Handura of SoE and Chase Landry of Saints in action. Photo: Helge Schütz

SAINTS and Windhoek Old Boys both recorded comfortable victories in the Bank Windhoek Indoor Hockey Men's Premier League to open up a big gap over the rest of the field.

Hockey Wales are undertaking a major heritage project to gather data on all former senior international players and matches. The aim - to collate an accurate record of former internationals who represented Wales and award a Welsh cap to every athlete.  

My apologies, but work commitments have prevented today's update from happening on time. Should all be up by 12:00 GMT

It was a decisive day for most of the games on Day 2 at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Pool D play opened with India’s Lalrindiki’s two goals leading her side to a 5-1 win over Wales, while Germany had a clinical 10-0 win over Malaysia thanks to Aina Kresken’s hat trick. In Pool A play, the USA found their footing through a four-goal performance from Hope Rose to take care of Zimbabwe 5-0, while the Netherlands secured their spot in the Top 8 with a casual 11-0 victory over Canada thanks to a five-goal performance from Jip Dicke. The day closed with England edging Ireland with an exciting 2-1 decision thanks to a brilliant goal from Vicki McCabe.

S2H Team



India salvaged a bonus point from their second match of the FIH Pro League women’s doubleheader against Germany in a mirror-image finish at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.