Welcome to Fieldhockey.com

By Jugjet Singh


Datuk Manjit Majid Abdullah

THE 10th Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) has been called off.

The India captain says women’s hockey is moving in the right direction; congratulates Vandana Katariya and Monika.

Rani Rampal on Wednesday said she was “overwhelmed” at being nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.

The Indian men and women hockey teams have resumed outdoor training here in a “systematic and phased” manner after a two-month hiatus due to the coronavirus-forced nationwide lockdown.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's national hockey team are clear with their objective in 2021 – to qualify for the final of the Asia Cup.And the reward? A spot in the World Cup.

Hockeyroos defender Karri McMahon is one of those people who just grab life in all its glory. Despite some horrendous injuries - a fractured jaw, a stress fracture in the foot and a broken leg amongst them – she has amassed more than 150 caps for Australia and is a key member of the Hockeyroos defence.

By Richard Bright


Call up: Rupert Shipperley is now a GB player PICS: WORLD SPORT PICS

Teak-tough geography teacher Rupert Shipperley hopes to rack up the air miles on the return road to Tokyo 2020 next year.

Anna Toman and Emily Defroand

There is no douting that Anna Toman and Emily Defroand are exceptional hockey players.

The return to hockey activity is being carefully trialled and monitored across the globe as the tight grip of Covid-19 on sporting activities is gradually relaxing. To find out how national association are returning to hockey-playing activities, FIH spoke to members of the international hockey community. In this interview we speak to the Poland national women’s team captain Marlena Rybacha and Mateusz Grochal, former coach to the U16 national boys team and now Poland Hockey Federation Development Manager.

Community hockey is being reintroduced in a cautious and methodical manner, based on the best available evidence to optimise participant and community safety. In order to be aligned to Hockey’s overarching “return to play” considerations; the following rule changes have been put into effect immediately:

As our communities begin to emerge from the challenges of isolation and lockdown that COVID-19 presented to us over the past 3 months, a return to sport is thankfully being considered. Sport is a vehicle for physical, mental and social wellbeing. We all want to return to the sport we love at the earliest opportunity to enjoy the benefits it provides. As we begin a controlled and phased approach to our return to play, Field Hockey Canada wishes to remind everyone in our community that at this time, all organized field hockey activities remain suspended whilst we work towards the resolution of critical insurance issues.

Pro Series Indoor (PSI) organisers have hailed its first UK event as a “massive success” as the growing indoor event broadened its reach in 2019.

By Rod Gilmour


Tendo Kimuli, right, pictured with Rhys Smith

A promising black hockey player has recalled his experiences of racial abuse on the pitch and questioned England Hockey’s lack of anti-racism messaging in support of athletes.

By AGNES MAKHANDIA


Alex Nyawira of Technical University of Kenya (left) tackles Ian Lang'at of Parkroad Badgers during their Kenya Hockey Union men's Premier League match at City Park Stadium on September 10, 2017. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU |

A thorough dressing-down by management at the end of 2018 Kenyan Premier League action inspired relegated Park Road Badgers’ elevation back to the top-tier this season, club captain Jerry Kanah has revealed.

Ashley Morrison



News from Lausanne last week that the International Hockey Federation had signed a ten-year deal with a company that is going to deliver digital media solutions and a “ground-breaking fan engagement service,” was no doubt music to many hockey fans ears.

Today is the 24th anniversary of the founding of Fieldhockey.com.

By Liam Morgan


The FIH has altered the qualification process for the 2022 and 2023 World Cups ©Getty Images

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has altered the qualification process for its World Cups in 2022 and 2023 following the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

While 11 of the 16 spots would be filled through the five continental championships, the remaining five would be decided through FIH qualification events.

The postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the scrapping of Hockey World League competition has forced the FIH to rework its qualification process for the next edition of the World Cup, allocating more spots to continental events.

Team S2H



New Delhi: Hockey India on Tuesday announced the nomination of Indian Women’s Hockey Team Captain Rani for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award while her compatriots Vandana Kataria, Monika and Harmanpreet Singh have been nominated for the Arjuna Award. For the Major Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement, Hockey India has recommended former India stalwarts Dr RP Singh and Tushar Khandker. Coaches BJ Kariappa and Romesh Pathania have been nominated for the Dronacharya Award.

By K. Arumugam



Hockey India, in its wisdom, has recommended hockey players for annual Arjuna and other awards. Its heartening that the Indian hockey has now a talent that is potentially a Khel Ratna material – Rani Rampal.

The national team players were supposed to restart training in mid-May, but their wait got prolonged after a SAI staffer passed away and tested positive for the coronavirus.

By Mihir Vasavda


Graham Reid, the head coach, with the men’s hockey team in training. (Source: File Photo)

After nearly 70 days, Indian hockey teams returned to the turf on Monday morning; the first team sport to resume activities since the lockdown was imposed on March 25. It was training like never before, vastly different from what they are used to. But as a player put it, ‘at least we could feel the ball hitting the stick again.’ It was largely just about that.

By Nigel Ringland


The lockdown has forced Murphy to adjust the way she works as she swaps face-to-face meetings with athletes for a home office

Throughout the Covid-19 lockdown we've heard a lot from athletes about how they've been coping with everything from the lack of training facilities to the Olympics postponement.

KUALA LUMPUR: Goalkeeper Mashitah Abdul Khalid was down in the dumps when no team wanted her services in the Malaysian National Women’s Hockey League in January. It was all the more disheartening because she had helped Selangor win the Razak Cup title last August.

By Ahmed Talaat

Sharkia Women, African Club Champions 2019

As head coach of Egyptian team Sharkia I had very hard job with women's team. It was very big challenge to  all the coaches to develop women section. 

by Dil Bahra


Leandro Negre, Dil Bahra and Balbir Senior at FIH function London 2012 Olympics

I first met Balbir Singh Senior at the Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Netherlands in 1982. I was with a group who had earlier gone to the Bombay World Cup in that year. Whilst we sat down in the lounge after the match, having our drinks, Balbir, who was the coach of the Indian team at that tournament, was passing through the lounge on his way out. He noticed our group and came over to talk to us.

During this National Reconciliation Week, Hockey Australia reinforces its full support of the objectives and journey towards a fully reconciled country.