News for 03 March 2022
All the news for Thursday 3 march 2022
Speedy Tigers and Tigresses withdraw from Commonwealth Games
By Jugjet Singh
KUALA LUMPUR: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced teams for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on Wednesday, and both the Malaysian teams were conspicuously missing. 
England Going For Commonwealth Glory On Home Soil
For only the second time in history, England’s hockey teams have the chance to go for Commonwealth Games glory on home soil this summer.
Commonwealth Games 2022 hockey: India, Pakistan look to end Australian dominance
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan, along with six-time champions Australia, will be among the 10 men’s teams at Birmingham. India also feature in the women’s tournament.
By Utathya Nag
Picture by Getty Images
With Pakistan failing to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics men’s hockey tournament, the anticipation of an epic India vs Pakistan clash at last year’s Summer Games fell flat. But hockey fans from both countries can now look forward to yet another chapter in the historic rivalry to unfold at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK.
We aren’t afraid of anyone at Hockey World Cup, says India’s Sushila Chanu
India’s “fighting spirit” has given the side optimism for a successful Women’s World Cup.
Dancer names training panel of 25 as World Cup schedule confirmed
Ireland receiving their World Cup ticket last October in Pisa. Pic: Frank Uijlenbroek/World Sport Pics
Hockey Ireland senior women’s coach Sean Dancer has named a training panel of 25 players ahead of a busy 2022 which includes July’s World Cup and August’s EuroHockey Championship qualifiers.
Barr twins back in a squad which has notable absentees
Roisin Upton (left), Bethany Barr (centre) and Chloe Watkins (right) celebrate Ireland's qualification for the Tokyo Olympics. Roisin Upton (left) and Bethany Barr (centre) are named in Sean Dancer's squad but Chloe Watkins (right) is among the absentees
Fit-again sisters Bethany and Serena Barr have returned to an Ireland squad which also has notable absentees as this summer's World Cup approaches.
EHF confirms implications for EHL of Russia and Belarus’s exclusion from competition
Following the statement of the EHF on the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials for the foreseeable future, the implications for the Euro Hockey League and EuroHockey Club events 2022 are:
Batra’s Stern Missive to Hockey India Unfortunate: 1975 World-Cup winner Aslam Sher Khan
The strongly-worded missive by International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Batra to the top mandarins of Hockey India, wherein he termed the recent performances of the national team ‘unacceptable’ and asked Hockey India to explain the reasons for the same, has caught the attention of the hockey fraternity. The general line of thought was whether Batra as President of the world hockey body, or even as Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President has exceeded his brief by writing to Hockey India. Surely, the letter hasn’t gone down well with people who love hockey – althought no one in Hockey India is saying much in public domain, the stern letter has caught even the Hockey India officials by surprise.
Aleisha Neuman: from turf to teaching
‘Skippy’ to her friends, renowned hockey umpire on the international circuit, Aleisha Neuman has risen through the ranks swiftly to the elite level of umpiring, culminating at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.
Tenaga thrash NurInsafi to go top of MHL
By Jugjet Singh
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional needed a wake-up call in the eighth minute before hammering NurInsafi Sporting 8-1 in the Malaysia Hockey League in Bukit Jalil today.
SA Indoor IPT 2022 - Lights, Camera, Action
The helter skelter that is an Indoor Hockey IPT is upon us for the first time since March 2020 after the 2021 edition fell victim to the global pandemic COVID-19. After a wait of nearly 730 days, South Africa's best Indoor Hockey players descended on Thomas More College and Ashton College in Kwazulu Natal to compete in an attempt to wrestle the titles from SPAR KZN Raiders (Women) and Western Province (Men).
Meet Old Georgians, the hockey club aiming to smash British attendance records
Surrey club Old Georgians may be sitting pretty eight points clear at the top of the English Men’s Premier Division, but performance on the pitch is not their only concern, according to their commercial director Oliver Morgan.
US 2022 JIPL Champions - A decade in the making
The 10th annual Junior Premier Indoor League (JPIL) ended on February 12 at the 422 Sportsplex in Pottstown, Pa. with the crowing of new U-16 and U-19 Champions. The U-14 Championship was held on February 6 at the Indian Creek School in Crownsville, Md.
Documentary on hockey Olympian Grahnandan Singh explores a Partition-era friendship
Deepa Alexander
Nandy Singh (second from right) and Keshav Datt (second from left) in London in 1948
Nandy Singh (second from right) and Keshav Datt (second from left) in London in 1948 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement
Bani Singh’s documentary ‘Taangh/Longing’ explores the life of her hockey champion father and the camaraderie he shared with his teammates on both sides of the Radcliffe Line
How Rael Nyte’s Giving Heart is Nurturing Hockey in Kenya
Very few hockey athletes anywhere in the world give back to the community that which was never given to them at the prime of their playing career. To turn around such a misfortune to become the support base and inspiration to others, requires a special kind of heart.