News for 12 January 2024
All the news for Friday 12 January 2024
FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 Valencia - 12 January
Valencia, Spain
All times GMT +1
13 Jan 2024 14:00 ESP v AUT (B)
13 Jan 2024 16:15 KOR v EGY (B)
Pool standings
Women
13 Jan 2024 09:30 GBR v CAN (B)
13 Jan 2024 11:45 ESP v MAS (B)
13 Jan 2024 18:30 BEL v IRL (A)
13 Jan 2024 20:45 KOR v UKR (A)
Pool Standings
Live scores
FIH Match Centre
FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 Ranchi (W) - 12 January
Jharkhand, India
All times GMT +5:30
13 Jan 2024 12:00 GER v CHI (A)
13 Jan 2024 14:30 JPN v CZE (A)
13 Jan 2024 17:00 NZL v ITA (B)
13 Jan 2024 19:30 IND v USA (B)
Pool Standings
Live scores
FIH Match Centre
Ireland players in Valencia as Hockey Olympic Qualifiers about to begin.
First game starts Jan 13 as IRL Women take on world ranked #4 Belgium
Katie Mullan, Ireland Women’s Captain
Ireland’s International Hockey Men and Women are now in Valencia ahead of the start of their Olympic Qualifications. With games starting Jan 13, this is the last chance for both sides to qualify for the Paris Olympics this summer.
FIH Women’s Hockey Olympic Qualifiers: India hopes to ride on fans and familiarity to book Paris ticket
On Thursday, the team played its second practice match, winning 2-0 against Czech Republic after a 4-2 defeat to Germany on Tuesday.
Uthra Ganesan
FILE PHOTO: Indian women’s Hockey team during a practice session ahead of FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 at Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium, in Ranchi. | Photo Credit: PTI
Back in the city after less than two months and with a much bigger target, the Indian women’s hockey team will be hoping the massive crowd support that propelled it to the top last time around will continue when it begins its pursuit of a Paris ticket at the Olympic Qualifiers here beginning Saturday.
‘We are focusing on synchronizing our movements to create a potent attacking force,’ says Lalremsiami on India’s forward line preparations for FIH Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024
The Indian Women's Hockey Team will lock horns with the United States in their opening match on 13th January
Ranchi: Lalremsiami, a key forward of the Indian Women's Hockey Team, shared insights into the team's forward line preparations as they gear up for the highly anticipated FIH Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024, scheduled from 13th to 19th January.
'Focus on Olympics qualification'- Indian women's hockey coach Janneke Schopman
Indian women's hockey team will featuring in the FIH Olympics qualifiers with one aim of qualifying for the mega event.
Indian women's hockey team
Gearing up for the upcoming Paris Olympic qualifiers in Ranchi, Janneke Schopman admitted that the Hangzhou Asian Games were a missed opportunity to seal a Paris Games berth on Thursday.
Baljeet Kaur’s speedy rise from Tarn Taran to India’s squad for Olympic qualifiers, with help from a former World Cupper
Baljeet Kaur, a late addition to India's squad for Hockey Olympic qualifiers, was among a group of underprivileged girls spotted and mentored by Daljit Singh Dhillon.
By Mihir Vasavda
On Saturday, 12 years after the World Cupper accidentally spotted them, one of the girls from there – Baljeet Kaur – will step onto the field in front of packed stands in Ranchi when India start their bid to qualify for the Paris Olympics with a match against the USA in a do-or-die tournament. (Hockey India)
It was a call of duty that saw Daljit Singh Dhillon relocate to Tarn Taran, the drug-infested district near Amritsar. And chance, that the then Deputy Superintendent of Punjab Police and former India forward stumbled upon a group of girls playing hockey at a government school ground.
Paris 2024 Olympics: 'Transformed' GB men's hockey team confident of qualification
By Nick Hope
David Ames said winning European silver has been a game-changer for GB men's hockey. Image source, Getty Images
"We've never known what it's like to win a gold or be in a final, apart from asking the girls," explains Great Britain hockey men's captain David Ames.
Last chance in Muscat for Malaysia
By Jugjet Singh
The three medallists will earn their Olympic tickets, and coach A. Arul Selvaraj’s team are in the mood to claim an Olympic spot after being out in the cold for 24 years. FILE PIC
MUSCAT: The Malaysia men's hockey team left for Muscat, Oman, today on a mission to grab the last chance to the Paris Olympics by finishing third at the Qualifiers on Jan 15-21.
GB Elite Development Programme Squads Announcement January 2024
Great Britain Hockey (GB) is delighted to announce the men’s and women’s players selected for the Elite Development Programme (EDP), this includes 15 players from across Great Britain selected to its new-look Women’s Elite Development Programme.
4 Young Welsh Stars Earn Spots in Great Britain’s EDP programme
Hockey Wales are delighted to announce the selection of Fred Newbold, Owen Sutton, Millie Holme and Betsan Thomas for the Great Britain Elite Development Programme (EDP) Training Squad for 2024.
Top four places up for grabs in Scottish women’s indoor
The denouement of the league part of Women`s Indoor National League 1 takes place in Dundee this Sunday, and there are some very interesting matches on offer.
GB honours caps presentations in 2023
The Scottish Hockey Heritage Group was delighted to present GB caps to players who could not make the main event at Uddingston or Lee Valley in 2022.