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KARACHI: Pakistan’s newly-appointed hockey captain Sohail Abbas believes that the forthcoming Azlan Shah Cup will be a big challenge for his young team ahead of the London Olympics.

Pakistan’s penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas. -Photo by AFP

KARACHI: Former hockey captains have hailed Pakistan Hockey Federation’s (PHF) decision of giving the reins of national hockey team to senior pro Sohail Abbas ahead of the Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in London from July 27.

Staff Report

LAHORE: A short duration national hockey training camp for the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup started at National Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday with newly appointed captain Sohail Abbas vowing to inspire the team to success in his first assignment as skipper. “It is a big challenge for me to play a significant role in motivating the team in my first assignment as a captain. I am confident that I will be able to justify the responsibility given to me,” he told reporters yesterday. As many as 12 players reported on the opening day of the camp that will end on May 17 when the team will leave for Malaysia on May 18. The six members of the team, who are with the junior team that played in the Junior Asia Cup, will join the senior squad in Malaysia while the selectors have included defender Aamir Shahzad in the outfit raising its strength to 19 from 18 members.

KARACHI: Former Olympian Samiullah wants the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to give NOC’s to the country’s veteran players who will participate in the International Veteran Club Hockey tournament.

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KARACHI: Former Pakistan hockey captain Shakeel Abbasi has said that he was disappointed at not being considered to play in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

"A SPORTING property can claim success if it delivers on three basic sets of parameters: It offers a conduit for finding and rewarding the talent that exists in a sport, the quality of competition on display has to be world class, it brings new audiences into the game." That was Indian Premier League CEO Sundar Raman explaining where his primary responsibility as the IPL organiser lay.

NAGPUR, May 10: INDIAN coach Michael Nobbs and Australian Ric Charlesworth might have criticised the ‘Blue Monster’ turf at London Test Event but Indian striker Tushar Khandker finds no evil in the blue-pink rectangle on which hockey matches would be played during Olympics.

Shubhajit Roy

Although Pakistan’s T20 cricket champions appear set to participate in this year’s Champions League tournament following the BCCI’s go-ahead, a similar effort at normalising sporting ties between the two countries fell through last month when New Delhi cited “security concerns” for refusing an Indian hockey team’s trip.

By AFTAR SINGH

KUALA LUMPUR: The Project 2013 hockey squad are in for a windfall for winning the Junior Asia Cup in Malacca on Sunday.

By Ijaz Chaudhry


Dar HA - the  winners of 2011 MOP International tournament, at Vught, Holland

Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy  is widely quoted as the role model, not only for hockey but for all the sporting disciplines in Pakistan.  The self-reliant academy, based in Lahore, with no dependence on the government or the PHF  is doing a tremendous service to the Pakistan hockey. The academy  housing  a number of players from outside Lahore as well,  became a conveyor belt  of quality players for the Pakistan hockey at all the age groups within a few years of its establishment in 2006. Since 2009, no Pakistani age group squad has left the shores of the country without a Dar HA lad. In recent times, the Dar HA boys have also started knocking at the doors of the national team. And only a few days back, Khalid Bhatti made the Dar HA proud when he earned selection for the Pakistan  team for the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament- first pure product of the academy to gain national senior selection. A couple of other colts Bilal Qadir and Arsalan Qadir have  also been attending  the national senior camps in recent times.

In this undated photo provided by Andrew Pilaro, Keeling Pilaro, 13, center right, plays offence as as a member of the East End Field Hockey club in New York. (AP2012)

SMITHTOWN, N.Y. –  The biggest goal of Keeling Pilaro's field hockey career happened far from an athletic field on Tuesday.

By John Robbie

DID you watch the men’s hockey decider against Japan? SuperSport deserve praise for screening the game and it seems many people tuned in for their first ever exposure to the sport.