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Indian Sub-Junior team’s coach BJ Kariappa, who is also High Performance Manager (South) for Hockey India, rues lack of Individual brilliance with his players that led to first ever defeat of India to Bangladesh here in Dhaka.

DHAKA: Playing against the host team in front of a partisan crowd, India went down to Bangladesh 5-4 in the U-18 Asia Cup hockey opener on Saturday.

Ashraful Islam scored four goals for Bangladesh to help his team beat India 5-4 in the U-18 Asia Cup hockey opener today. The hosts took the lead through Islam’s penalty corner in the 15th minute. India then put immense pressure on the hosts, and it paid off in the 21st minute when Dharminder Singh equalised through a penalty corner. Five minutes later, Ibungo Singh Konjengbam put India 2-1 ahead.

KARACHI: The Pakistan U18 hockey team thumped Chinese Taipei 6-1 in their opening match of the 4th Boys U18 Asia Cup at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka yesterday.

Sapura's India import Gurbaj Singh (left) challenges KLHC's Meor  Azuan Hasan for the ball during the TNB Cup semi-final second-leg match at the Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium Friday. KLHC won 3-1 to draw level on aggregate at 4-4. But lost the penalty shoot-out 4-2.

TERENGGANU Hockey Team (THT) will be attempting their third consecutive double, while Sapura Hockey Club their first TNB Cup title in the final of the Malaysia Hockey League today.

by S. Ramaguru



KUALA LUMPUR: Terengganu are one win away from achieving a unique “treble double” in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL).

by S. Ramaguru



KUALA LUMPUR: Sapura skipper and national midfielder Mohd Marhan Mohd Jalil will be out for six months after fracturing his left leg during the second leg of their TNB Cup semi-final against Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) on Friday.

It's literally bottoms up as the Elephants upset the Gazelles

THEY say timing is everything, and few of the Addo Elephants players will contradict that as they somehow find themselves in the final of the inaugural South African Premier Hockey League (PHL).

Hannah Coulson celebrating a goal with her Clifton Robinsons team mates. Credit Peter Smith.

In-form Clifton Robinsons are the only team with a 100 per cent record in the Investec Women’s Hockey League Premier Division after a 4-1 win over newcomers Slough.

Hat-trick hero Mark Gleghorne in action against Loughborough Students last weekend. Credit Andy Smith.

Mark Gleghorne hit a stunning hat-trick to lead Beeston to a 3-2 win over Brooklands Manchester University in the Men’s Premier Division.

There were some great games in Women’s National League Division 1 on Saturday with the fixture list delivering on the promise of some top notch contests.

By BRIAN YONGA


Kenyatta University's Margaret Kinuthia (left) vies with Rhoda Nyambura of USIU-A during their Kenya Hockey Union women's Premier League natch at City Park Stadium on September 24, 2016. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU |  NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenyan international Rhoda Nyambura bagged a hat-trick on Saturday as United States International University of Africa (USIU A) Spartans hammered Kenyatta University Titans 5-1 in a Kenya Hockey Union women's Premier League match at the City Park Stadium.

Gagan K Teja


Ritu Rani (left)

Patiala - Former India women’s hockey skipper Ritu Rani, who was dropped from the Rio Olympics squad, is shattered and trying to come to terms with what has happened in the past couple of months.

Ashish Sen

JAIPUR: Ever since Indian hockey team crashed out of the Rio Games, losing to Belgium in the quarter-finals, a section of former hockey greats have been crying foul to remove coach Roelant Oltmans, putting the entire blame on the Dutchman. Even Hockey India president Narinder Batra is in a dilemma of how to tackle the situation.

Pravin Narain


Blue Star hockey team after their match at the National Hockey Centre in Laucala Bay, Suva yesterday. Picture: JONACANI LALAKOBAU

THE organisers of the 2016 Geotech Drilling International Marist Eastgate Memorial Tournament in Fiji will be bringing more overseas teams in the competition from next year.

Argentinian Soledad Iparraguirre umpired 197 international matches

Sarah Juggins


2015 Pan American Games, Toronto - 1/2 final - Canada vs. USA. Yan Huckendubler

Taking control of 22 top international players and one or two stressed out coaches is no easy task but having a successful career as a lawyer is a definite help. Soledad Iparraguirre began her international umpiring career at the Junior Pan American Championships back in 1997 in Santiago, Chile. Her first top level competition was the ninth Women’s Champions Trophy in the Netherlands in 2001, and the popular Argentinian has not looked back since. Now, just shy of 200 international matches, including two Olympic Finals, an Olympic bronze medal game, Soledad has just umpired her last Olympics, taking charge of a high tempo semi-final between Netherlands and Germany – and she is set to bow out of the international game.

By Jugjet Singh

TERENGGANU Hockey Team (THT) will play Sapura in the final of the TNB Cup at the Tun Razak Stadium Sunday.

Picture: Rafel Martin

Club Egara legend Edi Tubau was on hand to open the Catalan side’s two new pitches last weekend, the club combining the pitch opening with a tribute to the four-time Olympian.

UHC Hamburg have launched an exciting new initiative as they will live stream all their home matches this season via their youtube channel: www.youtube.de/uhclive.

Sander Baart is a surprise addition to the Real Club de Polo team for the 2016/17 season, taking up the role after an administrative error meant he could not play for Antwerp this season.

Wildcats GHK Kaz Marshall

Women’s National League Division 1 has some tasty ties scheduled for this weekend following some red-hot results in the opening weekend fixtures last week.

Pakistan Hockey Federation has devised a comprehensive plan “Vision 2020” to revive and rejuvenate hockey in the country.

Kashif Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has decided to pay special attention to club hockey in order to bring improvement in the declining standards of the national game.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Hockey Federation has devised a comprehensive plan ‘Vision 2020’ to revive and rejuvenate hockey in the country. A very vital part of the plan is the activation of grassroots hockey at the club and school level. Clubs are a very important segment and constitute the basic unit of the edifice of Pakistan hockey. In the past, Pakistan’s hockey successes owed a lot to the clubs. The domestic club scene was very active and competitive. They played the role of nursery in producing quality players and there was no shortage of talent available to the national sides.

Perhaps not the only team here in Maulana stadium, where the fourth Sub-Junior Asia Cup starts today, which suffers from want of international experience, Indian colts are on test of fire with Pakistan in the line up.

Saumyajit Basu

With a little less than three months to go for the FIH Junior Men's World Cup to be held in Lucknow from 8 - 18 December 2016, the Indian junior men's team coach Harendra Singh asserts that this is the fittest bunch he has seen in over a decade.

Manuja Veerappa

BENGALURU: With the Junior World Cup around the corner, chief coach Harendra Singh is busy putting finishing touches to the Indian men's team's preparation. As India prepares to host the event in Lucknow in December this year, the chief coach of the home team believes this is one of the mentally toughest junior sides he has coached.

BHUBANESWAR: Twenty teams comprising 300 children including 150 girls displayed their skills in front of Australian coaches at Gomardih in Kutra block of Sundargarh district in Odisha during a hockey carnival organised by Tata Steel.

By BRIAN YONGA


Strathmore University Scorpions players applaud their fans after their Kenya Hockey Union National Women League match against USIU-A at City Park Stadium on August 7, 2016. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU |  NATION MEDIA GROUP

Title hopefuls Strathmore University Scorpions and Sliders clash in a mouth-watering Kenya Hockey Union women’s Premier league match on Sunday at the City Park Stadium, Nairobi.

By Elizabeth Mburugu


Chase Sailors Nixon Amadi(l) challenges Bay club player Anthony Alodwa when they played Men National Finals at City park, on 01/05/16 PHOTO; JENIPHER WACHIE

Men’s hockey premier league champions Butali Sugar Warriors take on Bay Club tomorrow in one of the ten Kenya Hockey Union matches on the card this weekend.

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Malin Evert scored the game-winning goal Friday night against the top-ranked Orange.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sophomore Malin Evert scored in the 90th minute of play Friday night to lift the fifth-ranked North Carolina field hockey team to a double-overtime win, 3-2 over No. 1 Syracuse in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup at Francs E. Henry Stadium. 

By James Crabtree-Hannigan

Trailing by one goal with less than eight minutes to play, Iowa forward Natalie Cofone weaved through Maryland field hockey defenders in search of a hat trick.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The East Coast High Performance (ECHP) Junior team made their debut in the North East Field Hockey Association’s (NEFHA) Men’s League with a 3-3 draw against 2-year reigning champions New York Field Hockey Club (NYFHC). The ECHP team is primarily comprised of dedicated young men who are training to play field hockey competitively at the national level.

Statement on Women's National Head Coach

Lawrence West

Hockey Australia has taken the decision to terminate its contract with its Women's National Head Coach, Adam Commens, which was due to expire on 30 September 2016.

Amid allegations of serious misconduct, Hockeyroos coach Adam Commens has been let go by Hockey Australia. STEFAN GOSATTI/FAIRFAX AUSTRALIA

Amid allegations of serious misconduct, Hockeyroos coach Adam Commens has been let go by Hockey Australia.

Darren Devlyn


Adam Commens has had his contract terminated for 'serious misconduct'. Photo: Hockey Australia

Adam Commens, coach of Australia’s women’s hockey team, has been stood down over alleged “serious misconduct” at the Rio Olympics.

TIM O'CONNELL


Maree Bowden, left, Gemma Flynn and Jo Spencer-Bower are competing in the womens Spring Challenge event in Golden Bay. BRADEN FASTIER / FAIRFAX NZ

Maree Bowden, Gemma Flynn and Jo Spencer-Bower are competing in the womens Spring Challenge event in Golden Bay on Saturday.

Philip Fernandes



The 12th annual Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival is scheduled for 24-27 November 2016 at the National Gymnasium in Georgetown Guyana. This hockey festival is among the longest running indoor hockey competitions in the region and continues to attract top teams from the Caribbean region and North America.

Media interest in hockey grows in Peru ahead of Hockey World League Round 1 in Chiclayo



With Hockey World League Round 1 men's and women's events taking place in Chiclayo, Peru, in just a few days time, we took a look at how our sport is developing in the South American country.

by Dil Bahra



Kenya's sport has lost one of its most well known and longest serving sports personalities with the passing of Jasmer Singh Grewal on Tuesday.

Recruitment campaign launched for new HPD



Hockey Australia has commenced the search for its new High Performance Director.

BY STEVE JASPAN


Brian (Puffy) Edwards. Image: KZN Inland Hockey Facebook page

The news of the death of Brian Edwards has sent shock waves through the South African hockey community.