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The Black Sticks Men played out a hotly contested 1-1 draw against world-number-one Australia in the second and final match of their Easter Test series in Perth last night.

Australia and New Zealand played out a hotly contested 1-1 draw in the second and final match of the men's hockey series in Perth on Saturday night.

NEW DELHI: Indian men's hockey team slumped to their third defeat on the trot as it lost 1-2 to the Netherlands in their final match of the European tour at the The Hague on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: The series already in their pocket, Indian eves round off their Ireland tour with a 2-2 draw against the home team in the third and final hockey Test in Dublin.

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Du Talake (right) is congratulated by a team-mate after scoring China's third goal against Malaysia on April 19, 2014. China won 5-2.

KUALA LUMPUR: Goalkeeper Roslan Jamaluddin aggravated his ankle injury in a friendly match against China and will not feature in the Champions Challenge I hockey tournament in Kuantan, from April 26.

Les Tricolores head off to Kuantan on Monday


(Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

The French national team played two test matches against Belgium before heading off to the Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge I in Kuantan, Malaysia. The Red Lions were the better team in both encounters at Saint-George HC taking away a 5-1 and a 7-2 victory.

Scotland Senior Women got their preparations for the forthcoming FIH Champions Challenge off to an emphatic start with a thumping 10-1 win over Wales at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre today.

England Under-18 girls lost out to a strong Netherlands team in the opening match of their three-game test series at Lilleshall on Saturday.

England under 16 girls put in a much-improved second-half performance against the Netherlands in what was their first experience of international hockey, but still went down to a 9-0 defeat.

ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed head coach for the national hockey team, Shahnaz Sheikh, said Saturday that he had an exclusive plan to defend the title in the upcoming Asian Games to be held in South Korea. Pakistan claimed gold medal in the Guangzhou Asian Games four years back in China 2010. Addressing a press conference at Shahnaz Sheikh Hockey Stadium Rawalpindi here, the former Olympian said that his first assignment was to put players in order for the Asian Games to be held in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4, 2014. "I have completed the paper work of my plan and handed it over to the officials of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF). A training camp will start from May 3 at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex Islamabad," he added.

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ISLAMABAD - Newly-appointed Pakistan hockey team head coach Shahnaz Shaikh has admitted that he doesn't have any magical lamp to turn the fortunes of the national team overnight, but promised to put the team on right path in short span of time.

LAHORE - Former hockey world cupper Qasim Khan has called upon the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) to reconsider its decision of appointing aged Olympians as coaches of the national senior and junior hockey teams.

“We are not considering the option of playing at neutral venues, we want to organise our league and international events in the country,” said Mujahid. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

KARACHI: The national game’s authorities are keen on the revival of international hockey in the country and are not willing to stage games at a neutral venue.

Apologies for the late update. For some reason my internet connection is frustratingly slow today. The Archives have finally bee posted and if you don't want to wait for the stories to be posted individually.