News for 11 February 2022
All the news for Friday 11 FEbruary 2022
Sizzling Hat-Trick Heralds Jugraj Singh’s Arrival on International Stage
Performing in the domestic circuit is one thing and delivering on the international stage is quite another. Young drag-flicker Jugraj Singh seems to have taken to international hockey like a duck to water. The newest addition to the Indian drag-flicking department has delivered a strong statement of intent on his maiden international tournament, played his part, slamming his maiden international hat-trick in India’s rollicking 10-2 win against South Africa in the Pro Hockey League. Not often you see a youngster clobber a hat-trick in only his second international and that probably speaks volumes of the value the 24-year-old youngster brings to the national side.
Dutch women's team pulls out of games in India due to COVID surge in Netherlands
The Dutch women's team has pulled out of its back-to-back matches against India to be played in Bhubaneswar on 19 and 20 February due to rise in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands
The Royal Dutch Hockey Association said it has requested the International Hockey Federation (FIH) to postpone the matches to a later date. Image Courtesy: @oranjehockey
New Delhi/Amsterdam: The Dutch women's hockey team has pulled out of its back-to-back FIH Pro League matches against India to be played in Bhubaneswar on 19 and 20 February due to rise in COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, especially the highly contagious omicron variant of the infection.
FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: 50 days to go!
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) can now confirm the 16 teams that will participate in the upcoming FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup taking place from 1 to 12 April 2022 at the North-West University (NWU) of Potchefstroom, South Africa:
Malaysia accept JWC ticket
By Jugjet Singh
KUALA LUMPUR: With 50 days to go before the women's Junior World Cup (JWC) in South Africa, Malaysia received a pleasant surprise yesterday.
Junior Green Army find out new World Cup group
Ireland’s Under-21 women’s team will meet England, hosts South Africa and Ukraine in a reshuffled Junior World Cup group following a number of changes to the tournament line-up.
Five teams announced for upcoming Masters World Cups
The Hockey Australia Masters Committee (HAMC) has announced that five men’s teams of various age categories will represent Australia at the next Masters Hockey World Cup.
Euro indoor action from Slovenia and cup matches on this weekend’s menu
Stuart Neave, Inverleith`s indoor coach, takes the Scottish Indoor team to Puconci (Slovenia) for the EuroHockey Indoor Club Challenge 1 with high hopes, considerable enthusiasm but a little short of match practice with the domestic indoor season disrupted by Covid restrictions – in fact they played only seven competitive games in total.
Thundersticks Head Coaches step down
Ahead of the Australian 2022 Sultana Bran Hockey One season, Perth Thundersticks Head Coaches Stephen ‘China’ Davies and Kate Starre have announced that they will be parting ways from WA’s top-level sides, the Perth Thundersticks.
Preview: Men's Premier Division Returns With Four Teams Fighting To Be Crowned Champions
The English Men's Premier Division returns this weekend with four teams set to battle all the way to the end of the season to determine who will be this year's champions.
Graig excited about hockey's future
by Helge Schütz
Owen Hatton of Saints in action against Kadhila Shigwedha of DTS. Photo: Helge Schütz
THE president of the Namibia Hockey Union, Reagon Graig has expressed confidence in his new executive committee and excitement about their vision for the next three years.
Boost for 92 NHDP centres
By Jugjet Singh
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) today symbolically handed official attire and hockey equipment to 92 National Hockey Development Programme (NHDP) centres.
Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Hockey Champions League in March: DG SBP
LAHORE - The Chief of Army Staff Hockey Champions League will be organised in the first week of March and in this regard an important meeting was held under the chairmanship of Director General (DG) Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Javed Chohan here at National Hockey Stadium on Thursday.