News for 20 November 2022
All the news for Sunday 19 November 2022
Sindh Governor promises to help Pakistan hockey team
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori has assured financial support to the national hockey team in a bid to enable its participation in the FIH Nations Hockey Cup in South Africa later this month.
Occasion for celebration?
Claiming the third position at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament is not something we can be proud of
Shahnaz Sheikh
Shahnaz Sheikh Former Olympian
The 29th edition of Azlan Shah Cup concluded with Malaysia winning the title for the first time. Pakistan who had won the title three times got third position. It was after 11 years that Pakistan finished on the podium in this tournament.
Hockey: Delusions of Grandeur
Ijaz Chaudhry
The Pakistan team beat Japan 5-3 in the tournament | Asian Hockey Federation
The Pakistan hockey team finished third in the recently concluded 29th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, a non-title invitational hockey tournament. The event has been hosted in Ipoh, Malaysia, since 1983.
Beauty Dungdung – Bucketful of Promise for Indian Women’s Team Forwardline
Beauty Dungdung is the newest player to emerge from the talented-inundated nondescript pocket of Simdega in Jharkhand. The 19-year-old striker now becomes the third Simdega girl after Salima Tete and Sangita Kumar to be part of the national fold. Young, talented, and blessed with the hunger to make a big impression on the international stage, Beauty would look to justify her inclusion in the national side with an eye-popping performance in the inagural FIH Women’s Nationals Cup that would be held in Valencia, Spain from December 10 to 17.
Harmanpreet: Australia tour great opportunity to test ourselves ahead of World Cup
The upcoming tour of Australia is a good opportunity for the Indian men’s hockey team to reassess its strengths and weakness ahead of the FIH World Cup at home in January, said seasoned drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh.
Harmanpreet Singh of India. | Photo Credit: AP
The upcoming tour of Australia is a good opportunity for the Indian men’s hockey team to reassess its strengths and weakness ahead of the FIH World Cup at home in January, said seasoned drag flicker Harmanpreet Singh.
2018 debacle still fresh in our minds, target is to finish on podium in World Cup: Sumit
In the 2018 edition of the World Cup hosted in Bhubaneswar, India lost 1-2 to eventual runners-up Netherlands to crash out of the tournament
India, currently ranked fifth, will face the world number one Australia in five matches between November 26 and December 4 at the MATE Stadium in Adelaide. Image: Hockey India
Bhubaneshwar: The quarterfinal exit in the last edition still bothering the players, the Indian men’s hockey team is determined to finish on the podium at the FIH World Cup to be held in January next year, said Olympic bronze medallist midfielder Sumit.
Shweta Sehrawat to captain women’s India U-19 team for home series against NZ
Series being organised as part of India’s preparation for inaugural Women’s U-19 World Cup in South Africa
Shweta Sehrawat will captain the women’s India U-19 squad in the five-match home series against New Zealand from November 27 to December 6.
NSW Pride prevail in shootout to be crowned Women’s Champions
By Adam Clifford
A Jocelyn Bartram penalty shootout masterclass has guided NSW Pride to their maiden Sultana Bran Hockey One League women’s title in a captivating final against defending champions Brisbane Blaze in Bendigo.
Hail the champs! Strathmore University win women's hockey league
By Victor Otieno
Strathmore University’s Scorpions are champions of the 2022 Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) Women’s Premier League for the first time in the history of the institution.
Preview: No. 1 UNC field hockey seeks NCAA record 10th national championship on Sunday
By Shelby Swanson and Jarrett Kidd
The No. 1 UNC field hockey team huddles up around head coach Karen Shelton after its game against No. 6 Penn State on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022 at the George J. Sherman Sports Complex in Storrs, Connecticut. UNC won 3-0. Photo by Jerome Ibrahim | The Daily Tar Heel
STORRS, Conn. — The top-seeded UNC field hockey team will be seeking revenge against two-seed and defending national champion Northwestern on Sunday in the NCAA title game.
Mates revive hockey
Zanzeer Singh
Members of the Mates Hockey Family at Nadovu grounds in Lautoka. Picture: BALJEET SINGH
The Mates Hockey Club is keen to develop youths in the sport during its annual tournament which ends today. Mates Hockey Club is the oldest surviving club in Lautoka, Fiji.
FIH calls for the global hockey community to support World Children’s Day
Lausanne, Switzerland: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) invites everyone within the global hockey community and beyond to promote this year’s World Children’s Day - 20 November 2022. Among the 30 million hockey players around the world, nearly 60% are aged under 18.