News for 09 December 2022
All the news for Friday 9 December 2022
Players are aware of what is at stake: India coach Janneke Schopman ahead of FIH Women's Nations Cup
The winner of FIH Women's Nations Cup will be promoted to the 2023-24 Pro League.
Indian women's hockey team and head coach Janneke Schopman. Image: Hockey India
Valencia: Acclimatising to the cold Spanish conditions and making final adjustments to their game will be key to India’s success at the FIH Women’s Nations Cup, said the team’s chief coach Janneke Schopman.
FIH Hockey5s World Cup 2024: African qualifiers to get underway in Egypt on December 10
The 1st African Hockey5s World Cup Qualifier is about to begin in Ismailia, Egypt with 5 men’s and 5 women’s teams vying for 3 spots, in each gender, in the inaugural edition of the FIH Hockey5s World Cup Oman 2024.
EuroHockey Indoor Championship 2022 - 9 December
Hamburg, Germany
All times GMT +1
Men
8 Dec 2022 09:30 CZE v NED (Pool A) 2 - 8
8 Dec 2022 10:45 AUT v SUI (Pool A) 9 - 5
8 Dec 2022 12:00 GER v BEL (Pool A) 4 - 4
8 Dec 2022 17:00 SUI v CZE (Pool A) 5 - 5
8 Dec 2022 18:15 AUT v BEL (Pool A) 6 - 2
8 Dec 2022 19:30 GER v NED (Pool A) 6 - 5
9 Dec 2022 13:15 SUI v GER (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 14:30 NED v BEL (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 15:45 CZE v AUT (Pool A)
Pool standings
Women
8 Dec 2022 13:15 TUR v NED (Pool A) 2 - 3
8 Dec 2022 14:30 CZE v AUT (Pool A) 2 - 3
8 Dec 2022 15:45 UKR v GER (Pool A) 0 - 9
9 Dec 2022 09:30 AUT v UKR (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 10:45 CZE v TUR (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 12:00 NED v GER (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 17:00 AUT v TUR (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 18:15 GER v CZE (Pool A)
9 Dec 2022 19:30 UKR v NED (Pool A)
Pool standings
FIH Match Centre
I want Indian men’s hockey team to believe in themselves: Former India forward Jagbir Singh
Indian men's hockey team (Photo: HI Media)
New Delhi: Winner of the Bronze and Silver Medal at the 1986 and 1990 Asian Games, respectively, and a member of the Indian Men’s Hockey Team that played the 1990 World Cup in Pakistan, the legendary Jagbir Singh believes that the Indian Men’s Hockey Team have the skills and potential to do well at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar – Rourkela 2023.
Four new turfs to host the upcoming 2023 Hockey World Cup in Odisha
Hockey India has laid four new turfs Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar and Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela for 2023 Hockey World Cup. 
Four new turfs are laid for Hockey India for the upcoming 2023 Hockey World Cup.
Ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, four new pitches have been laid and all-set for action in the state-of-the-art venues at Kalinga Hockey Stadium, Bhubaneswar, as well as the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela.
UNC field hockey head coach Karen Shelton announces retirement after 42 seasons at North Carolina
By Shelby Swanson
UNC field hockey head coach Karen Shelton answers questions at the George J. Sherman Sports Complex in Storrs, Conn., following UNC's win over Northwestern in the 2022 national championship. Photo by Jerome Ibrahim | The Daily Tar Heel
On Wednesday, UNC field hockey head coach Karen Shelton met with her team to announce her retirement. Shelton — the winningest coach in the history of collegiate field hockey — has coached at North Carolina for 42 seasons and has led the Tar Heels to an NCAA-record 10 national championships.
After 42 years, US college hockey great Karen Shelton retires
Karen Shelton Stadium University of North Carolina Field Hockey v Virginia Karen Shelton Stadium Chapel Hill, NC Wednesday, September 26, 2018
From governors to sporting stars, North Carolina’s coach Karen Shelton was lauded as a true great after she ended her successful tenure after a staggering 42 years on Wednesday.
Hockey spreads its wings across the continent
2022 Wrap-up
Sarah Juggins, for PAHF
It’s been a frantic and exciting year for the Pan American Hockey Federation national associations.
Hi-Tech Inter School Hockey: DPS and Noor Project in Final
By Ijaz Chaudhry
Players being introduced to Chief Guest Mr Ahmad Najeeb accompanied by World Cup winners Manzoorul Hassan & Lt Col Saeed
Lahore: It was the last day of the league phase of the Hi-Tech Inter School Hockey Tournament conducted by Dar Hockey Academy at the Manzoorul Hassan Hockey Stadium.
Today, the chief guest was Mr Ahmad Najeeb, CEO of EAPL, one of the sponsors of the event.
Both the matches were well contested. Divisional Public School, Lahore maintained their perfect record with third victory in as many matches, defeating Noor Project 3-0. Haider, Taimoor and Bilal had a goal apiece. M. Hassan of DPS won the Man of Match award which carried Rs five thousand.
The other match saw Government High School, Farooqabad (district Sheikhupura) overcoming Junior Model School, Model Town, Lahore 2-0. The winning team`s captain Ahmad Raza netted each time. GHS Farooqabad`s M.Awais was declared Man of Match.
On Friday, Divisional Public School, Lahore and Noor Project, Lahore will play the final which will be preceded by the third position match between Government High School Farooqabad and Junior Model School, Model Town, Lahore.
Ijaz Chaudhry writes on hockey & other sports. For more about him and his work, visit: www.sportscorrespondent.info
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‘Dad’s calm nature is how I play my hockey – I will always have that to hold onto’
By Anna Toman
GB and England women’s star Anna Toman on the painful loss of her father, Frank, who died peacefully in October
Dad was never scared of dying. An intelligent man, he was walking around and even spoke up until a couple of minutes before he passed away. He was so brave.
Former national hockey star Syed Roslan dies
By Jugjet Singh 
Syed Roslan, who helped Malaysia finish fourth in the 1982 Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, died today of kidney failure. He was 60. - Courtesy pic
KUALA LUMPUR: Syed Roslan, who helped Malaysia finish fourth in the 1982 Junior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, died today of kidney failure.