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All the news for Friday 28 February 2025

FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup Chile 2024-25
Santiago de Chile

All times GMT -3

27 Feb 2025 15:00     NZL v SCO (Pool B)     3 - 1
27 Feb 2025 17:00     KOR v IRL (Pool B)       0 - 2
27 Feb 2025 19:00     CHI v USA (Pool A)     3 - 1
27 Feb 2025 21:00     JPN v CAN (Pool A)    2 - 1

Pool standings

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Final group stage battles: New Zealand secures semis, Chile thrives at home, Ireland stays unbeaten, and Japan edges Canada



New Zealand secured a 3-1 victory over Scotland, overturning an early deficit to clinch a semi-final spot. Ireland continued their dominant run with a 2-0 win against Korea, maintaining their perfect defensive record in the group stage. Chile topped Pool B after a 3-1 win over the USA, capitalizing on penalty corners, while Japan edged Canada 2-1 with a late goal.

Women secure a spot in the semi-final at the FIH Nations Cup



New Zealand secured a 3-1 victory over Scotland, overturning an early deficit to clinch a semi-final spot. Ireland continued their dominant run with a 2-0 win

The Vantage Black Sticks Women have secured their spot in the semi-finals of the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in Santiago, Chile, with a 3-1 victory over Scotland in their final pool match.

Scotland women fall short against New Zealand in Nations Cup



Despite going a goal ahead and a strong performance Scotland women lost 3-1 to New Zealand at the FIH Nations Cup in Santiago, Chile. Charlotte Watson bagged Scotland’s goal who missed out on a spot in the semi-finals and will play in Saturday and Sunday’s 5th-8th place play-offs.

Perfect Pool Stage as Ireland Women go undefeated with win over Korea in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup



Ireland Women grabbed a third win on the bounce against Korea to take maximum points as they top their pool in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Chile. Ireland took the lead in the second quarter when Sarah Torrans dribbled past two and calmly found the back of the net. Mikayala Power doubled the lead in the fourth quarter, deflecting in from a Christina Hamill delivery, grabbing her second senior international goal in just her third appearance.

Ireland Women undefeated in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Damian Mullan


Ireland Women celebrate Sarah Torrans’ opening goal against Korea. Image: WORLDSPORTPICS RODRIGO JARAMILLO

Ireland Women grabbed a third win on the bounce against Korea to take maximum points as they top their pool in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup in Chile.

USWNT Fall to Hosts at FIH Hockey Nations Cup



SANTIAGO, Chile – In front of a large home crowd, the No. 13 U.S. Women’s National Team and No. 14 Chile faced off in their final pool game of the 2025 FIH Hockey Nations Cup. In what started as an even contest, the hosts tallied on three penalty corners while USA failed to convert on their many opportunities as they fell 1-3.

Strengthening the last Line of defence: Indian Goalkeepers underwent rigorous camp with Simon Zijp for the FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Women)

Goalkeepers, Savita Punia, Bichu Devi and Bansari Solanki took part in the week-long training camp



New Delhi: In preparation for the recently concluded FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Women), the Indian Women’s Hockey Team was engaged in a goalkeeping camp in Bhubaneswar.  The camp that preceded India’s home leg of the competition where the hosts competed against Germany, Netherlands and Spain, featured Goalkeepers, Savita Punia, Bichu Devi and Bansari Solanki.  

Strikers camp with Aussie legend Michael McCann behind India’s scintillating field goals at FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Men)

Hockey India invited the Athens Olympic Gold Medallist for a week-long camp for the India leg of the prestigious league



New Delhi: The Indian Men’s Hockey Team’s recent performance at the FIH Hockey Pro League 2024-25 (Men) where they won five out of eight matches was backed by a week-long coaching camp for strikers held in Bhubaneswar. The Indian team is now placed third in the points table only behind England and Belgium while Netherlands, Germany and Australia are placed No.4 to No.6 respectively with the finale scheduled in June.

New format unveiled for the 15th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025 in Panchkula, Haryana

The tournament will feature a promotion and relegation system



New Delhi, 28th February 2025: The stage is set for the 15th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2025, which will take place from 1st March to 12th March 2025 at the Tau Devi Lal Hockey Stadium, Panchkula. In a significant development, Hockey India has introduced a new format featuring a promotion and relegation system, adding an extra layer of competitiveness and excitement to the tournament.

Sublime Second Day at the SPAR & Tops at SPAR Indoor Hockey IPT



The nature of an Indoor Hockey IPT is that its fast and furious and the games come at you quickly. The second day of action continued in the same vein as the opening day with plenty of goals and excitement in a great display of indoor hockey.

Week 14 Review of the England Hockey League



Saturday saw a potentially season defining day at the top of Mens Division One South with leaders Reading securing a narrow home win and their nearest rivals Indian Gymkhana falling to defeat on the road. Reading overcame stern resistance from Exeter University to run out 2-1 winners whilst Indian Gymkhana were beaten for only the second time this season, going down 3-2 to Old Loughtonians whose skipper Conor Caplan hit the winner with eight minutes left. It was a similar scoreline at Teddington, victors over Havant, and at Canterbury who overcame relegation rivals Bristol University. Canterbury remain bottom but had more positive news from just along the M2  as Sevenoaks defeated Team Bath Buccaneers who are also in the drop zone, 7-2.

Relegation battles in this weekend’s Scottish Premiership action

The main focus at the lower pool of the Premiership leagues is relegation…or rather the avoidance of it – that is the automatic drop to the second tier for the bottom side and a play-off for the team in eleventh spot. And Fjordhus Reivers with only a single point in the women`s and Dunfermline Carnegie in the men`s with two are edging closer to the point of no return.

The Hockey Museum receives oral history archive funding


The first international hockey game played on astro at the 1976 Games

The Hockey Museum has been awarded funding for a new project to develop its oral history archive.

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2024-25 FIH Hockey Pro League
Bhubaneswar, India

All times GMT +5:30

Men

24 Feb 2025 15:00     GER v IRL (RR)         8 - 2
24 Feb 2025 19:30     IND v ENG (RR)       2 - 3
25 Feb 2025 15:00     IRL v GER (RR)        2 - 4
25 Feb 2025 19:30     IND v ENG (RR)      2 - 1

Pool standings

Women

24 Feb 2025 17:15     IND v NED (RR)     2 - 4
25 Feb 2025 17:15     IND v NED (RR)     2 - 2 (SO 2 - 1)

Pool standings

Live scores

FIH Match Centre

Indian joy as women secure shootout victory over Dutch, and men defeat England



After eight days of thrilling matches, the curtain came down on the Bhubaneswar leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League with India’s women giving home fans plenty to celebrate as they pipped the Netherlands in a shootout.

Harmanpreet Singh’s brace leads India to 2-1 win over England, climb to third in FIH Hockey Pro League standings



Bhubaneswar: The Indian Men’s Hockey Team ended the Bhubaneswar leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2024/25 on a high, securing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over England at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh led from the front, scoring twice (26’, 33’) to propel India to a crucial win and lift them to third place in the standings.

England men remain top of Pro League despite India defeat

Ben Collins


Harmanpreet Singh helped knock Great Britain out of the 2024 Olympics before scoring both India's goals as they beat Spain in the bronze-medal match. Image source, Getty Images

Harmanpreet Singh scored both India's goals as their men's hockey team beat England 2-1 in the FIH Pro League on Tuesday.

India make remarkable comeback to beat World No.1 The Netherlands 2-1 in shootout in FIH Hockey Pro League 2024/25 (Women)

Hockey India announced cash reward of Rs. 1 lakh to each Indian player and Rs. 50,000 to each member of the support staff for beating the World No.1 team



Bhubaneswar: After a thrilling 2-2 draw, India grabbed the bonus point as they defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in shootout during the FIH Hockey Pro League (Women) at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. Despite being two goals down, India made a remarkable comeback in the third quarter with goals coming from Deepika (35’) and Baljeet Kaur (43’). Captain Pien Sanders ( 17’) and Fay van der Elst (28’) scored for the Netherlands.

Indian women stun Netherlands with shootout win, men bounce back to defeat England 2-1

The Indian men, meanwhile, bounced back to defeat England 2-1, Harmanpreet Singh converting two of the three PCs India earned.

Uthra Ganesan


On Tuesday, the Dutch lost only their third match since the beginning of 2024 – all coming in Pro League -- and India won only its third game ever against them. | Photo Credit: Hockey India

As Pien Dicke lined up for Netherlands’ final shot on Tuesday, an impromptu chant of ‘Savita, Savita’ started from one end of the Kalinga Stadium, gradually moving through the crowds and getting faster, reaching a crescendo with the Indian goalkeeper, in her 301st international match, denying the Dutchwoman, bringing off her fourth save in the shootout and shutting the doors on the opposition for India’s 2-1 win in its final FIH Pro League match at home, a result as unexpected as deserving.

Indian women's team members to get Rs 1 lakh each for beating Netherlands in FIH Pro League

Indian women’s hockey team stunned Olympic champions Netherlands with a 2-1 shootout win in the FIH Pro League. Hockey India announced a cash reward of ₹1 lakh for each player and ₹50,000 for support staff (approximately US $1 150 / £900 for the players)

Vishal Tiwari


India registered a historic win against reigning Olympic and World Champions, the Netherlands. Image: Hockey India

Bhubaneswar: Each member of the victorious Indian women’s team will get Rs one lakh as cash reward from Hockey India (HI) after its stunning shootout win over reigning Olympic champions and world No. 1 Netherlands in a FIH Pro League match here on Tuesday.

 FIH Pro League 2024-25 Points Table: Indian men placed third, women sixth after Bhubaneswar leg

The men’s side, coached by Craig Fulton, finished the home leg on 15 points with five wins and three defeats. England and Belgium both are ahead of India with 16 points.

Indian men’s hockey team was at the third spot while the women’s side was placed sixth in the FIH Pro League 2024-25 points table at the end of the Bhubaneswar leg on Tuesday.

Going full nine yards: India’s hockey team turns to Australian great to become ruthless in striking circle

Michael McCann taught the Indians what he did the best: position themselves near the post, be brave, stay low and make quick decisions

by Mihir Vasavda


In the week leading up to the year’s first assignment, India flew down an Australian specialist, Michael McCann, just to sharpen exactly these skills of the attackers. (PHOTO: Hockey India)

Mandeep Singh entered the Pro League on the back of one of his longest goal-scoring droughts. The twice Olympic medallist hadn’t found the back of the net in 10 games, a run stretching a little more than six months.

FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup Chile 2024-25
Santiago de Chile

All times GMT -3

24 Feb 2025 was a rest day

25 Feb 2025 15:00     KOR v SCO (Pool B)     0 - 2
25 Feb 2025 17:00     IRL v NZL (Pool B)      1 - 0
25 Feb 2025 19:00     CHI v CAN (Pool A)     5 - 0
25 Feb 2025 21:00     USA v JPN (Pool A)   Postponed

26 Feb 2025 11:00     USA v JPN (Pool A)         

27 Feb 2025 15:00     NZL v SCO (Pool B)     
27 Feb 2025 17:00     KOR v IRL (Pool B)     
27 Feb 2025 19:00     CHI v USA (Pool A)  
27 Feb 2025 21:00     JPN v CAN (Pool A)

Pool standings

FIH Match Centre

Scotland and Ireland win tight battles as Chile overpowers Canada



Scotland secured a 2-0 victory over Korea, executing a strong game plan with goals from Sarah Jamieson and Jessica Ross. Ireland edged New Zealand 1-0 in a tightly contested match, with Naomi Carroll’s first-half goal proving decisive. Chile dominated Canada with a 5-0 win, scoring four second-half goals to eliminate the Canadians from semi-final contention.

Scotland women beat Korea in Nations Cup in Santiago



A comfortable 2-0 victory saw Scotland women get their first ever Nations Cup win, as they beak higher-ranked Korea in Santiago, Chile. Goals from Sarah Jamieson and Fiona Burnet gave Scotland the win, who next face New Zealand on Thursday for a place in the semi-finals.

Ireland Women make it back-to-back wins in FIH Hockey Nations Cup with victory over New Zealand

IRELAND 1 – 0 New Zealand



Santiago: Ireland Women edged a tense encounter with New Zealand in their second Pool B match in the FIH Pro League. Just a single goal separated the sides, a quarter 2 finish from experienced forward Naomi Carroll following an inviting cross from recent debutant Emily Kealy. Goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran played her part, denying New Zealand on several occassions early in the second half to maintain her side’s lead. Ireland back-to-back wins mathematically guarantee them a semi-final berth on Saturday, even before they play their final Pool B game against Korea on Thursday.

Women unable to find equaliser against Ireland



The Vantage Black Sticks Women faced a tough challenge against Ireland in their second pool match at the FIH Hockey Women’s Nations Cup in Chile, Santiago, coming up just short 0-1.

2025 Test Matches BRU v SGP (M)
Bandar Seri Begawan (BRU)

All times GMT +8

25 Feb 2025 16:15     BRU v SGP     0 - 3
26 Feb 2025 16:15     BRU v SGP     

FIH Match Centre

Men set to reunite for the first time since the Olympics



The Vantage Black Sticks Men are set to reunite for the first time since the Paris Olympics. This marks a new proactive approach and planning for the future, following the funding announcements made in December.

Sarjit's Speedy Tigers start search for the new Faizal Saari

By Aftar Singh


Faizal Saari. PIC BY AHMAD UKASYAH

KUALA LUMPUR: With striker Faizal Saari retired from international hockey, national coach Sarjit Singh faces the urgent task of finding a new goal-scoring talisman.

SA indoor hockey skipper calls on government for more support

Michael Sherman


SA Hockey star Musthapha Cassiem has called on government for more support for the sport. Picture: Facebook/Bishop Diocesan College

South African indoor hockey men’s skipper Mustapha Cassiem has pleaded with government for more support in the future.

Promotion slips from the Wildcats` paws



As the tournament started the final day`s proceedings it looked as if Danish champions Slagelse and Western Wildcats men were odds on to collect the two promotion places.   But we were in for a shock.

All Eyes on SPAR & Tops at SPAR SA Hockey Indoor IPT



Excitement is building as the SPAR & Tops at SPAR South African Hockey Indoor IPT kicks off on Wednesday in Johannesburg. With the recent success of the South African Indoor Hockey Men’s team, who secured a historic bronze medal at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup, interest in indoor hockey is at an all-time high. The tournament promises thrilling competition, with players vying for the opportunity to represent South Africa on the international stage.

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