News for 20 September 2026
All the news for Sunday 20 September 2026
20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026
Gifu Japan
All times GMT +9
Men
19 Sep 2026 was a rest day
20 Sep 2026 13:00 MAS v UZB (Pool B) 7 - 0
20 Sep 2026 15:00 IND v INA (Pool A) 13 - 1
20 Sep 2026 17:00 JPN v SRI (Pool A) Delayed
20 Sep 2026 19:00 PAK v THA (Pool B)
21 Sep 2026 is a rest day
Pool standings
Women
19 Sep 2026 is a rest day
20 Sep 2026 09:00 CHN v BAN (Pool A) 13 - 0
20 Sep 2026 11:00 IND v UZB (Pool B) 19 - 0
21 Sep 2026 09:00 KOR v KAZ (Pool A)
21 Sep 2026 11:00 CHN v TPE (Pool A)
21 Sep 2026 13:00 IND v INA (Pool B)
21 Sep 2026 15:00 UZB v THA (Pool B)
21 Sep 2026 17:00 JPN v SGP (Pool B)
21 Sep 2026 19:00 BAN v MAS (Pool A)
Pool standings
FIH Match Centre
Faizal's hat-trick fires Speedy Tigers to flying start in Asian Games
By Aftar Singh
National forward Faizal Saari (right) in action against Uzbekistan during today’s Asian Games Group B match in Gifu. PIC FROM AHF
KUALA LUMPUR: National men's hockey coach Brendon Carolan admitted his charges still need to tidy up their game despite opening their Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games campaign with an emphatic 7-0 victory over Uzbekistan in Group B today.
33 Goals In Two Matches: India vs Indonesia Head-to-Head Record Before Asian Games 2026 Game
India has held a lopsided record against Indonesia and the trend is likely to continue when the teams face off on Sunday in Pool A of the Asian Games 2026.
Harmanpreet Singh’s dragflick will again be one of the go-to options for India in offence. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
India men’s hockey team will begin its Asian Games 2026 campaign on Sunday with a game against Indonesia at the Gefu Perfectural Stadium.
Eight-star Deepika Sehrawat helps India rout Uzbekistan 19-0 in opener
Deepika scored eight goals in the match while Ishika Chaudhary scored a hat-trick. India will face Indonesia next on Monday.
By Utathya Nag
Picture by Hockey India
The Indian women's hockey team brushed aside Uzbekistan by an impressive 19-0 scoreline to start its Asian Games 2026 campaign in Pool B at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Sunday.
India women’s hockey team completes crushing win over Uzbekistan
In the two sides’ first-ever meeting, India came close to recording its biggest margin of victory at the Asiad as Deepika Kumari (eight goals), Lalremsiami, Ishika (three goals), Baljeet Kaur, Neha, Navneet Kaur (two), Lalthantluangi (two) and Sakshi Rana all found the net.
India put 19 goals past Uzbekistan in its opening Pool B clash. Photo Credit: X@HockeyIndia
The Indian women’s hockey team began its Asian Games 2026 campaign by thrashing Uzbekistan 19-0 at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Kakamigahara on Sunday, September 20.
Deepika scores eight as India thrash Uzbekistan 19-0 in women's hockey opener
Nagoya [Japan]: The Indian women's hockey team began their campaign dominantly after they thrashed Uzbekistan 19-0 in their opening match of the ongoing Asian Games 2026.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/sports/asian-games-2026-deepika-scores-eight-as-india-thrash-uzbekistan-19-0-in-womens-hockey-opener/
2026 South American Games Santa Fe (ODESUR)
Santa Fe
All times GMT -6
Men
19 Sep 2026 14:00 BRA v CHI (Pool A) 1 - 4
20 Sep 2026 12:00 ARG v URU (Pool A)
Pool Standings
Women
19 Sep 2026 10:00 PAR v URU (Pool A) 0 - 13
20 Sep 2026 10:00 URU v CHI (Pool A)
20 Sep 2026 14:00 ARG v PER (Pool A)
Pool Standings
FIH Match Centre
Irish EY Hockey League roars into life as title holders make winning starts.
The 2026/27 EY Hockey League season roared into life today as all ten sides began their campaigns.
Bloemendaal vulnerable at the back despite seven clean sheets
Ramon Min
Maurits Visser
Seven days to go until the start of the Staatsloterij Hoofdklasse. Every day, we’re counting down to the start of the league with an interesting fact. Today, we’re focusing on the Bloemendaal lads and goalkeeper Maurits Visser.
NCAA Division1 results - 19 September 2026
NCAA Division1 fixtures - 20 September 2026
Pakistan’s 8-year wait ends in familiar heartbreak as Germans dominate Hockey World Cup
Shahnaz Sheikh (Former hockey Olympian)
The recent 16th edition of the Hockey World Cup, jointly hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands from ended with Germany lifting the trophy for a fourth time, drawing level with Pakistan as the only two nations to have won the title in consecutive editions - Germany this time around, Pakistan having achieved the feat in 1978 and 1982.
Khalid Mahmood: The right-wing hockey wizard
Ijaz Chaudhry
Hockey has produced few right-wingers as graceful, inventive and influential as Khalid Mahmood, who passed away on September 10 in Lahore.