Tag: Hockey

Field hockey’s world governing body on Wednesday unveiled plans to start a franchise-based league competition in India on the lines of the successful Indian...

Pakistan defeated India 3-1 in a fast-paced encounter between the two countries of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia. India led 1-0 at...

Going into Wednesday’s clash, India — the reigning joint champions — are third in the standings with seven points with two matches to go...

India's coach insisted Tuesday that there was "no room for emotions" on the eve of the highly anticipated grudge match against great rivals Pakistan...

Results from the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men's field hockey on Sunday: Britain 3 (Robert Moore 8, Jonathan Clarke 39, 63) Pakistan 2 (Sohail Abbas...

Asian Games champions Pakistan came alive in the last 10 minutes of a Sultan Azlan Shah Cup match Friday, defeating former champions South Korea...

Faisalabad hammered Quetta 17-0 while Lahore lost their first match against Multan 2-0 during the 3rd PHF Junior Super Hockey League being played here...

The 3rd PHF Junior Super Hockey League started here at the National Hockey Stadium with wins for Lahore and Faisalabad while PHF Academy and...

LAHORE - The third U-18 Asia Cup Hockey Tournament will be played in Singapore from June 17 to 26 in which Pakistan team will participate. Pakistan has been placed in Pool A. 10 teams are grouped in a pool of five teams each. An official of the FIH said that the match schedule will be announced after the approval of the host country.
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has approved the following Pools.
POOL 'A': Brunei, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, Pakistan &

LAHORE - Punjab Colours won the first PHF U-18 Girls Hockey Championship that concluded here at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore on Tuesday. The winners played a goalless game against Railways and were forced to enter into extra time. Anaza Bashir of Colours brought win for her team in the very first minute of the extra time with the golden goal.
Provincial Education Minister Mujtaba Shajua Rehman was the chief guest of the final and gave the trophy and other prizes to the

LAHORE - University of Central Punjab won the All Pakistan Inter-varsity Hockey Championship, beating Government College University in the final here at the National Hockey Stadium on Monday. University of Central Punjab converted two goals and did not let their rivals cross their 25 yards zone. Hasan and Aziz were the scorers.
Meanwhile, Peshawar University beat Superior University 5-3 to secure third place in the championship. PHF selection committee member Arshad Chaudhary

LONDON - The hockey competition at the next year's London Olympics will be played on blue plastic pitches, the organisers have announced. The decision by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympics Games (LOCOG) was taken to change the traditional green pitches for blue to make the contrast between the pitch and ball greater, meaning that it will be easier to see the ball. The pitch run off areas will be pink. Hockey will have more than 380 competitors representing

LAHORE - Secretary, Pakistan Hockey Federation Asif Bajwa said on Tuesday the schedule of the proposed Pak-India hockey series will be finalised with the mutual understanding of both the hockey bodies. "We are in touch with the Hockey India for the revival of the bilateral series and hopefully all the necessary modalities in this regard will be sorted out in due course," he told APP here. Asif Bajwa said the series is likely to be played later this year or early next year and both the

LAHORE - The 1st PHF U18 Girls' Hockey Championship started here at the National Hockey Stadium. On Tuesday, three matches were played in which Punjab Whites, Punjab Colours and Railways triumphed.

LAHORE - Pakistan hockey is looking for a bilateral series against arch-rivals India for the betterment of hockey and for the development of good relations between the two countries. A PHF official said that he expects a Pakistan-India hockey series to take place by the end of this year.
He pointed out that cricket diplomacy seems to have played its part in easing off the tensions between the two countries. Asif Bajwa, PHF Secretary General, said that efforts have been started to

LAHORE - The Junior U18 National Girls' Hockey Championship will be played at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore from April 12 to 19. The championship is being organised by the Punjab Women's Wing on behalf of the PHF Women's Wing.
The Pre-Tournament Briefing will be held by the Tournament Director on April 11 at 2100 hours for the Team Managers and Captains and at 2200 hours for the Umpires/Judges/Team Doctors. Prof Abida Tanveer, President Punjab Women's Wing will be the

LAHORE - The training camp of national senior probables for the 20th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, to be held at Ipoh from May 5 to 15, will be held at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad on April 1. The PHF National Selection Committee has invited following players for the training camp: Zeeshan Ashraf, Mazhar Abbas, Kashif Javaid, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Tousiq, Akhtar Ali, Muhammad Ateeq, Arsalan Qadir and Ali Shan from NBP, M/s. Shakeel Abbasi & Syed Kashif Shah from SSGC, M/s.