Hockey

Karachi:New hockey ground has been inaugurated in Karachi in a place where weddings were once held. A new multipurpose artificial turf has been laid on the Karachi Hockey Association (KHA) ground for sports. The new turf was inaugurated by Sindh Assembly speaker Agha Siraj Durrani. The turf will not only be available to play hockey but will also be available ...

Nawabshah :Despite hockey being Pakistan’s national sport, it continues to receive the least amount of attention by the authorities. The state of the Benazirabad hockey ground is one such example of neglect, the national sport faces. Just a few months ago artificial blue turf was installed on the ground. However, no sprinklers were installed to water it. Generally, an artificial turf ...

Islamabad:-The Pakistan Hockey Federation on Tuesday announced a nine-member team along with four standbys for the Asian hockey qualifiers for Youth Olympics to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 25 to 29. The hockey event of the Youth Olympics is played in 5-a-side format. SQUAD: Awais Arshad (goal keeper), Waqas Ahmed (Captain), Ali Raza, Mohibullah (Vice Captain), Murtaza Yaqoob, ...

KARACHI: Pakistan men’s hockey team drew their fourth and last match 1-1 against Malaysia at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre to end their 2018 Commonwealth Games campaign with four draws and four points in group B. Pakistan, led by Muhammad Rizwan Sr, entered the match against Malaysia with three draws in their last three matches against Wales (1-1), India (2-2) and ...

Photo: File OTTAWA: A bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided with a truck on a rural highway in Canada´s western Saskatchewan province, killing at least 14 people, local media said Saturday citing police. The Saskatoon StarPhoenix said 14 more were injured — including three critically — in Friday´s accident involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus. The bus was ...

India were urged to control their emotions after a bad-tempered Commonwealth Games hockey clash with Pakistan ended in a thrilling draw on Saturday — with the video referee proving crucial. India were 2-1 up with just seconds left when Pakistan twice went to the video referrals to earn penalty corners, the second of which was buried by 20-year-old Ali Mubashar. ...

Islamabad:-Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Executive Board meeting was held at PMDC Office Islamabad on 29th March 2018.  Meeting was chaired by the President PHF Brig. (Retd) Muhammad Khalid S. Khokhar and attended by Secretary PHF, All Provincial Secretaries, Ms. Khushbakht Shujat Chairperson PHF Women’s Wing, Mr. Muhammad Saeed Khan Vice-President PHF, Brig. Ghulam Jilani Director Army Sports Directorate & Technocrats ...

LAHORE: The national hockey camp for the Youth Olympics qualifiers, originally scheduled to be held in Islamabad and Rawalpindi will now be conducted at the Abdul Sattar Edhi hockey stadium in Karachi from 1st of April. “The change has been necessitated due to the traveling distance involved between players’ accommodation in Islamabad and the training venue, Shahnaz Sheikh hockey stadium ...

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi announced on Monday that he will pay for the medical treatment of former hockey goalkeeper Mansoor Ahmed. “Shahid Afridi Foundation will bear all expenses of Mansoor’s treatment and won’t let him down,” Afridi said. The former hockey goalkeeper has been suffering from a heart ailment for the last month and has been advised by doctors ...

Karachi:18 member Pakistan hockey team for the Commonwealth Games, to be held  in Gold Coast, Australia from 4th to 15th April,has been named.Chief Selector Islahuddin announced the team which will be captained by Mohammad Rizwan Senior.  Vice Captain is Ammad Shakeel Butt team Imran Butt, Mazhar Abbas, M.Irfan Senior, Tazeemul Hassan, Mubashar Ali, Faisal Qadir, Ammad Shakeel Butt (Vice Captain), ...