News for 21 August 2022
All the news for Sunday 21 August 2022
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers - 21 August
EuroHockey Championship Qualifier A 2022 Men
Ourense, Spain
ESP, CZE, POR, POL
EuroHockey Championship Qualifier B 2022 Women
Dublin, Ireland
IRL, CZE, TUR, POL
EuroHockey Championship Qualifier C 2022 Women
Vilnius, Lithuania
ITA, LIT, UKR
FIH Match Centre
Ireland on brink of Euro Championship qualification with win over Czechs
Ireland players celebrate their goal Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ashley Cahill
Katie Mullan’s 21st minute goal has Ireland on the brink of qualification for the 2023 European Championships as they made it two wins from two at the Sport Ireland Campus this week with a 1-0 success over the Czech Republic.
Bhubaneswar, Rourkela getting a makeover for FIH Men's Hockey World Cup
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21: With less than five months left for the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup, 2023 to commence, hockey lovers across the world are excitedly looking towards Odisha, which will host the mega sporting event.
UNC field hockey wraps up preseason with 4-1 exhibition victory over Duke
By Shelby Swanson
Fifth-year senior forward Erin Matson (1) goes to make a pass as she avoids Duke defense. UNC won 4-1 against Duke away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Photo by Gillian Faski | The Daily Tar Heel
UNC field hockey finished the preseason with a 4-1 win in an exhibition match against Duke on Saturday night at Jack Katz Stadium.
KL City Hall claim Div 2 title
By Jugjet Singh 
Kuala Lumpur City Hall edged Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Juniors 2-1 to capture the Junior Hockey League Division Two title today. - NSTP/ OWEE AH CHUN.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall edged Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Juniors 2-1 to capture the Malaysian Junior Hockey League Division Two title today.
Sayuti survives 'election shootout'
By Jugjet Singh 
For Perak Hockey Association president Sayuti Samat, who was a former national goalkeeper, today’s elections in Ipoh were as tense as a penalty shootout. - NSTP/ L.MANIMARAN
KUALA LUMPUR: For Perak Hockey Association president Sayuti Samat, who was a former Malaysian national goalkeeper, today's elections in Ipoh were as tense as a penalty shootout.
Obituary: The Pearl of Hockey
Ijaz Chaudhry 
Matiullah in action | Photos from the writer’s collection
After Independence in 1947, the nation yearned for an Olympic medal. Pakistan’s first Olympic medal in any sport was in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, a silver in hockey. Matiullah Khan, who passed away in his native Bahawalpur in the early hours of August 12 at age 88, was the last surviving member of that 1956 team.