News for 13 March 2023
All the news for Monday 13 March 2023
2022-23 FIH Hockey Pro League (M) - 13 March
Rourkela, India
All times GMT +5:30
10 Mar 2023 19:10 IND v GER (RR) 3 - 2
11 Mar 2023 19:10 AUS v GER (RR) 0 - 1
12 Mar 2023 19:10 IND v AUS (RR) 5 - 4
13 Mar 2023 19:10 IND v GER (RR)
14 Mar 2023 19:10 GER v AUS (RR)
15 Mar 2023 19:10 IND v AUS (RR)
Pool Standings
FIH Match Centre
Harmanpreet hat-trick leads India to win in 9-goal thriller against Australia
FIH Hockey Pro League action continued from the Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela as India took on Australia in the first encounter between the two sides in the 2022/23 season. Harmanpreet Singh was the hero for the home team scoring thrice as India edged past the visitors in a 9-goal thriller that went down to the wire. 
Harmanpreet Singh's hat-trick puts India past Australia by 5-4
Rourkela: A spirited performance by the Indian Men's Hockey Team helped them register a thrilling 5-4 win against Australia here at the magnificent Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in the FIH Hockey Pro League on Sunday.
Kookaburras play out nine-goal thriller against India
A gallant never-say-die Kookaburras outfit has gone down to a Harmanpreet Singh inspired India 5-4 in a pulsating FIH Pro League encounter at Rourkela’s Birsa Munda Stadium.
India pulls off rare victory against Australia, wins 5-4 in FIH Pro League
Australia pulled back from 4-1 deficit and scored two goals in the final quarter but fell to its second straight defeat against India.
Uthra Ganesan
Harmanpreet Singh scored three goals, all from penalty corners, against Australia to take his FIH Pro League 2022/23 tally to 10. | Photo Credit: Hockey India
Seventeen minutes of absolute brilliance and assertive control, wedged between overall superiority and nervous moments, saw India register its second win in as many games of the FIH Pro League here on Sunday. It nudged past Australia 5-4 in a nine-goal thriller that consigned the opponent to its second straight defeat. According to FIH records, India last beat Australia in a major competition in 1996 in the Champions Trophy.
Harmanpreet hat-trick helps keep Aussies at bay
ERROL D’CRUZ
For the second time in successive matches, India led by three goals but endured nerve-wracking closing minutes to finish winners by the slenderest of margins. On Sunday in front of a packed Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela, the hosts, riding on a hat-trick by captain Harmanpreet Singh, warded off a late Australian challenge to win 5-4 after sitting pretty 4-1 at half-time in the FIH Pro League encounter.
India beat Australia 5-4 in a high-scoring thriller
A hat-trick from captain Harmanpreet Singh helped the hosts register their second straight win under new chief coach Craig Fulton.
By Ronald Chettiar
Indian Team celebrates after scoring against Australia 2 (Picture by Hockey India)
India rode on a hat-trick by captain Harmanpreet Singh to beat reigning Commonwealth Games champions Australia 5-4 in the FIH Men's Hockey Pro League 2022-23 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Sunday.
Hat trick scorers in FIH Hockey Pro League (Men)
By Tariq Ali
Indian striker Harmanpreet Singh scored a hat trick in a match played between India and Australia at Rourkela in FIH Hockey Pro League Men 2022-23. India defeated Australia by five goals to four. Harmanpreet Singh contributed three goals in the match against Australia, overall Harmanpreet Singh scored three hat tricks in the event.
Following is the list of hat trick scorers in FIH Hockey Pro League (Men):
Four goals in a match
4 Harmanpreet Singh India 10-2 South Africa Potchefstroom 2020-21
4 Alexander Hendrickx Belgium 4-2 Argentina Mendoza 2022-23
Three goals in a match
3 Samuel Ward Great Britain 6-2 New Zealand Christchurch 2019
3 Jacob Anderson Australia 6-1 Great Britain Amsterdam 2019
3 Jip Janssen Netherlands 4-3 Spain Valencia 2020-21
3 Josep Romen Spain 3-4 Netherlands Valencia 2020-21
3 Jugraj Singh India 10-2 South Africa Potchefstroom 2020-21
3 Tom Boon Belgium 5-1 Spain Antwerp 2021-22
3 Marc Miralles Spain 5-3 India Bhubaneswar 2021-22
3 Harmanpreet Singh India 4-3 England Bhubaneswar 2021-22
3 Harmanpreet Singh India 5-4 Australia Rourkela 2022-23
Pawan and Danneberg - two 21-year-olds to look out for in future goalkeeping battles
Pawan has played a big team before - against Netherlands in an away game last year - and in front of big crowds at home, while Danneberg starred in Germany’s World Cup triumph just over a month back in a packed Bhubaneswar stadium.
Uthra Ganesan
Goalkeepers Pawan Malik and Jean-Paul Danneberg | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The two days so far at the FIH Pro League ‘mini tournament’ here have seen two 21-year olds shine and impress as much for their temperament and potential as their performances. The fact that both of them are goalkeepers – India’s Pawan Malik and Jean-Paul Danneberg for Germany – is the only thing common between them, though.
Junior Africa Cup 2023 - 13 March
Ismailia
All times GMT +2
Men
12 Mar 2023 15:00 EGY v KEN (RR) 1 - 0
12 Mar 2023 17:00 RSA v ZIM (RR) 6 - 0
13 Mar 2023 15:00 EGY v RSA (RR)
13 Mar 2023 17:00 ZIM v KEN (RR)
14 Mar 2023 is a rest day
Pool standings
Women
12 Mar 2023 10:00 RSA v ZIM (RR) 3 - 0
12 Mar 2023 12:00 KEN v EGY (RR) 0 - 2
13 Mar 2023 10:00 ZIM v EGY (RR)
13 Mar 2023 12:00 KEN v RSA (RR)
14 Mar 2023 is a rest day
Pool Standings
FIH Match Centre
Kenyan sides lose openers in Africa Cup
By Geoffrey Anene
It was a bad day in office for Kenyan teams at the Hockey Junior African Cup as they lost their opening matches on Sunday in Ismailia, Egypt.
Pembroke held as Irish league reaches business end
Pembroke drew 2-2 with Monkstown in a big battle in the Irish women’s EY Hockey League as they remain in sixth place a month out from the ABN AMRO EHL FINAL8.
Young Tigers did not fail in the MHL, says MHC chief Subahan
By Jugjet Singh
Young Tigers had their baptism of fire when they were tossed around by senior teams in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL). - Pic courtesy of Malaysian Hockey Confederation.
KUALA LUMPUR: Young Tigers had their baptism of fire when they were tossed around by senior teams in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL).
Finalists Announced for New Zealand 2022 Hockey Awards
The winners of the 2022 Hockey NZ Awards will be announced during the Pro League series in Christchurch on April 29.
Death in search of a better life
Struggling to support her disabled son following divorce, she like many others found no alternative to human smugglers
By Nabil Tahir 
Everyone in this world wants to live a good life. The meaning of a good life can mean different things to different people – it is subjective and can be influenced by personal values, beliefs, and experiences. But all are in search of a better life than the one they are living – a good life with happiness, fulfilment, and purpose. The pursuit of such ends, however, can be more perilous for some than we imagine.