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Ellie Rayer, second left, celebrates with Susannah Townsend PIC: England Hockey

England’s Ellie Rayer has fast-tracked from junior to senior hockey in the same manner that she plays the game.

Lulu is pictured second from the right as the Vantage Black Sticks Women celebrate after scoring against Argentina at the Four Nations Cup. Photo: Roel Ubels

A whirlwind two months is about to go up a notch for the Vantage Black Sticks' newest player.

Ben Somerford



Hockeyroos goalkeeper Rachael Lynch fondly recalls her shootout heroics in the semi-finals of the World Cup four years ago, ahead of this year’s edition.

By Torre Netkovick


Junior midfielder Ashley Hoffman (13) rears back for a shot against Boston College on Sep. 16 in Durham. Stella Reneke

Two current North Carolina field hockey players were chosen to join the U.S. Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup team, which will compete in London from July 21 to August 5.

Sundeep Misra


India captain Rani Rampal will hold key for India at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup. Image Courtesy: Rani Rampal Facebook

Meet the Indian women’s hockey team as they open their campaign on 21 July against Olympic Champions England at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. England, USA and Ireland. With close to 2000 caps in the team, experience is not something the Asia Cup Champions lack.

Nine months on from World Cup qualification, Irish coach Graham Shaw says Friday evening’s jersey presentation very much felt like “the start” of the competition proper.

Ayeisha McFerran

18th Asiad will serve as qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games



LAHORE: The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) on Monday announced the schedule of the field hockey tournament of the Asian Games 2018 to be held in Jakarta-Palembang in August-September. Pakistan, who are in Pool B, will face Thailand in their opening match on August 20. The 18th edition of the Asiad will see the highest ever number of participating teams in the history of hockey competitions at the Asian Games. 21 teams from 14 countries will go head to head in the men’s and women’s categories in 60 matches over a course of 14 days. The winners of the men and women’s categories will book their place in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. All matches will be played in the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Indian men's hockey team - File Photo, PTI

India will open its title defence against minnows Hong Kong China on August 22 in the men's hockey competition of the Asian Games to be held in Indonesia.

By Jugjet Singh

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian men's hockey team are confirmed to play in the semi-finals of the Asian Games on Aug 19-Sept 1.

Mohsin Ali



ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) secretary Olympian Shahbaz Ahmad Senior has sent SOS call to Caretaker Prime Minister Nasir-ul-Mulk and President Mamnoon Hussian to help the federation, which is starving to meet day-to-day affairs due to acute shortage of funds.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has expressed its concern over the patronage of the Sindh Olympic Association as a parallel body of the Sindh Hockey Association, which has no affiliation with the PHF.

JOHN HAWKINS


Chris Young leaves next week for the Exin Masters Hockey World Cup in Terrassa, Spain. John Hawkins/Stuff

Chris Young will be without his favourite stick when he plays for New Zealand at the Exin Masters Hockey World Cup in Spain.

Thrilling medal round play wraps up the U15 National Championship



The final day of the U15 National Championship didn’t come without excitement. The temperature was nearing 40 degrees with humidity. Bronze medal games kicked off the day. Lightning delayed the boys’ final. And when the final whistle of the day blew, two teams stood atop the podium as national champions.

Indian Women Hockey Team , AFP

Indian women's hockey captain Rani Rampal feels abundance of experience will give her team an advantage in the Vitality World Cup 2018 to be held between July 21 and August 5 in London.

Kashif Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is optimistic that national squad will emerge victorious in upcoming Asian Games.

The Irish underage sides endured a tough weekend on the results front with eight losses from eight outings against strong opposition at tournaments in Antwerp, Santander and Cork.

Scotland U18 Girls’ got their EuroHockey Championship II campaign off to a sensational start with a 4-0 win over Wales in Rakovnik, Czech Republic.

Scotland internationalist Charlotte Watson scored on a successful start to the Six Nations campaigns for the men’s and women’s EDP teams – both saw off Belgium in highly competitive matches.

Bracket Play Recap and Gold Medal Previews



U15 Boys Division

The morning kicked off early with two remaining quarterfinal matchups: BC Lions vs BC Rams on one side, and Ontario vs Quebec 2 on the other. Quebec 1 had already qualified for the semi-finals and was set to face USA.