Tuesday 24 March 2026

AHF relocates qualifier for Aichi-Nagoya


Thailand's Suriya Kasonbua during the 2022 Asian Games. Wang Zhao/GETTY IMAGES

The Asian Hockey Federation announced last week that the men’s qualifying tournament for the 2026 Asian Games has been moved from Muscat, Oman, to Bangkok, Thailand, due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.

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Punjab to host Asian Champions Trophy hockey for the 1st time; matches in Mohali, Jalandhar

CM Mann announces annual Four-Nation Hockey event, U-13 Badminton Championship after 44 years

Deepankar Sharda


Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann addresses a press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Vicky

Hockey India will host the Asian Champions Trophy in Punjab for the first time ever, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced while highlighting the state’s achievements in sports on completing four years of AAP rule.

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Four USA Officials Appointed to 2026 Junior Pan American Cups



SANITAGO, Chile – USA Field Hockey is pleased to announce that four officials have been selected to represent USA at the upcoming Junior Pan American Cups (JPAC) in Santiago, Chile. 

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Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur reflect on Hockey India 8th Annual Awards 2025 nominations

Both players have been nominated for the Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year 2025



New Delhi: As Hockey India gears up to host the Hockey India 8th Annual Awards 2025 on 27 March in New Delhi, Indian hockey stars Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur expressed their gratitude and motivation after being nominated for the prestigious Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year 2025.

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The stats of the weekend: firsts for SCHC, men's Kampong vulnerable

Ramon Min


SCHC Women

SCHC's women are building adrift of a record season, HGC has been rare productive in an away game and Kampong's men have already suffered seven defeats this season. Here are the weekend's figures.

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De Wijn savouring every moment 10 years on from Kampong’s EHL gold



Sander de Wijn says he will savour every moment of SV Kampong’s latest EHL Men’s journey as they go in pursuit of a second title next week in Den Bosch.

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Why Tom Sorsby has focused on his hockey super strengths



Tom Sorsby says he is playing the best hockey of his career two years after travelling to the Paris Olympics as a reserve and then focusing on his super-strengths.

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EHL Premier Division Review | Week Thirteen


Photo Credit - Graeme Wilcockson

Open/Men's Premier Division

It was a busy weekend in the Open/Men's Premier Division with teams facing two matches in two days apart from Wimbledon and Oxted in the Top Six, who brought their game forwards to the Thursday evening which Wimbledon won 6-1, with Sam Hooper netting his second hat-trick of the season. 

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Southgate Hockey Club seeks to secure long-term home


Southgate HC is on fundraising drive PIC: Simon Parker/Southgate HC

Southgate Hockey Club has launched a fundraising drive to secure the freehold of its long-term home at Trent Park, seeking to raise £250,000 over the next two years in a bid to safeguard its future and invest in facilities, according to club documents and officials.

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Australia Names Under-18 Squads for 2026 India Series



Hockey Australia is pleased to announce the men’s and women’s Under-18 national teams set to represent Australia in an upcoming international series in India this May.

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Gino Schilders reflects on 16-year tenure at head of Czech Hockey



When Dutchman Gino Schilders arrived in Prague at 27, he wasn’t following a grand plan. “I wanted to go on an adventure,” he says.

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S. Thyagarajan, veteran sports journalist, passes away

Having reported on multiple Olympics and Asian Games, S. Thyagarajan also covered almost all hockey matches that involved India for decades


S. Thyagarajan. Photo: Special Arrangement

S. Thyagarajan, 85, veteran sports correspondent, who worked with The Hindu for more than five decades, passed away here on Monday (March 23, 2026). A multi-sport writer, who eventually specialised in covering hockey, Thyagarajan, ‘Thyagu Sir’ for many, was the spine that held The Hindu’s sports department together for many years.

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Veteran scribe Mr T (S. Thyagarajan) is no more



A colossus of the sporting world has fallen. S. Thyagarajan—the man who served as the face of Indian hockey journalism from his very first byline to his last—has passed away in Chennai.

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Tauqeer Dar: Most Suitable Person for Pakistan Hockey`s Revival

Pakistan has the potential to excel in every field.

By Ijaz Chaudhry

The prime requirement is Right Person for the Right Job

Pakistan's national game is Hockey. Also, the sport which has given us three golds and three silvers at the Olympics. Unfortunately, Pakistan hockey has hit rock bottom. Pakistan has failed to qualify for the last three Olympics.

There is one person who can reinvigorate Pakistan hockey and bring back the past glories.

What are the Foremost Requirements?
-Revitalising hockey at the Grassroots
-Getting  Sponsorship
-Arranging Foreign Tours  
-Bringing Foreign Teams

Tauqeer Dar (Olympic gold medallist 1984) has the Proven Credentials - Ticks all the Boxes

-He is running the Best Academy in Pakistan, Dar Hockey Academy which is a conveyer belt of talent; providing players to the national teams. Dar Academy boys have been regularly featuring in Pakistan's national and age group teams for the last 10 years
-Arranging Foreign Tours for his academy to top hockey nations: Six tours of Europe in the last 12 years: Holland, Belgium and Germany. Also tours to India & Malaysia.
-All through Sponsorship arranged by his own efforts; not a single penny from the government or federation
-In 2012, when terrorism was at its peak, he arranged a tour of Flying Dutch Veterans to Pakistan. The Dutch team was studded with Olympic & World Cup medallists.  The team played three matches in Lahore including two matches at the Johar Town stadium watched by thousands of spectators.

Easily the most suitable person to turn Pakistan hockey’s fortunes around.

If Tauqeer is appointed the Secretary General of the Pakistan Hockey Federation, he can bring  big business tycoons to sponsor hockey in the country. He can turn the PHF into a corporate body. Pakistan hockey will not be dependent on the government for any financial assistance and will also again see the international achievements of the past.

The following two videos give a good insight into the work & achievements of the Hockey Academy:

Dar Hockey Academy - A Great Success Story
Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjAcFKWjRI0&t=331s

Dar Hockey Academy (Pakistan) Tour of Europe 2019
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TDyMDqK0Gk&t=32s

Ijaz...Ijaz Chaudhry writes on hockey & other sports. For more about him & his work, visit http://www.sportscorrespondent.info