Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2012 Schedule/Results

An artist's impression of the Hockey Centre as it might look during the London 2012 Hockey competitions

21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament Tournament Dates: 24 May- 3 June 2012 Venue: Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia Final Standings: Gold Medal: New Zealand (Their First Title) Silver Medal: Argentina Bronze Medal: India4. Great Britain, 5. Korea, 6. Malaysia and 7. Pakistan. Fairplay: Great Britain Best Player of Tournament: Sardar Singh (India) Best Goalkeeper: Kyle Pontifex (New Zealand) Top Scorer: Ashley Jackson ( Great Britain) Man of the Match (Final): Kyle Pontifex (New Zealand) Live Telecast on Neo Sports in India and on Astro Arena in Malaysia  League Stage Final Points Table: Author: “”; Last updated on June … Continue reading →

Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament Schedule/Results

Schedule/Results of Visa International Invitational Hockey Tournament: Test event, a part of London Prepares Series, 2-6 May, 2012 at Riverbank Arena, Olympic Park, London. Men’s Final Standings: 1. Germany, 2. Australia, 3. Great Britain and 4. India Women’s Final Standings: 1. Great Britain, 2. Argentina, 3. Korea, and 4. China Author: “”; Last updated on December 22, 2012 01:15 . … Continue reading →

Women’s Four Nation Tournament 2 at Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)

The Black Sticks Women will take on USA (ranked 10th), India (ranked 13th) and old rivals Australia (ranked 7th) in a Four Nations from 12 – 22 April 2012. This Four Nations event will be played as two identical tournaments – so there will be two finals! The second tournament will be played at Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium from 18-22 April Schedule of Tournament 2: 18-22 April, Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium Author: “”; Last updated on June 6, 2013 19:54 . … Continue reading →

Women’s Four Nation Tournament 1 at North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland (New Zealand)

The Black Sticks Women will take on USA (ranked 10th), India (ranked 13th) and old rivals Australia (ranked 7th) in a Four Nations from 12 – 22 April 2012. This Four Nations event will be played as two identical tournaments – so there will be two finals! The first tournament will be played at North Harbour Hockey Stadium from 12-16 April Schedule of Tournament 1: 12-16 April, North Harbour Hockey Stadium (Auckland) Author: “”; Last updated on June 6, 2013 19:54 . … Continue reading →

India in Finals for against France(Men’s) and South Africa (Women’s)

Indian girls did wonderful a job in overcoming the defencive mode of their Italian counter-parts. As Italy needed a just draw to reach the finals of Olympic Qualifiers (to be played tomorrow at 8PM IST), whose winner will be play in London 2012, they played defencive and did not want to concede goals and attacked rarely. So India had to face a lot of resiliance from the Italians and this deadlock continued till the 55th minute of the game, when India’s Ritu Rani sent the ball in net on a high rebound from Italy’s Gaolkeeper’s pads on Jaspreet Kaur flick on … Continue reading →

Indian Eves were Impressive, Men’s Big Tests Ahead

Ansuta Lakra

Indian women’s team came up with impressive performance, after yesterday’s draw against Ukraine, to beat Canada with an impressive score of 4-1. Their men counterparts did well in converting penalty corners (4 successful conversion of 5 chances) to defeat Italy 8-1. But Indian mens did not look as ruthless as they were against Singapore. They committed some usual mistakes in defending e.g. as slow foot movement. These mistakes against top teams may cause dearly. For India, Sandeep singh found board thrice out of 4 PCs (4th, 22nd and 23rd Minute), while Ragunath scored 1 PC (that was second PC for India) goal in … Continue reading →