Winning an Asian Games gold gets you a medal. Winning it the way India’s two teams just did gets you a homecoming like this. On Friday, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi felicitated the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams and awarded Rs 11 lakh to every player from both squads, in the presence of…
Nineteen goals. Two games. Day one of the Sultan of Johor Cup didn’t ease anyone in, it just went straight for it. Pakistan beat China 8-3 after being 3-1 down. Japan beat Canada 8-1, and that one was over by half-time. If you’re a coach who wanted a calm first look at your squad, sorry….
Malaysia are the last team to touch a ball at their own tournament. Sunday fixes that. The hosts open their Sultan of Johor Cup campaign in the late game at Taman Daya, 7:35 pm local time, 4:35 pm PKT, against China. And China are not the gentle opening opponent Malaysia might have ordered. China were…
International hockey is coming back to Islamabad — and this time it’s a full series, not a one-off tour match. The Pakistan Hockey Federation said on Saturday that Canada will tour Pakistan for a bilateral series in the capital from 8 to 21 February 2027. Two weeks, one city, and a visiting national team playing…
Córdoba. That’s the answer we didn’t have until now. The FIH confirmed on Friday that the new Pro League season starts on 8 December 2026 in Córdoba, Argentina. Not just “Argentina” any more. A city, a home crowd, and the women’s world champions opening the whole thing on their own turf. Hard to pick a…
403.3 million. That’s how many people watched the Hockey World Cup on TV this year, according to figures the FIH published on Thursday. Not a typo. Not a rounding trick. Live matches, highlights, delayed broadcasts and repeats across the men’s and women’s tournaments in Belgium and the Netherlands added up to the biggest television audience…
France are in. Pakistan are out. And there’s an Olympic ticket waiting for whoever wins the whole thing. The FIH Pro League returns on 8 December, and the 2026-27 season has more riding on it than most. For anyone new to it, the idea is simple. The top nine men’s and nine women’s national teams…
