The Indian men’s hockey team, after a prolonged slump in the FIH Pro League, will look to turn the tide when it takes on Spain in the reverse fixture on Tuesday, drawing confidence from hard-earned lessons in the gritty stalemate against Australia. India has endured a tough run in the nine-team tournament, losing five and…
India lost to Australia in the penalty shootout after their FIH Pro League 2025-26 clash ended in a 2-2 draw at the Tasmania Hockey Centre in Hobart on Sunday. Amit Rohidas and Jugraj Singh scored from penalty corners in the first and third quarters, respectively, before Joel Rintala got on the scoresheet twice for the…
Spain beat India 2-0 in their FIH Men’s Pro League clash in Hobart on Saturday, striking early and then holding firm. The opening goal arrived in the sixth minute. A searching sweep from deep unsettled the Indian defence, with Lacalle Borja getting a touch at the top of the circle to guide it into danger….
The Pakistan government on Friday revoked national men’s hockey team captain Ammad Shakeel Butt’s two-year ban, calling the Pakistan Hockey Federation’s decision “illegal and unconstitutional.” Outgoing PHF president Tariq Bugti had imposed the ban on Thursday, shortly before resigning, after Butt publicly criticised the federation over alleged mismanagement during the team’s recent tour of Australia….
Outplayed at home, the Indian men’s hockey team will look to reset under new skipper Hardik Singh when it begins the FIH Pro League overseas leg against Spain in Hobart on Saturday. The Hobart leg, which also features host Australia, runs until February 25 at the Tasmania Hockey Centre. After the opener against Spain, a…
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Tariq Bugti has resigned in the aftermath of the hotel-payment fiasco that marred the national team’s troubled tour of Australia earlier this month. Bugti confirmed on Thursday that he had submitted his resignation to the PHF patron-in-chief, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. “I have sent my resignation letter to the PM,…
Legendary goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, whose contract as India’s junior men’s hockey team chief coach ended in December last year, has re-applied for the position, which is set to be decided in a fortnight. Sreejesh, a two-time Olympic bronze-medallist, was appointed as the chief coach of the junior men’s team in August 2024, guiding India to…
Hockey India on Tuesday announced a 24-member senior Indian men’s team for the Hobart leg of the FIH Pro League 2025–26, scheduled to take place from 20th to 25th February at the Tasmania Hockey Centre in Hobart. The upcoming leg of the tournament will feature India alongside Spain and host Australia. ALSO READ | FIH…
Under-fire Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has found itself in hot water after the state-run Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) confirmed that it had given the sports body more than 10 million rupees to arrange for hotel accommodation of the national team in Australia. The PHF and PSB have been under fire after it came to light…
Four games, four losses, each worse than the previous one, at a venue that had been hitherto impenetrable, a fortress unconquered. Even by Indian hockey’s traditionally slow-starting standards, this was a beginning to a crucial year that Craig Fulton and his boys would not have anticipated. The Indian men’s hockey team played its first four,…
