LAHORE - A group of 10 female Pakistani hockey players and two female coaches will leave for Washington this week to participate in the US State Department’s Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative Program from June 17-27 which aimed to increase the number of women and girls ...

  LAHORE   Lahoreclinched the 2nd Motorway Police National U-16 Hockey title after beatingSialkot5-3 in a penalty shoot in the final here at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Lahoreovercame spiritedSialkotwith much labour as the first half ended in a 1-0 in favour ...

LAHORE-Lahorewill take onSialkotin the 2nd Motorway Police U-16 Boy’s Hockey Championship final after both the teams winning their respective semi-finals here on Monday at the National Hockey Stadium.Lahorehad to struggle before overcoming spiritedFaisalabad7-6 in a penalty shoot out ...

LAHORE-Rawalpindi, Bannu andMultanwere the last three teams which moved to the quarterfinal of the 2nd Motorway Police U-16 Boys Hockey Championship here at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday.RawalpindibeatGujranwala2-1. ForRawalpindi, Zeeshan Alam and Hamza Nawaz scored one goal each while ...

LAHORE-Gujranwala, Dera Ghazi Khan and Sahiwal scored narrow victories against their respective opponents in the second Motorway Police U-16 Boy's Hockey Championship here at the National Hockey Stadium on Thursday.Gujranwalahardly defeated Dera Ismail Khan 2-1 before trailing 0-1 at the end of the ...

LAHORE - Lahore scored second victory in the Motorway Police U-16 Hockey Championship routing FATA 13-1 here at the National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. In the other four matches, Mirpur Khas, Larkana, Swat and Quetta also marched ahead by beating their respective opponents. Lahore finished the ...

LAHORE-Lahore,Sialkot,Faisalabad,QuettaandSargodharegistered triumphs on the second day of the second Motorway Police U-16 Boy’s Hockey Championship here at the National Hockey Stadium.Lahorerouted Mardan 7-1 before being 1-0 at the end of first half then 5-1 by the close of second session in ...

LAHOREAll arrangements have been finalised to hold the second edition of the U-16 Boys Hockey Championship here at the National Hockey Stadium from tomorrow (Sunday). Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) spokesman on Friday said that in continuation of its policy to ensure the participation of players ...

ISLAMABAD - A total of 22 players were short listed after final day of trials held here at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Pakistan Sports Complex, for the National U-16 Hockey Championship on Friday. Islamabad Hockey Association (IHA) president Naeem Farani, secretary Zia Shah, svp Abbas Chaudhry, ...

    LAHORE   Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi Friday said the Pakistan’s U-16 hockey team win in the 16th Asia Cup Hockey Tournament has made the whole nation proud.  Sethi congratulated the players, manager and coach of the national hockey team and observed that they had ...

ISLAMABAD - A total of 40 players of different hockey clubs of Islamabad participated in the trials for the selection of U-16 team for the National U-16 Hockey Championship. The players were given two sessions for trials. Islamabad Hockey Association secretary Zia Shah and senior vice president ...

LAHORE- The second edition of the U-16 Boys Hockey Championship will commence from April 28 here at the National Hockey Stadium. The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has also appointed ‘age credentials check committee’ which will verify and check the ages of the players. The committee, ...

        LAHORE   Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Afghanistan Hockey Federation (AHF) to provide technical assistance in restructuring and reformation of the game in Afghanistan on modern lines, becoming the first ...

  ISLAMABAD-Jhelumbecame the new Rawalpindi Division Inter-district U-16 Hockey champion after edging out hostsRawalpindi7-6 on penalties here at the Shahnaz Shaikh Hockey Stadium.  The teams fromRawalpindiandJhelumdistricts participated in the event which was organised by Sports ...

LAHORE - Peshawar Whites stunned Nowshera by 4-0 in a one-sided affair on the second day of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-District Men’s Hockey Championship being played here at Lala Ayub Hockey Stadium on Friday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hockey Association vice president Haji Nawaz Khan was the ...

ISLAMABADThe victorious players of Pakistan U-16 boys hockey team, who brought laurels to the country by winning the U-16 Asia Cup for the second time in running, were invited on Thursday by President Asif Ali Zardari to congratulate them on their brilliant performance in the international event. ...

LAHORE - The 2nd edition of U-16 Boys National Hockey Championship will be played here at the National Hockey Stadium from April 28 in which qualified regional teams will take part. In this connection, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has appointed a panel of technical officials in order to ...

LONDON   - Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird handed over a case of beer to his US counterpart John Kerry after losing a bet on a women’s ice hockey championships. “While the Canadian women played tremendously well and almost pulled it off, they didn’t quite make it ...

LAHORE - Pakistan hockey team will participate in the 9th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Tournament being played from August 24 in Ipoh, Malaysia. Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) spokesman said here on Wednesday that with the approval of International Hockey Federation (FIH), the Asian Hockey ...

LAHORE - The U-16 hockey team here on Tuesday was accorded warm welcome after their return from a highly successful Singapore trip clinching the title of Asia Cup. The squad and the staff were greeted by a large number of hockey fans, media representatives and general public here at the Allama ...

ISLAMABAD - Olympian Shahnaz Shaikh on Friday said the laying down of astro-turf at Shahnaz Shaikh Hockey Stadium, Municipal High School would start soon as all the paper work and other minor issues had been resolved. Talking with The Nation on Friday, Shahnaz said: “I have detailed meeting ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Olympic Association president Brig (R) Arif Siddiqui has congratulated Pakistan Hockey team on winning the Asian Champions Trophy.“We are proud of green shirts and hope that the team would continue to give performances like this in future too”, he added.

LAHORE - Pakistan hockey team chief coach Akhtar Rasool Ch has said that he does not want to make tall claims regarding the team’s performance in two back-to-back tournaments in Australia but he is hopeful of improvement in its world ranking. Talking to the reporters before the departure of ...

SHEIKHUPURA – A large number of local hockey players staged a protest in front of the District Sport Complex against Naveed Alam Olympian on his appointed as the chief coordinator of Hockey Sheikhupura for the Youth Festival.  The protesters were carrying banners and placards and ...

LAHORE – A group of former hockey Olympians have called for change in the leadership of Punjab Olympic Association (PbOA) by holding fresh elections as the provincial body has no legal status after failing to implement Supreme Court’s decision on National Sports Policy. In a joint ...

Two goals in the last six minutes enabled Pakistan to post a 5-4 victory over South Africa in men's Olympic hockey on Sunday. Waseem Ahmed's field goal three minutes from the end clinched victory after captain Sohail Abbas had converted a penalty corner in the 64th minute to neutralise South ...

LAHORE - Former hockey Olympian Shafqat Malik has stressed the need to lend support to national hockey team for exhibiting improved performance in London Olympics 2012. Talking to the reporters outside the National Hockey Stadium where a few former Olympians has established their anti-PHF camp, ...

Malaysia pulled off a memorable 3-2 come from behind victory over Pakistan to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup competition at the Azlan Shah Stadium here Wednesday night. Malaysia who had last beaten Pakistan in 2007, trailed the former world hockey powerhouse 0-2, but ...

KARACHI - Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 14-0 in the seventh junior men’s Asian Cup Hockey tournament being played at Malacca, Malaysia to set-up semi-final clash with Korea. M Taufeeq scored five goals while Pakistan team captain M Umar Bhutta also hit a hat-trick to take Pakistan to victory. On ...

ANISUDDIN KHANKARACHI - A classical hat-trick from international Umar Bhutta could not save NBP from defeat at the hand of a superbly fit Pakistan Army which won the crucial contest 4-3 in the 59th national hockey championship here Saturday at the Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium. Umar Bhutta scored ...