The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Thursday made two major announcements after its executive board meeting in Lausanne, bringing in a time-limit rule on penalty corners and scrapping extra time for all tied classification games in an FIH event. ...
05:49 PM, Mar 22, 2013
The Junior World Cup will be held from December 6-15 and it will be followed by the World League Finals from January 10-18. ...
08:18 PM, Mar 06, 2013
"We believe that hockey is very strong in the Olympics, but we need to see how we can make it better," the FIH president added. ...
10:39 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The IOC mulled over dropping hockey to the relegation zone for the 2020 Games but eventually put wrestling in that group. ...
01:40 PM, Feb 14, 2013
After football and cricket, hockey is the latest sport which is set to introduce a world championship of clubs with the FIH mulling a Club WC to be held in India from next year. ...
11:09 PM, Feb 07, 2013
New Delhi: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) on Friday shortlisted India skipper Sardar Singh for its 2012 'Player of the Year' award, alongside Australia captain Jamie Dwyer, Germany's Moritz Furste and Tobias Hauke and Netherland's Robert van der Horst. Sardar, who has been part of the World XI as a central midfielder for the last two years, was elevated as captain of the team before India's tour of Australia where...
09:22 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Mumbai: Field hockey will move into untested waters at the London Olympic Games when contesting teams would be allowed to call for one video referral per game through on-field umpires, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) said. "Since Beijing (2008 Games venue), the possibility for a team to request a referral has been included and so London will see this for the first time at an Olympics. Each team is allowed...
03:44 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Ipoh (Malaysia): The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is considering a five-a-side format to promote hockey among young players, its president Leandro Negre said here on Sunday. Addressing the media at the Azlan Shah Cup, Negre said the FIH is mainly concentrating on its two main properties " the traditional outdoor game with 11 players on each side and the indoor version that is very popular in Europe. "Our sport is...
04:35 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Criticising the FIH (International Hockey Federation) for working with Hockey India (HI) to stop players from participating in the World Series Hockey (WSH), former India coach Harendra Singh said the world body has no right to interfere in a domestic tournament. Harendra, who has been named as the coach of the Chandigarh team in the upcoming multi-city franchise-based tournament, feels that the need of the hour for erstwhile...
04:22 PM, Nov 27, 2011
New Delhi: Hockey India lambasted the Indian Hockey Federation for trying to lure players for its unsanctioned World Series Hockey league, saying such efforts by IHF were "blatant anti-national campaign" which will lead to "slow poisoning" of the national game. Even though the event is not recognised by the International Hockey Federation, the IHF, in collaboration with Nimbus, is all set to organise the multi-million dollar franchise-based WSH league across...
11:46 PM, Oct 07, 2011
This could just be Indian hockey's chance to break out from the obscurity of the past two decades. Nimbus Sport's partnership with the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) to launch World Series Hockey (WSH) league is one more attempt to bring back to centre stage a game that has brought India eight Olympic golds and much glory. Thirty-six top players have signed up to play in the league, which is fashioned...
01:49 PM, Jan 21, 2011
Government observer doubts Hockey India's ability to conduct fair elections. ...
12:54 PM, Jan 08, 2010
7-member committee formed on international governing body's orders. ...
09:17 PM, Jun 03, 2009
Exactly a year ago to the day, Yuvraj Singh played the last of his 37 Tests. On November 14, 2011 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the left-hand batsman was dismissed lbw for 25 by West Indies' captain Darren Sammy to end a trouble innings in which was beaten, edged the ball several times and even copped body blows. It took his series tally to 66 runs from three innings, each...
04:11 PM, Jul 18, 2008
London: Salman Butt's lawyer on Monday dismissed the case against the former Pakistan test captain, saying there simply isn't enough evidence to find him guilty in the spot-fixing trial in a London court. Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif face charges of conspiracy to cheat, and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, following a Lord's Test in August last year when they allegedly conspired with agent Mazhar Majeed, teenage...
05:44 PM, Mar 12, 2008
A plan to uplift standards of Indian hockey was put forward and discussed by the International Hockey Federation. ...
02:51 PM, Feb 04, 2007
International Hockey Federation wants Indian bosses to shoulder the burden and work towards improving the standards. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 04, 2007
