Islamabad: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has dropped former captain Sohail Abbas and senior forward Rehan Butt from the 27-probables for the Champions Trophy to be held at Melbourne from Dec 1. The exclusion of the two top players Thursday was surprising, reports Xinhua. Abbas, the world's highest goalscorer, led the national team to a seventh-place finish in the 2012 London Olympics. The PHF, however, included other senior players Waseem...
02:18 PM, Oct 26, 2012
London: Pakistan held 2008 Olympic silver medallists Spain to a 1-1 draw on the opening day of the men's Olympic hockey competition at the London Games after Australian captain Jamie Dwyer's spurred the World champions to a runaway 6-0 win over South Africa here today. Pakistan wasted several scoring chances after surviving sustained Spanish attacks in the first session and later in the second half saw a Spanish goal being...
09:44 PM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan captain and ace drag-flicker Sohail Abbas is happy that arch-rivals India and Pakistan won't have to face each other at the initial league stage as they are in different groups. "It is good for both teams that they won't run into each other at the group league stage. If there is a face-off at group stage, then the entire focus shifts on this marquee match and in...
05:44 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Ipoh, Malaysia: Veteran penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas celebrated his captaincy debut with a rasping drag-flick into the net as Pakistan defeated Argentina 4-2 in the opening match of the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here on Thursday. Three-time champions Pakistan, who lost last year's final to Australia through a golden goal, squandered a two-goal lead to allow the tough-tackling Argentina draw 2-2 level, but then scored twice...
05:12 PM, May 24, 2012
Pakistan axed three leading hockey players including Sohail Abbas. ...
08:45 PM, Apr 28, 2010
