: skip to main skip to sidebar Tuesday , February 7, 2012 Ireland 1 Spain 1 Ireland took on Spain today in the first of a five match series taking place in Valencia as they continue to build towards the Electric Ireland FIH Road To London taking place in Dublin from 10th 18th . March This match saw Jonny Bell secure his first ever Irish cap against a side that are just back from the finals of the Champions Trophy where they narrowly missed out against . Australia Ireland opened the scoring in the 10th minute when Eugene Magee crossed from the left picking out Ian Sloan who ably tapped in at the back post . Ireland maintained the lead for 13 minutes until Edi Tabau deflected in to level the sides . Just three minutes later the home side looked likely to take the lead but David Harte in: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , February 6, 2012 Argies win Champions Trophy on home soil Argentina FIH Champions Trophy victory ceremony . Photo : FIH Frank Uijlenbroek Argentina secured their fifth title at an FIH Champions Trophy with a 1-0 victory over Great Britain . It was the first time the Lionesses won the FIH flagship tournament on home soil . The Netherlands claimed the Bronze medal at the Argentina FIH Champions Trophy . The Olympic Champions defeated Germany 5-4 in a very exciting match . Japan qualified for 2014’s Champions Trophy as they have beaten New Zealand 4-3 in extra-time . In the 7 8 classification match Korea defeated China 3-2 on . penalties Posted by Jugjet Singh at 7:50 PM Labels : HOCKEY Newer Post Older Post Home Home-Away-From-Home RESPECTABLE LINKS: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , February 6, 2012 Sloppy Black Sticks beat Korea By Michael Brown THERE’S something about playing Korea that agrees with the New Zealand men's hockey side and , despite playing poorly when the two teams met in Auckland today , they won 4-2 in the first of five . Tests Korea are ranked sixth in world hockey , one place above New Zealand , but were beaten 6-1 the last time the two sides met at last year's Champions . trophy Although they played infinitely better than the hosts today and dominated almost every facet , a combination of good goalkeeping from Kyle Pontifex , poor finishing and bad luck saw them . edged They led 2-1 with eight minutes remaining but conceded three quick goals , one a piece of individual brilliance from striker Simon Child ,: , . skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , February 6, 2012 All aboard , except consistency . PIC : Malaysian players celebrate their second goal against India during the field hockey semi-final at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou . But they went on to lose the gold 0-2 to . Pakistan THE national players seem to be peaking nicely for the Dublin Olympics Qualifier on March 10-18, with only consistency being a thorn to be wary . off Coach Tai Beng Hai will have to rally his men to beat Chile , Ukraine and Russia first before locking horns with Ireland and then South . Korea The stakes are high , as only the gold medallists will advance to the Olympics , and Malaysia last made the cut for the Sydney 2000 . Games Consistency was a big problem during the Asian Games , where they could only: skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , February 5, 2012 Malaysia 2 Netherlands 1 MALAYSIA beat Netherlands 2-1 in a friendly in Perth yesterday , which came as a refreshing news after the drubbing they received against Australia . yesterday The national players played four friendlies against the World No 1 and lost 3-1, 52 and then won 5-2 before receiving an 8-1 drubbing in the final . friendly And yesterday , a penalty corner rebound from Azlan Misron and a penalty corner direct from Faizal Saari saw they beating the . Dutch The good thing yesterday was that we had to rest both our flickers Razie Rahim and Amin Rahim we were carrying minor injuries and this allowed Azlan and Faizal to show that they are capable to fill the gap when needed , 8221 said Malaysian team manager Stephen van .: skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , February 4, 2012 UNIKL scrape through TITLE aspirants UniKL Young Guns edged Bukit Jalil Sports School 3-2, but lost their skipper to a red card in Division One of the Milo-JUnior Hockey League . yesterday Playing at the Ministry of Education Stadium , UniKL were a pale shadow of themselves , and were lucky to walk away with a victory to keep their League title hopes alive . UniKL walked onto the pitch like they were expecting an easy victory , but they were proven wrong by BJSS in the 27th minute itself when Fitri Ismail scored off their only penalty corner of the first . half On the other hand , UniKL wasted seven penalty corners mostly due to bad stopping , and went into the dressing room with their heads low as they trailed by a goal for the: skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , February 4, 2012 Australia 8 Malaysia 1 WORLD No 1 Australia shot eight goals past Malaysia in their fourth friendly in Perth . yesterday The 8-1 drubbing was not shocking , as 13th ranked Malaysia had beaten the Aussies 5-2 on Thursday , and the world champions pulled out all stops in the final friendly , where the solitary goal came from Azreen . Rizal Malaysia had lost 3-1 and 5-2 in the earlier encounters , and will next play the Netherlands in Perth . today The national players are Down Under to prepare for the Dublin Olympics Qualifier on March 10-18 where they will play South Korea , Ireland , Chile , Russia and . Ukraine Malaysia will head for Cardiff on Feb 28, where they are scheduled to play two matches against the Welsh team , and then: skip to main skip to sidebar Friday , February 3, 2012 Sapura in semi-finals SAPURA became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of Division Two , when they outclassed Politeknik PKT 4-0 in Group A of the Milo-Junior Hockey League at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium . yesterday The finalists from Division Two will play in the quarter-finals of the Overall title , and the early indications are that Sapura will also qualify for a shot at the Overall . title Yesterday , Sapura took and early lead when Soffian Kamaruddin scored in the fifth minute , while Ahmaed Iqwan Shah increased the lead in the 26th minute , before Soffian scored theit third in the 28th . minute After the breather , P . Ahrujunan scored a penalty corner goal in the 59th minute for a 4-0 win . The early goals gave us a: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , February 2, 2012 Malaysia 5 Australia 2 FILE PIC : Razie Rahim left took a nasty ball blow on the . forehead MALAYSIA finally beat Australia 5-2 in their third friendly in Perth yesterday , but penalty corner ace Razie Rahim was rushed to the hospital after the ball hit his . forehead Malaysia lost the first friendly 3-1, and the second 5-2, but two goals goals from Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin and one each from Amin Rahim , Faizal Saari and Firhan Ashaari sealed the . match Tom Wickham scored a brace for the World No 1. Malaysia are preparing for the Dublin Olympic Qualifiers on March 10-18, where they will play South Korea , Ireland , Chile , Ukraine and Russia for the single ticket to . London At press time , there was no news on how bad the injury on: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , February 2, 2012 Sapura Juniors hit bright patch THE Milo-Junior Hockey League JHL enters its third week , but the conclusion is damning as only four out of the 26 teams have a smattering of quality . players The JHL boasts more than 500 players , but only about 10 per cent can be considered as having good . basics Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School SSTMI Thunderbolts , UniKL and Anderson have shown some promise early in the league , but the rest , except for Sapura in Division Two , are just making up the . numbers And the early indications are that Overall champions Thunderbolts and League champions UniKL will share the spoils again this . season Many felt that it would be impossible for Sapura to form a new team in their JHL debut , but what a: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 30, 2012 Malaysia 2 Australia 5 Note : Australian goals scored by Matt Ghodes 2 Simon Orchard , Jamie Dwyer Liam De . Young AUSTRALIA beat Malaysia 5-2 in the second friendly in Perth yesterday , with Razie Rahim scoring a brace against a much stronger Aussie . line-up Malaysia , who lost the first match 3-1, faced the World No 1 side minus five regulars as the Australians are also trying out new . blood It was a much stronger Australian side as compared to the first match , and there was tremendous pressure in the first . half However , the players got used to it in the second half and played much better and it was an excellent work out against the best team in the world , 8221 said Malaysian team manager Stephen van . Huizen Yesterday the: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 30, 2012 Flying Sikh gives his 1960 Olympics shoes for charity Bose was introduced to Milkha by India's 1975 hockey World Cup-winning captain Ajit Pal . Singh MUMBAI : Indian athletics may not be on the global sporting map just yet , but there are rare moments in the country's track and field history nevertheless that are forever etched in time . None better than Milkha Singh falling painfully short of a medal at the 400m final of the 1960 Rome Olympics by a gut-wrenching fraction of a . second Milkha or Flying Sikh' as he later got christened , is known to have given away all his medals to government museums . However , there's one possession that he never wanted to part with were those Adidas shoes with which he missed the 400m Olympic: skip to main skip to sidebar Monday , January 30, 2012 Funny way to run a tournament New Zealand surprised at the Argentina FIH Champions Trophy by drawing 2-2 with host . Argentina By Michael Burgess The 2012 Champions Trophy will have a different format to previous editions , one that has few fans among the Black Sticks . It resembles something that the Monty Python team might have come up with if asked to design a sporting . tournament Take eight teams . Play 12 group matches . Then put the same eight teams into . quarter-finals Only time will tell but Black Sticks coach Mark Hager certainly has reservations about the new format for the tournament , which starts today in . Rosario His main beef is that the three group games could essentially count for nothing under the structure: skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 29, 2012 Thunderbolts stamp their class OVERALL champions SSTMI Thunderbolts stamped their class when they hammered Petaling Jaya Municipal Council MBPJ 6-1 in Division One of the Milo-Junior Hockey League . yesterday Thunderbolts top the standings after notching their fourth conservative win , and are followed closely by UniKL who have played one less match than the . leaders For the record , UniKL could only edge MBPJ 2-1. Yesterday , the Thunderbolts goals were scored by Sufi Ismat third , 41st Shahril Saabah 15th Shafiq Nordin 35th Amir Zulkarnain 37th Shahrushadan Basri 57th MBPJ got their consolation off G . Tamil Chelvam in the 62nd . minute In another Division One match , MBI Anderson beat Bukit Jalil Sports School Juniors 4-2. The: skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 29, 2012 Ireland 2 Britain 2 IRELAND’S men took on Great Britain today in the second of two training matches at Bisham Abbey coming out with a 2-2 . draw Great Britain opened the scoring in the second minute when Barry Middleton tapped in at the back post from a by-line ball but Ireland managed to level the sides just 7 minutes later with a Timothy Cockram drag flick . The game was evenly contested throughout the remainder of the first half and was fairly reflected in the 1-1 score at half . time In the 41st minute Great Britain took the lead again with a Simon Mantell goal from a penalty corner drag flick . Ireland piled on the pressure and were awarded a number of short corners but failed to take their opportunities and it was not until: skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 29, 2012 Malaysia 1 Australia 3 THE national senior hockey team lost narrowly 3-1 to Australia in the first friendly at the Perth Hockey Stadium . yesterday Malaysia are Down Under to play a four-series friendlies against the Australian side , and two more friendlies against the Netherlands to prepare for the Dublin Olympic Qualifier on March 10-18. Yesterday , Australia took the lead but Malaysia equalised off Izwan Firdaus and the score stood until the . breather However , Australia scored two more goals in the second half to claim full points . The second friendly will be played . today Malaysia had three penalty corners , while the Australians . seven In the Olympic Qualifier , Malaysia will be playing to claim the solitary Olympics: . skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , January 28, 2012 UniKL hit high note . MILO-Junior Hockey League regulars Datuk Taha of Gemencheh , Negri Sembilan , picked up the dubious distinction of being awarded the first red card of the season at the Seremban II pitch . yeterday Datuk Taha's Khairul Izwan was flashed the red card in the sixth minute , but they still went on to beat Old La Sallians Association of Klang 1-0 with 10 players in Division Two , Group . B The Taha winner was scord by Amirul Roszainie in the 18th . minute In Division One , League champions UniKL Young Guns made short work of Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School SSTMI Juniors with an emphatic 8-0 . win It was UniKL's third win of the seson , and they look confident enough to retain the League title with only SSTMI: skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , January 28, 2012 Singapore into Olympic Qualifier Note : The new fixtures will see India playing Singapore in their opening match on Feb 18. Good luck neighbours . THE FIH today announced that Singapore will take the place of the United States at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in New Delhi , India from February 18-26. Singapore , ranked No 41 in the FIH World Ranking was contacted to join the six team men’s qualification group after the United States unexpectedly pulled out of the . event We were pleased that Singapore agreed on such short notice to take part in the Olympic Qualification event , 8221 said FIH CEO Kelly Fairweather . It will undoubtedly give its men’s national team valuable experience in a major international tournament . 8221: . skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 Irish in good shape . THE Netherlands edged Ireland 3-1 in their third and final Test in Alicante on . Tuesday Netherlands were also taken the extra mile before they won the first Test 4-1 and the second Test 2-1. Ireland will now travel to Great Britain for a double header against GB at Bisham Abbey on 26th 27th January times TBC Malaysia will be playing in the Dublin Olympics where the Irish and South Korea will be the toughest hurdles to claim the single ticket to the London . Olympics The Malaysian players will also play Netherlands in two Tests in Australia at the end of the . month Ireland Starting XI : John Jackson Ronan Gormley c Paul Gleghorne Conor Harte David Harte Eugene Magee David Ames Michael Watt Chris Cargo Mitch: , skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 First Egypt , now US out COLORADO SPRINGS , CO USA Field Hockey announced today to withdraw the USA Men’s National Team from the Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held in New Delhi , India , February 18-26. The decision to withdraw was primarily due to player unavailability and player retirements and . injuries The decision has been made strategically with the very best outcome for our program in mind , 8221 said Terry Walsh , Technical Director of High Performance . Unavailability of many of the senior players has left the Men’s program in a position where our best assembled team has a performance potential well below that required to be competitive in a tournament of this caliber . I have had significant discussions with: skip to main skip to sidebar Thursday , January 26, 2012 Olak-PKT dangle holiday package FORMER champions Old La Sallians Association of Klang OLAK-PKT have seen better times , and in a bid to get back into the top flight , they are dangling a holiday package for their players early in the . season Olak won the Division One title in 1997 and they were double champions in 1998 and 1999, and are now bent on clawing their way out of Division Two of the Milo-Junior Hockey . League After winning our opening two matches , our sponsors PKT Logistics Group Sdn Bhd , have said that if we win the Division Two title this season , they will sponsor the boys to a holiday overseas , 8221 said Olak team manager Joseph de , Silva Olak have not been impressive , but they did just enough to beat Malacca: skip to main skip to sidebar Sunday , January 22, 2012 BJSS fighting a losing battle TUNKU Mahkota Ismail Sports School SSTMI rattled Bukit Jalil Sports School BJSS to the bone , when both their senior and juniors teams won by 5-1 margins in the first weekend of the Milo-Junior Hockey . League SSTMI , formerly known as Bandar Penawar Sports School BPSS proved that they are steadily improving while their counter-parts in the City have had their backs against the wall for the last three . years BJSS have the distinction of winning seven consecutive League titles from 2003 to 2009, after which BPSS Thun derbolts and UniKL took over for the last two . seasons They also have six Overall titles under the belt , but that too slipped out of their fingers and went to UniKL in 2010, and: skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday , January 21, 2012 Bukit Jalil seniors and juniors hammered BUKIT Jalil Sports School BJSS seniors and juniors hit a bad patch yesterday when they were both hammered 5-1 in Division One of the Milo-Junior Hockey . League Defending Overall champions Thunderbolts hit five goals past BJSS seniors , while Tengku Mahkota Ismail SSTMI also scored five goals against BJSS juniors and both the matches were played at the Taman Daya Stadium in Johor . Baru Thunderbolt , who had beaten SSTMI 7-1, have been the most impressive team thus far in the early stages of the . JHL In another Division One match , Petaling Jaya Municipal Council MBPJ whitewashed Tunku Besar Secondary School TBSS of Tampin 7-0. Although we have had impressive wins scored 12 goals in two