Exclusive: FIH revamps ranking points, Azlan Shah Cup set to gain.

In what an only be considered a tremendous boost, the International Hockey Federation is set to award ranking points for the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup next year. In revealing this FIH President Dr.Narinder Dhruv Batra and FIH CEO Thierry Weil, revealed that this was inline with the revamp of the awarding...

Agong wants AHF to promote hockey 5’s on grass

The Asian Hockey Federation is looking towards developing Hockey in the region in a more rigorous way. And towards that objective, the AHF is studying several proposals to revamp their competition structure to help Hockey in Asia develop and remain vibrant. A delegation from AHF, led by its President Dato...

First step towards Manila

The newly minted Selection Committee of the Olympic Council of Malaysia is set to convene for the first time this Thursday ( April 25). Created based upon the recommendations of the Independent Panel set up after the dismal showing at the 2018 Jakarta/Palembang Asian Games, the five men Committee is tasked...

Aikman – China are a better team now

China are the dark horses of the World League Finals to be held in Kuala Lumpur from the 26 April to May 4. This assessment comes from Japan’s head coach Siegfried Aikman after watching China in action in the first of five matches against his team in Japan. China defeated Japan 2-1 in the match. “ China has...

IOC puts up a hurdle on Malaysia bidding for host jobs

EXCLUSIVE There was always going to be a reaction from the International Olympic Committee with regards to the refusal to allow Israeli swimmers to participate in the Para Swimming in Kuching. After the Sports Minister took to the world media ( BBC Hard Talk and South China Morning Post), it was only a...