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Pakistan blame hosts India after being ousted from Men's Junior Hockey World Cup

  • Hockey

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has put the blame on hosts India after being thrown out next month

’s Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup in Lucknow for failing to meet the official deadline for submitting

According to the International Hockey Federation (FIH), the decision to officially withdraw Pakistan’

take part in the tournament, but it is sad that Pakistan will not be able to take part in the Junior Hockey

men’s team to take part in the competition, which is scheduled to take place at the Major Dhyan Chand Hockey

regrets that Pakistan's men’s junior team will not be able to take part in this year’s Uttar Pradesh Hockey

of an event reshuffle at the FIH and which will offer Olympic qualification.Batra, the President of Hockey



Houdet and Reid to battle for world number one spot at Wheelchair Tennis Masters

  • Wheelchair Tennis

Stephane Houdet of France and Great Britain’s Gordon Reid will be aiming to finish 2016 at the top of the men’s singles wheelchair tennis standings with the 2016 NEC Masters, the final chance to gain important ranking points, beginning in London tomorrow.

©Getty ImagesFor the third successive year the prestigious tournament will be staged at Lee Valley Hockey



Rowing and canoe sprint to remain at Sea Forest during Tokyo 2020 but volleyball venue decision postponed

  • Tokyo 2020

Rowing and canoe sprint will remain at the Sea Forest course on Tokyo Bay during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games but a final decision over the volleyball venue has been postponed until Christmas, it was decided here at a meeting of a Four Party Working Group.

competitions" from the Games, he said, adding that it would also be able to host the winter sports of ice hockey



China to invest in skating rinks and ski slopes to boost medal prospects at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

China is set to invest heavily in ice rinks and ski slopes in an effort to close the gap on dominant winter sport nations before the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games.

of ice rinks and ski slopes ©Getty ImagesThey have already sought to improve their lowly men’s ice hockey

of 37th, with the Beijing based Kunlun Red Star team now included in the largely Russian Kontinental Hockey

a national team to represent China in Beijing in 2022.The league is considered the second best ice hockey

league in the world behind the National Hockey League and also includes teams from Belarus, Croatia,


British duo added to Wheelchair Tennis Masters field following injuries

  • Wheelchair Tennis

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Great Britain's Rio 2016 Paralympic silver medallist Alfie Hewett and compatriot Antony Cotterill will replace former three-time champion Shingo Kunieda and 2016 runner-up Lucas Sithole in the men's and quads competitions respectively at next month's 2016 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

and December 4.For the third successive year the prestigious tournament will be staged at Lee Valley Hockey







Belfast to host men's Hockey World League round two event in 2017

  • Hockey

The Pavilion at Stormont Estate in Belfast will host Ireland’s Hockey World League round two event next

 Qualification for the Hockey World League semi-finals, held later in 2017, will be on offer at

the tournament in Belfast.Ireland is no stranger to hosting the Hockey World League after they held another

on the same site as Northern Ireland's Parliament buildings.The confirmation from the International Hockey

with India, Belarus, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Chile and France also participating.The Hockey