Field Hockey
No Evidence, No Verdict: Why Field Hockey Analysis Must Begin With Facts
The Ledger of 29 Goals: Bangladesh Hockey's Failure Is Not Just on the Scoreboard, But in the Structure
33-20: The Hidden Load Behind Nine Scorers, and Bangladesh's Real Handball Test
Pakistan Beat China 3-0 on Butt's 200th Cap, but the Real Test Is Malaysia
Semi-Final Secured, Yet Hockey's Day-8 Ledger Held Only Three Lines
Dhaka United's 28 Points and 24 Goalkeepers: What the First Division Ledger Holds, and What It Does Not8 November 2026. At Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium, the Dhaka United players...
Dhaka United Earn Premier League Promotion as Women's Goalkeeper Programme Opens New Pathways Across 22 DistrictsBangladesh field hockey is showing two different forms of progress at the sam...
The League That Never Took the Field: Bangladesh Hockey's Biggest Defeat Is in the Calendar, Not the ScoreboardLast December I opened a spreadsheet in the press gallery of the Maulana...
No Evidence, No Verdict: Why Field Hockey Analysis Must Begin With FactsA team's recent form, the effectiveness of its penalty corners, the...
The Report With Empty Cells: Bangladesh Hockey's Crisis in Nine Chapters and Zero Data PointsLast week I opened a document. Nine chapters — tactical and technical analysi...
India Claim Sixth Asian Champions Trophy: Four-Goal Surge in Final 12 Minutes Breaks Japan's 41-Minute ResistanceForty-One Minutes of Resistance, Four Indian Goals in the Final Twelve When t...
Fifty-Two Percent in Mohali: Where India's 4-1 Scoreline Stops Explaining ItselfThe scoreboard read 1-1 in the 41st minute. At the Balbir Singh Senior...
India's Hockey Depth Is Not in Question. Its Penalty Corner Dependency Is.At the Jalandhar stadium, before the India-South Korea semifinal, my eyes...
No Hockey Assessment Without Evidence: The Data Required Before a Reliable Sports ReportA match may be taking place on a field in Dhaka, or on ice in another country...
The Ledger of 29 Goals: Bangladesh Hockey's Failure Is Not Just on the Scoreboard, But in the StructureWhen Bangladesh stepped onto the Jalandhar turf as Pakistan's replacement, I...
From the Maulana Bhasani Press Box: Hockey's Crisis Is the Calendar, Not the TalentIn 2026, I was covering the Asia Cup from the press box at Maulana Bhasani...
India's Real Depth Test: Not Abhishek's Ankle but the Coach's HeadAt the Jalandhar turf on Monday, as the scoreboard read 13-0, Abhishek was...
Bigger Than the Calendar: What Doesn't Add Up in Pakistan Hockey's 'Revival' AnnouncementI keep returning to the half-second before everything changed. In November...
Bangladesh at the Asian Champions Trophy Without Pakistan: Opportunity or Structural Risk?Bangladesh men's hockey team's entry into the Asian Champions Trophy starting...
Pakistan's Asian Games Hockey Bronze: A Comeback Story or a Continuation of Decline?Pakistan's men's hockey team returns from the Asian Games with a bronze medal...
33-20: The Hidden Load Behind Nine Scorers, and Bangladesh's Real Handball TestSixty minutes of jumping, colliding, hurling body weight toward the six-metre...
Blank Ledger, Full Terrace: Bangladesh Hockey's Unwritten DecadeI opened the notebook again, and the 1–0 began to speak. The 2026 Asia Cup....
India Win at Jalandhar Under Harmanpreet as His Father WatchesIndia's men's national field hockey team won its Asian Champions Trophy match...
Bangladesh ride penalty corners while Jimi's return opens a second routeGifu, Japan: Bangladesh secured a second consecutive win in the men's field...
India's 'First Real Test' Against Malaysia — But the Real Question Isn't the ResultOn Sunday, India meet Malaysia in the fourth round-robin match of the Asian...