Hai Jazba Junoon Tuo Hemat Na Haar
WIN WIN WIN…Bring the damn Champs Trophy to Pakistan!
…hold your breath…GUPSHUP knows the whole story.
Hats off to Zee-TV!!! We will be watching India vs Pakistan hockey!!! Cricket na sahee tu hockey challey gi!!!
Very negative attitude from the coach here.
Your aim should always be to win and take first place, not third.
Who the hell is the Tahir guy, I've never heard of him before.
Kick his ass out of the team, and get a new coach.
Pakistan hold Olympic champs Netherlands to 4-4 draw
LAHORE: Pakistan senior hockey team held the Olympic gold medallists and hosts the Netherlands to a 4-4 draw in a practice match in Amstelveen, according to the information provided by the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) here Wednesday.
Pakistan team management tried out many combinations mainly relying on relatively less experienced and young players in order to give them the exposure before the 25th edition of the Champions Trophy that is due to start on August 16.
**The positive note of the match was that Pakistan scored all of their goals during the field attacks. :k: Center forward Kashif Jawwad netted two goals, Sameer Hussain the third one while fourth goal was scored by spirited Shabbir Hussain. **
Pakistan take on the Netherlands in the next official test match before the start of the silver jubilee event where Pakistan take on Australia in their opening match. The participating teams are: Pakistan, India, Netherlands, Germany, Australia and Argentina.
Good start!
Good start.
Why the hell didnt sohail abbas score?
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Why the hell didnt sohail abbas score?
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Bhai Saheb, I have to admit this but there are more players then Suhail Abbas in our team.
hey i heard the last two pratice matches between Holland and Pakistan were 4-4 and 5-2 
:k:
let’s hope it will be a final between these two teams :~)
Whaoh! 5-2 against Dutch :eek: That’s a comprehensive victory.
Willow TV will broadcast tournament matches for US $34.95!
Yo NeSCio, do you know the Time difference between Netherlands and U.S? (West Coast, Pacific-Time specially). The match between Pakistan & Australia is gonna start at 12:30 PM (Netherlands Time)
i just bought the membership of willow tv 
but i thought my brother paid 29.99 :S how come its $34 :S
i cant wait to see the matches 
The Pak VS Aus is at 0530 Central Time.
KEWL!
That's a good timing. I'll be home from work just a hour before the match starts off. Good luck to our team. I think Pakistan has got a (70%) chance of winning the Champions Trohpy. Hopefully, we'll get the Gold Medal this time! Ameen!
p.s. Thanks LM. :)
Just a question, is Zee TV only broadcasting India vs Pakistan match or all the matches in the tournament.
And is paying 34$ for Willlow TV worth it.
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Just a question, is Zee TV only broadcasting India vs Pakistan match or all the matches in the tournament.
And is paying 34$ for Willlow TV worth it.
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Zee TV is showing all the matches. As far as if willow tv is worth it or not, its hard to say. If you are a die hard hockey fan than willow is worth it as they have the replays of all the matches there and you can see the replays anytime you want to. But I'd rather just get Zee TV for a month and record the mathes. It's cheaper to get Zee for a month compared to paying $34 for Willow TV.
I can not wait, thanks to teaser bhai, in few days I will be getting my proper equipment to watch free channels.
I haven't seen a live hockey match in 8 long years, I have only seen highlights in the news.
Its going to be exciting.
^ how can u watch free channel???
if i subcribe Zeetv for one month.. is thr any agreement? or we can cancel whenever we want?
.....timings
Can anyone post the timings of the matches....would really appreicate..
At your service Sir :
(Subtract 30 minutes from IST for Pak Time)
August 16, 2003
1 16:00 IST Pakistan vs Australia
2 18:00 IST Netherlands vs India
August 17, 2003
3 16:00 IST Pakistan vs Argentina
4 18:00 IST Netherlands vs Australia
5 20:30 IST India vs Germany
August 18, 2003
6 20:00 IST Argentina vs Germany
August 19, 2003
7 20:30 IST Australia vs India
8 23:00 IST Netherlands vs Pakistan
August 20, 2003
9 18:30 IST Australia vs Germany
10 20:30 IST India vs Argentina
August 21, 2003
11 20:30 IST Pakistan vs Germany
12 23:00 IST Netherlands vs Argentina
August 22, 2003
13 20:30 IST India vs Pakistan
August 23, 2003
14 16:00 IST Australia vs Argentina
15 18:30 IST Netherlands vs Germany
August 24, 2003
16 13:30 IST 5th vs 6th
17 16:00 IST 3rd vs 4th
18 18:30 IST Final: 1st vs 2nd
for all those living in Europe and don’t have ARY or other payTV resources to watch FIH Trophy from Amstelveen in Holland then try here …
It’s only for those living in Europe (or outside Europe with a big SAT-Dish)
Eurosport will telecast daily a match live and on 21st Aug u can watch PAK vs. GER
here is the link
Eurosport is broadcasted on Astra 1 satellite (19.2° East orbital position) in FREE TO AIR mode … for more info try this link
‘Win at Holland will be a huge boost for Pakistan hockey’](http://www.jang-group.com/thenews/aug2003-daily/16-08-2003/sports/s12.htm)
AMSTERDAM: Victory in a major tournament can bring back glamour in the game at home and it is the common thought of the Pakistan hockey team management that producing productive results in the elite six-nation Champions Trophy in Holland can also infuse a new life in hockey which is struggling to regain its glorious past.
“It is bitter reality that we have not won a tournament since long and that is the reason people have less interest in hockey and we firmly believe that winning a major title will help in the revival of the game,” said manager Abdul Rasheed Junior and coach Tahir Zaman on Friday ahead of team’s inaugural match against Australia here today.
Junior said Pakistan hockey desperately needs involvement of the people which can only be possible if team is showing favourable results in tournaments and such achievements can bring back people to the game and motivate the youth to take it as a profession.
“If a team is producing victories it gains the status of a star team like our teams was in the past in 70s and mid 80s but if a team is without a name it fails to get the interest of the people and our main concern is to motivate it to the top level for ending a victory drought,” he maintained.
Rasheed said he faces a challenging task after appointed as a manager of the team recently but ruled out the possibilities of being under pressure.
“Being a manager or a coach is not a new thing for me I know my job and I have done similar assignments in the past to best of my abilities and experience and I am quite optimistic that we will do better in the tournament,” said the former Olympian who was the manager of the victorious team which won two major titles in a year in 1994, World Cup in Sydney and Champions Trophy at Lahore.
The manager dispelled the impression that Pakistan’s hockey has reached to a point where its return to the path of success was not possible, saying that losing tournaments does not mean end of hockey for any team and Pakistan team in the past three years showed contracting results, some time showing high class performances, some time unpredictable run by losing to lowly rated teams of the world.
“My prime objective is to maintain consistency in the performance of the team to end the era of uncertainty which has lowered the image of the team and I am very positive that in near future we will accomplish this task,” he said.
Team coach, Tahir Zaman, said the team was fully focussed on its first assignment against Australia, which beat them in two-back-to-back tournaments in Down Under during a build up of the Champions Trophy this summer.
But all depends how they play in the match and how accurately they (players) follow the technical advise of the team management. He(Tahir Zaman) rejected a questioner that Pakistan will be having benefited as world champions Germany has entered its B team in the tournament.
Champions Trophy is the toughest tournament as six best teams are playing and if there is a B team playing, it does not mean that we can write them off and say we stand all the chances to win the gold as there are other four best teams around.