Hockey Bharat (HI) Secretary Normal Bhola Nath Singh on Wednesday recommended that if the Pakistan hockey staff can come to Bharat for the Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai, nearest the Males in Blue must additionally excursion their neighbouring nation. If Bharat males’s hockey staff did not win a gold medal in Asian Video games they’ll must play games in Pakistan to qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics. The Global Hockey Federation (FIH) endmost occasion showed that China, Pakistan and Spain will host the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers taking park from January 13 to 21 in 2024.
Pakistan is ready to host a global hockey match then just about 19 years. 8 groups will compete in Lahore from January 13 to January 24 of upcoming presen. Pakistan endmost hosted a FIH festival in 2004.
“Indian government’s Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said very clearly that the Indian team will not be stopped for going anywhere to play an important tournament. That is his statement and this is an Olympic qualifying tournament. It is a major tournament. I don’t think the Indian government will say no to sending a team for such an important tournament. If needed I will speak to the government after all it is a question of the Olympics. I don’t think there will be any hindrance to this. The rest is up to the Pakistan government and how they organize a tournament. How is the security there? Pakistan team is coming here to play then why can’t we? Sports Minister is very clear on this that there will be no hindrance to tournaments like this. Cricket is cricket and hockey is hockey,” Bhola Nath Singh stated in a press convention.
China and Spain are the alternative two international locations scheduled to host the boys’s and ladies’s competitions, along side Pakistan. Each and every event will include 8 groups (16 groups in step with gender in overall).
Girls: Changzhou, China (one event) and Valencia, Spain (one event).
Males: Lahore, Pakistan (one event) and Valencia, Spain (one event).
The lead 3 groups in each and every of those FIH Hockey Olympic Qualification Tournaments will qualify for Paris 2024.
“Well I think there are some strong examples. You had England, Australian, New Zealand cricket going again and again to Pakistan. They have created a very positive atmosphere there. As you heard Hockey India’s commitment towards it. So, I think all other things will just be speculations only,” FIH President Tayyab Ikram informed ANI.
Coming to the tide event, the Indian males’s hockey staff is going through Pakistan in its endmost staff fit of the Asian Champions Trophy Hockey 2023 on the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai. The strike between Bharat and Pakistan hockey groups fixtures have produced some pulsating contests through the years.
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