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Paul Chohan
Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan (born 2 July 1957 in Ludhiana, Punjab, India) is an Indian-born Canadian former field hockey player who represented Canada. International senior competitions * 1975 – Pan American Games, Mexico (2nd) * 1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal (10th) * 1978 – World Cup, Buenos Aires (11th) * 1979 – Pan American Games, San Juan (2nd) * 1981 – World Cup Qualifier, Kuala Lumpur (9th) * 1983 – Pan American Games, Caracas (1st) * 1984 – Olympic Games, Los Angeles (10th) * 1985 – World Cup Qualifier, Barcelona (4th) * 1986 – World Cup, London (10th) * 1987 – Pan American Games, Indianapolis (1st) * 1988 – Olympic Games, Seoul (11th) * 1989 – World Cup Qualifier, Madison, USA (2nd) * 1990 – World Cup, Lahore (11th) * 1991 – Pan American Games, Havana (2nd) * 1995 – Pan American Games, Mar del Plata (2nd) * 1996 – Olympic Qualifier, Barcelona (6th) * 1996 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, synthetic field, or indoor boarded surface. The stick is made of wood, carbon fibre, fibreglass, or a combination of carbon fibre and fibreglass in different quantities. The stick has two sides; one rounded and one flat; only the flat face of the stick is allowed to progress the ball. During play, goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with any part of their body. A player's hand is considered part of the stick if holding the stick. If the ball is "played" with the rounded part of the stick (i.e. deliberately stopped or hit), it will result in a penalty (accidental touches ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Births
1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of '' Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
The 1997 Men's Intercontinental Cup was a qualifier for the 1998 Men's Hockey World Cup. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Tuesday March 4 to Saturday March 15, 1997. Twelve nations took part, and they were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The top six teams joined the other six that have already qualified: Australia, England, Germany, India, Netherlands, and Pakistan. Squads **( 1.) Pablo Moreira (gk) **( 2.) Jorge Querejeta **( 3.) Edgardo Pailos **( 4.) Maximiliano Caldas **( 5.) Diego Chiodo **( 6.) Fernando Moresi **( 7.) Rodolfo Pérez **( 8.) Carlos Retegui **( 9.) Carlos Geneyro **(10.) Santiago Capurro **(11.) Jorge Lombi **(12.) Germán Orozco **(13.) Rodolfo Schmitt (gk) **(14.) Martin Costanzo **(15.) Andrés Castelli **(16.) Eduardo Peralta **Head coach :: Alejandro Verga **( 1.) Edouard Gordich **( 2.) Dmitry Youkovskyi **( 3.) Sergey Drozdov **( 4.) Leonid Onyouk **( 5.) Igor Voytiouk **( 6.) Alexandre Manko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Men's Hockey Olympic Qualifier
The Men's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier for the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the complex of Catalan sports club Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, from Friday January 19 to Sunday January 28, 1996. Eight nations took part, and they played a round robin. The top five teams joined Australia (Oceania Cup winner), Argentina (Pan American Games winner), Pakistan (World Cup winner), South Korea (Asian Games winner), Germany (European Nations Cup winner) and South Africa (All Africa Games winner), and the United States (hosts). Squads * Igor Barkov * Vitali Bondarenko * Alexandre Boudnikov * Guennadi Bribovski * Youri Canja * Serguey Drozdov * Alexandre Eklemenko (gk) * Dmitri Yukovski * Stepan Klimovich * Yuri Korottchenko * Alexandre Mankovski * Nikolay Sankovets * Andrei Tchebotarev * Albert Vintekevich (c) * Igor Voltyuk * Alexandre Yukovets ;Head Coach: ''unknown'' * Fabian Berger * Joeri Beunen * Mick Beunen * Alexandre de Chaffoy * Marc Coudron (c) * Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Pan American Games
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1990 Men's Hockey World Cup
The 1990 Men's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Hockey World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national field hockey teams organized by the FIH. It was held in the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan from 12 to 23 February 1990. The Netherlands defeated, the hosts, Pakistan 3–1 in the final, with Australia beating out West Germany for third place in extra time, 2–1. Qualification Umpires *S Eldine Ahmed (EGY) *Shafat Baghdadi (PAK) *Khizar Bajwa (PAK) *Amarjit Bawa (IND) *Adriano de Vecchi (ITA) *Santiago Deo (ESP) *Amjarit Dhak (KEN) *K O'Connor (CAN) *Don Prior (AUS) *Alain Renaud (FRA) *Eduardo Ruiz (ARG) *Iwo Sakaida (JPN) *Claude Seidler (FRG) *Nikolai Stepanov (URS) *Patrick van Beneden (BEL) *Peter von Reth (NED) *Roger Webb (ENG) Squads Group stage Pool A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Pool B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Classification round Ninth to twelfth pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Men's Hockey World Cup Qualifier
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