ESPN will telecast Sultan Johor Cup Hockey from September 22

Gone are the days when hockey fans would rarely get to watch live action. Indian young guns will be seen live taking on England, Korea, Malaysia, Argentina and Pakistan in 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup. 


ESPN will telecast 3rd Sultan of Johor Cup Hockey tournament live which begins at Johor Bahru in Malaysia from September 22-29 with Hindi commentary. Olympian Jagbir Singh & Sunil Taneja will be calling the games for viewers back home. 

Sports channels are trying to reduce their dependence on expensive and limited cricket properties and betting big on other sports, hockey is one such sport. 

The tournament will be played on a round robin format with the final and other position matches on September 29.

Sunday 22 September 2013	22-09-2013 01:35 pm	Korea		Pakistan
	22-09-2013 03:35 pm	England		India
	22-09-2013 05:35	Malaysia		Argentina

Monday 23 September 2013	23-09-2013 01:35 pm	England		Pakistan
	23-09-2013 03:35 pm	Argentina		India
	23-09-2013 05:35 pm	Malaysia		Korea

Wednesday 25 September 2013	25-09-2013 01:35 pm	Argentina		Korea
	25-09-2013 03:35 pm	Malaysia		England
	25-09-2013 05:35	India		Pakistan

Thursday 26 September 2013	26-09-2013 01:35 pm	England		Argentina
	26-09-2013 03:35 pm	Korea		India
	26-09-2013 05:35	Malaysia		Pakistan

Saturday 28 September 2013	28-09-2013 01:35 pm	Argentina		Pakistan
	28-09-2013 03:35 pm	India		Malaysia
	28-09-2013 05:35 pm	Korea		England

Final and other position matches on Sunday, September 29 with 5th and 6th position match at 1:35 pm, 3rd and 4th position match at 3:35 pm and the final at 5:35 pm.

( Earlier this tournament was scheduled to be aired on Star Sports 2 )