PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD HOCKEY FEDERATION VISITS SANTIAGO 2023

Macaon’s Tayyab Ikram attended the match between Canada and Cuba and rented the Pan American Games facilities.

Tayyab Ikram, the current president of the International Hockey Federation, was among the audience present for the match between the Canadian and Cuban teams as part of the Santiago 2023 field hockey competition. The match took place at the Sports Center field hockey, one of the new venues. that Chile built for these Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

“I feel very comfortable and happy to be here in Chile and at the Pan American Games. I think the location where the tournament is held is amazing. You can see where we are and my advice would be to leave that behind and use it to leave a positive legacy. They could have this place as a high performance development site, a legacy of the Pan American Games. Now we can see a lot more enthusiasm to learn and follow this sport, this means that there is a good increase and the federation has helped a lot by providing opportunities to access it,” said President Tayyab Ikram, originally from Macau.

Although field hockey is one of the oldest sports, it was not until 1967 that the men’s branch made its debut at the Pan American level in Winnipeg and as for the women, they first played in the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis. The sport began to gain visibility, which increased over the years.

The match between Canada and Cuba ultimately ended with a score of 7-1 in favor of the Canadian team, which won the silver medal at the Lima 2019 Games after losing in the final to Argentina. Las Leonas”, reigning champion. the opportunity was obtained by the United States team.

By Natalia Almonacid and Benjamín Iturra