The Sultan Azlan Shah trophy has become a well-known name in the field hockey. It was first started in the year 1983 in Malaysia with four teams participating with India being one of the teams. Initially it was to be held every two years but as it gained popularity, it was held every year after 1998. The tournament is named after the Malaysian king Yang di-Pertuan or, Sultan Azlan Shah, who loved the hockey game.
As it has become so popular, one wants to know more and more about it. Another reason why one would want to know more about it is because of the recent 2009 win of the Indian hockey team. India won the cup after a gap of 13 years when it last won the cup in 1995.
Hockey fans would want to find out more interesting information about the Azlan Shah Trophy, its current status, its history of winners, participants and so on. So where does one start the search?
The simplest and easiest place to start will be the internet with its myriad websites, blogs, forums, sports e-magazines, and sports e-channels and sports e-news.
One might not know the names of individual sites. That is where the various search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing and Rediff search come in handy. Just type your query in the search text box and press enter. Like magic, a world of information is opened-up for you. You can even refine your search by going to advanced search option.
A few of the results these search engines might spew out will be zeenews.com, thaindiannews.com, blogspot.com, TopNews.in, hotklix.com, videosfromindia.com, oneindia.in, Hindu.com, indianexpress.com, indianhockey .com, azlanshahcup.com, timeanddate.com, expressindia.com, wikipedia.org, fieldhockey .com, encyclopedia.com, sportingo.com, planetfieldhockey .com, paklinks.com, outlookindia.com and sportstar.in.
To see more information on past Azlan Shah Tournaments in video format online one can go to
http://videos.mywebdunia.com/timesnow/english/timesnow/video-india-win-azlan-123960663993278.html
http://videosfromindia.smashits.com/view/7001/indian-hockey -team-geared-up-for-sultan-azlan-shahtrophy&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr
http://ishare.rediff.com/video/sports/indian-hockey -team-geared-up-for-sultan-azlan-shah-trophy/596489
http://media.punjabilokvirsa.com/419029/Indian-Hockey -team-geared-up-for-Sultan-Azlan-Shah-Trophy
Blogs and forums are where you can get to meet experts, enthusiasts and other hockey fans just like yourself. You can ask whatever questions that comes to your mind and get instant replies. Some popular blog and forum sites for hockey are:
The Field Hockey Forum- It is the resource for players, coaches and umpires of field Hockey. To find information about the Azlan Shah trophy, one can visit here http://www.fieldhockey forum.com/index.php/topic,7667.0.html
Here is a sports blog (http://sportsunlimited.wordpress.com/) where one can find information about the Azlan Shah Trophy latest tournament full information such as Goal score, Participants, date and place of tournaments, time of tournaments, performance of the players and the results of the tournaments.
You can even subscribe to various sports channels. Television information is however, limited as it tends to tell only about current events and one might not get the information one wants. But do not disqualify television especially the live shows, as it is the best in updates and you get the feeling of actually being there. Some of the good channels are STAR Sports, ESPN, Times Now, CNN, BBC, World news and the like.
You can check out magazines and newspapers, which will give you reviews from every conceivable angle. You can also write to the editors to have any of your queries answered. This might take a while for the answer will be published only in the next issue but it will be worth the wait.
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So go ahead and choose your preferred venue of information.