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‘Hero FIH Hockey5s Lausanne 2022’, the first-ever senior World Hockey5s event organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), will take place in less than one month, on 4 and 5 June 2022, in Lausanne, Switzerland.In addition to a thrilling competition on the field of play with some of the powerhouses of international hockey (Women: Switzerland, India, Poland, South Africa and Uruguay; Men: Switzerland, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Poland), the event also aims at enabling everyone to … [Read more...] about Hero FIH Hockey5s Lausanne 2022

Darcy Bourne opened her senior side scoring account with two goals against Germany, as England women defeated their European rivals in a close 4-3 encounter. In the men’s game, it was again England who took all three points as they took an early 1-0 lead and then somehow kept the door shut on a continuous German onslaught.Germany vs England (women) – Sparkassen Park, Mönchengladbach (GER) This was a closely-contested match from start to finish with the two teams matching each other at every … [Read more...] about England dig deep to score two wins against Germany

Victoria Granatto scored two goals in a 3-0 victory for Argentina over the USA women. From start to end it was the Leonas who held the tempo of the game. While experience proved to be their enemy, the youthful American side showed they have a bright future ahead.Maximilien Branicki and Charles Masson got on the scoresheet in an important 2-0 victory for France over Argentina. The French attack was firing today while Arthur Thieffry was unbeatable in goal. Playing at home allowed Argentina to get … [Read more...] about France double down on Argentina 

India ended their home stint in perfect fashion taking all 6 points available from the two games against Germany. It was a different script from the game last night as Germany learned from their performance last night and limited India’s penalty corner attempts to just 3 all game. But it was the Indian youngsters who also lifted their game, with young Sukhjeet and Abhishek scoring a goal apiece from the field, to go with a Varun Kumar drag flick goal from a penalty corner, that gave India enough … [Read more...] about India do the double over Germany

Argentina took down their North American rivals, the United States, 3-1 in the first of their two match-ups in Buenos Aires. Valentina Costa’s penalty corner double earned her Player of the Match in a game that marked the 100th international for Victoria Sauze. Danielle Grega scored the USA’s opening goal, also her team’s first in the Pro League. To see the current women’s FIH Pro League Standings, click here. Tobias Martins scored in the first three and last three minutes of the game to power … [Read more...] about Leonas outlast gritty USA

Potchefstroom, South Africa: The Netherlands were crowned FIH Junior Women’s Hockey World Cup champions after a final against Germany that absolutely oozed class. The question had been whether anyone could breach the Dutch defence and, if that happened, how would the team respond. Both questions were answered as Germany threw everything at the Netherlands and were rewarded by being the only team to score against the team in orange. However, this will always be remembered as the event where … [Read more...] about Argentina and South Africa sign off with victories

Potchefstroom, South Africa: It was the penultimate day of action at the FIH Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup, with positions 9-14 being decided today.Uruguay completed their debut performance at a Junior World Cup with a convincing win over Wales to finish in 13th position. Not to be outdone, fellow debutants Malaysia also found winning ways as they broke African hearts to beat Zimbabwe in a seven goal onslaught. Then it was the turn of Ireland, who broke down a staunch Austrian defence to score … [Read more...] about Final Potchefstroom Junior World Cup flourish

Potchefstroom, South Africa: Action resumed after the rest day with three fascinating encounters to decide the 9-15th places. In the opening match, only a sudden death shoot-out could separate Wales and it took the cool head of Helene Herzog to send Austria through to the 9-12th place play-offs. There was no such decider needed in the Ireland vs Canada match as Ireland showed energy, flair and hunger to obliterate their rivals on route to a top 12 finish. The third match was a tense encounter … [Read more...] about Highlights from Day 6 in Potchefstroom

Austria 1-0 Korea (Pool C) – Potchefstroom, North West University (RSA) Although a draw would have sufficed for them to continue to the quarter-finals, Korea started the game with a keen intent to win three points. However, it was Austria who had the first real attempt at goal, when Sabrina Hruby won a penalty corner. The ensuing shot from Helene Herzog was well saved by Kim Eunji but this was a signal that Austria were determined to finish the pool phase in style. What followed was a game of … [Read more...] about Hockey Highlights from Day 5 in Potchefstroom

After another set of FIH Hockey Pro League matches played in India, Netherlands and Germany, there has been some movements within both the men’s and women’s FIH World Rankings.The South African men and women’s outdoor Hockey teams are holding their own in the latest International Hockey Rankings – sitting at 13th and 16th positions respectively. The recent Asia Hockey Federation Cup in Jakarta also provoked some change, with Bangladesh’s first ever victory in the competition leading to the team … [Read more...] about SA – 13/92 and SA Women – 16/74

Potchefstroom, South Africa: It was a decisive day for most of the games on Day 2 at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Pool D play opened with India’s Lalrindiki’s two goals leading her side to a 5-1 win over Wales, while Germany had a clinical 10-0 win over Malaysia thanks to Aina Kresken’s hat trick. In Pool A play, the USA found their footing through a four-goal performance from Hope Rose to take care of Zimbabwe 5-0, while the Netherlands secured their … [Read more...] about England edge Ireland in thriller

A tense shoot-out following a frantic end to the regular period, saw Indian men come away with a bonus point in their match against the English. A real up and down battle saw the lead change hands thrice and thrice the trailing team equalised, the last of which saw England score from a Penalty Stroke with mere 12 seconds left to play. Much like the game the shoot-out also saw multiple opportunities for both teams to get the win and India finally did, on the 7th shoot-out attempt.Dutch domination … [Read more...] about Indian men outlast England