Monday, October 14, 2024

Hockey Paper staff

Latest breaking news, previews and match reports written by Hockey Paper staff

GB men draw Australia, Spain, Pakistan and Argentina in London 2012 pools

With the 11th team (Korea) now qualified to the London Olympic Games following the Road to London Tournament in Dublin, the Olympic picture is...

Heartbreak for Ireland in hockey Olympic qualifier

Ireland 2 (1)  Peter Caruth 14m pc; Timmy Cockram 56th m pc Korea 3 (1)  Nam Yong Lee 30m op & 70th op; Hyun Woo Nam 58th...

Mark Hager to stay with New Zealand Black Sticks hockey after 2012 London Olympics

Black Sticks Women’s coach Mark Hager will remain head coach of the team after the London Olympics having extended his contract with Hockey New...

Hockey Australia to try new international format including ‘tolerance’ to foot contact

The Kookaburras and Hockeyroos will be taking on international sides under an experimental set of rules in October. The games will be nine-a-side with two...

Why are UK hockey fans being left in the dark?

For many hockey fans in the UK the 2011 Indoor World Cup has been the Twitter cup. An exclusive rights deal between the International...

England’s Ashley Jackson to miss indoor World Cup

England's indoor World Cup men's squad has a distinctly outdoor flavour, including four players who have yet to win indoor caps. East Grinstead's Ashley...

Will World Series Hockey cause a split in the game?

Remember World Series Cricket? Kerry Packer's audacious TV-funded move to reshape world cricket caused a massive split in the late 1970s with top players...

Million-pound boost for GB Hockey

UK Sport's latest funding review has delivered a million-pound boost for the top-end of hockey. As part of a policy rewarding success and targeting sports...