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

‘It got too much for grandad’: Ollie Payne reveals pressure of watching England!

Birmingham -- England fans have endured two men’s games of tension-ridden passages of play in their electric 4-2 win over Wales and 4-4 draw...

Commonwealth Games Hockey: Ghana men win more hearts after denied famous win

Birmingham -- Ghana men were denied one of world hockey’s great wins when the world No 36 side succumbed to a disputed penalty stroke...

Commonwealth Games Hockey: Ghana keep Wales on their toes despite video umpire howler

Ghana failed to notch a shot and were trailing Wales by only one goal until the fourth quarter. But a glaring video umpire howler...

Commonwealth Games Hockey: ‘The Wales boys love it – they are a family and stick together’

Birmingham -- Danny Newcombe, the Wales men’s coach, says his side need to play more matches against the top nations to arrest the hands-off...

Commonwealth Games Hockey: Australia race through gears to oust Scotland 12-0

Birmingham -- After three days “sitting around” waiting to play the opening game in the defence of their men’s title, Kookaburras were in no...

Commonwealth Games: The 1998 brawl that gave field hockey icy introduction

'Hey Canada, This Isn’t Ice Hockey' screamed the front page of Malaysia’s leading national newspaper. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur - the...

Commonwealth Games Hockey: Wales and Scotland women lose out

Birmingham -- Amy Gibson was hailed as "absolutely outstanding" as the Scottish goalkeeper played a crucial hand in keeping the Commonwealth women's champions on...

Commonwealth Games Hockey: ‘Watching Wales at the Gold Coast Games was inspirational’

Four years ago, Olivia Hoskins watched Wales women defeat India in at Gold Coast 2018 on TV, writes George Wilson.  Now she is ready take...