Oman says it has been a “rollercoaster ride” to ready itself for the sport’s first ever Hockey 5s World Cup in 100 days, as the sultanate aims to become a training and hosting hub for the sport in the...
The first Hockey 5s World Cup moved a step closer following the men’s and women’s draws for next January’s event in Oman, which will see the Netherlands compete as the only top nation from Europe.
The hosts have been drawn...
Qualifiers for the first Hockey 5s World Cup continues apace after USA took gold in the men's and women's Pan American Cup.
The Americans will be joined in Oman next year by Uruguay and Paraguay in the women's event and...
World hockey will install up to 15 new Hockey 5s pitches and has mooted tweaks to existing competitions to increase team participation as part of a new strategy to develop the sport.
The Empowerment and Engagement strategy is aimed at...
Australia’s foray into Hockey 5s has been beefed up with the addition of national men’s and women’s coaches, with the first Hockey 5s World Cup set for early 2024.
Alistair Park, a former under-21 Kookaburra and assistant coach with the...
In an exclusive interview with Surbiton coach Mark Pearn this week, we also asked his thoughts on safety in hockey, Hockey 5s and if England can ever win a global title
In 2014, England Hockey stated its aim for the...
Six more teams have qualified for the inaugural Hockey5s World Cup following the African qualifiers.
Namibia won the women's title, and along with Zambia and South Africa, qualified for Oman 2024.
Meanwhile hosts Egypt took gold in the men’s competition and...
Hockey 5s has picked up its detractors but that's not the case for everyone. Here, Nik Krykunivsky outlines why the sport can play a part in the modern game
What do you like about Hockey 5s?
I like that it’s simple...
The Hockey 5’s format is not well thought out, is potentially dangerous and it also eliminates lots of the elements why hockey is such a great game - transitional from defence to attack, writes Martyn Webb
The problem with Hockey...
As the road grew closer to the Women's World Cup title being lifted, so the path to the first Hockey 5s World Cup began.
You couldn't have missed the scorelines, surely? There were men's mismatches galore, 41-0 the one which...