Punch shots and the ramp: Hockey is losing out to cricket’s magic hands
Just before last summer’s Cricket World Cup, Jonny Bairstow used the sport’s showpiece event to pay ode to hockey, writes Shahbaz M. The English …
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Dhyan Chand: ‘The undisputed magician of world hockey’
By Mike Haymonds | The Hockey Museum Our article in a previous The Hockey Paper edition described Stanley Shoveller as the greatest ever English hockey …
Wales’ Rupert Shipperley passes off rugby for GB hockey dream
By Richard Bright Teak-tough geography teacher Rupert Shipperley hopes to rack up the air miles on the return road to Tokyo 2020 next year. The Hampstead & …
Team GB women’s hockey gold edged out in best women’s sport moment
By Rod Gilmour Nearly four years after Team GB women etched themselves into history, the hockey squad’s memorable, stop-the-nation performance has been …
Inside the D: Dutch football, hockey coins and women’s sport
In lockdown, we are giving non-subscribers a taste of our print and digital content. In every issue, we bring you Inside the D, an irreverent and gossipy …
Highest game of hockey recognised by Guiness World Records
By Richard Bright Guinness World Records have officially verified last year’s attempt at playing the highest game of field hockey. A group from Hockey …
Contact training allowed for elite athletes when hockey is ready
By Richard Bright Britain’s elite hockey players could be allowed to head straight into close contact tackling when they are permitted to start training …
Balbir Singh, Indian hockey icon, passes away aged 96
Indian hockey icon Balbir Singh, who won three Olympic golds as a player before becoming a coach and World Cup winner, has passed away aged 96. Singh had …
Hockeyroo Jodie Kenny puts retirement on hold for Olympics
Hockeyroo Jodie Kenny, who became a mother in 2017, says she has put retirement on hold to chase gold at next year’s Olympics. The two-time Olympian is …
World hockey issues cautious approach to resumption
World hockey hopes that that trans-continental competition will return to normal once a vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic is in place. The FIH …
