Bhubaneswar -- South Korea pulled off one of the great World Cup shocks on Monday night, beating Argentina 3-2 in a shoot-out after a thrill-fest 5-5 draw at the Kalinga Stadium.
The Koreans scored twice in the last 10...
In our anything goes Q&A, we speak to players and coaches on topics ranging from temptations, influences, fashion sense and match teas. This week: Los Leones' 25-year-old Maico Casella
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Los Leones will attempt to back up Argentina's football success with men’s World Cup title glory next month - with two stalwarts entering their fifth edition in the sport’s showpiece tournament just as Lionel Messi did in Qatar.
Argentina, whose...
Terrassa -- One of the great goals in Women’s World Cup history, finished with counter-attacking brilliance by Felice Albers, was witnessed on Sunday night as the Netherlands, without ever clicking into their usual all-domineering ‘Total Hockey’ procession over the...
The Hockey Paper runs the rule over Sunday's World Cup bronze medal and final matches at Estadi Olimpico
The Hockey Paper's final report
World Cup history
The history books favour Argentina heading into Sunday's World Cup final between the world's top two...
Terrassa -- Rocio Sanchez Moccia, Argentina’s 33-year-old mother and captain, sent Las Leonas into their first Women’s World Cup final for 12 years as they set up a mouthwatering clash with the Netherlands, the defending champions who have yet...
Terrassa -- Rocío Sánchez Moccia, the Argentina women’s captain, is a 2009 junior World Cup runner-up and now a 33-year-old mother. "I kept running until I was seven months pregnant," she has said as she bid to reach Tokyo 2020.
She...
Despite a benign tweet from England Hockey after Argentina's 1-0 win on Wednesday, there was clearly no love lost from Las Leonas fans.
The tweet received plenty of abuse and unsavoury remarks as Argentinian fans piled on to send pictures...
Terrassa -- With 14 seconds remaining, in a frantic denouement to an otherwise stale, cagey knock-out encounter, the ball fell to Sophie Hamilton after a flourishing stick to ball run from the masterful Lily Owsley. The 21-year-old had the...
Agustina Gorzelany wears the Argentina No.3 shirt, a number with extra meaning in her family. Her father wore ‘3’ on his helmet during the Falklands War.
“I am the daughter of a hero from Argentina,” she said in a...