EuroHockey 2017: Netherlands comeback clinches thrilling men’s gold 4-2 against Belgium
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam How to silence – initially – 10,000 Oranje? Play forceful, serene hockey with incisive interchanges. Belgium, 2-0 up …
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EuroHockey Championships goes Dutch as Amstelveen awarded 2021 event
By Richard Bright The Netherlands will host the EuroHockey Championships for the third time in 11 years after being granted host status for the 2021 …
EuroHockey 2017: England defenders Liam Sanford and Brendan Creed come to the fore after brilliant bronze over Germany
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam Brendan Creed hailed fellow defender Liam Sanford as a “warrior” after England men beat Germany to win their first …
EuroHockey 2017: England women take bronze with victory over Germany
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam Captain Alex Danson levelled the great Jane Sixsmith on 105 goals as England beat Germany to claim bronze at the EuroHockey …
EuroHockey 2017: Holland women show class against spirited Belgium to lift title 3-0
By The Hockey Paper staff in Amsterdam The Netherlands staved off the threat of a Belgium side undaunted by playing their first major final to lift the Rabo …
EuroHockey: England hockey’s class of 1991 or 2016?
Danson or Sixsmith? Hinch or Thompson? Claire Middleton looks back at England’s European champions of 1991 and wonders which of those players would make the …
EuroHockey 2017: England women’s electric pace can beat the Dutch, says Maddie Hinch
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam England women and the Netherlands’ EuroHockey Championships semi-final on Thursday night may be a rematch of the Olympic …
EuroHockey 2017: There’s always pressure to succeed with Holland, says Alyson Annan
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam The pressures of managing the Dutch hockey teams were laid bare by Alyson Annan, the great Australian now in charge of the …
EuroHockey 2017: England women and Netherlands set up semi-final showdown
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam It may have come a match and two days too early, but England and the Netherlands will go head-to-head in the EuroHockey …
England hockey teams outdone by Germany with final pool matches deciding EuroHockey fate
By Rod Gilmour in Amsterdam For the first few days at these EuroHockey Championships, there was a distinctly English feel. The local cricket side played behind …
