Olympic legend inspired by West African Development
April 13, 2018 With its national women’s team having just finished competing in their first major international competition and a national hockey event taking place in its capital city, Ghana’s hockey development is progressing apace at both ends of the development spectrum. Ghana women have just concluded their first foray into the Commonwealth Games, while […]
New Zealand women win historic gold at Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Black Sticks win first ever gold in Commonwealth Games hockey Australia pick up silver England defeat India to take bronze New Zealand have won their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal as they defeated Australia in the Gold Coast 2018 women’s hockey. As a result, Australia picked up silver while England won bronze as they […]
Australia and New Zealand to play for gold as Ghana settle for tenth place in Gold Coast
Oceania rivals Australia and New Zealand will play for the women’s hockey gold medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games as they both won their respective Semi-Finals tonight. In the first Semi-Final, England, who finished top of Pool A, took on Pool B runners-up New Zealand – the highest scoring team in this event […]
GC2018: Hockey Ladies suffer first loss at Gold Coast 2018
Ghana’s Female Hockey team first appearance at the commonwealth games has been reckoned with both local and international local media houses praising the team. The team beat Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya but lost to South Africa to pick silver in the 2017 African Cup of Nation held in Ismalia, Egypt. New Zealand started their Gold […]
GC2018: South Africa suffer first defeat on day 1
Wales held hockey giants Pakistan to a draw whilst South Africa were stunned 4-2 by Scotland in the opening day of the men’s hockey competition at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Following the women’s matches earlier in the day, thousands of fans continued to turn out to support the men’s teams at the Gold […]
Nigeria slams Burkina Faso for title race
March 26, 2018 Ghana and Nigeria recorded massive wins on Match Day 3 to book a place in the finals of their respective finals. Nigeria’s boys team beat Burkina Faso to set up an epic finals against host Ghana. Ghana’s girls team beat Togo to also book their place in the final. The girls started […]
Ghana doubles win over Ivory Coast
March 25, 2018 Match day two of the ongoing West Africa Hockey 5s ended with massive wins for Ghana and Nigeria who trashed Ivory coast and Togo. Ghana played host to their counterparts from Ivory Coast in the first match of the day. Both teams had to play another game because a third opponent was […]
Ghana, Togo commence Hockey 5s with big wins
March 25, 2018 The first edition of the West Africa hockey 5s commenced at the Theodosia Okoh hockey stadium, yesterday, with wins for host nation Ghana. The tournament seeks to promote youth hockey in West Africa as well as a preparatory grounds for the youth Olympic qualifier in Algeria later this year. Five countries represented […]
President of the African Hockey Federation visits Algeria
In preparation of the Youth Africa Games (YAG) 18-28 July 2018 in Algeria, and with the help of the 2 Egyptian Coaches, the boys and girls teams of Algeria are showing great progress in getting ready for the games. Also, Algeria will inaugurate its first full size sand dressed hockey pitch next May 2018 which […]
Algeria pulls out all the stops as hockey makes reappearance
February 16, 2018 Algeria is the latest member of the African Hockey Federation to drive forwards with its hockey development after many years of little hockey activity in the country. One of the motivations for building a hockey culture in Algeria is the reinstatement of hockey back into the African Youth Games (AYG). Whilst a […]