Australia secure 7th consecutive gold medal as England win bronze on high-scoring final day of hockey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
8 August 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland:The day began with England out-scoring South Africa in a breathless bronze medal match. While in the final Australia put on a goalscoring clinic, brushing India aside as they struck gold. Match reports: England 6 South Africa 3 (Bronze medal match men) England, buoyed by a loud home crowd, beat South […]
England secure maiden Commonwealth Games title as India win bronze medal
7 August 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: The day began with India’s women securing bronze medal via a dramatic shoot-out, while Canada earnt 5th spot. In the afternoon the women’s gold medal match saw England win their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in front of a delirious home crowd. The day ended with New Zealand’s men […]
India secure place in gold medal clash after hard-fought South Africa win, while Australia stage comeback victory against England to earn chance for 7th gold medal
6 August 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: The morning session saw a couple of the men’s placings sorted. The day began with Scotland securing 9th place with a big win over Ghana, this was followed by Pakistan edging a high-scoring match against Canada to confirm 7th. The evening session saw the men’s semi-finals contested, starting with India […]
Seif Ahmed (Egypt) appointed acting FIH President; next Presidential elections on 5 November
20 July 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: Meeting today after the resignation of Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra from the post of FIH President earlier this week, the Members of the Executive Board (EB) of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) have: Officially accepted the resignation of Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra Unanimously appointed FIH EB Member and President of the […]
#HWC2022: Netherlands tame Las Leonas to win ninth title in style
17 July, 2022 It was the match-up everyone wanted to see. Number one in the FIH World Rankings versus number two. The undefeated FIH Hockey Pro League champions versus the reigning World Cup champions. The cool, calm, composed Dutch versus the fire and feistiness of Las Leonas. Before the match, Netherlands Head Coach Jamilon Mülders […]
Las Leonas and Hockeyroos complete Women’s World Cup semi-final line-up
13 July 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: A slick three-pass move that finished with Victoria Granatto slipping the ball past Maddie Hinch was the sole goal in a fascinating encounter between Argentina and England. While Las Leonas dominated possession, England put up a stalwart defence and were it not for two moments of goalkeeping brilliance from Belen […]
South Africa to host FIH Hockey Indoor World Cup in 2023
16 July 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: Meeting yesterday in Terrassa, Spain, on the occasion of the ongoing FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup Spain and Netherlands 2022, the Executive Board (EB) of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) expressed thanks and congratulations to both Local Organising Committees, participating teams, officials and volunteers for putting together such a successful […]
Terrassa beckons for Netherlands and Germany
12 July 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: After a day of contrasting matches we know who two of the semi-finallists are to be. First Germany put in a workmanlike performance to outplay New Zealand, then Netherlands and Belgium played out a scintillatng match, which the Netherlands edged in the final quarter. In the earlier matches, China finished […]
Late drama in Terrassa as Japan and India find winning ways
11 July 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: It was tense and dramatic to the very end in both of today’s matches in the 9-16th place matches. First Japan waited until the final second of the game to break Korea’s hearts and then India hauled Canada back, first in the dying minutes of the match and then in […]
Composed England hit five past Korea; Spain leave it late to beat India. China and Ireland get back to winning ways
10 July 2022 Lausanne, Switzerland: England and Spain progressed through to the quarter-finals after two hugely contrasting matches. England put in a measured and composed performance to beat Korea convincingly. Spain, on the other hand, kept an engrossed home crowd on tenterhooks until the 57th minute. Then, once they had the lead, Head Coach Adrian […]