UK fans hoping to watch the hockey World Cup free on the internet will have to think again. Sky Sports will be broadcasting all of England's matches plus the finals live into the UK and Ireland and those matches will be 'geo-blocked' in the broadcast area on the International Hockey Federation (FIH) YouTube channel. Highlights of all matches will, however, be available on YouTube 30 minutes after...
Field Hockey Canada is producing a series of behind-the-scenes videos charting the progress of their men's and women's sides. Here is the first: http://youtu.be/oscqGwt7rqw . It covers the men's preparations and departure for the Champions Challenge in Malaysia. Rate this article: Select rating Give it 1/5 Give it 2/5 Give it 3/5 Give it 4/5 Give it 5/5 No votes yet ...
We had written off German midfielder Moritz Fürste for the 2014 World Cup, but news from Germany says he is is starting the final phase of rehabilitation for a knee injury suffered in March. The 29-year-old former player of the year tore the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on March 5 while training with the German team in South Africa. Initial assessments suggested the 2010 silver medallist...
England's men's hockey test versus Argentina at 5pm today (Friday) and Scotland's game against Belgium at 7pm will be streamed live on the internet. Scottish Hockey has confirmed that all matches for the FIH Champions Challenge and men’s Four Nations will be broadcast live in partnership with Scotland’s leading production company QuipuTV. Every minute of both competitions will be broadcast via the...
On a day of remembrance and commemoration we remember and thank all those brave men and women who have selflessly served our country. Throughout history, hockey has played a role in providing members of the armed forces with an opportunity to relax in difficult times. The collection of images below, unearthed by John Sanders during his research for the ongoing Hockey History Project, show hockey’s...
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) expects the television and digital reach for the Rabobank Hockey World Cup, 31 May – 16 June in The Hague, to reach 368 million viewers through global television, while an expected 1.25 million views are projected for the live YouTube streaming. The Hockey World Cup broadcast experience will be complemented with fan-engagement opportunities via FIH social...
Reading have finished fifth in Europe's top-level club hockey competition, the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup., with an emphatic 4-0 win over German club HC Berliner in the Netherlands. The English club had the better of the first half with Susannah Townsend and Alex Danson making a nuisance of themselves in the German circle. They created a well-worked goal finding Becky Halle perfectly placed to...
Scotland coach Derek Forsyth today revealed his squad for the Men’s Four Nations hockey tournament at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre from April 23-29 Featuring Argentina, Belgium and England, the Scots will face high quality opposition as the squad’s preparations for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games heightens in intensity. The most recent world rankings place England fourth, Belgium fifth...
Harvestehuder defender Richie Dawson-Smith has become the first Englishman to win European club hockey's top prize – the Euro Hockey League title. The German side won the EHL competition on Sunday with a shootout victory over host club Orange Zwart of Eindhoven. Dawson-Smith, who played for England in the 2009 junior World Cup, joined the Hamburg club at the start of the 2013-14 after previous seasons...
We had picked out Germany’s Harvestehuder as the side most likely to succeed in this season’s Euro Hockey League, but 53 minutes into their semi-final match against Racing Club Bruxelles the bronze medal play-off match beckoned. After a week of bright but chilly days, it was warm sunshine in Eindhoven for the last four. And it was a bright morning for Racing Club Bruxelles’ fans as their number...
The Euro Hockey League will have a new champion this year as Dutch club Oranje Zwart and Germany's Harvestehuder both progressed to the final of the competition for the very first time. The Hamburg side were the first to take their place in the decider as they produced the comeback of the knock-out stages of the Euro Hockey League to defeat Racing Club de Bruxelles. Trailing 2-0 on the stroke of three-quarter...
Ireland coach Craig Fulton has announced his squad of 18 for the upcoming Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge I in Kuantan. Fulton said: “It is exciting to select some new faces and have some of the senior internationals back for Champions Challenge I. It will be a good challenge to test ourselves against higher ranked opposition with New Zealand, Japan and Poland in our Pool. The obvious objective...
England and Wales will both play matches against Canada this spring. Canada have named a 20-player squad for the tour from April 27 to May 7 which will be a key part of their Commonwealth Games preparation. “Against teams like England, you have no place to hide and this kind of exposure will test both our on-field and off-field systems,” said Canada coach Ian Rutledge. “This team strives to achieve...
Australia and New Zealand played out a 1-1 draw in Perth on Saturday in what was Black Sticks' Dean Couzins' 300th international. Glenn Turner’s close range finish late in the first half earned the Kookaburras an equaliser after they had fallen behind to Kiwi Kane Russell’s deflected early penalty corner. Australia’s last official test before coach Ric Charlesworth selects his squad for the World...
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Belgian duo Racing Bruxelles and Dragons, Germany's Harvestehuder and host club Oranje Zwart have all qualified for the Euro Hockey League semi-finals on Easter Sunday. In today's first quarter-final Hamburg's Harvestehuder scored three times in the closing quarter to run out 4-1 winners over Madrid's Club de Campo. Johan Bjorkman scored twice, the second coming eight minutes from the end, to make...
With the English interest eliminated, today’s action allowed the remaining Brits in Eindhoven to relax and enjoy the hockey. However, although we have yet to do the maths, there are still ranking points to consider and the possibility that England could be relegated to two entries in next season’s Euro Hockey League. England’s interests would be best served by the Spanish not progressing any...
New Zealand captain Dean Couzins will play his 300th hockey test in Saturday's rematch against Australia in Perth. The game will be streamed live via the Hockey Australia website at 12noon UK time. He will become just the second New Zealander in history to reach the milestone, with team-mate Phil Burrows the only other player over 300 tests. Following his debut in 2001, Couzins has become a pillar...
The secondary hockey World Cup GreenFields Stadium has been completed adjacent to the Kyocera Stadium in The Hague, the Netherlands. On Monday the GreenFields® TX pitch was completed. On Thursday the pitch was approved for official play by an independent inspection agency. The first of 76 World Cup games on the new pitch will be between Australia and Korea's women at 2.30pm on the opening day of...
To celebrate THC Harvestehuder making the semi-finals of the EHL, here is an interview their English full-back Richie Dawson-Smith did with Push in February. Don't forget we are a print magazine - you can subscribe at www.pushhockey.co.uk/subscribe . What do you do when you miss out on national selection? Dust yourself down, set yourself some priorities and go to ... Germany ? The notoriously tough...