Rio Olympic Games

Message On A Bottle: Retired.

If you look at teams that achieve success in knockout tournaments you will nearly always find that they have in their midst one or two special players. The really great teams have more than that. Pele and Garrincha for Brazil

A History Of Hard Decisions Not Made

“The show must go on” is a phrase that is believed to have originated in the circus. So it is an appropriate phrase to use when referring to the five ring circus that is the modern Olympic Games. The phrase

Should the Hockey Sisters Be Doin’ It For Themselves?

At the start of last week it came as no surprise to any involved in Hockey in Australia that dual Olympic Gold medallist Katrina Powell was appointed coach of the Hockeyroos until the end of the Tokyo Olympic Games. It

Podcast #92 – An Olympic Focus: Having Qualified for Tokyo Will South Africa’s Hockey Team Have The Money to Attend? Why Are The Games Going Ahead, and What Will The Sporting World Look Like After The Pandemic And After Tokyo 2021?

Not the Footy Show Podcast

This show has a strong focus on the upcoming delayed Tokyo Olympic Games. The South African Hockey team qualified for the RIO Olympic Games but failed to compete due to an agreement that had been reached between their own Hockey

Asian Teams Out-Muscled

Last night at the Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup the host nation India bowed out of the competition following a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Netherlands. Their loss meant that no Asian team was left in the competition