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Sacrifice or Choice?

In any aspect of life if you want something, you undoubtedly have to make sacrifices. Ask anyone who has had success in politics, business, music, the arts, or sport and they will all be able to share something that they

The Price of Conceding Late

Penalties have been around in a number of sports almost since the first rules were formalised. While penalties to decide the outcome of drawn fixtures have been in place for almost half a century in most sports. The penalty in

Protecting the Integrity of Matches

At the start of 2017 football great Marco van Basten was advocating that FIFA look at adopting many of the rules of field hockey to improve the game as a spectacle. Yet maybe it is time that Hockey looked at

Just When I Needed You Most

The Hockey Pro-League which is due to be launched in January 2019 is a competition that many believe will revolutionise international Hockey. As with any major changes in life there are those who are in favour of this new competition

No Conspiracy Behind the Home and Away League

Ever since the introduction of artificial turf at the 1976 Olympic Games the hockey nations from the sub-continent have claimed that this was a deliberate move by powers within the game of hockey to halt their success. The reason given