Champions Trophy

Paying A Price For The Past?

There is nothing sadder than witnessing a once great team unravel. The Australian Women’s Hockey team were the cream of the crop for a long time. Denied the opportunity to play at the 1980 Olympic Games the first in which

Adjusting The Sails

“We can’t change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust the sails,” is an Indian proverb, and it is one that may well be worth remembering in the coming month. Much has been written on what is claimed

Time to Support A Successful Sporting Institution.

This weekend the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras will be in action at the Perth Hockey Stadium in the FIH Pro League, and will be playing against Argentina. The Pro-League, in only its second year of existence is limping along, following a

World Cup, a Game of Snakes And Ladders

Most people reading this would be aware of the game of Snakes and Ladders. A children’s board game where you move along numbered squares from start to finish, if you land on a square with a ladder you can jump

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