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Are Biennial World Cups Really the Way to Go?

A week ago the Men’s Junior Hockey World Cup came to an end in Malaysia, and just prior to this the Women’s event came to its conclusion in Chile. Congratulations to Germany for winning their seventh Men’s title since 1979

Do These Nations Have a Point, or Points?

On the 6th of June the Executive Board of the International Hockey federation met in Lausanne and a number of key decisions were made regarding the future of the sport. One decision was that world rankings would be introduced for

Beyond Comparison?

Few who followed Australia’s World Cup qualifying campaign can have honestly believed that the Socceroos would make the final 16 in Qatar in 2022. Of course in today’s world as expected there are now plenty coming out saying that they

What Is A National Sport?

The term ‘our national sport’ has been bandied around a fair bit in the Australian media and also the international media in the past fortnight, but what is a national sport? Does giving a sport a name that includes the

Only the Best Will Do.

In 1987 following a second consecutive promotion from what is today Division one to the Championship this writer was fortunate to attend a celebration of the achievement with the players of Swindon Town.. At that function in conversation with one