Irish Hockey is delighted to announce Darren Smith as new Ireland Women’s National Coach. Smith, a New Zealand native, takes up the role following 6 years as Assistant Coach to the New Zealand Men’s team who recently finished 9th at the Olympic Games in London 2012....

As moments go, Carol Metchette’s final international appointment could scarcely have been more emotional. One of world hockey's finest umpires, the two-time Olympic whistle-blower closed out her career on home soil, taking charge of the FIH Champions Challenge I final...

It is fair to say that Gibraltar is not a world giant when it comes to sporting achievement. But this tiny British dot at the foot of Spain made its own contribution to the festival of sport that was the London Olympics of 2012. That contribution came in the form of...

It was a real success the event held past Sunday, on 21st of October, in the view of the Imperial Forums in Rome called “SPQR Sports Day”. The Italian Hockey Federation did its part bringing a promotional pitch named “Fun Hockey village”, which is a mobile area where...

Last week was a sad one for English Hockey with not only the death of Julia Gill but also of Peter Lambert and John Whitehead, two of England’s former international umpires who both passed away on the same day (Oct 3). Lambert sadly lost a battle with cancer,...

It is with regret that the EHB has learned of the passing of Julia Gill. Julia died on 2nd October 2012 after a long battle with cancer.  Julia was involved in many aspects of the game. She was a member of the Southern Counties Umpires Association before progressing...

Eighth International Kids Hockey Festival «OLYMPIC HOPES OF MOSCOW REGION» will be held in Elektrostal (Moscow Region) from 7th to 9th of September. Girls and boys of 10 to 12 years old will take part in the event. The hosts of the tournament are Moscow Region Hockey...

The FIH has published its 2013 edition of the Outdoor Hockey Rulebook, which is now available to read and download on the FIH website rules page. The FIH believes hockey is enjoyable to play, officiate in and watch.  Nevertheless, the FIH continues to seek ways of...

Labelled ‘El Classico’ by Carlos Retegui, Friday’s final pits together the two dominant forces on the world stage as Argentina and the Netherlands (8pm, GMT). Between them, they have claimed every world level title dating back to 2006, including six Champion’s...

The Netherlands handed Great Britain one of the most painful defeats in recent memory, as they were thoroughly out-gunned in front of their home support. It was a breath-taking display as the interplay of Roderick Weusthof, Teun de Nooijer, Valentin Verga and Floris...

The world’s four highest ranked sides take the biggest stage in world hockey today aiming to move one step closer to Olympic glory at the Riverbank Arena as Australia, Germany, the Netherlands and hosts Great Britain are all within one result of a medal. First up,...

Spain v. Australia 0-5 (half-time 0-3) Australia continues to live up to its billing as the big favorite of the men’s tournament. The current World #1 had no problems dispatching Spain today in a 5-0 decision. Russell Ford opened the scoring 10 minutes into action...

Once again from the FIH site, here is the update from the Olympics today. Great Britain vs Argentina 4-1 (1-0 half-time) Great Britain made their opening statement of intent as they battered their way to an opening group win, running riot in the second half to beat...

The FIH has a fantastic website covering all the games, www.fih.ch. Below is a summary of the opening games at the Riverbank Arena. Great Britain vs Japan 4-0 (4-0 half-time) Inspired by a partisan local crowd, hosts Great Britain powered into a 4-0 half-time lead,...

Next weekend the Rohrmax Final Four 2012 takes place in Vienna, Austria. The best four teams of the women’s and the men’s league are fighting for the Austrian crown. The tournament starts on Friday, June 22, with the semi finals of the men: at 16:00 SV Arminen, the...

The International Hockey Federation is deeply saddened by the passing of Nicole Delaloye-Maye,  who worked as Operations Manager at the FIH offices in Lausanne from 2005 until 2010. “Everyone always knew that they could count on Nicole not just for her efficiency and...

The London Olympic Organizing Committee, together with the International Hockey Federation, unveiled the London 2012 Olympic Hockey competition scheduled, revealing when the teams will play each other in the preliminary rounds of the tournaments on the Olympic Park....

It is with deepest sadness that we record the sudden death of Ivan Hrupec in his 66th year, our great friend, the hockey official, the former International Umpire of the FIH grade, the hockey player and the member of the HK Zelina as the good ghost for the many...

A lot of the Irish hockey community may be aware that Chris Pelow (aged 24) recently underwent surgery in Australia to amputate one of his lower legs in order to prevent the further spread of a very aggressive tumour which had developed in his foot. His parents, Ronan...

Great news for hockey in Denmark, TOMORROW - Saturday 3rd March 2012 the Danish National Championships will be livestreamed via National Television (Danmarks Radio). You can follow bronze matches and finals live here:www.dr.dk/Sporten/MinSport/2012/02/29135252.htm The...

The Hockey Association of Zimbabwe announced the launch of its official website. Hockey fans looking for information about the game in the African nation can visitwww.zimhockey.co.zw. The site includes information on the various Zimbabwe national teams in addition to...

East Grinstead v HC Luzern 2-2 (0-1) In relegation pool C at the EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup in Hamburg neither Swiss champion HC Luzern nor East Grinstead made a big step to stay in the division. They drew 2-2 in a dramatic match. Luzern scored a corner goal in...

The Lousada is the new Under-18 Indoor Hockey Portuguese National Champion. The formation of Vale do Sousa won fourth titles in three years at this age group, and is now the team with most national titles overcoming Club Futebol Benfica. The team that were in this...

Netherlands men’s coach Paul van Ass has named his 22 man squad that will take part in two elite training camps this winter. The first of the camps takes place in Alicante, Spain from 16th to 25th January before the group heads to the Australian city of Perth for the...

Branko Besednik, 87 Yrs old, the Croatian Hockey Federation Honorary President since 2008, and the CHF President in the several terms of office, suddenly passed away. He was the all around player and the leading official in the Zagreb, Croatian sport and Yugoslav...