GC2018: Hockey Ladies suffer first loss at Gold Coast 2018

Ghana’s Female Hockey team first appearance at the commonwealth games has been reckoned with both local and international local media houses praising the team. The team beat Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya but lost to South Africa to pick silver in the 2017 African Cup of Nation held in Ismalia, Egypt. New Zealand started their Gold

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GC2018: South Africa suffer first defeat on day 1

Wales held hockey giants Pakistan to a draw whilst South Africa were stunned 4-2 by Scotland in the opening day of the men’s hockey competition at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Following the women’s matches earlier in the day, thousands of fans continued to turn out to support the men’s teams at the Gold

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Nigeria slams Burkina Faso for title race

March 26, 2018 Ghana and Nigeria recorded massive wins on Match Day 3 to book a place in the finals of their respective finals. Nigeria’s boys team beat Burkina Faso to set up an epic finals against host Ghana. Ghana’s girls team beat Togo to also book their place in the final. The girls started

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Ghana doubles win over Ivory Coast

March 25, 2018 Match day two of the ongoing West Africa Hockey 5s ended with massive wins for Ghana and Nigeria who trashed Ivory coast and Togo. Ghana played host to their counterparts from Ivory Coast in the first match of the day. Both teams had to play another game because a third opponent was

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Ghana, Togo commence Hockey 5s with big wins

March 25, 2018 The first edition of the West Africa hockey 5s commenced at the Theodosia Okoh hockey stadium, yesterday, with wins for host nation Ghana. The tournament seeks to promote youth hockey in West Africa as well as a preparatory grounds for the youth Olympic qualifier in Algeria later this year. Five countries represented

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President of the African Hockey Federation visits Algeria

In preparation of the Youth Africa Games (YAG) 18-28 July 2018 in Algeria, and with the help of the 2 Egyptian Coaches, the boys and girls teams of Algeria are showing great progress in getting ready for the games. Also, Algeria will inaugurate its first full size sand dressed hockey pitch next May 2018 which

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The Youth African Games, featuring hockey, will be held in Algeria in July

Algeria pulls out all the stops as hockey makes reappearance

February 16, 2018 Algeria is the latest member of the African Hockey Federation to drive forwards with its hockey development after many years of little hockey activity in the country. One of the motivations for building a hockey culture in Algeria is the reinstatement of hockey back into the African Youth Games (AYG). Whilst a

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