Black Sticks win first ever gold in Commonwealth Games hockey Australia pick up silver England defeat India to take bronze New Zealand have won their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medal as they defeated Australia in the Gold Coast 2018 women’s hockey. As a result, Australia picked up silver while England won bronze as they
Australia and New Zealand to play for gold as Ghana settle for tenth place in Gold Coast
Oceania rivals Australia and New Zealand will play for the women’s hockey gold medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games as they both won their respective Semi-Finals tonight. In the first Semi-Final, England, who finished top of Pool A, took on Pool B runners-up New Zealand – the highest scoring team in this event
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Austria win 5th Men’s Indoor Hockey World Cup in drama-filled final
It was double delight for Austria as they added the Indoor Hockey World Cup title to the EuroHockey Championships gold they won in January. it was the closest of finals as the match was drawn at 3-3 and then went to sudden death shoot-out. The hero of the hour was Austria’s Michael Körper, who scored