Six games in Round 4 of the men’s Premier Division. Six away wins. If you bought a home ticket in England on Saturday, you went home miserable. The big three did what the big three do Old Georgians won 4-1 at Beeston, the kind of result that looks routine until you remember Beeston at home…
Two rounds into Hockey One and the men’s table has split clean in half. Four teams have won everything. Four teams have won nothing. Round 3 is where that stops being a coincidence. Friday night in Hobart is the game of the round Tassie Tigers v Canberra Chill, Friday in Hobart — women at 7:45…
The votes closed on 30 September. On Friday, in Doha, we find out if the voters got it right. The winners of the FIH Hockey Stars Awards 2026 will be revealed during the 50th FIH Congress in Doha, Qatar, on 23 October, as part of the FIH Award Ceremony built into Congress week. The shortlists…
New Zealand hockey is doing something clever this year. It’s building its domestic league around a visit from India. The Premier Hockey League, New Zealand’s top domestic competition, is back for 2026 with four men’s and four women’s franchises, around 100 players in each competition, and a format built on double-header weekends across five locations….
Fourteen goals in two games. That’s Pakistan’s start in Johor, and Wednesday night is where it gets serious. Pakistan v Malaysia. Wednesday 21 October, 4:35 pm PKT, Taman Daya Hockey Stadium. First against the hosts, in their own stadium, with a final place effectively on the line. This is the game the whole round robin…
Japan scored eight goals on day one and barely celebrated any of them. That’s the mood they bring into Tuesday. Japan v Malaysia. Tuesday, 4:35 pm PKT, Taman Daya Hockey Stadium. The hosts, at home, in the late game, against the side that has looked coldest and most clinical in Johor so far. Eight goals,…
Two games in Johor, two beatings. Canada and China have shipped goals for fun so far, and on Tuesday afternoon at Taman Daya one of them finally gets something to show for it. Or they draw, and both stay stuck. That’s the kind of game this is. Canada v China. Tuesday, 2:05 pm PKT, Taman…
The champions lost at home, and the team that beat them still hasn’t dropped a point. Sunday’s Round 4 in the Women’s Hoofdklasse belonged to Den Bosch, again. Amsterdam 0-2 Den Bosch: five from five Amsterdam are the defending champions. Den Bosch went to the Wagener, won 2-0, and walked off with a perfect record:…
Eight-nil. Uccle Sport put eight past Namur on Sunday, and the worst start in the Belgian Hockey League got worse. Namur have played six, lost six, and shipped 26 goals. Sunday was the heaviest hit yet. Uccle 8-0 Namur: a long afternoon for the bottom side There’s losing, and there’s this. Uccle are the league’s…
Amsterdam are four from four, and they won this one 8-0. Round 4 of the Hoofdklasse on Sunday was a day of statements at the top and relief at the bottom, where the champions finally got off zero. Schaerweijde 0-8 Amsterdam: the leaders aren’t slowing down Eight goals away from home. Amsterdam went to Zeist,…
