Glorious Dutch celebrate winning gold. Pic credit: Getty Images/FIH

Glorious Dutch dominate and record books are re-written

August 5, 2018 Relentless and magnificent. The Netherlands have absolutely owned the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup since their opening 7-0 scoreline against Korea. The women in orange might have been slightly stunned by the reception their opponents received as they walked out for the final but then it was business as usual – except

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AYG 2018: Nigeria beats host Algeria to place 5th

Nigeria placed fifth at the African Youth Games after beating Host Algeria 3-0 at the Stade Ferhan yesterday. The West African nation who were tipped to go past this stage had to settle for a 5th and 6th classification match. Both teams approached the game very tactical creating no space in defence. The Algerians for

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HWC2018: Rise of the lower-ranked nations

There are 16 teams at the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup, London 2018, and after the first two days of action, it is clear that the competition is one of the most wide open contests in the event’s history. BUY WORLD CUP TICKETS At the end of Day 1, England (FIH Hero World Ranking: 2)

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