The Ireland women's hockey team have qualified for the Olympics for the first time.
They beat Canada (4-3) in a penalty shootout after being locked 0-0 in across 8 quarters played over 2 days in Donnybrook.
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Ireland were 3-1 down in the shootout at one stage but goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran saved...
A shocking end to the hockey campaign for the Canadian women’s team at the FIH Olympic Qualifier as the Irish vodoo struck them, in what was the final chance for teams to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The Canadian women, lost in a nerve-wrecking shootout, after scorelines were tied...
The Malaysian men's hockey team failed to book a spot at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after having lost to Great Britain in both matches of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifier play-off in London.
After losing (4-1) to Britain in their match one, they went down fighting (5-2) in match two...
With an Olympic berth on the line, the Vantage Black Sticks Men have put together a clinical performance to see off a strong challenge from Korea.
The New Zealand side only needed a draw to book their spot at the big dance, however, the Kiwis came out firing and were...
In Monchengladbach, The Germany women's hockey team beat Italy 7-0 and, after beating them 2-0 on day one, to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020.
A qualification match against Germany (no. 4 in the world) was never going to be easy, but the Italian women still gave their...
In the well-attended Sparkassen Hockeystadion in Mönchengladbach, with just under 4,000 spectators, Austria wanted to bring down the favorites on Day 1 of the Olympic Qualifier with a disciplined defensive performance.
On day 1, Germany's early goal shocked Austrian players, and they completely lost access to the game. Two negligent...
Great Britain's women qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after a professional 2-1 win over Chile in the second leg of their FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.
Early goals from Tess Howard and Laura Unsworth made the outcome certain after Saturday's 3-0 win in the first leg, and Mark Hager's side...
Great Britain's men put in a super performance to reach the Tokyo Olympics, overcoming Malaysia in some style in London.
Forsyth and two more from fellow striker Sam Ward gave Britain a crucial win, and they fought very hard to secure a place in Japan.
Two early goals gave Britain the...
The German men secured their participation for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2020 with two wins from both qualifying matches against Austria.
After the 5: 0 from the day before the team of national coach Markus Weise won on Sunday 5: 3 (2: 1 agg score) against Austria.
The Austrians were...
After the 2-0 victory of the previous day, the German women secured on Sunday in the second qualifier with a sovereign 7: 0 (3:0) against Italy the ticket to the Olympic Summer Games in Tokyo 2020.
The DANAS put up with a strong start phase with three hits laid the...
The Canadian WNT have made tremendous strides over the last few years. Long being seen as the third or fourth best team in the Americas, Canada are now neck and neck with the United States (A country with a significantly larger playing population).
Why the rising success? Has to be...
Indian women's hockey team took giant leap towards Olympic qualification with a near-flawless performance to hammer USA 5-1 in the first-leg of the two-match FIH Qualifier here on Friday.
It was expected to be a tricky tie for the hosts but the women punched above their weight to simply demolish...
The No. 13 U.S. Women’s National Team knew they had to do everything possible to come back from a four-goal advantage produced by No. 9 India in the previous FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifier.
USA tallied four goals in the first half to even the aggregate score but India capitalized on...
World no.5 India gears up to take on lowly Russia, ranked 22nd, in a two-match final Olympic qualifier on Friday and Saturday, in India's hockey mecca- Odisha.
Against Russia, India will start as clear favourites to win both the matches and seal their place in next year's Tokyo Olympics.
The Olympic...
Over the past four years, the Indian women's hockey teams has been on the rise, their momentum pushing them into the top ten in the world.
From a 13th placing in January 2016, to their current position of 9th and even recently, losing only 2 games out of their last...
