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  Luciana Aymar

  (Photo: FIH / Grant Treeby)

  Luciana Aymar candidate for Team Sportswomen of the Year

  Vote now to help Aymar win the Women’s Sports Foundation award

  Posted 2 years ago.

  Argentina superstar Luciana Aymar has been nominated for the Women’s Sports Foundation Team Sportswoman of the Year Award, and your vote could help her claim the prize.  x 30 More

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  Bruce Goodheart, OBE

  Posted 2 years ago.

  Hockey Australia wish to express their condolences at the passing of Bruce Goodheart, OBE on August 14 at the age of 78. Bruce was key to the development of what is now the Perth Hockey Stadium in Bentley, which is also the training base of Australia’s national teams. Bruce was instrumental in organising a 10-nation tournament which opened the stadium in 1979. More

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  Marilyn Agliotti scored in the Dutch 3-0 final victory against Germany

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  EuroHockey Nations Championships 2011: Olympic Qualification update

  Three men's and two women's teams reach London 2012

  Posted 2 years ago.

  Following the thrilling conclusion of the EuroHockey Nations Championships in Mönchengladbach, Germany, we take a look at big winners in terms of Olympic Qualification. We also look at what lies ahead for the teams that didn't make the cut. More

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  Australia versus New Zealand

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Fiji Women Withdraw from Oceania Cup

  Move gifts Hockeyroos and Black Sticks berths at London 2012

  Posted 2 years ago.

  The Hockeyroos and New Zealand will have a further opportunity to test each other before the 2012 London Olympics, with Fiji withdrawing from the Oceania Cup-Olympic Qualifier event to be held in Hobart from October 5-9. More

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  Philipp Zeller scored for Germany in the first minute of the final

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  German men are European Champions

  Germany men defeat the Netherlands to claim their first European title since 2003

  Posted 2 years ago.

  In today's other encounters, England defeated Belgium by Golden Goal to claim Bronze, and in the 5-8 bracket, Ireland wrestled down Spain to take 5th, and Russia overwhelmed France for 7th place. Individual awards went to Taeke Taekema of the Netherlands as the event's topscorer, and Mo Fürste of Germany as Most Valuable Player. More

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  Marilyn Agliotti scored in the Dutch 3-0 final victory against Germany

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Dutch women win a record 8th European title

  Netherlands defeat Germany 3-0 in GANT EuroHockey Championship final

  Posted 2 years ago.

  In the other matches of the day, England defeated Spain for Bronze, and Belgium and Ireland logged wins to send Azerbaijan and Italy in Europe's second division for 2013. Kim Lammers of the Dutch team won the topscorer awarded, while German superstar Natascha Keller won the Most Valuable Player award. More

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  Netherlands penalty corner star Taeke Taekema

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Netherlands and Germany are Europe's men's finalists

  Men's final will mirror the women's at Euro Championships

  Posted 2 years ago.

  Relegation was decided early today already: with one round of matches still to be played, Ireland and Spain are safe, while Russia and France will be playing in Championship 2 in 2013. More

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  Former star back in SA women's fold

  Athens Olympian Liesel Dorothy makes herself available for Investec SA hockey side

  Posted 2 years ago.

  The Investec South Africa women’s hockey team have been given what could prove to be a major boost to their London 2012 Olympic dream by the announcement that Athens 2004 Olympian Liesel Dorothy (27) of Eastern Province has made herself available for national selection again after an absence of four years. More

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  Evergreen Natascha Keller scored the winning goal for Germany

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Netherlands and Germany meet in classic European women's final

  The Netherlands defeated England in their semi-final, while Germany slipped past Spain.

  Posted 2 years ago.

  The women's semi-finals of the GANT EuroHockey Championships saw a superior Dutch side earn victory over England and Germany sneak past Spain for another edition of the Netherlands v Germany pairing in the women's final. In the relegation pool encounters, Belgium defeated Italy 4-0, and Ireland logged their first win of the tournament against Azerbaijan. More

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  Belgium striker Tom Boon

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Belgium wrestles ticket to London from Spain

  The Red Devils remain the dragonslayers of Euro Olympic Qualification

  Posted 2 years ago.

  The final round of pool matches in the men's GANT EuroHockey Championship saw England crush France and Germany outclass Russia before the game between Netherlands and Ireland turned into a 7-4 goalfest. The day ended with the high stakes, when Belgium narrowly defeated Spain for a place in the semi-finals and ticket to London. More

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  Silver Malele named SA volunteer of the year

  Posted 2 years ago.

  Silver Malele won the Volunteer of the Year award at the prestigious SA Sports Awards ceremony run in conjunction with SASCOC at Sun City on Sunday.   More

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  Janine Beermann scored Germany's second goal

  (Photo: FIH / Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Spain and England maintain a perfect record

  Netherlands, England, Spain and Germany reached the women's semi-finals.

  Posted 2 years ago.

  On the day of the final pool matches in the women's GANT EuroHockey Championship, England turned around their match against Ireland in the second half, Germany dispatched Belgium, Spain slipped past Azerbaijan and the Netherlands defeated Italy. More