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  Australian athletes receive funding boost

  Direct Athlete support to run $3 million deeper

  Posted 4 weeks ago.

  Direct financial support for Australia’s top athletes, including potential medal winners at the next year’s Commonwealth Games, will be boosted thanks to a new partnership between the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA).  x 5 More

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  Argentina's Luciana Aymar evades the challenge of Black Stick Charlotte Harrison.

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  Argentina win Four Nations final in Tauranga

  Aymar inspires 5-1 victory over host nation New Zealand

  Posted 4 weeks ago.

  The Black Sticks have been defeated by Argentina 5-1 in the final of the Four Nations tournament at Blake Park in Tauranga tonight (Sunday). Argentina were in fine form today scoring four goals in the first half and at times leaving New Zealand scrambling in defence.  x 3 More

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  Smith maps out Electric Ireland Women's Schedule

  Posted 4 weeks ago.

  Electric Ireland Senior Women's Coach Darren Smith has mapped out the schedule for his Green Army as they prepare for the European Championships in Belgium in August and further out the Olympics in Rio in 2016. More

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  Argentina FIH Champions Trophy - victory ceremony

  (Photo: Frank Uijlenbroek)

  Argentina's golden girl sees more victories

  Luciana Aymar isn't ready to lay down her stick just yet

  Posted 4 weeks ago.

  IN THE NEWS - NEW ZEALAND: Lionel Messi comes from Rosario. So does Luciana Aymar. The world's finest soccer player and finest women's hockey player. Not a bad double for the country's third biggest city, 300km northwest of Buenos Aires. More

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  Four goal hero: Black Sticks star Katie Glynn

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  Black Sticks to play Argentina in Four Nations final

  New Zealand crush Korea while Las Leonas held by USA on Day 3

  Posted 4 weeks ago.

  In abysmal conditions at Blake Park in Tauranga – and after the game being suspended and rescheduled - the Black Sticks Women managed to pull off a 5-1 win against Korea to seal a place in Sunday's Four Nations final. More

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  Hockey 5s event takes place in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

  Posted 1 month ago.

  The Jaffna District Hockey Association in Sri Lanka recently organised a tournament using the new Hockey 5s format, a version of the game which will be used at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.  x 37 More

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  Kathy Brown, with daughter Terry Dunbar and grand-daughters Lilly Wosomo and Serena Dunbar, has retired from hockey after playing the sport for half a century.

  (Photo: Justin Sanson / Northern Territory News)

  Kathy Brown quits hockey after 50 years

  Much loved matriarch of East Darwin HC hangs up her stick at 75

  Posted 1 month ago.

  IN THE NEWS - AUSTRALIA: Kathy Brown's incredible legacy will live on long after her retirement from a 50-year Darwin hockey career. The much-loved life member of the Darwin Hockey Association and matriarch of East Darwin has decided to hang up her stick at 75, after first playing the sport in her early 20s.  x 4 More

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  Black Sticks secure narrow victory against USA

  Argentina also winners in 2nd Four Nations event in New Zealand

  Posted 1 month ago.

  The Black Sticks women have notched up their first win in the Four Nations tournament with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over the United States at the Gallagher Hockey Centre in Hamilton on Thursday. There was also a victory for Luciana Aymar’s Argentina, who powered to a 4-2 triumph over in-form Korea. More

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  Hockey Australia begins search for CEO

  Business acumen & exceptional leadership skills required

  Posted 1 month ago.

  Hockey Australia has announced that they are looking for suitable candidates to fill the role of Chief Executive Officer. This unique opportunity involves stakeholder management, business acumen and exceptional leadership skills. More details can be found below. More

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  Italian international Aldana Lovagnini presented Pope Francis with a national team playing shirt and a hockey stick, both of which were personalised with the name of the Holy Father.

  (Photo: Italian Hockey Federation)

  Italian Hockey Federation pays tribute to Pope Francis

  Hockey gifts presented to His Holiness in St Peter’s Square

  Posted 1 month ago.

  A delegation from the Italian Hockey Federation was among the eighty thousand strong general audience held on Wednesday 17th April by His Holiness Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City. More

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  Kayla Sharland (right)

  (Photo: Hockey New Zealand / Photosport)

  Last minute comeback for Black Sticks

  Second Four Nations event gets underway in Hamilton

  Posted 1 month ago.

  NEW ZEALAND: On a wintery night at the Gallagher Hockey Centre in Hamilton, the Black Sticks worked hard to turn a 2-0 deficit into a draw thanks to goals from Stacey Michelsen and a field goal in the 70th minute from Charlotte Harrison. More

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  England & Great Britain captain Kate Walsh

  (Photo: GB Hockey / Ady Kerry)

  GB & England women look to the future

  Lee selects 29 athletes for Great Britain centralised training squad

  Posted 1 month ago.

  As both the men’s and women’s squad settle into their new centralised training programmes this week, Great Britain and England Hockey are delighted to announce the athletes involved in the senior international women’s programme. More