The Hockey Paper

28/07/2024

Report: A Sunday lunchtime to forget as Spain women win first Olympic match against GB.

Paris Olympics: GB Hockey women lose 2-1 to Spain in their first pool match

28/07/2024

'I saw the ball in the goal, I didn’t have the words. I saw my teammates jumping on me, I just wanted to cry, perhaps it was the most beautiful day of my life.'

Yohanna Lhopital on scoring 🇫🇷 women's first ever Olympic goal.

28/07/2024

'And their goalie, I mean, oh my gosh, diving and saving all over the place.'

NFL great Jason Kelce on watching 🇺🇸

Paris — Jason Kelce, regarded as one of the NFL’s great centres, took in the hockey on the opening weekend of the Paris Olympics, sporting a classic blue beret in Colombes. The Kelces – Jason’s wife Kylie used to play field hockey growing up – came out to support the US in their opening de...

28/07/2024

A sideways look at the Olympic tournament, with 1⃣1⃣ offbeat facts and stats.

The Hockey Paper takes a sideways look at the Olympic hockey tournament, with 11 offbeat facts and stats Spy in the campThere were four GBR teams at the 1908 Olympics, made up of the four home nations. While Reggie Pridmore scored 10 goals – two less than the final tally of the five non-English te...

28/07/2024

📺 Hockey fans are set to miss live moments if several key events happen at the same time.

Saturday saw the start of the Paris Olympics — and complaints from TV viewers watching BBC coverage. The broadcaster screened the GB men’s match against Spain before it switched to the iPlayer to showcase badminton and diving. It won’t be the last time this happens. That’s because, for the s...

27/07/2024

Day 1 at

27/07/2024

Hockey shorts: We round up the best of day 1 of the competition.

We round up the best of day 1 of the Paris Olympics 2024 hockey competition

27/07/2024

Exclusive: 'You wouldn’t really know. Just the same size as a pinkie!'

Matt Dawson reflects on his amputated finger and coming through first game. 🇦🇺

Remarkable.

Paris — “You wouldn’t really know, would you? Just the same size as a pinkie!” joked Matthew Dawson. That was the verdict of the Australian after coming through his first 60-minute test after making global headlines in the build-up to the Olympics. It has been a remarkable tale for the Kooka...

27/07/2024

Olympic men's champions open up with 2-0 win over Ireland. Concern over Nick Page injury for Green Machine.

Paris — Belgium and Ireland both offered a fine defensive display in their Olympic men’s opener. But it was the Olympic men’s champions who profited from a fortuitous deflection and an incisive PC from Alexander Hendrickx. The Belgian hitman lifted his fingers the skies in memory of his influe...

27/07/2024

'I’m not too sure what he was doing up there pressing!'

GB team-mates on Park wonder goal and the man himself on living Olympic dream.

Paris — It is 100 years since Eric Liddell won gold in the Paris 1924 Games at the Stade Yves-du-Manoir. Nick Park was aware of the stadium history but not of the Chariots of Fire link. On Saturday, he fizzed down the left with the same aplomb in British colours, albeit in a different sport. […]

27/07/2024

Report: Cool, calm and composed in Colombes. In the Paris suburbs, Team GB men got off to the perfect start with 4-0 win over Spain.

Paris — Cool, calm and composed in Colombes. In the Paris suburbs, Team GB men got off to the perfect start, courtesy of two deft field goals – the standout being Nick Park’s memorable lob, the first goal of this Olympics – and a brace of piercing penalty corner goals from Gareth Furlong in ...

27/07/2024

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27/07/2024

All you need to know about when and where the Olympic men’s and women’s hockey competition matches are taking place.

Paris 2024 Olympics hockey schedule, when are the hockey matches, how to watch on TV and who are the commentators?

26/07/2024

Bienvenue to hockey at the OIympics!

Our preview guide to contenders, TV thoughts and by numbers.

Paris — Welcome to Olympic hockey, one of only four sports which run throughout the sporting extravaganza with just two gold medals on offer. The Olympics are like no other. The stadia, the lights, the four-year programme build-up. On the biggest stage, nothing is certain. Just ask golden teams of...

26/07/2024

France’s Etienne Tynevez on overcoming disharmony, mental approach and pressure as a team sport at

France’s Etienne Tynevez on overcoming disharmony, mental approach and pressure as a team sport at Paris 2024 Paris — French men’s hockey was in a state of flux two years out from the biggest stage of their careers.  A dose of musical chairs in hockey coaching held sway after Tokyo when Fred ...

26/07/2024

Day before .
Pitch 1 holds 10,000 fans, pitch 2 with 4,000.

26/07/2024

Pablo Simonet, a player for Argentina men's handball, proposed to Las Leonas' Maria Campoy at the Olympic village.

26/07/2024

Every push, flick, and hit from Paris... 🇫🇷
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26/07/2024

📅📺Dates and times of pool and medal matches for Paris 2024 Games + how to watch Olympics hockey on TV, BBC and Eurosport.

Paris 2024 Olympics hockey schedule, when are the hockey matches, how to watch on TV and who are the commentators?

26/07/2024

Start me up.

25/07/2024

Full pool stage and knock out schedule for Team GB men and women competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Full pool stage and knock out schedule for Team GB men and women competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Full fixtures guide to Olympic hockey competition here WomenPool A: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Japan, China, FrancePool B: Australia, Argentina, Great Britain, Spain, United States, South A...

25/07/2024

Rocío Sánchez 🇦🇷and Eddie Ockenden 🇦🇺 chosen as Flag Bearers at Paris 2024.

25/07/2024

We take a look down memory lane at some low points in Olympic hockey competition history.

The Hockey Paper takes a look down memory lane at some low points in Olympic hockey competition ahead of Paris 2024 Rome 1960 – A right old bullyA round robin match between Germany and Pakistan ended in unusual circumstances involving an errant stick, a bully and a goal. With the clock ticking, Gu...

25/07/2024

Since losing in 2016 Olympic final, Dutch women have been undefeated in over 96% of all their matches played.

This and other incredible 🇳🇱 stats

Paris Olympics: The Dutch women's hockey team have one of the best records in any international team sport, according to statistics.

24/07/2024

We pick out 10 classic Olympic Games matches to remember

The greatest field hockey matches at the Olympic Games

24/07/2024

Every four years, it takes a Summer Games for explainer stories and ‘how is field hockey played?’

Every four years, it takes a Summer Games for explainer stories and ‘how is field hockey played?’ to resurface for the uninitiated. Perhaps the most viewer friendly video we’ve come across is the one above from SBS Nation, which navigates pitch length, what is the D and general stick rules in ...

23/07/2024

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22/07/2024

'You can’t take away from the private moments where we bonded as a squad and as a group of people.'
Ex Great Britain Hockey S&C coach on medals and his new fitness company.

It’s the day before GB women take to the pitch for the bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics. The squad, however, are engaged in a fiercely contested synchronised swimming competition on the orders of GB Hockey strength and cconditioning coach Tom Drowley. “We did a pool recovery session wher...

22/07/2024

India hope the men who helped guide the cricket team to 50-over World Cup success can pave the way for Paris Olympic riches in

India have come unstuck against the likes of Australia when it comes to the heat of battle over 60 minutes. India now hope that the men who helped guide the cricket team to 2011 50-over World Cup success can pave the way for Paris Olympic riches in hockey. Mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton joine...

21/07/2024

'Roy Keane is someone I listen to a lot. He has a completely different mindset to me, but he speaks very openly.'

Paris Olympics Hockey: David Ames is captain of a Great Britain men's team tipped for success at the 2024 Games