England’s nightmare World Cup campaign continued as they were downed by a Carla Rebecchi strike from the last play of the match. Alex Danson’s first half strike was cancelled out by Delfina Merino and that’s how it stayed until Rebecchi’s late intervention. The loss leaves England rooted to the bottom of the pool and without a point from four games.   Continue reading →

As Kelsey Kolojejchick slotted home goal number five for the USA in their World Cup pool match with China, the rest of the tournament finally sat up and took notice of the challenge of the Stars and Stripes. Continue reading →

A first win for India, first goals for Park Mihyun, an outrageous strike from Kieran Govers and some words from the great Rich Charlesworth. Here’s day seven of the World Cup in quotes. Continue reading →

First wins for Korea and India and big wins for Australia and Belgium. Oh, and another win for the hosts. Read on for a round-up of all the day 7 action here at the Hockey World Cup.  Continue reading →

Australia sent a warning to the rest of the tournament with a terrific display to sweep aside England with a 5-0 win. Goals before half time from Matt Gohdes, Liam De Young, Jaime Dwyer and a stunning strike from Kieran Govers meant Ric Charlesworth’s team led 4-0 at the break before adding a fifth through Aran Zalewski just after the interval. Continue reading →