The men’s semi finals are done and dusted and we now know the final will be Netherlands vs Germany – a repeat of the London 2012 Olympic final, whilst India and Spain will have to pick themselves up and fight for bronze. Here’s a little about how we got here.
Continue readingThe women’s hockey competition is hotting up now we’ve reached the knockout stages. Here’s a quick look back at the quarter finals where we had some shocks, some non-surprises and a few other things, too.
Continue readingBefore the semi-finals get under way there’s just about enough time for me to squeeze in a few bits and pieces around the men’s quarter finals. Here we go.
Continue readingNow that the quarter finals are set and the real business end of the tournament is about to start, I thought I’d take a quick look back at some things that caught my eye and piqued my interest during the pool stages. You can find out what I made of the men’s pool stages here, but now, I’ll take a look at the women’s pool stages.
Continue readingThe pool stages of the Men’s hockey at the Olympic Games are done and dusted. Although my day job has become absolutely hectic covering the Olympics I’ve managed to watch pretty much every game.
I’ve moved away from writing match reports and the like because you can get those elsewhere and I’m not sure you’d read them anyway. So instead I like to put together things that have caught my eye and piqued my interest. These pieces will largely be Great Britain focused because that’s where the majority of my audience are from and that’s where the majority of my knowledge is. I will however drop in things from other parts of the tournament and other teams, too.
So here we go.
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