“Seven minute to go, Billy dived in front of the goal, Pip’s heart hammering, he slid along the AstroTurf, Pip’s eyes glued to the screen, he stretched out his stick, Pip’s mouth opening in a scream, he gave the ball the slightest of touches to send it into the backRead More →
This year we saw the emergence of a new tournament, one that was set to replace the cherished Champions Trophy. When I heard about it, I had my doubts (mostly because I loved the Champions Trophy and I know many players did too) and although I want it to comeRead More →
While we are in the middle of the Men’s Hockey World Cup, we make a parenthesis to analize briefly the Women’s Champions Trophy. FIH announced how the 2018 Champions Trophy was going to be the 23rd edition of the competition and the last of its kind. The Competition was originallyRead More →
At the 3rd edition of the Youth Olympic Games held in Argentina we could see our sport played in a totally different and renewed format, Hockey5s. Hockey5s was the proposal from the organization and when we heard about it we started to wonder how it was going to be recievedRead More →
It’s been just over a month since the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup in London ended but the hype is still out around, people are still talking about it. Many stories have been heard and new history have been made on the hockey books. Every four years, we put ourRead More →
Back in February this year, captain and top scorer of Las Leonas, Carla Rebecchi, announced her retirement from the national team. Rebecchi made the announcement through her Twitter account when she wrote that she decided to retire after 14 years of wearing her beloved white and light blue shirt. SheRead More →
It’s been almost three years now since arguably the greatest player of all time Luciana Aymar graced the international hockey field. Players all over the world have cited her as being inspirational in the pursuit of their own careers, and her abilities have seen her compared to legend Diego Maradona.Read More →
The World League semi-finals were one the most important tournaments for women’s hockey this year because it meant there were places for the World Cup next year in London and for the World League finals in New Zealand at the end of this year up for grabs. In Johannesburg, althoughRead More →
2016 was a year full of ups and downs for Las Leonas (the Argentine Women’s hockey team). The stellar performance they showed in the Champions Trophy in June, where they became the only team to have won the trophy seven times, was followed six weeks later by the Olympics InRead More →
