Player profile Erin Hunter
Player profile Erin Hunter
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The World’s Best Men’s Field Hockey Goalkeeper
World Champion and European Champion, Belgium’s Vincent Vanasch was named world FIH goalkeeper of 2019 for an unprecedented 3 rd time running. The 33 year old took the award ahead of Australia’s Tyler Lovell and Victor Aly of Germany, who finished second and third respectively. Vanasch’s rise in the game has corresponded with the national …
Who is the Drag Flick King, Sohail Abbas?
Pakistani hockey player Sohail Abbas is the drag flick King The ‘king of the drag flick,’ Sohail Abbas is the highest goal scorer in international hockey. The former Pakistani international scored 348 goals for the national team. He was nominated for the FIH player of the year five times. As a defender, Abbas was a …
Was Luciana Aymar the Best Female Hockey Player Ever?
Luciana Aymar was elected a record eight times as the best female hockey player in the world by the International Hockey Federation. The IHF voted her the best player in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. known as the ‘Maradona’ female field hockey, she is regarded by many in the game as …
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5 Women Hockey Players who Excelled when Young
Field hockey is growing and attracts more and more attention all over the world. It has created successful careers for some of the most talented female hockey players. There is an exciting generation of players who made an impression from an early age. In this article, I’m going to take a look at talent in …
11 Reasons why Field Hockey is such an Awesome Sport
11 reasons why field hockey is such an awesome sport include the challenge of beating the opposition team and rising up the table. The challenge of mastering different styles of passes, the buzz of exercise on open fields, the health reasons for that exercise, the tactical decisions that need to be made, unique to field …
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