Ireland: Strong Irish Performance Not Enough Against Clinical Belgium
IRELAND 2:4 BELGIUM Without creating any clear cut opportunities Belgium dominated the opening exchanges of today’s second match for Ireland Men in their Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia. A well organised Irish defence coped admirably with whatever they were faced with. But Belgium, ranked number two in the world, had the ball in the net […]
Great Britain: GB Men Begin FIH Olympic Qualifiers With Dominant 6-1 Win Over Pakistan
Great Britain men got their FIH Olympic Qualifiers 2024 campaign off to a stellar start, thrashing Pakistan 6-1 in their opening Group A match in Oman. Sam Ward (28′, 41′) starred with two, while Jack Waller (10′), Will Calnan (43′), Zach Wallace (52′) and Nick Bandurak (57′) scored a goal each in GB Men’s dominant […]
EHL: Gantoise star Ballenghien fires in four
Gantoise’s Ambre Ballenghien produced a masterclass for Belgium as her four goals helped the Red Panthers ran up a huge 10-1 win over Korea in the Olympic qualifiers in Valencia. It helped them move top of Pool A ahead of Ireland on goal difference after two games after the European pair shared a 0-0 draw […]
Ireland: Ireland Women Take Huge Win at Olympic Qualifiers
IRELAND 8 UKRAINE 0 To put this game in context after day one here in Valencia, Spain, Ireland and Belgium were in second and third place in Pool A after the Koreans beat Ukraine 3-0 to lead the standings. So Ireland needed to win this game to challenge successfully for a top two place […]