AHF: Xan de Waard (NED) and Tom Boon (BEL) named FIH Players of the Year
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 FIH Player of the Year awards: Women’s Player of the Year: Xan de Waard (NED) Men’s Player of the Year: Tom Boon (BEL) 2024 Women’s Player of the Year – Xan de Waard (NED) Xan de Waard delivered yet another outstanding […]
New Zealand: SAM LANE’S DOUBLE, NICK LIDSTONE’S FIRST
The Vantage Black Sticks continued their strong start to the 2025 Sultan of Azlan Shah Cup with a well-earned 3–1 win over Korea in challenging, rain-soaked conditions. With Korea coming off a narrow 1–0 loss to India, the match presented a crucial opportunity for the Vantage Black Sticks to climb to the top of the […]
FIH Pro-League: FIH Hockey Pro League: Pre-Season Interview with England women’s coach David Ralph
As we inch ever closer to the start of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2025-26 season on 9 December, we are excited to bring you an exclusive pre-season interview series with players and coaches from the world’s top hockey nations participating in the “League of the Best”. This series will dive into the minds of […]
Hoofdklasse: Beautiful milestone for Matla: 200 goals in the Tulp Hoofdklasse
Sun 23 Nov 14:45 Women 9 – 2 Den Bosch D1 9 – 2 Tilburg D1 Frédérique Matla reached a fine milestone in her hockey career on Sunday. The Den Bosch striker scored her 200th (and 201st) goal in the Tulp Hoofdklasse in the home game with Tilburg (9-2). Matla signed for her jubilee goal […]
Hoofdklasse: The stats of the weekend: negative record Tilburg, SCHC productive
Tilburg conceded nine goals for the first time in history, Imme van der Hoek did something special at Den Bosch and SCHC closed the first half of the competition without defeat. Here are the weekend’s figures. TULP HOOFDKLASSE WOMEN 0 – After 23 games, Hurley remains at the hateful zero against neighbouring club Amsterdam. The […]
England: EHL Premier Division Review | Week Eleven
Open/Men’s Premier Division Surbiton made it 11 wins out of 11 to conclude the first stage of the Open/Mens Premier Division with a 100% record. On Saturday they firmly extinguished any hopes Reading had of a top-six finish with a 10-1 win. Surbiton had eight different scorers including Gareth Furlong netting a hat-trick of corners […]
