‘I feel terrible’: Aussie legends plot Hockeyroos’ downfall
The Hockeyroos suffered yet another heartbreaking Olympic quarter-finals defeat in Paris, this time against a China side coached by one of Australia’s greatest hockey players.
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Hockeyroos face green and gold legends with everything at stake
Trinny Powell knows how high the stakes are as the Hockeyroos heads to a quarterfinal against a Chinese team coached by a gold medal teammate and supercoach.
Kookaburras shattered as Dutch ruin medal dream
A brilliant Netherlands team slowly suffocated Tokyo silver medallists Australia in their Paris quarter final as a shattered Kookaburras side crashed out short of the medal rounds. MATCH REPORT.
Aussie star Charter is hockey’s lifesaving revolutionary
Andrew Charter has done plenty on the field to help the Kookaburras, and this year he played a pivotal role in securing sponsorship for the team. However, his greatest impact could save lives.
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Kookaburras player ratings: ‘Wow, one of his great Olympic moments’
Blake Govers’ second quarter thunderbolt and goalkeeper Andrew Charter’s batch of clutch saves allowed the Kookaburras to eke out a 1-0 victory over dour Argentina. Read the report and check out the player ratings.
Why Kookaburra amputated finger for Olympic glory
A Kookaburras defender has survived a pair of Paris warmup clashes despite losing the top third of his ring finger in a warm-up clash. Find out how, and why, he made the decision to go through with the surgery. WARNING: GRAPHIC
Gold or bust? Mammoth task for Kookaburras redeem team
After the silver agony of Tokyo three years ago, the Kookaburras are hellbent on Olympic atonement in Paris but there’s almost no margin for error, bronzed hockey great Simon Orchard says.
Eddie Ockenden: Our most capped, and unknown, athlete
The boy from Tasmania is a five-time Olympian and legend in hockey circles. Outside his sport he is unknown… or he used to be until the Australian Olympic team flag bearer announcement.
‘Courage over comfort’: Hockeyroo hits back at Olympics snub
Rosie Malone was controversially left out of Australia’s Olympic hockey squad. But despite a failed appeal, she is still doing what she can to help, despite claims of bias against selectors.
Olympian amputates finger to compete
An Australian men’s hockey player has made the extreme decision to amputate part of his finger in order to secure his spot on the Olympic team.
‘No high fives’: Why axed hockey star’s bias claim rejected
Dumped Hockeyroo Rosie Malone complained coach Katrina Powell was biased against her and did not high five her like other players as part of a failed appeal of her controversial Olympic axing.
Culture sins of Hockeyroos past don’t define us: Claxton
A culture of bullying and insults from coaches blight the Hockeyroos’ recent past and co-captain Jane Claxton says this Hockeyroos’ squad is determined not be affected by unfair criticism about the past.
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