Australian hockey’s next gen has sent a warning to its rivals around the world, with one star declaring even after a FIH Pro League loss that “we’re going to dominate, there’s no doubt about that”.
An international sporting event in Melbourne has been cancelled over fears protests or violence could erupt due to the presence of one team.
Just three months after the Paris Olympics – and eight years before Brisbane hosts in 2032 – four iconic sports have had their programs cut as a savage funding crisis engulfs Australian sport.
Australia’s record-breaking Olympic feats come at a high price, including $100m in high performance funding over the past year alone.
Australian hockey star Tom Craig has learned his fate over the Paris Olympics cocaine scandal – with the Kookaburras gun set for a lengthy stint on the sidelines.
Despite a campaign that ended in a quarters finals defeat the Hockeyroos have had their funding restored for LA after their program was slashed in the lead in to the Paris games.
As a Hockey Australia family-and-friends function broke up on Tuesday night, Kookaburras striker Tom Craig went looking for trouble. A timeline of the events that followed.
An Australian hockey athlete says he is “truly sorry” after being barred from the Olympic village and closing ceremony for buying cocaine on a Paris street and fleeing police.
An Australian Olympic hockey player has reportedly been arrested for drug offences in Paris.
They were just trying to support their Olympic mates but one cheeky plan landed former Kookaburra Simon Orchard and eight other Aussie Olympians inside a Brazilian jailhouse.
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.
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.
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.
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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