Friday 9 August 2024
2024 Olympic Games
Paris
All times GMT +2
Men's Finals
08 Aug 20240 14:00 IND v ESP (Bronze) 2 - 1
08 Aug 20240 19:00 GER v NED (Gold) 1 - 1 (SO 1/4 - 3/5)
Pool Standings
Women
08 Aug 2024 was a rest day
Women's Finals
09 Aug 2024 14:00 ARG v BEL 2 - 2 (HT)
09 Aug 2024 20:00 NED v CHN
Pool Standings
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Blaak brilliance guides Oranje men to first Olympic gold in 24 years
Paris, France - Day 13: A sensational goalkeeping performance from Pirmin Blaak helped the Netherlands men become Olympic champions for the first time since Sydney 2000, inspiring a dramatic shoot-out victory over Germany in front of a sell-out crowd at the Yves-du-Manoir Hockey Stadium. 
The Netherlands snatches a 12-year gold medal from Germany
By Hector D. Somonte
Team Netherlands scores his team's third penalty in the shoot out against Team Germany during the Men's Gold Medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. GETTY IMAGES
The Netherlands won the gold medal in men's hockey in today's final against the holders of the Olympic gold medal in recent events.
Netherlands take gold after shoot-out against Germany for third Olympic title while India retains Olympic bronze edging out Spain
By Jawwad Qamar
Netherlands men took their third Olympic hockey gold, first since 2000 Sidney Games, thanks to the heroics of their veteran goalkeeper Pirmin Blaak during the shoot-out against archrivals Germany. The match had ended levelled at 1-1 in regulation at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium.
Netherlands won gold medal in Olympic Games
By Tariq Ali
Netherlands men's hockey team won the the gold medal in the Paris Olympic Games, 2024, defeated Germany on the penalties by 3-1 after the full time score being tied by one goal each. 
Duco Telgenkamp goes from hero to villain after final scuffle
Paris — “The Dutch players need a very good day to score four goals against us,” Jean-Paul Danneberg, the Germany goalkeeper, said after the Netherlands had won their semi-final 4-0. He added: “So I think we have a mountain, and they will have big problems to climb us.”
Dutch ‘shushing’ causes huge scuffle after shoot-out win over Germany in Olympics hockey final
Germany took exception to Duco Telgenkamp’s actions, leading to pushing and shoving between the teams before officials separated them
Duco Telgenkamp 'shushes' Germany's goalkeeper Jean-Paul Danneberg. The Germans took exception to Duco Telgenkamp's actions Credit: AFP/Arun Sankar
The Olympics men’s field hockey final ended in ugly scenes after Duco Telgenkamp celebrated scoring the winning goal by ‘shushing’ directly in the face of the German goalkeeper.
Dutch hockey player's appalling act sparks ugly scenes after gold medal game at Paris Olympics
The Dutch forward has come under fire for a poor act of sportsmanship.
Ben Talintyre
After the Dutch beat their German rivals 3-1 in a dramatic shootout, Duco Telgenkamp got in the German keeper's face sparking nasty scenes after full time. Image: Getty
The Netherlands won gold in the men's hockey final on Friday morning (AEDT), beating their German rivals 3-1 in a dramatic shootout after the game finished locked 1-1. But their gold medal win was overshadowed by a poor act of sportsmanship by Dutchman Duco Telgenkamp, who decided to mock the losing side's goalkeeper instead of celebrating the Olympic Games triumph with his teammates.
India claim back-to-back Olympic bronze medals with victory over Spain
Paris, France - Day 13: India men fought back from a goal down to overcome a monumental challenge from Spain, with team captain Harmanpreet Singh scoring twice to help India to their second successive Olympic bronze medal on a scorching afternoon at the Yves-du-Manoir Hockey Stadium.
India win historic back-to-back Olympic Bronze medal; make it a memorable last dance for legendary goal keeper PR Sreejesh
Harmanpreet Singh scored a double in India's stunning victory; take India's overall medal tally to 4 Olympic Bronze Medals in Paris
Paris: Indian Men's Hockey Team scripted history, beat Spain 2-1 to win back-to-back Bronze medals at the Olympic Games. A befitting farewell to legendary goalkeeper PR Sreejesh who played his last International hockey match here on Thursday.
India collects its 13th Olympic medal with a bronze in Paris
Charged up India bounced up from a goal deficit to emerge 2-1 victors over fighting Spain 2-1 to collect its 13th Olympic medal, a invaluable bronze in Paris.
PR Sreejesh ends on high as India men win bronze
By Rod Gilmour
P R Sreejesh was able to celebrate on top of goal at the second time of asking PIC: WORLDSPORTPICS/ Simon Watts
Paris — An hour before their bronze medal match, PR Sreejesh was the first of the players to enter the Yves-du-Manoir field. He stood motionless on half-way and looking down on goal. Was he reflecting on an 18-year career ahead of his final game and how it might end? Or visualising his captain, Harmanpreet Singh, weaving his magic once more from the top of the D? In the end, the retiring great was seen ready to sit on top of his goal in customary celebration a tad early. Twelve seconds early to be precise.
India men’s team capture bronze in close win over Spain
By Michael Charles
Harmanpreet Singh, Olympic Games Paris 2024. Picture by Maja Hitij/Getty Images
India defeated Spain 2-1 in the men’s hockey bronze medal match at Paris 2024 on Thursday (8 August) thanks to a brace by Harmanpreet Singh.
Harmanpreet, Sreejesh shine as India beats Spain 2-1 to win historic bronze at Paris 2024 Olympics
Two goals from captain Harmanpreet Singh and crucial saves by PR Dreejesh were enough for India, which won consecutive medals in hockey at the Olympics for the first time since 1952.
Y. B. Sarangi
Indian players celebrate after winning the men’s bronze medal field hockey match against Spain at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the Paris 2024 Olympics. | Photo Credit: AP
India had broken a four-decade-long jinx, winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. After three years, it underscored its status as an elite outfit in world hockey emphatically in Paris by securing its consecutive bronze medal in the Olympics at the historic Yves du Manoir Stadium here on Thursday.
India ‘Wins it for Sreejesh’ as custodian par excellence bids emotional goodbye after 24 years
The Indian team was successful in its ‘Win it for Sreejesh’ campaign to make the stalwart’s last dance a fairytale. When he was carried on his fellow players’ shoulders like a victorious warrior, the campaign attained its climax.
Y. B. Sarangi
India’s goalkeeper Parattu Reveendran Sreejesh, in yellow jersey, celebrates with teammates after winning the men’s bronze medal field hockey match against Spain. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
In Tokyo, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was perched atop the goalpost after India broke a 41-year-old medal drought by securing a bronze.
Cautious approach doesn’t stop India from giving PR Sreejesh a bronze medal farewell from Paris 2024
The way India played, they almost made heavy weather of winning this encounter. Their extra-cautious defence, however, was forgotten as celebrations sparked around the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium.
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India goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who had already declared the Paris Olympics to be his international swansong, sits on top of the goalpost following his team's 2-1 victory over Spain in the bronze medal playoff match. AP
The Indian hockey team gave its senior citizen and custodian PR Sreejesh a wonderful parting gift in the form of a second successive Olympic bronze medal, managing to carve a 2-1 win in the playoff between the losing semi-finalists, but they betrayed plenty of nerves that allowed Spain to make a contest out of it.
Indian men's hockey team clinches bronze by beating Spain, ends mini-drought at Paris Olympics
Harmanpreet Singh fired a brace after Marc Miralles put Spain in the lead to help India win a men’s hockey medal on consecutive editions of the Olympics for the first time since 1972.)
India captain Harmanpreet Singh carries veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who made his final international appearance on Thursday, on his shoulders during the team's lap of honour after their 2-1 victory over Spain in the Paris Olympics men's hockey bronze medal match. AP
India finally ended their week-long medal drought in the Paris Olympics on Thursday, winning bronze in men’s hockey with a 2-1 victory over Spain.
India's Olympic bronze medal win in hockey leads to outpouring of emotions: 'Hockey is an emotion’
The bronze, India’s fourth in the Paris Olympics and the first one not coming from the shooting team, naturally got a billion-plus Indians — whether in Paris or back home or across the world — into a celebratory frenzy, the mood of which was evident on social media.)
The Indian players celebrate after defeating Spain 2-1 to win men's hockey bronze in the 2024 Paris Olympics. AP
The Indian men’s hockey team ended the country’s week-long medal drought in Paris by winning a medal in consecutive editions of the Olympics for the first time in more than half a century, defeating Spain 2-1 to win bronze on Thursday.
Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh scores brace to help side beat Spain 2-1
Rohit Mahajan in Paris
Teammates bow to acknowledge goalkeeper PR Sreejesh’s contribution after the match against Spain. PTI
At 3.51 pm Paris time on Thursday arrived the moment in which were distilled years, lifetimes of passion. PR Sreejesh, the inspirational leader of the pack, stood facing his boys, his arms held wide open, as if he wished to take all 18 of them into one huge embrace. The team bowed to him, hailed him, cheered him as the saviour who, in the words of former captain Manpreet Singh, “always saves the team, as he did today”. India won the hockey bronze medal, beating Spain 2-1 in a pulsating final; India won a second Olympics hockey medal in a row for the first time since 1972 —“Hockey is back”, in the words of captain Harmanpreet Singh.
Harmanpreet Singh finishes with most goals in men’s tournament
By Anjishnu Roy
Harmanpreet Singh celebrates a goal at the Paris 2024 Olympics hockey tournament. Picture by Getty Images
Captain Harmanpreet Singh emerged as the top goal-scorer en route to India winning the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics hockey tournament.
Thank you, PR Sreejesh, 'The GOAT' of Indian Hockey
PR Sreejesh who made his debut for India in 2006 retired from international hockey Thursday after playing a crucial role in Team India's 2-1 victory against Spain to bag the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. Sreejesh, who played in 336 games for the country, played a key role in Team India winning the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a hiatus of four decades.
Bobins Abraham
They say that being a goalkeeper is a thankless job, as no matter how many goals they defend, they will be remembered for the one that slipped through their defense. And guess who agrees with this? Former Indian Hockey Team captain and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh!
PR Sreejesh signs off with iconic goalpost celebration; Harmanpreet lifts goalkeeper on his shoulders
After India defeated Spain at the Paris Olympics to win bronze on Thursday, Sreejesh showcased his iconic celebration from Tokyo, with his teammates watching him on.)
Inda goalkeeper PR Sreejesh sits on top of the goalpost with his teammates watching on after the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics. AP
An emotional PR Sreejesh on Thursday recreated his iconic celebration from the Tokyo Olympics after the Indian hockey team defeated Spain 2-1 to clinch the bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In Tokyo, where India had won bronze, Sreejesh posed for an iconic picture as he sat on top of the goalpost, throwing his hands in the air.
PR Sreejesh: Know Indian hockey legend who ended his career with a Olympic bronze medal
PR Sreejesh played his last match for India in a 2-1 win over Spain which helped his country win the Bronze medal at the Paris Olympics.
PR Sreejesh poses for pictures as he celebrates winning the match for bronze. (REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo)
As Indian keeper PR Sreejesh drew curtains on his 18-year-long hockey career after helping India to a bronze medal in the ongoing Paris Olympics after defeating Spain 2-1, here’s all you need to know about the iconic custodian between the sticks.
'My decision stays': Iconic Indian hockey goalkeeper Sreejesh rules out reconsidering retirement
Sreejesh was also a part in the bronze-winning team in Tokyo where the country won a medal after 41 years
India's goalkeeper PR Sreejesh celebrates after India won the men's hockey bronze medal match against Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Colombes,
“This is the better way to finish,” said iconic Indian goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Thursday, ruling out any possibility of reversing his decision to retire from international hockey after inspiring the team to a second successive bronze medal in the Olympic Games here.
Coach Fulton says building trust was key after India wins second consecutive hockey bronze
According to Fulton, teamwork made it possible. “We needed to build trust, because that’s the number one thing that you can rely on,” said Fulton.
Y. B. Sarangi
FILE PHOTO:Craig Fulton, chief coach of the Indian field hockey team. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU
Coach Craig Fulton said building trust was key while moulding the Indian hockey team in his own philosophy over a short period of time and making it defend its bronze medal in the Paris Olympics.
'Awesome occasion for me to be the coach ':Craig Fulton on India's triumph
The Indian team head coach had nothing but nice things to say about his men after their historic bronze medal triumph. 
Craig Fulton talking to the team after their triumph against Spain that clinched the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. (Photo Credit: JioCinema)
"The Great Britain game prepared us for possibly anything," said an elated Indian Hockey team head coach Craig Fulton, in the aftermath of the team's historic bronze medal triumph at the Paris Olympics.
PM Modi, Bindra, Tendulkar lead tributes to Indian hockey team on winning bronze at Paris Games
The last time India won back-to-back Olympic medals was in 1968 (bronze) and 1972 editions (bronze)
Indian players celebrate after winning the men's bronze medal field hockey match against Spain at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Colombes, France, on August 8, 2024. AP/PTI
The Indian hockey team’s bronze-winning feat at the Paris Olympics provided unadulterated joy to millions across the country with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and legendary shooter Abhinav Bindra leading the tributes to the Harmanpreet Singh-side for clinching a second consecutive medal here on Thursday.
Hockey India announces cash prizes for Indian Men's Hockey Team following historic Bronze medal victory at 2024 Paris Olympics
India defeated Spain 2-1 to retain their Olympic Bronze medal
New Delhi: Hockey India is proud to announce a cash prize of INR 15 lakhs for each player of the Indian Men's Hockey Team and INR 7.5 lakhs for each member of the support staff in recognition of their outstanding achievement at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The team secured a historic Bronze medal, defeating Spain 2-1, marking their second consecutive Olympic medal, an achievement last accomplished 52 years ago.
'Please support Indian hockey,' appeals Harmanpreet after bronze medal win
Captain Harmanpreet Singh reflected on the Indian hockey team's historic back-to-back bronze medal win.
Harmanpreet Singh (Photo credit: Olympics)
The Indian men’s hockey team etched their name into the annals of history once again, securing a consecutive Olympic bronze after a gritty 2-1 victory over Spain at the Paris Olympics.
Can China women end Dutch dominance at Yves-du-Manoir?
The fourteenth and final day of a magnificent hockey competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 takes place on Friday (9 August), where the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals will all be revealed at the Yves-du-Manoir Hockey Stadium.
Tayyab Ikram: "We're going to learn from the IOC to help improve global hockey”
By Raúl Daffunchio Picazo
RDP / INSIDE THE GAMES
In an exclusive interview with Inside The Games, Tayyab Ikram, President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), gave his views on the state of hockey and stated that "the World Hockey Championships are not in competition with the Olympic Games; they complement them and learn from them."
2024 Test Matches WAL v MAS (W)
Cardiff, Wales
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7 Aug 2024 16:00 WAL v MAS 2 - 2
9 Aug 2024 16:00 WAL v MAS
10 Aug 2024 16:00 WAL v MAS
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2024 Test Matches WAL v AUT (M)
Cardiff, Wales
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8 Aug 2024 16:00 WAL v AUT 5 - 1
10 Aug 2024 12:00 WAL v AUT
11 Aug 2024 10:00 WAL v AUT
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2024 Test Matches POL v SCO v CZE (M)
Poznań, Poland
All times GMT +2
8 Aug 2024 18:00 POL v SCO 2 - 2 (SO 3 - 5)
9 Aug 2024 16:00 POL v SCO
11 Aug 2024 11:30 POL v CZE
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Day one at Brave Cup brings success for Thunder in Strathallan
Aspiring Girls: Devils 1-2 (0-1) Thunder
Western Thunder Aspiring Girls got their Brave Cup campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory over Northern Devils at Strathallan. Thunder also won the bonus point in the shootout with a 1-0 win.
EHO National Umpiring Conference
umpires walking out at Lee Valley hockey and tennis centre centre
England Hockey Officiating is delighted to announce its first national umpiring conference. The event will take place at Jubilee Hotel & Conferences, Nottingham on Sunday 8th September 2024, from 9:30am to 4:30pm.