Shootout Heartbreak For Ireland In Nations Cup Final

IRELAND 1 2 – 1 4 NEW ZEALAND FIH Hockey Nations Cup Final Ireland Women suffer heartbreak in the FIH Hockey Nations Cup final in Santiago Chile, losing to New Zealand on Penalty Shoot-Outs. New Zealand led early in the game, scoring after five minutes. Ireland drew level with just four minutes remaining, Katie Mullan firing into the back of …

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Ireland Sights Firmly Set On FIH Hockey Nations Cup Glory

Ireland Women will play their final Pool Stage match of the FIH Hockey Nations Cup tonight, February 27, at 20:00 Irish Time, as they take on Korea in a bid to secure top spot in Pool B. The team enters their final pool game in fine form, having secured back-to-back victories thus far, starting with a commanding 3-0 win over …

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Hawkshaw a hero as Ireland defeat New Zealand 2-1 to reach FIH Nations Cup Final

Saturday June 8, Terrassa Spain: Ireland made history by beating New Zealand for the first time and putting themselves only 60 minutes away from a place in the 2024-25 FIH Pro League. They also finally lifted their semi-finals hoodoo. New Zealand went into this match on 9 previous occasions, never having lost to Ireland. For Ireland all that mattered was …

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Ireland Braced For Return To International Stage At FIH Nations Cup in Spain

Ireland Women’s national team are about to begin their FIH Nations Cup campaign in Terrassa, Spain starting on June 3rd. Interim head coach Facu Quirorga’s 18 strong squad are ready for action having played warm up matches against Italy, Belgium and India in Antwerp earlier in May before flying to Spain on Monday 27th May ahead of the Nations Cup. …

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Ireland win gold and promotion at EuroHockey Indoor Championships II

After dramatic wins over Sweden, Croatia, and Portugal, Ireland’s hopes of winning Pool A at the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II — and of securing promotion — nevertheless took a fierce blow after a 5-5 draw with Slovakia. Ireland went into their final pool match of the tournament trailing leaders Lithuania by 2 points with a simple mission: nothing less than …

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Ireland fail to qualify for Olympics after heartbreaking 2-1 loss to GB

Ireland’s dreams of Olympic qualification have disappeared after a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to Great Britain in the bronze medal match of the FIH qualifiers. In 2015 Ireland suffered Olympic heartbreak in Valencia and in 2024 suffered heartbreak yet again. Great Britain went into this game having qualified for every Olympics except 2004. Ireland’s women on the other hand had only …

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Ireland hold World #4 Belgium to draw in first Olympic qualifier

Ireland, who are World ranked #13, began their Olympic qualification Pool A campaign with a defiant ‘backs to the wall’ performance against the European Silver medallists from 2023 and World Ranked #4 Belgium. Charlotte Engelbert forced a penalty corner after only 20 seconds. It was the first of nine such corners awarded against Ireland in the first half. But the …

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Sarah Torrans: From Overcoming Injuries To Tokyo Olympics

In this episode of the Her Sport Show, we had the privilege of chatting with Sarah Torrans, a member of the Irish Women’s Hockey National Team. Sarah Torrans offers insights into her hockey career, her experience at the Tokyo Olympics, and her aspirations for the future of hockey in Ireland. Did you know that 2021 was the first time an …

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Ireland through to Olympic Qualifiers after topping Pool C at EuroHockey Championships

Ireland will be in the Qualification groups for the 2024 Olympics next January in either China or Spain following a 1-1 draw with Italy in their final game at the EuroHockey Championships Saturday morning. Group rivals Spain had played Scotland on Friday and surprisingly lost 2-1. This meant that if Italy won today’s game with Ireland all four teams in …

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