by Fiyaz Mughal | Sep 8, 2017
The goalkeeper (or goalie) in field hockey is one of the most important positions in the sport, as the player has weighty responsibilities. They stand alone in front of their team’s goal, with their sole mission being to protect it from the opposing team. With just...
by Fiyaz Mughal | Aug 23, 2017
An integral part of the 2012 London Olympics, the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is a central component of the UK’s Olympic legacy. Tennis and Wimbledon are incredibly popular in Britain. Andy Murray’s 2013 Wimbledon final was the biggest television event of that...
by Fiyaz Mughal | Aug 11, 2017
To an outsider, Lacrosse and Field Hockey can look fairly similar. Both games involve two teams of players using sticks to shoot a ball into a goal. Yet sports enthusiasts like Fiyaz Mughal will tell you that Lacrosse and Field Hockey are both very different games...
by Fiyaz Mughal | Jul 30, 2017
The Hockey Museum (THM) was founded in 2011 to record and preserve the history of hockey in the UK and beyond. Modern field hockey, which developed in England in the 19th century, was the culmination of more than 4,000 years of hockey-type games in which players...