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COVID-19 infection has not deterred my confidence, focus is on Games, says Navjot Kaur

English Field Hockey 

Navjot Kaur has now recovered from the infection after being in quarantine for 14 days.

Navjot Kaur. Image: Hockey India Media

Bengaluru: Having fully recovered from COVID-19 , Indian women's hockey team forward Navjot Kaur on Monday said the deadly virus couldn't deter her confidence of doing well in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

McFerran and Frazer back in the fold

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Ayeisha McFerran is back in the fold. Pic: Sinéad Hingston

Ayeisha McFerran and Megan Frazer will both return to the Irish line-up as they take on Scotland at Queen’s next weekend in two test matches that act as a final curtain call for European Championship selection.

Green Army take on Scotland in Final Home Preparations for European’s

English Field Hockey 


Great Britain’s Susannah Townsend and Niamh Carey of Ireland Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

The Green Army will take on Scotland this weekend, the 15th and 16th of May, in Queen’s University Belfast. The sides last met in July 2019, with Ireland coming away from the series in Stormont with two wins and a draw.

Australia and New Zealand set for Hockey Pro League in Perth

English Field Hockey 


Australia and New Zealand have been starved of international hockey

Australia and New Zealand will be well aware of each other come the Tokyo Olympics after Pro League games were set up between the two rivals.

AUS-NZL to be played in June

English Field Hockey 



The International Hockey Federation (FIH), Hockey Australia and Hockey New Zealand are pleased to announce that the FIH Hockey Pro League matches between both countries, which were postponed because of the current global COVID-19 pandemic, will now be played on 26-27 June in Perth, Australia.

ProLeague: Top Ten women Hockey players

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OLIVIA MERRY: Two four-goal hauls. Top scorer with 10 goals. You can’t escape the conclusion that New Zealand’s Olivia Merry is the leading performer in the FIH Pro League women’s competition. One quadruple strike came against a team no less than Argentina which the Black Sticks won 5-3. In an earlier encounter against Belgium, Olivia scored all in a 4-1 win. At 1.82m, Olivia stands tall literally and figuratively and seems to carry on with scoring from the first edition in 2019 when she finished top scorer with 15 goals. Читать дальше...



Team culture is at heart of Germany's performance

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German goalkeeper Mark Appel has been a member of the national senior squad since 2017 and in that time, has seen the squad go through some changes in personnel and approach. The past few months of lockdown have been instrumental in helping Head Coach Kais Al Saadi to build a new culture within the squad. Recent FIH Hockey Pro League performances suggest the work on the team’s culture is paying dividends.

Upwind medium winds sail controls

Yachts and Yachting Magazine 

Next up in our series of Sail Control tips from Shaun, medium winds! Find out how to get the best from your sails in 8 to 15 knots of breeze.

YouTube Gold: The Greatness Of Grant Hill

Duke Basketball Report 

CHICAGO, IL - FEBRUARY 15: Grant Hill #33 of the Detroit Pistons handles the ball against Michael Jordan #23 of the Chicago Bulls on February 15, 1998 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Noren Trotman/NBAE via Getty Images

What an amazing talent he was

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The Pandemic Planners Were Ready. No One Listened.

The New Republic 

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare many fault lines in American society, from the savage inequalities of our health care system to the collapse of federal governance into a quagmire of blame-shifting and conspiracy-mongering during much of the crisis. For longtime financial journalist Michael Lewis, though, the effort to comprehend and contain the spread of Covid-19 mostly represents a tragic parable of unheeded expertise and thwarted procedural efficiency. 

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America’s Is-Ought Problem

The Atlantic  

The job of a news reporter today is to declare what you can’t yet know to people convinced that they already do.

The woman who will decide what emoji we get to use

Technology Review  

Emoji are now part of our language. If you’re like most people, you pepper your texts, Instagram posts, and TikTok videos with various little images to augment your words—maybe the syringe with a bit of blood dripping from it when you got your vaccination, the prayer (or high-fiving?) hands as a shortcut to “thank you,”…

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Horseshoe Bend Brass Kiosk / Mizzi Studio

Archdaily.com 

Characterising the largest mobilisation The Royal Parks has seen in 14 years. The high-profile commission included the delivery of a coffee house near the Serpentine lake, as well as nine “handcrafted” kiosks to replace aging food kiosks on existing sites across Hyde Park, Green Park and St James’s Park. The most recently erected structure, the flagship Horseshoe Bend kiosk in St James’s Park, is clad in tubular brass and mirrors the ornate precious metals of the nearby Sir Thomas Brock’s Queen Victoria Memorial. Читать дальше...


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