Category: GLOBAL HEROES

A prominent midfielder in the Belgium team, Felix Denayer has played more than 325 internationals for his country. He made his debut in 2008 and has a packed medals cabinet with a gold medals from ...

Arthur Van Doren has been a central figure in Belgium’s meteoric rise in world hockey. His sublime skills and creativity to turn defence into attack has marked Van Doren as one of the world’s greatest ever ...

A product from the prestigious Australian Institute of Sport, Eddie Ockenden, 34, has lived up to early promise. The effervescent midfielder/striker was part of the Australian team that finished with a silver medal at the ...

Aran Zalewski has been a mainstay in the Australian team in which he mans the centre-half position with aplomb. The 30-year-old made his debut against India in 2011 at Bunbury, Australia, and scored a goal ...

The 32-year-old attacking midfielder has had a profound influence on the Dutch side ever since he made his debut in 2009. Billy Bakker’s great big moment came in the 2012 London Olympic semifinals where his ...

A livewire forward with a nose for goals, Florian Fuchs has been a mainstay for Germany for more than 12 years. He made his senior international debut in 2009 at the age of 17 and has ...

A sturdy defender who distributes the ball adroitly, 31-year-old Blair Tarrant will lead New Zealand at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, his second after Rio in 2016. As India takes on New Zealand in the pool, ...

S2H Team Martin Haner is yet another German shining with the scalpel and hockey stick. The defender par excellence is an orthopedic surgeon and has combined careers pretty well, evident from his nearly 270 appearances in ...

S2H Team Pau Quemada underlined his longevity as an international player by winning the player-of-the-tournament award at the men’s EuroHockey championship which concluded in Amstelveen on Saturday. The Spanish veteran forward and drag-flicker received the accolade ...

Errol D’Cruz Two heroes in an enthralling Men’s EuroHockey championship that concluded on Saturday wore masks. And no, they aren’t goalkeepers. One is Jip Janssen who scored the equalizer seconds from the end for hosts ...