Ireland’s men endured a chastening 7-1 defeat at the hands of the Netherlands in their third World Cup warm-up game in Valencia.

The Irish women’s team’s Olympic Games hopes received a huge boost as they were confirmed as one of the host nations for the next phase of qualifiers for Tokyo 2020.

Irish hockey have landed a major coup with the announcement of Alexander Cox as the new senior men’s coach for the World Cup campaign.

Hockey Ireland has announced the appointment of Alexander Cox as the new head coach of Ireland men’s hockey team.