The second season of the EY Hockey League gets underway this weekend and 11 Olympians will feature, fresh from their Rio 2016 campaign.

Hermes’ greater chance-taking ability left Cork Harlequins gutted, as they fell to a 3-0 Irish Senior Cup semi-final defeat on Saturday.

Ulster’s hockey clubs are reportedly investigating the viability of forming a breakaway Northern Ireland Hockey Association.

Ireland have followed the lead of Europe’s major hockey nations by withdrawing their U16 boys and girls sides from European competition.

Scotland’s Lloyd and Elliot Saltman today became the first brothers to qualify for The Open since Seve and Manuel Ballesteros 26 years ago – both of them by the skin of their teeth.