Germany

MELBOURNE, December 2 - England shrugged off the disappointment of Saturday’s loss to India with a 4-1 victory over Olympic champions Germany at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne on Sunday. England Assistant Coach Bobby Crutchley described the outcome as “just desserts for sticking rigidly to a game plan.”

England took their chances and were never behind in the match which was littered with cards, including four greens, four yellows and a red card for Germany’s Niklas Grell.    

MELBOURNE, August 27 - The match schedule for the men's hockey Champions Trophy to be played in Melbourne, Australia from December 1-9, 2012 has been anounced.

England have been drawn in pool A alongside Olympic champions Germany, New Zealand and India.

Golden moment: Germany - Olympic men's hockey champions - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 11 - A Jan Philipp Rabente double too Germany to their second successive men's Olympic Games hockey title with a 2-1 final win over Netherlands.

An individual effort from the Uhlenhorst Mulheim midfielder two minutes before half-time set Germany on their way. Then a final deflection on a pass into the circle from Tobias Hauke restored the winning margin two minutes ahead of the final whistle.

Groundhog day: The Olympic Games hockey medal matches are repeats of pool games of August 5 when GB and Australia drew (Pictured Ashley Jackson and Barry Middleton celebrate James Tindall's equaliser - hockeyimages.co.uk) and Netherlands beat Germany 3-1LONDON, August 11 - Olympic champions Germany will attempt to stop record-breaking Netherlands from claiming their third Olympic title, and first since Sydney 2000, on the final day of hockey at the Riverbank Arena.

Great Britain, meanwhile, will try to upset world No.1 Australia f and win their first men's hockey Olympic medal since Seoul 1988.

Tournament conversion rates at the start of play on Saturday are: 18% for field goal attempts, 28% for penalty corner attempts. 

Final bound: Magic Moritz Furste - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 9 - Germany disassembled tournament favourites Australia 4-2 to claim a place in the 2012 Olympic Games final.

The number-one ranked Kookaburras had no answer to Germany's precision passing game and ability to beat the press with aerials and confidence on the ball.

There were also echoes of Beijing where Australia lost a 2-0 lead to Spain at the same stage of the tournament.

In London, Germany so dominated the final stages of the game there was even time for a comic ending with Moritz Furste dribbling near the corner flag with one hand while rallying the Riverbank Arena crowd the other.

Corner country: Penalty corners will be key when Great Britain play the Netherlands tonight. GB's Ashley Jackson (centre) has four PC goals in the tournament, Netherlands Mink van der Weerden has five - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, 8 August - Australia and Netherlands are the favourites to provide a repeat of the Athens 2004 gold medal match by winning their respective semifinals at the Riverbank Arena on Thursday, but world champions Germany and home hope Great Britain, in their first Olympic semifinal for 24 years, hope to upset the odds.

Overall tournament conversion rates at the end of the pool stage are: 17% for field goal attempts, 27% for penalty corner attempts. 

LONDON, August 8 - The first classification match of London 2012 saw Natascha Keller sign off her Olympic career with a win as Germany defeated Korea, while Japan eased ahead of South Africa courtesy of a golden goal.

Classification 9/10 - Japan v South Africa

An extra-time golden goal from Ai Murukami handed Japan a 2-1 win over South Africa, and ensured they equalled their ninth-place finish at Beijing 2008. 

LONDON, August 6 - The semi-final and ranking match lineup for the women's hockey competition at the 2012 Olympic Games is now known: 

Wednesday August 8

08:30 Women's 9-10 Japan vs South Africa
11:30 Women's  7-8 Korea vs Germany
15:30 Women's Semifinal Netherlands vs New Zealand
20:00 Women's Semifinal Argentina vs Great Britain

Friday August 10

08:30 Women's 11-12 Belgium vs United StatesS
11:30 Women's 5-6 China vs Australia
15:30 Women's Bronze Medal 
20:00 Women's Gold Medal Match