Field Hockey has a long history dating back to nearly 4000years. The modern day game is credited to the public schools in England with Blackheath being the first ever Hockey Club in the world but the modern day game was developed by Teddington Hockey Club who first introduced the striking circle 'D' and also changed the ball from a rubber cube (yes that's right it used to be a cube) to a sphere.
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Click on the link to your right for the history of field hockey.
Drug abuse is extremely rare in field hockey; there are almost no cases recorded in the history of the FIH.
In the 1932 Olympic at Los Angeles, India beat USA by a huge margin of 24-1 and this is a world record of biggest victory margin in the history of Field Hockey.
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India defeated United States 28-0
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Turf hockey is field hockey.
To my knowledge, there is no such thing as a slide in field hockey.
It means nothing in field hockey.
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It is a mixture of field hockey's rules and lacrosses rules.
In field hockey, India has won 8 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals to date. All medals are from the men's competition.