London 2012

Returned: GB hockey player Hannah Macleod has had her stolen Olympic Games hockey medal returned in the post - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, October 27 - GB striker Hannah Macleod has had her stolen Olympic Games bronze medal returned anonymously in the post.

Macleod and fellow London 2012 Olympian, rower Alex Partridge had their Oympic blazers, with the medals in the pockets, taken from Mayfair nightclub Mahiki on Wednesday after attending a reception at Buckingham Place.

BRONZE: Team GB women's hockey players celebrate winning bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games - photo: hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, October 11 - There is going to be stiff competition this year, but why not give the judging panel a nudge by nominating Team GB's bronze-medal-winning women's hockey team a nomination in the Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year awards?

Vote here.

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.

Advance Australia Fair: GB's Barry Middleton (l) and Joel Carroll at teh Riverbank Arena - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 11 - Australia have repeated their Olympic Games bronze-medal performance of four years ago with a 3-1 defeat of host Great Britain in the third/fourth men's hockey playoff game.

The match was tied 1-1 at half time with goals from Simon Orchard and Iain Lewers, but second half strikes from Jamie Dwyer and Kieran Govers captured the bronze medal for an Australia side who came to London with a realistic chance of gold.

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. 

Golden girls: Netherlands on the podium - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 10 - Netherlands became only the second team in history to retain their Olympic hockey title with a 2-0 victory against world champions Argentina in the women's gold medal match at the Riverbank Arena on Friday.

Chances were even in a scoreless first half before Netherlands got the opening goal of the match in the 45th minute. Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel followed up an Eva de Goede penalty corner flick to slap the ball into the goal for a 1-0 lead.

Captain Maartje Paumen made it 2-0 to Netherlands in the 54th minute with an unstoppable penalty corner flick, scoring a record 14th Olympic goal in her second consecutive Olympic final.

Medallist: Alex Danson with her London 2012 Olympic Games bronze medal won with GB hockey - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, 10 August - Great Britain won their first Olympic hockey medal since Barcelona 1992 with a 3-1 victory against New Zealand in the women's bronze medal match at the Riverbank Arena on Friday.

Hannah Macleod earned the match's first penalty corner in the 14th minute with a run into the New Zealand circle but Crista Cullen's strong hit was kicked away by goalkeeper Bianca Russell.

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Cullen had a second chance moments later after Melody Cooper impeded Alex Danson, but Cullen's low flick to the right was deflected past the post by Russell.

Back in action: Argentina's Luciana Aymar (right), celebrating her 35th birthday, plays in today's final, Great Britain's Georgie Twigg plays in the bronze medal game - hockeyimages.co.ukLONDON, August 10 - Britain are looking to win their first Olympic medal in women's hockey since Barcelona 1992 and New Zealand for their first ever.

Olympic champions Netherlands will try to deny world champions Argentina their first Olympic title on the final day of women's hockey at the Riverbank Arena.