field hockey
noun
: a game played on a turfed field between two teams of 11 players each whose object is to direct a ball into the opponent's goal with a hockey stick
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It was created by endurance pro Christian Toetzke and three-time Olympic field hockey medalist Moritz Fürste, who have branded it as a low-barrier sport that anyone can join.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Indiana won the conference’s third straight College Football Playoff, and other national championships have been won in men’s wrestling (Penn State), women’s ice hockey (Wisconsin), men’s water polo (UCLA), men’s soccer (Washington) and field hockey (Northwestern).
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
As if that’s not enough, Big Ten members have also won titles this year in women’s hockey (Wisconsin), men’s soccer (Washington), field hockey (Northwestern), wrestling (Penn State) and men’s water polo (UCLA) and have two schools (Michigan and Wisconsin) in this week’s men’s Frozen Four.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Prime Minister Rob Jetten, the country’s first openly gay leader, is planning to soon marry his partner Nicolás Keenan, an Argentine field hockey star who won a bronze medal with his country’s team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
—Aleksandar Furtula, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Indiana won the conference’s third straight College Football Playoff, and other national championships have been won in men’s wrestling (Penn State), women’s ice hockey (Wisconsin), men’s water polo (UCLA), men’s soccer (Washington) and field hockey (Northwestern).
—Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
As if that’s not enough, Big Ten members have also won titles this year in women’s hockey (Wisconsin), men’s soccer (Washington), field hockey (Northwestern), wrestling (Penn State) and men’s water polo (UCLA) and have two schools (Michigan and Wisconsin) in this week’s men’s Frozen Four.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Prime Minister Rob Jetten, the country’s first openly gay leader, is planning to soon marry his partner Nicolás Keenan, an Argentine field hockey star who won a bronze medal with his country’s team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
—Aleksandar Furtula, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Field hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20hockey. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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