Hockey Hockey is my favourite sport in the

Olympics.

History of hockey

• Hockey first started as a Olympic sport in the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games. Before they were introduced in the Olympics they were also played thousands of years ago by the ancient Egyptians, Irish, ancient Greece and China.

The rules

• In hockey the ball can only be hit by the flat side of the stick and the ball can not be touched by either the foot or the hand. You can not hit other players with the hockey stick or swing it dangerously.

Wins and players

• There can only be sixteen players on a hockey Olympic team.

• The top five countries in hockey at the Olympics are 1st the Netherlands with one gold and one silver,2nd Germany with one gold,3rd Argentina with one silver and 4th Australia and Great Britain with one bronze each.