The August issue of WorldHockey Online magazine is now available to read exclusively on www.worldhockey.org. Once again, this month's issue contains a wide selection of features from throughout the hockey world.

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This month's issue contains:

President's View
Els van Breda Vriesman, FIH President

Editorial
Cathy Harris, Editor

The best of both worlds
New Zealand's Kayla Sharland has enjoyed the benefit of German knowledge to improve her hockey

Hockey blooms in Bulgaria
Bulgarian hockey is enjoying a remarkable period of development

Out of Africa
Former Ghanaian international Richmond Attipoe is rising up the umpiring ranks

Setting the standard
In the Year of the Umpire, England Hockey’s young umpire development programme has proved a huge success

Argentinean magic conjures Junior crown
Talisman Pedro Ibarra conjured a pair of winning goals in early July to hand Argentina the men's Junior World Cup crown

Black Sticks thunder to Challenge title
New Zealand overcame thunder, lightning and closely-matched teams to clinch the women's Champions Challenge

FIH High Performance Coaching Course
A review of the FIH High Performance Coaching Course in Rotterdam