Meeting Massimo Mariotti, Coach of Team Italy, the European champion of rink...
Massimo Mariotti is of Tuscan origin. He is probably one of the most important figures of rink hockey in Italy and in the world. With Team Italy and within the club circuit, he won all the trophies he...
View ArticleEdu Fernandez: From the Vendéenne (France) to Villafranca (Spain)
To celebrate the birthday of rink hockey player Edu Fernandez, here is a flash-portrait which never had the chance of being published on a website that doesn't exist anymore...
View ArticleMen's 2016 European Rink Hockey Championship: The Finals
The final day of competition was intense: after the easy victory of England against Austria for the 7th place, it took 5 shoot-outs after the extra time for France to win against Germany and get the...
View ArticleInterview with the international referee Boris Tarassioux
They are often the pet hates of the spectators and of the (bad) players, they are booed and play a role as ungrateful as essential: the men in black and white! Let's meet Boris Tarassioux, an...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey : First Day
The 2016 edition of the Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey officially started on September 24th, in Iquique, Chile, with three games: Italy-Egypt, Argentina-Colombia, Chile-USA; and the opening...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey : Second Day
Things got serious yesterday in Iquique, Chile, for the second day of competition at the 2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey. The biggest game of the day opposed Spain to Portugal for the...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey : Third Day
At the end of the third day of competition at the 2016 Women's Rink Hockey World Championships in Iquique, Chile, we now know some of the teams that will play in the quarter finals...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey : Last Day of Group Phases
At the end of the last day of group phases, we now know all the teams taking part in the quarter finals of the 2016 Women's Rink Hockey World Championships in Iquique, Chile...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey : Quarter Finals
The quarter finals of the 2016 Women's Rink Hockey Worlds will probably go down in history with a couple of incredible scenarios, like those of the Chile-France and the Portugal-Germany games. The four...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey: Semi Finals
The semi finals of the 2016 Women's Rink Hockey Worlds took place on Saturday and witnessed the victories of Portugal over France, and of Spain over Argentina. Summary of the games...
View Article2016 Women's World Championships of Rink Hockey: Spain on the Highest Step
After a week of competition in Iquique, Chile, Spain got the gold at the 2016 Women's Worlds of Rink Hockey, beating Portugal with an overtime win. A first in eight years...
View ArticleU20 roller hockey European Championships 2016: Results of the quarterfinals
The U20 European roller hockey European Championships 2016, which are be held in Pully, Switzerland, were continued this Thursday with the quarterfinals. The first team that qualified playing against...
View ArticleU20 rink hockey European Championships 2016: Summary of the semifinals
The U20 rink hockey European Championships 2016, which are held in Pully (Switzerland), were continued on Friday with the semifinals. At first they played for the places 5 to 8, then for the places 1...
View ArticleNations that dominate the rink hockey
Each roller sport is dominated by a few specific nations. In rink hockey, these are the Iberian peninsulas and South America. Explanations by Jean Lassueur...
View ArticleHow to clean and take care of your bearings?
As an essential part of your skates’ performance, your bearings have to be closely looked after. You don’t always necessarily have to dismantle them. But if this is the only option left, here are a...
View ArticleA sneaky look into the future: What could roller sports be like in 20 years?
New years are opportunities to look to the future, so why not imagining the evolution of our ways of practicing skating in the upcoming 20 years? Here are our forecasts...
View ArticleHow to Choose Your Skates?
Esthetics set aside — being a very personal criterion —, choosing a pair of skates, inlines or quads, lies on many objective criteria, varying according to several parameters: type of practice,...
View ArticleGuided Tour of the 2017 Roller Games Facilities in Nanjing, China (1/3)
The Annual General Ordinary Congress of the FIRS took place on March 11th, 2017, in Nanjing. The participants had the opportunity to visit the facilities of the next Roller Games. The OLS Team was...
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