Matt Dawson, a two-time Olympian who plays in defence for Australia, was forced into the decision after being struck by a hockey stick on the ring finger of his right hand. The incident ...

For Australian ... hockey star Matt Dawson, he gave up more than most: the top part of a finger on his right hand. The 30-year-old athlete badly broke his finger after he was hit by a hockey stick ...

For Australian ... hockey star Matt Dawson, he gave up more than most: the top part of a finger on his right hand. The 30-year-old athlete badly broke his finger after he was hit by a hockey stick ...

During a practice match in Perth, Australia, on the morning of July 11, another player’s hockey stick accidentally hit the finger, leaving it bleeding and partly detached, Dawson said.

Field hockey was first introduced as an Olympic sport in 1908, and it has undergone plenty of changes over the last century. Still, one part of that remains is the sport's famously short sticks.

Matt Dawson, a two-time Olympian who plays in defence for Australia, was forced into the decision after being struck by a hockey stick on the ring finger of his right hand. The incident, where the top ...

An Australian field hockey ... “Unfortunately, my stick and hand [were] in the end of his swing zone,” he told the Parlez Vous Hockey podcast. He later passed out in the locker room from ...