Peru’s Ben Acosta is Underage, Not Underprepared – World Lax 2018
Only four years in, and only 16, Ben Acosta is ready to represent Peru at the 2018 FIL World lacrosse Championships.
Isaiah Kicknosway Is the Man Behind the Anishinaabe Baagaadowewin
There would be no Anishinaabe Baagaadowewin without Isaiah Kicknosway. The next World Junior Lacrosse Championship (WJLC) will be a historic tournament. There are eight teams representing eight different nations, but for the first time, two of those nations are Indigenous. The Anishinaabe Baagaadowewin (Ah-nish-ih-nah-bay Bah-gah-ah-dow-way-win, which means Anishinaabe Lacrosse) will represent one of the largest […]
Fardin Twins – Dream Come True For France
When the Fardin twins were 17, their family friend and lacrosse coach invited them to practice. The brothers thought they were coming to observe.
Mental Exercise Key to Austrian Goalie Patrick Falb’s Success
Patrick Falb, 24-year-old Vienna-native and national team goalie for Austria in field and box lacrosse, uses learned techniques to maintain composure in the crease, outdoors and indoors.
World Lacrosse Championship Quiz
So you think you know the international game? Test yourself with this World Lacrosse Championship quiz. World Lacrosse, known as the FIL until 2019, has sponsored the World Lacrosse Championship for years. But the tournament to determine international field lacrosse supremacy is older than any worldwide lacrosse organization. The very first World Lacrosse Championship was […]
Player Profile: Spain’s Fernando Martinez Sierra
Fernando Martinez Sierra made a bet in 2012 over a basketball game. The end result sees him playing lacrosse for Spain’s national team.
What Is the Best Lacrosse Game Ever?
What is the best lacrosse game ever? I took to Twitter to find out. Awhile ago, I asked a simple question via tweet: What are the best three lacrosse games you’ve ever seen? It is worth mentioning that I generally assume most of my tweets will be ignored. That’s quite a fair assumption since I […]
World Lacrosse Championships Postponed Until 2022
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – As the global pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 virus continues to disrupt the international sport calendar, World Lacrosse has, regrettably, made the decision to postpone its two World Championships originally scheduled for 2021 by one year and will instead stage the events in 2022. In a unanimous decision by the World […]
6v6 Lacrosse – Five Takeaways From the New Format
This past week, World Lacrosse approved the rules for the new 6v6 lacrosse format that will be used for international play, specifically as a pitch for the 2028 Olympic Games. There are a lot of changes made to the game for this one, including a smaller field, smaller rosters, no longsticks, and a massive decrease […]
Ojibwe-Inuit Jeff Shattler Finds Great Pride Wearing Iroquois Nationals Jersey
In 2011, Jeff Shattler was one of the hottest names in box lacrosse. He was named NLL MVP that year after scoring 29 goals and dishing 46 assists for the Calgary Roughnecks, the top regular season finishers in the league. It was the player’s sixth season in the NLL, and it was the one that […]
Jakub Lipczik, Poland Lacrosse – Going Offsides
No better place to end our worldwide lacrosse tour than the country who will be hosting the 2021 European Lacrosse Championships, Poland. Poland is rich in athletic tradition and is no stranger to supporting North American sports like football. It is no wonder than that the Polish are huge lacrosse fans, hungry to consume as […]
Lazar Matijasevic, Serbia Lacrosse – Going Offsides
After the professional summer tournaments ended, we decided to show the world, specifically people in lacrosse hot beds (United States, Canada), what lacrosse looks like across the globe. This project involved a world tour of six episodes with lacrosse leaders in six different countries: Israel, Denmark, Slovenia, Japan, Serbia (Lazar Matijasevic), and Poland (Wednesday). After the […]