ODIHAM hockey star Alex Danson will be hoping to lead England to victory in the Hockey World League, which starts on Monday in Johannesburg.

Danson is one of 10 Olympic gold medallists in the team for a tournament, which starts with two pool groups of five.

England have been drawn in Pool A along with Germany, Poland, Ireland and Japan.

Argentina, USA, India, Chile and hosts South Africa make up Pool B.

England's opening game on Monday, is against Poland and starts at 3pm BST.

Two days later, Danson and her team take on Japan, which also starts at 3pm.

Pool game three will see England take on Germany at 5pm on July 14 and then two days later they face Ireland in their final group game from 1pm.

The quarter-finals take place on July 18 with the semi-finals two days later.

The final of the tournament is on July 22.