Great Britain's women's hockey coach Jon Royce has refused to apologise for verbally abusing a doping control official.

Royce received a one-match suspension for his outburst earlier in the week but when asked if he would apologise said: "I might, it depends on how I feel.

"I don't want to discuss this matter further but I have strong feelings about doping control and will disclose them after the tournament," he added.

Meanwhile Royce claimed that if his team had played the standard of hockey they produced in beating Spain 2-1 on Friday, they may have finished in a position to play off the medals.

Goals from Melanie Clewlow and Christina Cullen moved Britain off the bottom of Group B but it was academic after Spain's shock win over Argentina on Wednesday.

And Royce said: "If we had come out and played like that we might have only lost two and won three matches. Our youngsters have learned that you have to play right from the start and not take three (first) halves to get going.

"It was always going to be tough here but we failed to cope with the pressure.

"Simulating it is very difficult in internationals during a build-up. I would have enjoyed Sydney a lot more if we'd been winning. But it's been a great experience.

And skipper Pauline Stott said: "We had no fears about playing Spain because we've played them so often. We did well to keep up the pressure and we thoroughly deserved to win."

Now the British women have set their sights on improving their world ranking of ninth when they meet South Africa in a classification match on Monday.

Royce added: "I'm sorry we didn't achieve more after twelve months of training, excellent preparation and with the players full time but now we have win our last two games.

"It's imperative we finish with as high a ranking as we can.

"There'll be less pressure on us than there would have been if we'd been playing for a medal but it's pressure nonetheless.

"The South Africans are a very competitive team and will be hard to break down.

"We last played them in two matches at the beginning of the year in Cape Town and won both, so I'm confident we can repeat it."

Great Britain's men have now returned to the Olympic Village after spending two days recharging their batteries playing golf and relaxing in the Hunter Valley.

Team manager David Whittle confirmed that Bournevill defender Tom Bertram was fit to play against Canada on Sunday despite having ten stitches inserted in a cut all round his eye following a clash in their last game against Malaysia.

Whittle said: "It's a bit swollen but he's absolutely fine."

The squad will train tomorrow morning and the entire party will watch the contest between the reigning Olympic and world champions, Holland and Germany respectively, on Saturday night.

Whittle added: "We'll be going flat out to get the three points."